The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-29

CANTON, o., June 20. The notification
committee reached Canton at 11:s0 o. m.
The permanent reception committee
lately organized for the campaign, headed
by Judges George Baldwin, William X.
Day and Henry A. Wise, was at the depot
to meet the party. Decorated taliy-hos
and carriages were in waiting at the sta
tion. The parade was organized, the
Grand Army band and the citizen troop
of cavalry leading the vehicles occupied
by the guests. Citizens fell in behind,
and an enormous crowd quickly gathered
about the Mckinley home, where the
duties of the committee were discharged,
and where the general public had been
informally invited through press notices.
On arriving ar the Mckinley home the
committee and guests found an enormous
crowd assem- bled in an open space on the
northern side which bad been reserved.
The.party was quickly seated upon camp
chairs. Mrs. Mckinley and a number OF
friends occupied the front porch as the
rarity arrived. Just as tie crowd was
quieting down Governor Mckinley
stepped out on the porch and was given
a most enthusiastic ovation, cheer after
cheer rising from the crowd.
Senator Thurston stepped up on the
porch and delivered the official notifica-
tion. lie was frequently interrupted by
applause. lie spoke as follows:
Senator Ihurston's Address.
Governor McKipley--We are here to
perform the pleasant duty assigned us by
the Republican National Convention, re-
Gently assembled in st. Louis, that OF
formally notifying you of your nomina-
"A - q he III t.,o,
party for President of the United States.
We respectfully request your acceptance
OF this nomination and your approval OF
the declaration OF principles adopted by
the convention.
We insure you that you are the unani-
nous choice OF q United rnrty, and your
candidacy will be Immediately accepted
by the country as all absolute guarantee
of Republican success.
Your nomination has been made In
obedience to popular demand, whose
universnlity and spontaneity attest the
affection and confidence OF the plain peo-
pie OF the United States. BY common
consent you are their champion. Their
mighty uprising in your behalf empha-
sizes the sincerity OF their conversion to
the cardinal principles OF protection and
reciprocity as best exemplified In that
splendid Congressional act which Justly
BELTS your name.
Under IL this nation advanced to the
very elimination of prosperity far sur
RAISING that OF ell other people and all
other times, n prosperity shared in by all
sections. ull interests and all classes. tho
capitalists and lHborers, by producers and
consumers, n prosperity so happily IN
harmony with the genius OF popular
government that its choicest blessings
were most widely distributed among the
lowliest toilers and the humblest homes.
In 1892 your countrymen. unmindful OF
your solemn warnings. returned that
pnrtv 10 power which reiterated its ever
lasting opposition 10 a protective tariff,
and demanded the repeal OF the Mckinley
act. They sowed tho wind. They reaped
tho whirlwiud. The sufierIngs and losses
aud disasters to the American people
from tour years OF Democratic tariff are
vnstly greater than those that came TO
them from four years OF civil war.
Out OF 1t oil one great good remains.
Those who scorned your counsels speedily
witnessed the fulhllmCnt OF your proph-
ecies and even rs scourgcd and repent mt
Israelites Gbjored their stupid idols and
resumed Understanding allegiance to
Moses and Moses God, so now your
countrymen, ashamed OF their errors.
turn TO you anc TO those glorious prin-
ciples for which you stand in the full
belief that your candidacy and the Re-
454is.44f-falat toenl- mean thai Tho end OF
the wilderness has come and tie promised
land OF American prosperity Is 10 them
again an assured-i hc' itance.
But your nUminaiion means more than
the indursement OF protective tariff, OF
reciprocity, OF sound money and OF hon-
est finance, for all of which you have so
stcadsnstly stood. It means an endorse
mont Of your heroic youth; your fruitful
years OF arduous public service; your
sterling patriotism; your stalwart Ameri-
canism; your Christian character ana the