Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-02

Canton, O., June 30.-Maj. Mckinley
was yesterday made officially cogni-
zant of the tact that ne was nominated
by the republican convention at St.
Louis for the presidency of the United
States This intelligence was conveyed
to him by committee appointed by the
chairman Of that convention and which
waited upon the standard-bearer of the
party. Garrett A. Hobart, the
nominee for the vice presidency, will
receive official notification of the &C
ton Of the convention on July Z. The
committee which will perform this
office will meet at the Fifth Avenue no.
tel in New York on Monday, the 9Th,
and proceed TO Patterson to perform its
mission next day. NcKinley's COM
mittee came from Cleveland on a spec
ial train and at once proceeded to the
nOmiree's house, a great crowd follow
ing. The visitors were received in the
library and filled it to its utmost capac-
ity. Besides Maj. Mckinley, his
mother and Mrs. Mckinley, few others
were present. Addressing ex-Gov. Nc
kinley, who rose and faced the COM
mittee, Senator Thurston made an elo-
quent speech, to which Major Mcl<in-
ley replied. The latter, after accepting
the nomination and declaring for pro
lection, reciprocity and a larger reve-
nue. thus alluded to the financial
question: E'The American people hold
the financial honor Of our government
as sacred as our flag and can be re-
lied upon to guard it with the same
vigilance. They hold its preservation
above party fealty and have often DEM
onstrated that party ties avail nothing
when the spotless credit Of our country
is threatened. The money of the
United States, and every kind or form
OF it, whether of paper, silver or gold,
must be as good as the best in the
world. 1t must not only be current at
it's full face value at home but it must
be counted at par in any and every
commercial center Of the globe. The
sagacity and far-seeing policy of the
great man who founded our govern
ment, tie teachings and acts of the
wisest financierS at every stage in our
history, the steadfast faith and splen-
did achievements of the great party To
which We belong and the genius and in
tegrity Of our people have always &C.
handed this and will ever maintain it,
The dollar paid to the farmer, the
wage earner and the pensioner must
continue forever equal in purchasing
aid debt paying power to the dollar
paid 20 any government CREDITOR
Harry H. Smith, many years clerk in
the national house Of representatives,
presented MAJOR Mckinney with a
gaVel that was made from a log taken
from the cabin occupied by Abraham
Lincoln in 1882 at New Salem Ill. Ma,
jor Mckinley returned his thanks.
Senator HiscOck, speaking to McKin-
that in proportion to population as we'll
as in fat, New York would give larg-
er majority for Mckinley next fall than
Ohio. c. E. TOWNSEND spoke for
Maine, Senator Browning for Virginia,
c. w. Fairbanks for Indiana, Col Rem
mels for Arkansas, Col Calvin Manning
for Iowa, Judge Hughes for Vermont,
Henry l.. Wilson for Washington state,
Martin Van Buren, jefferson for Massa-
CnuSetts and Capt. Jack Crawford for
New Mexico. Mark A. Hanna, Of CIeye-
land. and DeIegate-at-Large Dr. Theo-
dore Flood, editor Of the Chautauqua
, Magazine, also spoke. The party, at
ter being photographed left for Cleve-
land. The meeting was very enthusi-
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