The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-13

but the majority as individuals. fell into the
line wherever they CHANGED 10 meet II.
From Alliance came a delegation Of employees
of the Morgan Engineering Works. which makes
coast defence mounts for the Government ano
some OF the heaviest electrical cranes used in the
Government service. A large crowd OF repre-
s,ntatiye citizens came with them, Massillon
sent a representative body from shop. store
and ofrce. Akron's young lawyers started
the movement there's and when the train pulled
GU. it had on board about three hundred capable
representatives OF that city. with Secretary
Dick Of the National COMMITTEES to lead them.
All these we're here In advance OF the noti-
fcation party train and ready TO REINFORCE
the Cleveland escort to that party. The Cleve-
land contingent included a hundred or more
members Of the Tippecanoe Club. members
Of the Business Mems Club and committeemen
and members Of various political clubs and
organizations. Attached to the train was the
private car Of Chairman Herrick. of the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie Railroad, occupied by forty
survivors of the Presidents regiment, the
famous Twenty-third Ohio. which included
on its muster rolls Stanley Matthews. Gen,
Rosecrans. the late X. b. Hayes. zen Warren
IIASuukS, sftH. INDbtll y = tiitAth e"e ''NN'S
others who became prominent in the affairs
OF the Government.
THE PARADE STARTS.
All these were organized into a trlumphal
parade, escorting the carriages which con-
tanned the members OF the Notification Com
mlttee and the invited guests. To an accom-
paniment of music. Marching Through
Georgia" and Dixie" struggling for supremacy
in the medleys. and OF cheers and shouts. this
contingent marched up the street. followed
by q vast crowd that had fingered along the
streets to review II. Near the Mckinley gate Il
became lost in the larger crowd that had gone
direct to the house. hoping to SECURE vantage
ground, and with the first boom OF the cannon
had filed every available space on the lawn
that the police had not reserved.
When the cheers and the shouts OF the two
crowds we're united the noise became most
deafening. First in the party to appear on
the porch were Senator Hanna. Senator Lodge.
Senator Payne of Wisconsin. Senator FAR
banks Of Indiana, Cornelius n. Bliss OF New
York, former Secretary OF the Interior Ma
tional Committeeman r. C.. Kerens OF Missouri,
Comptroller of the Currency Charles q. Dawes.
Col. Stewart OF Chicago. and other invited
guests, accompanied by Judge Day. former
Secretary Of State. John {. Dueber. n promin-
ent Canton manufacturer. and members OF
the Citizens Reception Committee. They were
greeted in the house by the President who
then led Mrs. Mckinley to the porch. She
was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. NJ. {,
Barber. by Mrs. Day, Mrs. Dawes and Miss
Christiana Harter. They occupied seats re-
served for them on the porch and other friends
and relatives of the family occupied the parlor
and reception room windows.
There was renewed vigor TO the cheers and
shouts when the President appeared. But
when Senator Lodge stepped upon the rug
covered box from which a stand had been I'M
provised order was quickly restored. for all
we're anxious and eager 10 hear the speaking.
Farther down the street. however, the crowds
were still shouting and the bands still playing
for all Of the people had not yet reached the
neiehborhood.
LODGES NOTIFICATION SPEECH.
Tit Massachusetts, Senator made himself
well heard, however. and. except for the ap-
plause. his own utterances occasionsd. con-
tinued uninterrupted. He said;
MR.. P~REsIpENr-This committee. repre-
tenung every state in the Union. and the or
GAnlLeu ltITltDTltS Vi tuc tIlittu v WuS
Nuly appointed to announce to you formally
your nomination by the Republican National
Convention. which met In Philadelphia June
10 last. as the candidate OF the Republican party
for President OF the United States for the term
beginning March 4. 1901. 10 be selected by
the Republican party as their candidate Tor
this great ONCE Is always one OF the hlgnest
honors which can be given to any man. ms
nomination.. however, comes to YOU. sir.
under circumstances which give II n higher
significance and make II an even deeper ex-
preston Of honor and trust than usual. You
were nominated unanimously at Phliadelphia.
You received the enforced vote OF every dele
gate from every state and every Territory.
The harmony OF sentiment whlch appears on
the face OF the record was but the reflection
OF the deeper harmony which existed IN the
hearts and minds of the delegates. Without
faction. without dissent, with profound salts
faction and eager enthusiasm, you were nomi-
mated for the Presidency by the united voice
OF the representatives OF our great party, in
which there Is neither sign OF division nor shadow
Of turning. Such unanimity, always remark
able. Is here the more Impressive because II
accompanies a second nomination to the great
once which you have held for four years. II
IL not the fable triumph OF hope over exper-
character tested in many trials and tried by
heavy and extraordinary responsibilities.
MoMENToUs DAYS SINCE 90
With the exception Of the period in which
Washington organized the nation and built the
State, and Of those other awful years when
UlCOlH leu Ills IeplIC ph6i AIAV GAoh VI
civil war and saved from destruction the work
Of Washington. there has never been a Presi-
Dental term in our history 30 crowded with great
events, 50 filled with new and mOmentOus
questions, as that which Is now drawing TO its
end True to the declarations which we're made
at st, Louis In 1898, you, sir. united with the
Republicans In Congress in the revision OF the
tariff and the rcestabllshment OF the protective
policy. You maintained our credit and upheld
The gold standard, leading the party by your
advice TO the passage OF the great measure
which to-day IL the bulwark Of both. You led,
again, In the policy which has made Hawaii a
possession of the United States, On all tn ese
Questions you fulfilled the hopes and justified
the confidence Of the people who four years ago
put trust in our promises. But on all these
questions, also. you had as guides not only
your " principles OF action, the w~ell-con-
sidered results OF years OF training and refiec-
ton, but also the plain declarations Of the
National Convention which nominated you in
1898. Far different was. 1t when the Cuban
question, which We had also promised TO settle,
brought, first, war, and then peace with Spain.
mander-in- Chief, had to carry IL on. lou
did 80, and history records unbroken victory
from the first shot OF the Nashville TO the day
you had to make alone. Cuba, Porto Rico,
the Philippines-you had to assume alone
the responsibility, OF taking them all from
Spain. Alone and weighted with the terrible
responsibility Of the unchecked war powers
OF the Constitution YOU were Obliged to govern
these islands and to repress rebellion and dis
order In the Philippines. No party creed de-
fined the course you were TO follow. Courage.
foresight, comprehension, OF American in
~terests, both now and in the uncharted future,
faith In the American people and In their fit
ness FOR great tasks were then your only guides
and counsellors. Thus YOU framed and put
In operation this great new policy which has
q great Eastern Power. holding firmly our
possessions on both sides OF the Pacific.