The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-09
M'KINLEY NOTIFIED.
The Oommittee Informs Him of Hio Nomination for President.
The Nominee Says Protection and Reel. procity Must Be Encouraged and Revs. nue Must Meet Expenses-Tho Ma.
 tlonal Platform Approved.

tional Platform Approved.
 CANTON, O., June 30.-The members of the committee appointed by the re- publican national convention to notify ex.Gov. Mckinley of his nomination for the presidency arrived at the Mc- Kinley home yesterday. When Mir. Mckinley appeared on the porch cheer after cheer arose from the crowd. Senator Thurston then stepped upon the porch and delivered the official notification. Mir. Mckinley responded as follows:
 Senator Thurston and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee of the Republican Na- tional Convention: To be selected as their presidential candidate by great party con. yention, representing so vast number Of the people of the United States, is 0 most distin. guished honor. for which would not conceal my high appreciation. although deeply sensible of the great responsibilities of the trust and my inability to bear them without the generous and constant support of my fellow countrymen. Great as is the honor conferred, equally ardu. ous 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. tain(ng 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 lea. is always the good of the greatest number. 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 ntal that have confronted us in the past quar- ter of century They command our so. Der judgment and . settlement free from partisan prejudice and passion, beneficial to ourselves and beftting 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 determination. Our domestic trade must be won back and and our idle working men employed in gainful occupations at Amer ican wages. Our home market must be restored to it's proud rank of first in the world, and our foreign trade. so per. ceptibly cut of by adverse national legisla- tion, reopened on fair and equitable terms for our surplus agricultural and manufac- turing products Protection and reciproc- fly, twin measures of true American policy, should again command the earnest en- couragement of the government at Washing ton. Public confidence must be resumed and 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- ous disadvantages with which they are now contending. The gove 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- ard of civilization which has distinguished our country for more than a century of its exist. ence. The income of the government. repeat. should equal its necessary proper expenditure. failure to pursue this policy has compelled the government to borrow money in time of peace, to sustain its credit and pay its daily expenses This policy should be reversed and that too, as speedily as possible
 The money of the United States and every kind or form of it, whether of paper. silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world It must not only be current at it's full face value at home, but it must be counted at par in any and every commercial center of tho globe The sagacious and far-seeing pol- fey of the great men who founded our government, the teachings and acts of the wisest inanciers at every stage in our history, the steadfast faith and splendid achievements of the great party to which we belong, and the genius and integrity of our .1r Aa,,4 l,l SLtr n ever maintain 1t The dollar paid to the farm CT, the wage earner and the pensioner must continue forever equal in purchasing and cebt paying power to the dollar paid to any govern ment creditor.
 The platform adopted by tho republic an national convention has received my care- full consideration and has my unqualified approval It is a matter of qualification to me. as I am sure it must be to you, and to republicans everywhere, and to all our peo- pie, that the expressions of It's declaration of principles are so direct, clear and em- 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 expect me to discuss it's provisions at length or L1 any detail at this time. It will, however, be my duty and pleasure at some future time to make to you and through you to the great party you represent, Q more formal acceptance of the nomination tendered me
 No one could be more profoundly grateful than for manifestations of public confidence of which you have so eloquently spoken. It shall be my aim to attest this appreciation by an unsparing devotion to what 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- | tion, are highly appreciated, and as fully re- ciprocated, and thank you and your associ- ates of the notification committee and the great party and convention at whose instance you come for the high and exceptional distinc- tion bestowed upon me.
 Following the formal speeches, H.H. Smith, secretary of the notification committee. presented gavel made from log taken from the cabin in which Lincoln lived.
 Dashed to Death.
 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 30 0-Her. man Cole, an aeronaut, was killed at