Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-29
Major Mckinley Officially Notified
of His Nomination.
he OUTLINES TEE CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Puts Protection First and the
Money Question Next.
HIS ADDRESS IN 3U Ii

Canton on 4 Cleveland Terminal and VAL
ley special at Ii 10.
The permanent reception committee lately
organized for the campaign, headed by
Judges George f. Baldwin, VIM. r. Day
and henry A Wise. was at the depot to
meet the party. Decorated tally-hos and
carriages were In waiting at the station.
The parade was organized, the Grand
Army band and the citizens troop of cav
airy fading the vehicles occupied by the
guests.
Citizens fell in behind, and enormous
crowd quickly gathered about the Mckin-
ley home, where the duties of the com
mittee were discharged and where the gen.
eral public had been Informally invited
through press notices.
ON arriving at the Mckinley home the
committee and guests found an enormous
crowd assembled about the residence. But
an open space on the north side was re-
served. and the party was quickly seated
upon the camp chairs provided Mrs. Nc
kInlcy and a company OF friends occupied
the front porch the party arrived Just
as the crowd was quieting down Gov. Nc
kinley stepped out on the porch and was
given a most enthusiastic ovation, cheer
alter cheer rising from the crowd.
Senator Thurston stepped upon the porch
and in his fiery eloquence delivered the Off
eial notification. He was greeted with en-
thusiastic applause. and was frequently in
corrupted by the cheering of the sentiments
he expressed He said:
senator ThurstOn's Speech.
Governor Mckinley, we are here to per-
form the pleasant duty assigned us by the
republican national convention. recently
assembled in St. Louis. that of formally
notifying you of your nomination as the
candidate of the republican party for Pres
i,,ent of the United States.
We respectfully request your accept
ance of this nomination and your approval
of the declaration OF principles adopted by
the convention.
We assure you that you are the unani-
nous choice OF a united party. and your
candidacy will he Immediately accepted by
the country as an absolute guaranty of
republican success
Your nomination has heen made in
cDedierce to a popular demand, whose uni
versatility and spontaneity attest the affcc-
ton and confidence of the plain people of
the United States. By common consent
you are their champion. Their mighty up
rising in your behalf emphasizes the sim
cerity of their conversion TO the cardinal
principles of protection and reciprocity as
lest exeIapllfied in that splendid congress
SIOItal act which justly bears yoIr name
Under it this nation advanced to the very
cUlmiratfon of a prosperity far surprising
that of sill other peoples and all other
times; a prosperity shared in ny all Sec
tons all interests and all claSses; by cap
ital and labor. by pradu c.T and consumer:
q prosperity so happily n harmony with
III" genius of popular government That its
choicest blessings were most widely distrib-
uted among the lowliest toilers and the
IN mbleSt homes.
In 1872 your countrymen, nnmindfu of
your solemn warnings, returned that party
tC power which reiterated its everlasting
opposition 70 protective tariff and de-
manded the repeal of The Mckinley act.
They soEed the wind. They reaped the
whirlwfn-l The suferinSs and losses and
-or ..rn1e fnIlr
Years Of democratic tariff are vastly greater
than those which came to them from four
years Of civil war.
out Of it all one great good remains.
Those who scorned your counsels speedily
Witnessed the fulfillruent of your pTophe
sizes, and even as the scourged and repent
ant Israelites a5jured their stupid idols and
resumed urqueSt ioulng allegiance to Moses
and to Moses God. so now your country
men. sh2med of their errors. turn to YOU
and to those glorious principles for which
you stand. la the fun belief that your can
QiIacy and the republican platform mean
that the end of the wilderness has come
and the promised land of American pros
perity is again to them an insured iHheri-
tdnce.
But your nomination means more than
tine Endorsement of a protective tariff. Of
reciprocity. OF sound money and Of honest
finance, for all of which you have stead
tasty stood 1t means an Endorsement of
your heroic youth. your fruitful years of
ariuoUS public service. your sterling patri-
ctism, your stalwart Arlericanisn. your
Christian character and the purity. fidelity
and simplicity of your private life. In all
these things you are the typical American;
for all these things you the chosen
leader of the people. God give you strength
to SO bear III. honors and meet the duties
of that great office for which you are now
nominated and to which you will he elected
that your administration will enhance the
dignity and power and glory of this re-
PUBLIC and secure the safety. welfare and
ha ,ir. of l.
At ESQ Gov Mckinley arose to respond
and the cheering was renewed. When quiet
was restored he spoke as follows:
Major MckinIey's Response.
Senator Thurston ard gentlemen of the
rotincatfo1 committee Of the republican
national convention:
10 be selected as their presidential cam
didate by q great party's convention, rep
reSenting So vast number of the people
OF the United States, is a most distin-
guished honor. for which 1 would not con-
ceal my high appreciation, although deep
~ 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 arduous and i'm
portaI;t Is the duty imposed. and in accept
ing the one i assume the other, relying
upon the patriotic devotion of the people
TO the best interests OF our beloved conn
Try and tie sustaining care and aid of
Him without whose support all we do is
empty and vain. Should the people ratify
the choice of the great convention for
which yen speak my only aim will be to
promote the public good, which in America
is always the good of the greatest number
the honor or our country and the welfare
OF the people.
The issues.
The questions to be settled in the ma
tional contest this year are as serious and
important as any of the great govern
mental problems that have confronted us
In the past quarter of the century They
command our sober judgment and a settle
ment. free from partisan prejudice and
passion, beneficial to ourselves and befit-
ting the homer and grandeur Of the repub-
he They touch every interest of our COM
mon country Our industrial supremacy
our productive capacity. our business and
our commercial prosperity. our labor and
its rewards, our national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor and our
splendid free citizenship-the brthright of
every American-are all involved in the
pending campaign. and thus every home
III the land is directly and Intimately con-
nected with their proper settlement Great
are the issues inv olV ed in the coming cleo
ton. and eager and earnest the people for
their rights and determinations
s4)ur domestic trade must he won hack