, 1900-07-19

Canton. Ohio. July 12.-The commit
tee appointed by the Philadelphia con-
vention to formerly notify Mr.. Mckin-
ley of his ,pdhination, reached him this
morning. The committee was escort
ed to the Mckinley residence by a
number of local organizations. Sena-
tor Lodge made the speech of notihca-
ton.
Mr.. Mckinley replied as follows:
Senator Lodge and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee-The message
which o bring to me is one of signal
honor. 1t is also a summons to duty.
A single nomination for the Office of
president by the great party which in
thirty-two years out of forty has been
triumphant Mt national elections is a
distinction which l gratefully cherish.
To receive n unanimous denomination
by the same party is an expression of
regard N pledge of continued conf
ience for which it is difficult to make
adequate acknowledgment.
If anything exceeds the honor of the
office of president of the United States,
1t is the responsibility which attaches
20 it. Having been invested with both
| do not u~nderappraise either.
Any IL who has borne the anxieties
md burdens of the presidential office,
especially in time of national trial, can
not contemplate assuming it a second
time without profoundly realizing the
sever eXactions and solemn obliga-
tons it implies, and this feeling is ac-
centuated by the momentous problems
which now press for settlement. If my
countrymen shall confirm the action Of
the convention at our national election
In November. l shall, craving Divine
guidance, undertake an exalted trust,
to administer 1t for the interests and
honor of the country and the well be-
Ing of the new peoples who have be-
come the objects of our care.
The declaration of principles adopt
ed by the convention has my hearty ap-
prevail. AT some future date l will con-
slider its subjects in detail and will by
letter communicate to your chairman n
more formal acceptance of the nomina-
ton.
On a like occasion four years ago l
said: 1.-THE party that supplied by leg
islation h vast for the con
duct of our greatest war: that promptly
restored the credit of the country at its
close; that from its abundant
paid off n large share of the debt in
CURED by this war, and that resumed
specie payment and placed our paper
49, "ICA " oAAi hIib VI lIlH
basis, can be safely trusted to preserve
both our credit and currency. with hon
or, stability and inviolability. The
American people hold the financial
honor of our government as sacred as
our flag and al be relied upon to
guard it with the same sleepless vigil
lance. They hold its preservation
above party fealty and have often dem
onstrated that party ties avail nothing
when the spotless credit of our coun-
try is threatened.
THE dollar paid to the farmer, the
~wage-earner and the pensioner must be
continued forever equal in purchasing
and debt-paying power TO the dollar
paid to any government creditor.
Our industrial supremacy, Il pro-
ductive capacity, our business and COM
mercial prosperity, our labor and its
rewards, national credit and cur
rency, our proud financial honor and
our splendid free citizenship, the birth
right of every American. are all in
volved in the pending campaign; thus
every home in the land is directly and
intimately connected with their prop
er settlement.
"Our domestic trade must be won
back and u idle working people must
be employed in gaining occupations at
American wages. Our home market
must be restored to its proud rank of
first in h world and our foreign trade,
so precipitately cut off by adverse ma
tional legislation, opened on fair and
equitable terms for our agricultural
and manufacturing products.
Public confidence must be resumed,
and II skill, energy and capital of our
country find ample employment at
home.
1.-THE government of the United States
must raise enough to meet both its cur
rent expenses and increasing needs. Its
revenues should be so raised as to pro-
tect the material interest of our peo-
pie with the lightest possible drain up
on their n the maintaining
of that high standard of civilization
which has distinguished our country
for more thar n century of its exist
ence.
The national credit. which has thus
far fortunately resisted every assault
upon 1t, must and will be upheld and
strengthened. If sufficient revenues
are provided for the support of the gov
eminent there will be no necessity for
borrowing money and increasing the
public debt"
Thre and one-half years Of legisla-
ton II administration have conclud-
ed since these words We're spoken.
Have those to whom was confided the
direction of the government kept their
pledges? The record is made up The
people are not unfamiliar with what
has been accomplished. The gold
standard has been reafiirmed and
strengthened. The endless chain has
been broken and the drain upon our
gold reserve no longer affects us. The
credit of the country has been adj
vanced to the highest place among all
nations. We are refunding our bonded
debt bearing three and four and five
per cent. interest at two per cent, a
lower rate than that Of any other coun-
try, and already more than $500, OOO,-
900 have been so funded with II gain
to the government of many millions of
dollars. Instead of 16 to /, for which
Il opponents commended four years
ago, legislation has been enacted
which, while utilizing all forms of mon
ey, secures one fixed value for every
dollar and that the best known to the
civilized world.
A tariff which protects American la