The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-07-04
ACCEPTS WITH THANKS.
Maj McKinley's Response to the
Notification Committee.
Tho Republican Plntform hpproved-The
Income of the Govern ment Must Equal
Its Expenditures Protection and
Reciprocity Are Urged.

CANTON, O., June 3O-The members
of the committee appointed by the re-
publican national convention to notify
ex-Gov. Mckinley of his nomination
for the presidency arrived Mt the Nc
Kinley home yesterday. When Mr.
Mckinley appeared on the porch
cheer after cheer arose from the crowd.
Senator Thurston then stepped upon
the porch and delivered the official
notification. Mr.. Mckinley responded
as follows:
Senator Thurston and Gentlemen OF the
Notification Committee of the Republica n Ma
tional Conventions: To be selected as their
presidential candidate by q great party con-
ventton representing SO vast q number of the
people of the United States is most distin-
guished honor, for which would not conceal
my high appreciation. although deeply sensible
of the great responsibilities of the trust ana my
inability to bear them without the generous and
constant support OF my fellow countrymen.
Great as is the honor conferred, equally ardu-
Gus and important is the duty imposed, and In
accepting one / assume the other, relying upon
the patriotic devotion OF the people to the best
interests OF our beloved country and the suS-
tanning care and aid of Him without whose
support all we do is empty and vain. Should
the people ratifv the choice of your great con-
vention for which you speak, my only aim will
be to promote the public good which, in Amer
the honor of our country and the welfare OF the
people.
The questions to be settled in the contest
this year are as serious and as important as
any OF the great governmental problems
that have confronted US in the past quar-
ter of century. They command our So
Der Judgment and a settlement free from
partisan prejudice and passion. beneficial to
ourselves and befitting the honor and grandeur
of the republic. They touch every in
terest OF our common country. Our indus
trial supremacy. our productive capacity, our
business and commercial prosperity, our labor
and its rewards, our national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor and our splen-
did free citizenship-the birthright of every
American-are all involved in the pending
campaign. and thus every home in the land is
directly and intimately connected with their
proper settlement
Great are the issues involved in the coming
election and eager and earnest the people for
their right determi nation. Our domestic trade
must be won back and and our idle working
men employed in gainful occupations at Amer
lean wages. Our homo market must be
restored to its proud rank of first in
the world, and our foreign trade, so per-
ceptibly cut on by adverse national legisla-
tion, reopened on fair and equitable terms
for our surplus agricultural and manufac-
turing products Protection and reciproc-
ity. twin measures of true American
policy should again command the earnest en-
couragement OF the government at Washing
the skill the energy and the capital OF
our country find ample employment at
home, sustained, encouraged and defended
against the unequal competition and seri-
Gus disadvantages with which they are now
contending. The COVE rnment OF the United
States must raise enough money to meet
both its current expenses and increasing
needs. Its revenues should be so raised as
to protect the material interests of our
people with the lightest possible drain upon
their resources, and maintain that high stand
srd OF civilization which has distinguished our
country for more than o century OF its exist
ence. The income OF the government. repeat,
should equal its necessary proper expenditure
A failure to pursue this policy has compelled
the government to borrow money in q time of
peace. TO sustain its credit and pay its daily
expenses. This policy should be reversed and
that. too, as speedily Us possible
The money of the United States and every
kind OF form OF 1t, whether of paper. silver or
gold. must be as good as the best in the world.
IL must not only be current at its full face
value at home. but It must be counted at par
In any and every commercial center of the
globe. The sagacious and far-seeing pol
10y OF the great men who founded our
government. the teachings and acts OF
the wlsest hnancIers at every stage
In our history. the stoadfast faith and splendid
achievements OF the great party to which we
belong, and the genius and integrity of our
people, have always demanded this. and will
ever maintain it The dollar paid to the farm
or, the wage Garner and the pensioner must
continue forever equal in purchasing and debt
paying power to the dollar paid to any govern
ment creditor.
The platform adopted by the republican
national convention has received my care
full consideration and has my unqualified
approval It is a matter of qualification to
me, as / am sure 1t must be to you, and to
republicans everywhere, and to all our peo-
Pile, that the expressions of its declaration
Of principles are so direct, clear and en-
phatic. They are too plain and positive to
leave any chance for donbt or question as to
their purpose and meaning But you will not
ex pect me to discuss its provisions ut length |
Or in any detail at this time. 1t will, however.
be my duty and pleasure ut some future time
TO make to you and through you to the great |
party you represent. a more formal acceptance !
Of the nomination rendered me.
No one could be more profoundly grateful 1
than for manifestations of public confidence |
of which you have so eloquently spoken. 1t /
shall be my aim to attest this appreciation by |
an unsparing devotion to what 1 esteem the |
best interests of the people, and in this work |
ask the counsel and support of you. gentle- |
men, and OF every other friend of the country |
The generous expressions with which you, |
sir, convey the official notice of my nomina-
lion, are highly appreciated, and as fully re- |
APPRECIATED and thank you and your associ- |
ties OF the notification committee and the |
yreat party and convention at whose instance |
7ou come for the high and exceptional distinc- |
ion bestowed upon me.
Following the formal speeches, II. III. |
Smith, secretary of the notification
presented a gavel made
from a log taken from the cabin in
which Lincoln lived.