The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-02
No OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
GOVERNOR M'KINLEY OFFICIAL
LY NOTIFIED OF HIS NOM
NATION YESTERDAY.
THE ADDRESS BY SENATOR THURST0N
Mckinley Responded at Length, Re
viewing the Questions of the Cam
paign-Othcr Addresses by Mem
lcrs of the Committee.

Canton. o.. June 29.-Whcn the mem
bcrs of the committee appointed by the
ST. Louis convention to notify cX-Gov-
crnor Mckinley of his nomination for
the presidency reached Canton today the
skies were ovcrhung with heavy clouds
and II rain storm seemed imminent AS
the arrangements were to have nearly
the whole exercise in the open air the
committee set promptly to work. But
instead of the expected rain, just as Maj.
Mckinley stepped to the porch 10 deliver
his response, the sun burst through the
clouds and the weather became most
suspicious.
Following the formal speeches, H. IL.
Smith secretary of the notification com
mittce. presented gavcI made from II
log taken from tn" log cabin in which
Lincoln lived.
Mrs. Mckinley, Jr. and Mother Me-
Kinley. together with few lady friends,
Mrs. Thurston and other ladies coming
with the party, occupied the porch dur
ing the exercises. When these had been
concluded the visitors were presented in
dividually to Governor and Mrs. McKin-
ley and they shook each by the hand,
Hon. Mark A. Hanna presiding at the
ceremony. Then the company adjourn
ed TO the tent on the rear of the lawn,
where a simple. dainty lunch was
served.
The committee reached Canton ON II
Cleveland Terminal and Valley special
ut ll:3O The permanent reception com
mittcr. lately organized for the cam
paign, headed by Judge George f.. Bald
win, William X. Day and Henry A.
Wise. was at the depot to meet the party.
Decorated tallyhOcs and carriages were
in waiting at the station. The parade was
organized. the Grand Army band and the
citizens troop of cavalry leading the We
hiclcs occupied by the guests. Citizens
Tell IN behind and an enormous crowd
quickly gathered about the Mckinley
home, where the duties of the commit
tee were discharged and where the gen
raj public had been informally invited
through the press. On arriving ut the
Mckinley home the committee and
guests found an enormous crowd assem-
bcd about the residence. But an open
space on the north side was reserved
and the party was quickly seated upon
the camp chairs provided.
Mrs. Mckinley and n company of
friends occupied the front porch rs the
party arrived. Just as the crowd was
'qucting down, Governor Mckinley
stepped ont on the porch and was given
most enthusiastic ovation. cheer after
cheer rising from the crowd
THCRSTON'S ADDRESS.
Senator ThurSton stepped upon the
porch and in his fiery cloqucncc deliver
cd the official notification. He was greet
ed with enthusiastic applause and was
frequently interrupted by the cheering
of the sentiments he expressed He
spoke rs follows:
Governor Mckinlcy-Wc 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-
ton as the candidate of the Republican
party for president Of the United States
1--WE respectfully request your accept
ance of this nomination and your approval
of the declaration of principles adopted by
The convention.
I'VE assure YOU that You are the unani-
mOuS choice of n united party and your
candidacy will be Immediately accepted
by the country as IN absolute guaranty
of Republican success.
Your nomination has been made in
obedience TO Il popular demand. whose uni
versatility and spontancity attest the af-
fection and confidence of the plain people
of the United States BY common con-
sent you are their champion, Their
mighty uprising in your behalf emphasizes
the sincerity of their conversion to the
cardinal principles of protection and reel
procty as best cXcmpliied in that Splcn-
did congressional act which justly bears
your name. Under it this nation adj
Yanced to the very elimination of
Il prosperity far surprising that of all
peoples and all other times; prosperity
shared in by all sections all interests
and all classes; hy capital and labor; by
producer ANA consumer; Il prosperity So
happily in harmony with the genius of
popular government that its choicest
blessings were most widely distributed
among the lowliCSt tolCrs and the
humbcst homes.
"ln 1892. your countrymCn, mmindful
of your solemn warnings returned that
party To power which reiterated its ever
lasting opposition To II protective tariff
and demanded the repeal of the Mckin-
ley act. They sowcd the wind. They
reaped the whirlwmd. The suilcrings
and losses and disasters to the American
people from four years of Democratic
tariff are vastly greater than those
which came To them from four years of
civil war.
"Uut of it all one great good remains.
Those who Scorncd your cuunSclS speed
lily witnessed the fultllmcnt of your
prophesies, and even as the scourged and
repentant lsraelitcs adjurcd their stu
pid idols and resumed unquestoning al
legiance to Moses and Moses God. 50
now your countrymen, slammed of their
errors turn to you and to those. glorious
principles for which YOU stand. in the
full belief that your candidacy and the
Republican platform mean that the end
of the wilderness has come and the prom
Used land of American prosperity is again
10 them an insured Inheritance.
But your nomination means more
than the Endorsement of protective
tariff. of reciprocity. of sound money and
of honest finance. for all of which YOU
have so steadfastly stood. 1t means an
Endorsement of your heroic youth: your
fruitful years of arduouS public service:
your sterling patriotism; your Stalwart
Americanism: your Christian character.
and the purity. fidelity and simplicity of
your private life. In all these things
YOU are the typical American; for all
these things you are the chosen leader
of rho unonlp Cod rive Won strength IN