The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-19

! ty, bearing in mind that while you have
| acted in a broader field you have not
! lost sight Of the duties and obligations
/ of the citizen, and with your many cares
and responsibilities you have always
found time and opportunity 20 lend your
valuable assistance 20 AL that makes
/ for good in your community. We all
unite in extending TO you our hearty
: congratulations and good wishes
/ There was a sea of faces for blocks
about,and after whiriwind OF applause
I had greeted him, Ex-Governor Mckinley
| responded as follows:
My friends and fellow citizens:
am greatly honored by this demonstra-
! ton. Its non-partisan character for
| bids political discussion and 1 appear
] only to make grateful acknowledgment
| to your address and congratulations.
81 am not Indifferent TO the pleasure
which you exhibit at the news just re-
| ceived from the Republican convention
For days your interest has been center
ed upon St Louis, and your presence
In such vast numbers testiffes to your
personal good will, as well as your
gratifica ton with the work done there.
Your cordial assurances are all the NOR
appreciated by me, because they come
from my fellow-citiZens, men of all
parties, my neighbors, my former con-
stituents, and my old army comrades
with whom I have lived almost a life-
time and who have honored me over
and over again with important public
trusts.
Your warm words are reciprocated
and viii be long remembered. Many
OF those around me have not always
agreed with me, nor I with them. touch
ing political questions. But il is pleas
ant, as l look into your faces. to recall
that in all the years Of the past there
has never been a moment of time when
you have withheld from me your friend
ship. your encouras cement and your con-
idence.
You have always been most gener-
ously loyal, and my heart is full of
gratitude to you all.
There is nothing more gratifying to
any man than to have the regard and
esteem Of his feilow-towHsmen and in
this l have been particularly blessed.
Never were nsighbors more devoted or
unfaltering in their support than you
have been to me. You have always
made my cause your cause, and my
home among you has been one of in
cre3sing pleasure.
This county and city are very dear
70 me. Here I have spent all of my
young manhood and 1 have been iden-
tilted with this magnificent county for
neary third Of a century.
Il am glad TO greet you here. You
have never failed 10 greet me with your
best wishes and congratulations upon
every occasion of my nomination TO a
public office, commencing twenty years
ago when l was first named by my
party for congress.
Il cannot undertake to estimate the
value of these many friendly demon
STATIONS, so helpful, so stimulating
more than you could have anticipated
or believed at the time. Your call to-
day is warmly appreciated, and l thank
you from the bottom of my heart for
what you have said, as expressive Of the
feelings of those for whom you speak
This latest evidence OF your esteem
makes me more than ever indebted TO
you, and the happy memory of your kind
ness and confidence will abide with me
forever"
Inside the Mckinley home, whose
chief charm is its refreshing simplicity
crowded upon the Stairways. sitting and
standing in the various parlOrs, were
Major McKinley's most intimate friends
Many shed tears of joy when the news
was received that McKinley's nomina-
ton had been made unanimous