The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-30
.lIR NETYLEY NOTIFIED.
The Republican Candidate For
mally Accepts His Nomination,
STANDS ON THE GOLD PLATFORM.

''The Money of the United states Must be
rs Good ms tho Best in the world"-The
Great Issues of the Campaign-Protec-
tion and Reciprocity.
CANTON, o., June 3O.-The members Of
the committee appointed by the st. Louis
convention TO notify Major Mckinley of
his nomination for president, called at
the residence Of the candidate yesterday
and performed the duty assigned them.
After Introducing each member Of the
committee Separately Senator Thurston
delivered his notification speech, in which
he declared that the disasters TO the Amer
lean people through the repeal of the Nc
Kinley act were greater than those pro-
duced by the civil war.
In accepting the nomination Major Nc
Kinley spoke in part as follows
Great as Is the honor conferred equally
arduous and important is the duty inn
posed, and In accepting the one assume
the other relying upon the patriotic devo-
tion of the people to the best interests of
our beloved country, and the sustaining
care and aid of Him without whose sup
port 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 promote the public good
which in America is always the good of
the greatest number, the honor Of our
| country and the welfare of the people.
"The questions Co be settled in the ma
tional contest this year are as serious and
Important as any Of the great govern
mental problems that have confronted us
in the last quarter Of the century. They
command our sober Judgment and set
Element free from partisan prejudice and
passion, beneficial to ourselves and befit-
ting the honor and grandeur of The repub-
lie. They touch every intcrestof our COM
mon country. Our industrial supremacy,
our productive capacity, our business and
our commercial prosperity, our labor and
its rewards, our national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor, and our
| splendid free citizenship.
| "Great are the issues involved in the
coming election, and eager and earnest the
| people for their rights and determinations.
! Our domestic trade must be won back and
our idle worl1ingmen employed in gainful
occupations at American wages. Our
| home market must be restored to its
| proud rank of first in the world, and our
! foreign trade. 50 precipitated and cut off
| by adverse national legislation, rcOpcned
ON feir an3 equitable terms for our sur
| plus agricultural manufacturing products.
! Protection ana reciprocity twin measures
Of . true Anerioan policy, should again
! command the earnest encouragement of
! the government All Washington.
"The government Of the United States
must raise enough money TO pay both its
current expenses and increasing needs.
Its revenues should be so raised as to pro-
tect the material interests Of our people,
lirrbtset r,og-i1In ,rr,cr,
resources, and maintain that high stand
dard of civilization which has distin-
! guished our country for more than a cen
tury Of existence. A failure to pursue
this policy has compelled the government
| to borrow money in time of peace, to
sustain its credit and pay its daily ex-
penses This policy should be reversed,
and that too, as speedily as possible.
"The complaint Of the people is not
against the administration for borrowing
money and issuing bonds to preserve the
credit of the country, but against the
ruinous policy which has made this neces-
sary 1t is but an incident, and a neces-
sary one, to the policy which has been in
augurated- The inevitable effect of such
q doctrine is seen in the deficiency of the
United States treasury, and in the distress
Of the people who are suffering because of
the scant demand for either their labor
or the products OF their labor
! "Tho american people hold the financial
honor Of our government as sacred as our
flag and can be relied upon to guard it
with the same sleepless vigilance The
money of the United States, and every
kind or form of 1t, whether of paper silver
or gold must be as good rs the best in the
world. 1t must not only be current ut its
full face value at home, but it must be
counted at par in any and every CONNER
cial center of the globe. The dollar paid
to the farmer, the wage Garner and the
| pensioner must continue forever equal in
purchasing and debt paying power TO the
dollar paid to any government creditor.
After Mr., Mckinley's speech II. II.
Smith, of Michigan, presented 60 him the
gavel used by Chairman Thurston at the
/ ST. Louis convention. Then followed
| speeches by'ex- Congressman d. X. Wat
SON. ex-United States Senator Hiscock of
New York Charles E. Townsend of Maine
Senator Browning of Virginia, c. w
Fairbanks of Indiana, National Chairman
NJ. A. Hanna and others