The record-union., 1896-06-30
The Committee Appointed by the National
Republican Convention
Calls Upon the Candidate for the
Presidency.

Strongly Indorses the Platform
Adopted by the ST. Louis Con-
vention.
CANTON (O), June 29.-The commit
tee, consisting of one member from each
State and Territory, selected at the St
Louis Convention to convey to Major
Mckinley official notification of his
nomination arrived in Canton on spe-
cial train from Cleveland at IL 80
O'Clock this morning. 1t was met at the
station by the Reception Committee, and
driven in open carriages to Major Nc
kinley's residence, accompanied by
mounted escorts.
The preparations at Major McKin-
1ey'S We're simple. Seventy-five chairs
had been placed on the front lawn un-
der the trees facing the house, Major
Mckinley received the members of the
committee on the veranda- The streets
about the house were filled with men,
women and children. The crowd surged
in at the gates and pressed close upon
the chairs.
SENATOR THURSTON'S ADDRESS,
John NJ. Thurston, addressing the ex-
Governor, said:
Governor Mckinley we are here to
perform the pleasant duty assigned us
by the Republican National Convention
recently assembled in ST. Louis, that of
formally notifying you of your nomina--
tion as the candidate of the Republican
party for President of the United
States.
we respectfully request your ac-
ceptance of this nomination and your
approval of the declaration of princi-
piles adopted by the convention
I'VE assure you that you are the
unanimous choice of united party,
and your candidacy will Immediately
be accepted by the country as an alb
solute guarantee of Republican success.
Your nomination has been made in
obedience to a popular demand whose
universally and spontaneity attest the
affection and confidence of the plain
people of the United States. By COM
mon consent you are their champion.
This mighty uprising in your behalf
emphasizes the sincerity of their con-
version TO the cardinal principles of
protection and reciprocity, as best ex-
emplified in that splendid Congress
sional Act which justly bears your
to the very elimination of prosperity
far surprising that of all other people
and all other times; a prosperity shared
in by all sections, all interests and all
classes; by capital and labor, by pro-
ducer and consumer; a prosperity so
happily in harmony with the genius of
popular government that its choicest
blessings were most widely distributed
ba +ofI ~,
blest homes.
In 1892 your countrymen, unmindful
of your solemn warnings. returned that
party to power which reiterated its
everlasting opposition to a protective
tariff. and demanded the repeal of the
Mckinley Act. They sowed the wind
They reaped the whirlwind.
The sufferings and losses and disas-
ters 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.
"Out of it all one great good re-
mains. Those who scorned your coun-
sci speedily witnessed the fulfllment of
your prophecies and even as the
scourged and repentant Israelites alb
Jured their stupid idols and resumed
unquestioning allegiance to Moses and
to Moses God. so now your country
men, ashamed 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 will
derness has come and the promised
land of American prosperity is again
to them an insured inheritance.
But your nomination means more
than the Endorsement of a protective
tariff, 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 staIwart
Americanism; your Christian character,
and the purity, fidelity and simplicity
o. your private life
''In all these things you are the tvpi-
cal American; for all these things you
are the chosen leader of the people
God give you strength to so bear the
honors and meet the duties of that
great office for which you are now NOM
Snated, and to which you will be elected
that your administration viii enhance
the dignity, and power. and glory OF
this republic, and secure the safety, well
fare and happiness OF its liberty-Ioving
people
NJ MKTNLEY'S REPLY.
Mr.. Mckinley responded as follows:
Senator Thurston and Gentlemen OF
the Notification Committee of the Ma
tional Republican Convention: To be
selected as its Presidential candidate by
great party convention, representing
so vast number of the people of the
United states, is a r~ost distinguished
honor. for which ! would not conceal
my high appreciation, although deeply
sensible of the great responsibilities OF
the trust and my inability to bear them
without the generous support OF my fell
low countrymen. Great as is the honor
conferred, equally arduous and import
ant is the duty imposed, and in accept
Ing the one | assume the other, relying
upon the patriotic devotion of the people
to the best interests of our beloved
country. and sustaining care and aid oi
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 promote