Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-07-19

PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
permanent chairman of the conven-
kion. This time Senator Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, stood upon the same porch,
and in the presence of a vast multitude
officially notified President Mckinley
that he was the unanimous choice of
the Republican national convention for
president.
Greeted by the President.
Some time before the arrival of the
notification party, President Mckinley
went out into the yard and inspected
and approved the arrangements. The
president wore a white Fedora hat, o
broad expanse of white vest,and a sack
coat of very democratic appearance.
He greeted the different arrivals in a
most cordial and friendly manner
The Committee Arrives.
Five minutes after IL o'clock the
booming of guns announced The arrival
of the notification committee at the
station. They Immediately entered
carriages, and with the Canton escort
marched toward the presidents house.
by the time they had arrived a large
crowd had collected, and b commit
tee was received with cheers. Senator
Lodge and Senator Hanna were in the
lead of the notification party. Both
entered the house and had a few mo-
ments' chat with President Mckinley,
and hen returned to the porch. A few
moments later the president, with Mrs.
Mckinley on his arm, came upon the
porch, and their appearance was her
aided by general cheering. Senator
Lodge Immediately mounted a small
standing block and delivered his speech
of notification, his remarks being fire.
quently interrupted with applause.
When Senator Lodge closed, President
Mckinley mounted the stand, the vast
concourse of people cheered heartily.
1t was for some moments before the
president could proceed. His response
was as follows:
senator Lodge and Gentlemen of the
Notification committee: The message
which you bring to me is one of signal
Aonor- 1t is also a to duty. A
hing nomination for the office of preSi-
dent by a party which in thirty-two years
out of forty has been triumphant at ma
tional elections, is a distinction which 1
gratefully cherish. To receive unanimous
denomination by this same party is an ex-
preston of regard and a pledge OF con-
tinued confidence for which it is difficult
to make adequate acknowledgment.
fee of president of the United States, it
is the responsibility which attaches to 1t.
Having been invested with both, 1 do not
under-appraise either. Anyone who has
borne the anXieties and burdens of the
presidential office, and especially in time
of national trial, can not contemplate as
Stunning it a second time without profound
ly realizing the severe eXactionS and the
solemn obligations which 1t imposes, and
this feeling is accumulated by the mo-
mentous problems which now press for
settlement. If my countrymen shall con-
national election in November, 1 shall,
craving Divine guidance, undertake the
crest and honor of the country, and the
well being of the new people who have be-
come the objects of our care. The dec
laration of principles adopted by the ON
vention has my hearty approval. At some
future date 1 viii consider it's subjects in
detail, and will by letter communicate to
your chairman a more formal acceptance
of the nomination
Or a like occasion four years ago I said
1.-The party that supplied by legislation
the vast revenues for the conduct of our
greatest war;; that rompt restored the
credit of the country atits close; that from
it's abundant revenues paid off a large
share of the debt incurred ty this war,
and that resumed specie payments and
enduring basis, can be safely trusted
to preserve both our credit and Surrency,
Win ,a- honor ns s1anlib5 S,d dh tbe eh fnaaciaI bo nns
of our government as sacred as our flag,
and can be relied upon to guard it with
a.. the same sleepless vigilance. They hold
its preservation above party fealty, and
have often demonstrated that party ties
avail nothing when the spotless credit of
our country is threatened.
The dollars paid to the farmer, the
wage Garner, and the pensioner continue
forever equal in purchasing and debt-pay-
ing power to the dollar paid to any gov
rnmen creditor.
Our industrial supremacy, our produc-
tive CAPACITY. our business and CONNER
cial prosperity, our labor and its rewards,
our national credit and currency, our
proud financial honor, and our splendid
American, are ali involved in the pending
canpaign. and thus every home in the
land is directly called with their proper
settlement.
Our domestic trade must be won back,
and our idle working people employed in
gafnful occupations at American wages
Our home market must be restored to its
pround rank of first in the world, and our
foreign trade, so precipitately cut off by
adverse national legislation, reopened on
fair and equitable terms for our surplus
AGRICULTURAL and manufacturing products
..Public confidence must be resumed, and
the skill, erergy and the capital of our
country find ample employment at home.
The government of the United States must
raise money enough to meet both its cur
rent expenses and increasing needs. It's
revenues should be so raised as to protect
the material interests of our people, with
the lGhtest possible drain upon their re-