The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-07-19

CANTON, July 12.-At the home of
President Mckinley in this city the
scenes of four years ago were re-en-
acted today, with only few changes
in the roles. 1t was the occasion of
the official notification of William
Mckinley that he had been a second
time chosen by the Republican ma
tional convention as presidential
nominee.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was
spokesman of the notification com
aittee. President Mckinley replied
at length.
Mr.. 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
nomination for the office of President
by a great party, which in thirty
four years out of forty has been tri-
umphant at national elections, is a
distinction which gratefully cherish.
TO receive unanimous denomination
by the same party is an expression of
regard and a pledge of continued con-
fidence for which it is difficult to
make adequate acknowledgement.
II anything exceeds the honor of
the Office of President of the United
States, it is the responsibility which
attaches to it. Haying been invested
with both, ! do not underappraise
either. Any one who has borne the
anxieties and burdens of the presi-
Dental Office, especially in time of
national trial, cannot contemplate
assuming it a second time without
profoundly realizing the severe exer-
tions and the solemn obligations
which it imposes, and this feeling is
accenuated by the momentous prob
lens which now press for settlement.
If my countrymen shall confirm the
action of the convention at our ma
tional convention in November,
shall, craving divine guidance, un-
dertake the exalted trust, to admin
ister it for the interest and honor of
the country and the well-being of the
new peoples who have become the
subjects of our care The declara-
tion of principles adopted by the con-
vention has my hearty approval. AT
some future date 1 will consider its
subjects in detail, and will by letter
communicate to your chairman a
more formal acceptance of the nomi-
nation.
On like occasion four years ago l
said: THE party that supplied by
legislation the vast revenues for the
conduct of our greatest war; that
promptly restored the credit of the
country at its close; that from its
abundant revenues paid off a large
share of the debt incurred by this
war, and that resumed specie pay
ments and placed our paper currency
upon a sound and enduring basis, can
be safely trusted to preserve both our
credit and currency, with honor, sta
bility and inviolability. The Ameri-
can people hold the financial honor
of our new government as sacred as
our flag and can be relied upon to
guard it with the same sleepless vigi-
lance. 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
1.-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 government creditor.
'Our industrial supremacy, our
productive capacity, our business and
commercial prosperity, our labor and
it's 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 it's proud rank of
first in the world, and our foreign
trade, so precipitately cut off by ad-
verse national legislation, reopened
on fair and equitable terms for our
surplus agricultural and manufacture
ing products.
Public confidence must be resum-
ed and the skill, energy and the capi-
tai of our country find ample employ
ment at home. The government OF