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this additional evidence of their favor

this additional evidence Of their favor
and support.
After luncheon had been served the
party leaders went with the President
into the house. There were a number
OF informal conferences. AS the after
noon wore on the crowds about the
Presidents home gradually dispersed.
AT 4:4O p. m. the last of the Cleveland
party. including Sentaor Hanna. Mr.
Bliss. Mr.. Payne and others, left the
Mckinley residence to take the train
for home. President Mckinley accom-
panied them TO their carriages and
babe them goodbye. He returned to
the house and the notification ceremo-
MES were over.
WOLCOTT NOTIFIES ROOSEVELT.
Oyster Bay, l.. l.. July ION the
breeze swept veranda OF Sycamore. his
Roosevelt to-day was officially noti-
ned of his nomination for Vice Presi-
dent on the Republican national ticket
Inc ceremony was so simple as TO be
almost informal. Surrounded by the
members of the Committee on Notifica-
ton. a little party OF invited guests
Mrs. Roosevelt and the rest of the Gov
ernor,s family, Governor Roosevelt
listened to the address of notification
by Senator Wolcott. of Colorado. chair
man of the committee. There was no
attempt at ceremony. The party sim
ply ranged themselves about the wide
Nerandas. which command a magnifi-
cent view of Long Island Sound and
Senator Wolcott. practically without
preiiminaries of any kind, deiverafl Il
short address. To this the Governor
responded briefly. and then luncheon
was served. An hour was spent in
general conversation on the cool
porches. and then the party returned
10 oyster Bay. where q special train
was waiting TO convey them back to
Shortly after 10 o'clock Senator VOL
colt called the committee to the porch.
There he read the formal notification
IN his clear and resonant voice. SEN
ator Wolcott then said:
STILL a YOUNG MAN.
'Yon are still young man. as years
are counted: but the country knows
more OF you than of most of its citi-
zcns. You were identified and will
ever he associated with these efforts
toward reform in the civil service
which command the approval of intel
ligent men OF all political parties Your
stirring love of adventure has made
you a more familiar figure in Western
camps on Western plains than on the
avenues Of your native city. Your
sterling Amcricanism has led you to
the mastery of our earlier history and
you have told us of the winning of the
west WIN charm and spirit that
nave made us all better lovers of our
country; while your tales of Western
hunting and adventure have filled tho
breast of every lad in the land with
envy and emulation. and whatever
doubts may havo existed in the past.
now That you are our candidate. they
VIII be believed to be true by every
good Republican,"
Senator Woicott's address was fire.
Gnentiy aprlauded. his reference to
Governor Roosevelt's hunting stories
evoked hearty laughter.
When Senator NVolcott concluded
Governor Roosevelt stepped pace for
ward and replied. After accepting the
nomination he said:
ROOSEVELTS REPLY.
This is very much moro than a
mere party contest. We stand at the
parting of the ways. and the people
nave now to decide whether they shall
go forward along the path of prosperl-
~ and high honor abroad. or whether
they Will turn their backs upon what
has been done during the past three
years; whether they will piunge this
country into an abyss of misery and
disaster, or. what ia worse than even
misery and Disaster shame. feel