The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-07-20


Mckinley was on Thursday officially
notified of his second nomination by
the republican party for the highest
office in the civilized world,
Senator Lodges Speech.
Senator Lodge Immediately mounted
small standing block and delivered
his speech.
Mr.. President: This committee. repre-
senting every state in, the union anu the
organized territories of the United States,
was duly appointed TO announce tc you.
formally. your nomination by ;he reruo-
lie national convention, which met in
Philadelphia on June 10 last, as the can
didate of the republican parry for pres
ident of the United States for the term
beginning March 4, 1901
This nomination comes to you, sir, un-
der circumstances which give it higher
significance and make it an even deeper
expression of honor and trust than usual.
With the exception of the perio1 IN which
Washington organized the nation anu
built the state. and of those osher awful
years when Lincoln led his people through
the agony of civil war, and saved from
destruction the work Of Washington,
there never has been a presidential term
in our history so crowded with great
events.
MOOe u new tOhcy.
Congress declared war, but you, as
commander in chief, had to carry 1t on.
You did so, and history records unbroken
victory from the first shot of the Nash
willie to the day when the protocol was
signed. The peace you had to make
alone. Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines
you had to assume alone the response
bility of taking them all from Spain.
Thus you framed and put in operation
which
us at once masters of the Antilles and
great eastern power, holding firmly our
possessions on both sides OF the Pacific.
A great departure and new policy were
never more quickly justified. On the pos
session of the Philippines rests the adj
mirable diplomacy which warned all ma
tons that American trade was not to be
shut out from China. 1t is to Manila that
we owe the ability to send troops and
ships in this time of stress to the defense
of our ministers. our missionaries. our
consulS and our merchants in China, in
stead of being compelled to leave our
citizens to the casual protection of other
The Policy Adopted.
1.-The Philadelphia convention has adopt
ed your policy and has made it their own
and that of the republican party. Your
election, sir, next November. assures to
us the continuance of that policy abroad
and in our new possessions.
The Presidents Response.
The senator's remarks were fire.
quently interrupted with applause.
When Senator Lodge closed and Pres
ident Mckinley mounted the stand
the whole vast concourse of people
arose and cheered heartily and enthusi
astically. 1t was some moments before
the president could begin his remarks.
A synopsis of his speech follows:
President Mckinley accepted the NOM
ination as "a summons to duty" adding:
eff anything exceeds the honor of the
office of president of the United States.
1t is the responsibility which attaches
to it. Having been invested with both,
I do not under-appraise either. Anyone
who has borne the anxieties and burdens
of the presidential Office, especially in
time of national trial. cannot contemplate
assuming it a second time without pro-
foundry realizing the severe exactions
and the solemn obligations which it i'm
poses. and this feeling is accentuated by
the momentous problems which now press
for settlement"
The president referred to the notifica-
ton of tour years ago and to his reply
at that time, reciting the position he then
took on the financial. industrial and tar
if questions.
International Affairs.
Reviewing briefly the democratic plat
form. the president cited its main points
of opposition to the republican declara-
ton. then turning his attention to inter-
national affairs, he said:
Our platform of 1896 declared: The
Hawaiian islands should be controlled by
the United States and no foreign power
should be permitted to interfere with
them This purpose has been fully ac-
complished by annexation. and delegates
from those beautiful islands participated
in the convention for wkish you peak to-
day.
I'm the great conference of nations at
The Hague we reaffirmed before the
world the Monroe doctrine and our ad-
herence to it and our determination not
to participate in the complications of
Europe. We have happily ended the Eu-
ropean alliance in Samoa. securing to
ourselves one of the most valuable har-
pors in the Pacific ocean. while the open
door in China gives to us fair and equal
competition in the vast trade of the
orient.
Unexpected Happens.
Some things have happened which
were not promised. or even foreseen. and
our purposes in relation to them must
not be left in doubt. A Just war has been
waged for humanity and with 1t have
come new problems and responsibilities.
Spain has been elected from the western
hemisphere and our flag floats over her
former territory. Cuba has been liber-
ated and our guarantees to her people
will be sacredly executed A beneficent
government has been provided for Porto
Rico. The Philippines are ours and Amer
lean authority must be supreme through
out the archipelago. There will be ann
nesty broad and liberal, but no abate-
ment of our rights. no abandonment Of
our duty.
Power of Congress.
eve reassert the early principle of the
republican party. sustained by unbroken
judicial precedents. that the representa-
tives of the people in congress assembled
have full legislative power over territory
belonging to the United States subject
to the fundamental safeguards of liberty.
justice and personal rights. and are vest
ed with ample authority to act for the
highest interests of our nation and the
people intrusted to its care This doc
trine. first proclaimed in the cause of
freedom. will never be used as a weapon
of oppression. l am glad to be assured
by you that what we have done in the
far east has the approval of the country.
Situation I'm China.
1.-THE sudden and terrible crisis in China
calls for the gravest consideration and
you will not expect from me now any
further expression than to say that my