The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-07-04
PLATFORM SUITS HIM
M'klNLEY ENDORSES THE ST. LOUIS
DECLARATION

oussed at Length and the Money Plank
Reviewed-FormallyT Told of His Nomi-
nation by the Notification Committee.
CANTON, O., June 3O.-The notifica-
tion committee appointed by the st.
Louis convention called on Mayor Nc
Kinley during the day and formally
notified him Of his nomination for presi-
dent on the Republican ticket. Sena-
tor Thurston, chairman Of the conven-
tion, was spokesman. and his remarks
we're frequently applauded by the
crowd assembled about the Mckinley
residence. Mr.. Mckinley responded as
follows: s..
Senator Thurstop and Gentlemen Of the
& Notification Committee of the Repubh-
can National Convention:
To be selected as their presidential can
didate, by great party convention repre-
senting 90 vast q number Of people Of the
United States, Is most distinguished
honor, for which would not conceal my
high appreciation, although deeply sensi-
BILE Of the great responsibilities Of the
trust, and my inability to bear them with
out the generous and constant support of
my fellow countrymen. Great as is the
honor conferred, equally arduous and i'm
portant Is the duty imposed and in ac-
cepting the one, assume the other, rely
ing upon the patriotic devotion of the peo-
pie to the best interests of our beloved
country, and the sustaining care and aid
Of Him without whose support all we do
10 empty and vain. Should the people
ratify the choice of the great convention
for which you speak, my only aim will be
to promote the public good, which in
America is always the good of the greatest
number, the honor of our country, and the
welfare Of the people.
Serious Questions to BE Settled.
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 a century. They
command our sober Judgment and set
element free from partisan prejudice and
passion, beneficial to ourselves and beflt-
ting the honor and grandeur Of the repub-
10. They touch every interest of our COM
tnon country. Our industrial supremacy,
CIR productive capacity, our business apd
commercial prosperity, our labor and It's
tvWar6s our national credit and currency,
our proud financial honesty and our splen-
did free citizenship - the birthright Of
every man--are all involved in the pend
ing 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.
Domestic Trade Must Be Won Back.
Our domestic trade must be won back
and our idle workmen employed in gain
full occupations at American wages. Our
home market must be restored to it's
proud rank of first in the world, and our
foreign trade, so precipitately cut off by
adverse national legislation, reopened on
fair and equitable terms for our surplus
agricultural and manufacturing products.
Protection and reciprocity, twin measures
Of true American policy, should again
command the earnest encouragement Of
the government at Washington. Pubic
! confidence must be resumed, and the skill,
the energy and the capital Of our country
And ample employment at home, sus-
tained, encouraged and defended against
the unequal competition and serious dis
advantages with which they are now con-
tending. The government Of the United
States must raise enough money to meet
both Its current expenses and increasing
needs Its revenues should be SO raised as
10 protect the material interests Of our
people with the lightest possible drain
upon their resources, and maintain that
high standard Of civilization which has
distinguished our country for more than Q
century of it's existence. The income OF
the governments, I repeat, should equal
~ Necessary and Proper Expenditures.
A failure 70 pursue this policy has COM I!