Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-29
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Major Mckinley Notified.


State and territory, which was selected
at the st. Louis convention to convey
to Major Mckinley the official notifca-
ton of his nomination, arrived in Can
ton this morning. They were met at
the station by reception committee
and were driven to Major McKinley's
residence, accompanied by mounted
escort. The preparations st Major Nc
Kinley's were simple. Seventy five
chairs were placed on the front lawn
under the trees facing the house. On
the rear lawn large tent was erected
and in it is long table on which covers
are laid for hundred guests. Major
Mckinley received the members of the
committee on the veranda. The streets
about the house were filled with men,
women and children. Major McKin-
lev likes to have the people participate
as interested spectators in all the func.
tions which take place here. He does
not believe in excluding them. Nor
will he allow ropes to be stretched
across the yard for the purpose OF re-
stricting the movements or freedom OF
the great crowds that come to his home
these days. The last time Major Nc
Kinley saw a presidential candidate
notified of his nomination was four
years ago, in Washington. The scene
of the action was the White House.
BENJAMIN Harrison was the candidate
and VIM. Mckinley made the speech OF
notification. Harrison, doomed to
crushing defeat, stood in the spacious
East room surrounded by his cabinet
and concourse of distinguished peo-
pie was present, generals, admirals,
diplomats and men and women of high
place in civil life made up the group.
To-day, at his home, Major McKin-
ley, surrounded only by his family and
townsmen, listened to the speech
which told him in formal, official,
final way, that he had been chosen as
the presidential candidate of the reput-
lican party.
Senator Thurston in his notification
remarks said he reformed pleasant
duty assigned him by the republican
national convention recently assembled
at St. Louis-that of formally notifying
the Major of his nomination as the can
didate of the republican party for Presi-
dent of the United States. He respect
fully requested him to accept of this
nomination and to approve of the dec
laration of the principles adopted by
the convention. SIN 1892" Mr.. Thurs
ton said, "your countrymen, unmind-
full of your solemn warnings, returned
that party to power which reiterated its
everlasting opposition to o protective
tariff and demanded the repeal of the
Mckinley act. They sowed the wind.
They reaped the whirlwind. The suf-
ferings and losses and disasters to the
American people from four years OF
democratic tariff, are vastly greater
than those which came to them from
| four years of civil war;" He conclud-
ed by saying the American people look
ed to the republican candidate for the
presidency to lead them to promised
land of American prosperity.
MIR. Mckinley responded by saying
that to be selected as their presidential
candidate by great party convention,
representing so vast number of the
people of the United States, is most
distinguished honor for which he
would not conceal his high apprecia-
ton, although deeply sensible of the
great responsibilities of the trust and
his inability to bear them without the
generous and constant support of his
fellow countrymen. Great as is the
honor conferred, equally arduous and
important is the duty imposed, and in
accepting the one he assumed the
other, relying upon the patriotic devo-
ton OF the people to the best interests
of his beloved country and the sustain
ing care and aid of Him without whose
support all we do is empty and vain.
Should the people ratify the choice of
the convention he said it would be his
aim to promote the public good which
in America is always the good of the
greatest number, the honor of the
country and the welfare of the people.
In referring to the monetary issue the
Major said 1.-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 word. 1t
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
centre of the globe. The dollar paid to
the farmer, the wage Garner and the
pensioner must continue forever equal
in purchasing and debt-paying power
to the dollar paid to any government
creditor. The platform adopted by the
republican national convention has re-
ceived my careful consideration and
has my unqualified approval" He
closed by again thanking the commit
tee for the honor bestowed and formal
ly accepting the nomination.
After Mr.. McKinley's speech, H. H.
Smith, of Michigan. presented to him
the gavel used by Chairman ThurstoD,
at the st. Louis convention.
The notification committee sat down to
luncheon shortly after the speechmaking
After luncheon they were driven about the
city for an hour or two and will leave for
Cleveland about 5 o'clock. The members of
the notification committee, with perhaps, a
single exception, believe that Mckinley and
Hobart will have great many more votes
in the electoral college than was received by
the last successful republican candidates.
The tariff is the issue which in the opinion
of all of the northern, eastern and Pacific |
slope members will bo the great and effective
issue.
The member from Alabama, c. D. Alexan-
DER thinks the farmers and work;ngmen in |
his State will be carried away by the silver
craze. Confidential talks with all of the
southern republicans here to-day reveal the
fact that between populism and free sill
yer, the republicans have little to hope for