The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-13
.N / XII ! | I ACCEPTS !: ? I
President Sounds the Keynote in His
"a Speech at Canton.
PARTY HONOR SACREDASFLAG.
The Matchless Leader Of the Repub-
licans Reviews the History Of
the Party, and Modestly Promises
Many Achievements in the Future.
Discusses All the Phases Of Poll

DISCUSSES All tne Enases OF foli-
4 tics.
CANTON, July, 12.-In tepiylng TO the
speech of Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge.
notifying him that no had bstn nom
mated BY the Republican party at Phil
Z adslphla for President, Major Mckinley
+, saii:
Senator Lodge and Gentlemen OF the
Notification Committee:
"Thn message which you bring to mc
: is one of signal honor. 1t Is also 4
summons. to duty. A single Nomination
i for the Office OF President by q great
party, which In thirty-two years out of
forty has been triumphant at national
+ elections, Is u distinction which CRATE
fully cherish. To receive unanimous re-
nomination by the same party is an
4 expression OF regard and a pledge OF
continued confidence for which II is diff
ficult to make adequate acknowledge
2 ment.
II anything exceeds the honors OF the
office Of President of the United States
it is the%responsbllity which attaches
4 toll. Having been invested with both
q 1 do not undcrappraise either. Any
one who has borne the anxietics and
burdens of the presidential UIiice. es-
pecially In time of national trouble. can
.
not contemplate assuming 1t u second
time without profoundly realizing the
severe ,exactlons and the solemn obli-
cations which It imposes, and Ibis feel
ing Is accentuated by the momentous
problems which now press IL. settle
ment. If my countrymen shall con-
firm the action Of the convention ut
our national election in November
shall, craving Divine guidance, under
take the exalted, trust. II accepting 1t IS
for the interest and honor OF lie coun-
try and the well being OF the NEW pso-
pies who have become the Objects of
our care. The declaration OF principles
adopted by the convention has. my
( hearty approval. At soma future date
1 will consider its subjects In detail and
Will by letter communicate TO your
chairman a more formal acceptance OF
the nomination.
A Party to be Trusted.
son a like occasion four years ago
said: 1.-THE party that supplied by leg
islation the vast revenues for the Goa
:, duct OF our greatest war. that promptly
restored the credit Of the country at
its Close; that from its abundant rev.
enues paid OF large share of the debt
incurred by this war. and that resumed
: specie payments and placed DIR paper
currcncy' upon 4 sound and enduring
basls, can be safely trusted TO preserve
both our credit and currency, with hon
or. stability anu inviotabitity. Thu
American people hold the financial
& honor OF our country as sacrei as the
4 flag. and can be relied upon 10 guard
It with the sama sleepless vigilance.
They hold its preservation above party
fealty. and have often demonstrated
that party ties avail nothing when the
spotless credit CT our country is threat
eued
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.
Our industrial supremacy, eur pro-
ductive capacity, our business and
commercial prosperity, our labor and
Its rewards, our national credit and
currency, our proud financial h@nor and
our splendid free citizenship. the birth
right OF every American. airs all in
volved in the pending campaign, and
thus every home In the land is directly
and intimately Interested with their
proper settlement.
"Our domestic trade mus. be won
back md our idle working people em-
ployed in gainful occupations at Amer
lean wages. Our home market must be
restored to It's proud rank OF first in
the world. and our foreign trade. so
Z precipltately cut off by adverse national
legislation, reopened M fair and eqult-
able terms for our surplus agricultural
and manufacturing products.
Public Confidence Must be Resumed.
Public confidence must BE- resumed,
and the skill. energy and thu capital
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