Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1900-07-14
MIR. M'KINLEY ACCEPTS.
Reply to the Address of the Notification
Committee.

Reply to the Address of the Notification
Committee.
In3reply to the address of the Motif
cation committee Mr.. Mckinley said
| The mission which you bring to me is
one of signal honor. 1t is also a summons
to duty. A single nomination for the
Office of president by great party which
| in 80 years out of 40 has been triumphant
at national elections, is q distinction
which / gratefully cherish To receive
unanimous denomination by the same
party is an expression of regard and
pledge of continued confidence for which
it is difficult to make adequate acknowl-
edgment. If my conntrymen shall con-
firm the action of the convention at our
national election in November shall,
craving divine guidance, administer the
trust for the interest and honor of the
country and the we'll being of the new
peoples who have become the objects of
our care. The declaration of principles
adopted by the convention has my hearty
approval. At some future date 1 will
consider its subjects in detail and will b,
letter communicate to your chairman
more formal acceptance of the nomina-
ton.
Promises Have Been FULFILLED.
Mr.. Mckinley then quoted from his
acceptance speech of four years ago in
relation to the work to be carried out
and continued:
Three and one-half years of legislation
and administration have been concluded |
since these words were spoken Have those
to whom was confded the direction of the |
government kept their pledges? The rec.
ord ic 10 Tho /
familiar with what has been accom- |
plished. The gold standard has been re
affirmed and strengthened. The endless
chain has been broken and the drain upon
our gold reserve no longer frets US. The |
credit of the country has been advanced to
the highest place among all nations We |
are refunding our bonded debt bearing
and and 5 per cent interest at 2 per
cent, lower rate than that of any other
country and already more than $500, 0OO,-
600 have been so funded with a gain to
the government of many millions of dol
lars Instead of IL to /, for which our OBJ
ponents contended four years ago, legis-
lation has been enacted, which, while
utilizing all forms Of our money, secure
one fixed value for every dollar and tn
the best known to the civilized world
Says prosperity Has Returned.
A tariff which protects American labor
and industry and provides ample revenues
has been written in public law We have
lower interest and higher wages; more
money and fewer mortgages. The worlds
markets have been opened to American
products which go now where they have
never gone before. We have passed from
a bond-issuing to bond-paying nation:
of H., q
lenders; from deficiency in revenue to a
surplus; from fear to confidence; from
enforced idleness to profitable employ
ment. The public faith has been upheld:
public order has been maintained: we
have prosperity at home and prestige
abroad
Unfortunately the threat of 1896 has
just been renewed by the allied parties
without abatement or modification The
gold bill has been denounced and its re
peal demanded. The menace of is to /.
still hangs over us with all its
dire consequences to credit and conf
dence, to business and industry. The
people must once more unite and over
come the advocates of Republication and
must not relax their energy until the
cattle for public honor and honest money
shall again triumph.
The spanish War and Its Results.
Some things have happened in the past
four years which were not promised nor
sven foreseen and our purposes in rela- :
bon to them must not be left in doubt.
A just war has been waged for humanity
md with it have come new problems and
Spain has been elected
rom the Western hemisphere and our I
lag floats over her former territory. Cuba 9