Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-07-12
N M'K|NLEY ACCEPTS
Delivers a Key Note
Speech.
Demand for News of Min
lister Conger.
Three Fusion Conventions in Ses-
sion al Lincoln, Neb,
WEST VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.

notification of William Mckinley that
he has been selected as the nominee OF
the republican party for president was
made to-day. Chairman Lodge and the
members OF the notification committee.
together with Chairman Hanna and
the members of the national commit
tee' arrived on a special train from
Cleveland at II o'clock. and were met
by the citizens committee and band
and escorted to the home of President
Mckinley. where a great crowd had
collected.
President Mckinley greeted the ar.
nvals cordially. Many distinguished
| men occupied seats on the porch.
| among them being Senator Hanna,
Postmaster General Smith. Cornelius
N. Bliss. Henry c. Payne. Judge Day.
r. c. Kerens and Representative Tay-
| lor.
Senator Lodge mounted small
standing block and delivered the
speech OF notification. The senator's
remarks were frequently interriDted
with applause. When Lodge closed.
President Mckinley mounted the stand
and the vast concourse cheered lus-
tily II was some moments before the
president could proceed. He had manu-.
script. but referred to 1t only at long
intervals. When he mentioned 1.-THE
new peoples under our care" there was
a hearty burst of applause. The audi.
ence appreciated the deft turn which
Mckinley gave Imperialism and cheer.
ed most heartily.
After expressing appreciation OF the
honor done him and relating how his
promises of four years ago had been
kept. the president continued;
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
repeal demanded. The menace of IS TO
], therefore, still hangs over US with
all its dire consequences to credit and
confidence. to business and industry
The enemies of sound currency are
| rallying their scattered forces and the
people must once more unite and over
come the advocates of reputation and
| must not relax their emery until the
battle for public honor and honest
money shall again triumph.
"A congress which wall sustain. and
Il
| can prevent a financial catastrophe
which every lover of the nation is anx
tous 20 avert. Not sa tisfied with the
| currency of the government, our poit-
ical adversarIes condemn the tariff law
| enacted at the extra session OF con-
gress in 1897. known as the Dingley
| act passed in obedience to the will OF
| the people expressed at an election in
the preceding November, law which
at once stimulated our Industries. open
| ed our idle factories and mines and
| gave to the laborer and to the farmer
returns for their toil and investment
Shall We go back to a taIlff which
brings a deficiency to our revenues and
destruction to our Industrial enter
prises?
| The president then reviewed the re.
suits of the war, and said: Cuba has
been liberated and our guarantees to
her people will be sacredly executed. A
beneficent government has been pro-
vIded for Porto Rico. The Philippines
are ours and American authority must
be supreme throughout the archipelago.
| There will be amnesty, broad and lib
| eral, but no abatement of our rights
| np dpdhuOuHltnt VI OUT uuty. IneFe
must be no scuttle policy. We viii full
| fill in the Philippines the obligations
imposed by the triumph OF our arms
and by the treaty of peace; by inter-
national law, by the nations sense OF
honor. and, more than all. by the
| rights, interests and conditions of the
| Philippine people themselves. Organ
ized forces. which have been misled
into rebellion. have been dispersed by
our faithful soldiers and sailors, and
the people OF the island, delivered from
anarchy. pillage and oppression. have
recognized American sovereignty as the
symbol and pledge OF peace. Justice.
law. religious freedom, education, Sc
curity of life and property. and the
welfare and prosperity OF their several
communities.
I'VE reassert the early principle OF
the republican party. sustained by un-
broken judicial precedents. that the
Representatives OF the people in con-
gress assembled. have full legislative
power over territory belonging to the
United States, subject TO the funda.
mental safeguards OF liberty. justice
and personal rights. and are vested
with ample authority TO act for the
highest interests OF the people entrust-