The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-07-10
MKINLEY Us NOTIFIED
OFFICIALLY INFORMED OF
HIS NOMINATION..
Outlines Party Policy-The Tarin issue
Made the FEATURE of His Formal Address
The Present Money Standard Must be
Observation-Disclosures Suits Him.

ANcPuOllcdu uAClOual &c
notify Ex-Governor Mckinley of his
nomination for the Presidency Assem-.
bled at the Hollenden hotel in Cleve-
land at $50 o'clock this morning and
were photographed in a group. Then,
headed by Senator Thurston OF Ne
braska and M. A. Hanna, they marched
to the Valley railroad station, where
a special train was boarded for this
place. A number of leading Republi-
cans accompanied the committee,
making the total number Of persons
on the train about 100.
On arriving at the Mckinley home
the committee and guests assembled
about the residence, the party being
supplied. with camp chairs. AS the
crowd was quoting down, Mr.. McKin-
lev appeared on the porch, and cheer
after cheer arose from the crowd.
Senator Thurston then stepped
upon the porch and deliv-
cred the official notification,
Mr. Mckinley replied as follows:
Senator Thurston and Gentlemen
of the Notification Committee of the
Republican National Conventions: To
be selected as their presidential can
didate by a great party convention,
representing so vast a number Of the
people of the United States, is a most
distinguished honor, for which l
would not conceal my high apprecia-
ton, although deeply sensible Of the
great responsibilities of the trust and
my inability to bear them without the
generous and constant support of nv
fellow countrymen. Great as is the
honor conferred, equally arduous and
important is the duty imposed, and in
relying upon the patriotic devotion of
beloved country and the 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 YOU
speak, my only aim will be to pro-
mote the public good which, in Amer
lea, is always the good Of the greatest
number, the honor of our country and
the welfare of the people.
"The questions to be se+'',7 in the
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 a settlement free from partisan
prejudice and passion, beneficial to
ourselves and BETTING the honor and
granduer of III republic. They touch
every interest of our coun-
try. Our industrial supremacy, our
productive capacity, our business and
prosperity, our labor and
Its rewards, u national credit and
u proud financial honor
and our splendid free citizenship-the
of every American-are all
involved in the pending campaign,
and thus every home in the land is
directly and intimately connected
with their proper settlement.
GREAT ISSUES TO BE SETTLED.
Great are the issues involved in the
coming election and eager and earnest
the people for their right determine
ton. Our domestic trade must be won
back and our idle workingmen en-
in g%ainful occupations at
American wages. Our home market
must be restored to its proud rank Of
first in the world. and our foreign
trade, SO perceptibly cut off by adverse
national legislation, reopened on fair
and equitable terms for our surplus
agricultural and manufacturing pro-
Protection and reciprocity,
twin measures Of a true American
should again command the
earnest encouragement of the govern
ment at Washington. Public con-
tidence must be resumed and the skill,
the energy, and the capital of our
country find ample employment at
home, sustained, encouraged and de-
Tended against the unequal compe-
tition and serious disadvantages
with which they are now contend
ing. The government of the United
States must raise enough money to
meet both its current expenses and
needs. Its revenues should
be SO raised as to protect the material
interests of our people with the
lightest possible drain upon their &C.
and maintain that high
standard Of civilization which has dis
tinguished our country for more than
a century of its existence. The in
come of the government, l repeat.
should equal its necessary proper ex-
penditure. A failure to pursue this
policy has compelled the government
to borrow money in a time of peace,
to sustain its credit and pay it's daily
expenses. This policy should be re-
versed and that as speedily as possible.
REVENUES MUST BE INCREASED.
ut must be apparent to all, regard
less CT past party affiliations. that it
is our paramount duty to provide
adequate revenue, for the expendi-
lures of the government economically
and %prudentiy administered. The Re-
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