The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-06
KENTUCKY STILL In DOUBT
BOTH LEADING PARTIES ARE CLAIM
ING THE ELECTORAL TICKET,
And the Official Count May BE Neces-
sary to Decide-North Carolina
Probably for Free Silver.

CANTON. o.. Nov. 5.-President-ele
Mckinley tonight sent the following dis
patch to Mark Hanna at New York:
Ito Hon. M. A. Hanna, Waldorf Hotel,
New York:
Your telegraphic message, announcing
the result of election has been received.
/ beg you to accept my hearty thanks for
your great services in the cause of sound
money and protection throughout the cam
paign now closed and gloriously won. They
were most generous and effective and will
receive the warm appreciation of your
countrymen everywhere. / will be pleased
to have you convey to your associates Of
the national committee my high apprecia-
ton of their efficient services.
1.-THE people in their majesty. ignoring
party linos have declared their detesta-
tion of reputation and dishonor, in what
ever specious guise they may be presented.
They have. with the same mighty power
affirmed their devotion to law and order,
and their undertaking respect for justice
and the courts. They have maintained
their unfaltering determination to support
and uphold the constituted authorities Of
the country and have thereby given new
vigor and strength to our free institutions
They have, indeed again consecrated them
selves to country, and baptized the cher
ished ordinances of free government with
a new and holy patriotism. The victory is
not to party or section, but of and for the
whole American people. Not the least of
the triumphs of the election is the oblitera-
ton of sectional lines in the Re-
public. We have demonstrated to the
world that we united people in pur-
pose as in name. We have manifested in
the great cause the spirit Of fraternity
and brotherhood that should always char
acterize our common and equal citizenship,
and have proven conclusively that in
country of equal privileges and equal op-
portunity the insidious doctrine of hate or
of class or sectional distinction cannot pre-
vail. Let US, as Americans, straightway
devote ourselves to the upbuilding of Amer
lea; to the peace, honor and glory of our
common country. Party dissensions should
no longer divide or rack the public mind:
nor the zeal or temper of either side deter
any citizen from patriotic devotion TO the
good of all. WILLIAM MKINLEY."
A representative of the Associated Press
called on Major Mckinley tonight and
found him in the library, chatting with a
number of friends who are feeling in ex-
cellent spirits over the election. He asked
him: ITO what do you attribute success?"
"Oh, l don't care to be interviewed, but
1 will say that the patriotic efforts Of the
men of both the old parties have brought
about the result. Ardent and devoted as
have been the efforts OF Republicans every
where, equally pronounced and helpful was
the attitude of the sound-money Democrats
Then the press of the country, the enthu-
siastic efforts of the great journals of both
parties, have been a mighty factor in the
result and aid to the Republican cause"
This Is the only utterance Governor Nc
Kinley has made and the only statement
of public nature he will make at the pres
ent time