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the presidency we have the honor also
to submit to you the declaration of prin.
ciplesmade by the national convention,
whichwe trust will receive your ap.
provaL We can assure you of the
faithful and and earnest support of the
Republican party in every state and we
beg you to believe that we discharge
here today with feelings of the deepest
personal qualification, this honorable
duty imposed upon US by the conven,
M'KINLEY is CHEERED.
The senator's remarks were frequent
ly interrupted with applause. Whe
Senator Lodge closed President n -.
Kinley mounted the stand and the
vast aconcourse of people cheered
heartily. It was some moments be-
fore the presi dent could proceed. He
had a manuscript in his hand but
referred to it only at long intervals.
When he mentioned the new peoples
under our care" there was hearty
burst of applause. T..
MR.. M'KINLEY's ACCEPTANCE.
President Mckinley said:
"Senator Lodge and Gentlemen of
the Notification Committee
"The message which you bring to
me is one of signal honor. 1t is also a
summons to duty. A single nomina-
ton for the office of president by a
great party which in thirty-two years
out of forty has been triumphant at
national elections, is distinction
which I gratefully cherish. To re-
ceive unanimous denomination by
the same party is an expression of re-
gard and d pledge of continued conf
dence for which it Is difficult to make
adequate acknowledgement. If any.
thing exceeds the honor of the office
of president Of the United States it
the responsibility which attaches to
it. Having been invested with both,
I do not under-appraise either. Any
one who has borne the anxieties and
burdens of the presidential Office,
especially In time of national trial,
cannot contemplate assuming it o
second time without profoundly realiz-
ing the severe exactions and the
solemn obligations which it imposes
and this feeling is accentuated by the
momentous problems which now press
for settlement. If my countrymen
shall confirm the action of the con-
vention at our national election in
November I shall, craving divine
guidance, undertake the exalted trust,
to administer it for the interest and
honor of the country and the we'll
baipn of tho pou, roop1o u,hp bouo ho
come the objects of our care. The
declaration OF principles adopted by
the convention has my hearty appro-
val. At some future date I will
consider its subjects in detail and will,
by letter, communicate to your chair
man more formal acceptance of the
nomination. On like occasion four
years ago, said:
QUOTES HIS OLD WORDS.
1.-THE party that supplied by legisla-
ton the vast revenues for the conduct
Of our greatest war; that promptly
restored the credit of the country at
its close; that from it's abundant
revenue repaid off large share of the
debt incurred by this war, and that
resumed specie payments and placed
our paper currency upon sound and
enduring basis, can be safely trusted
to preserve both our credit and curren-
cy with honor, stability and individ-
uality. The American people hold
the financial honor of our government
as sacred as our flag and can be relied
on to guard it with the same sleepless
vigilance. They hold it's preservation
above party fealty and have often
demonstrated that party ties avail
nothing when the spotless credit of
our country is threatened.
""The dollar paid to the farmer, the
wage-earner and the pensioner must
continue forever equal in purchasing
and debt-paying power to the dollar
paid to any governm ment creditor.
"'Our industrial supremacy, our
productive capacity, our business and
commercial prosperity, our labor and
its rewards, our national credit and
currency, our proud financial honor
and our splendid free citizenship, the
birthright of every American, are all
involved in the pending campaign
and thus every home in the land is
directly and intimately connected
with their proper settlement.
Our domestic trade must be won
back and our idle working people en-
ployed in gainful occupations at
American wages. Our home market
must be restored to its proud rank of
first in the world and our foreign
trade, so precipitately cut off by
adverse national legislation, reopened
Oh fairl and equitable terms for our
surplus agricultural and manufacture
"'Public confidence must be restor-
ed and the skill, energy and the
capital of our country find ample EN-
ployment at home. The government
f,the United States must raise money
enough to meet both its current ex-
lpenses and increasing needs. Its
revenues should be so raised as to pro-
:ectthe material interests of our peo-
plefRith the slightest possible drain
upon their resources and maintaining
that high standard of civilization
which has distinguished our country
for more than century of its exis-
tence.
"'The national credit, which has
thus far fortunately resisted every