The age-herald., 1900-07-13
When He Referred to Gold
 Standard and Tariff.
HIS POSITION TOWARDS CHINA
MT. McKinley's Appearance Indicated the Best of Health and His Voice Was Very Strong, Reaching
 Outside of Crowd

Canton, O., July 12-Under an azure sky, the sunlight glinting through the trees and with the banner of the Republic draped above him, William Mckinley was today officially notified of his second nomination by the Republican party for the highest office in the civilized world. Grouped about him were leading men of his party, while surrounding his Canton home were the friends among whom he has lived for more than thirty years, togther with vast crowds from the surrounding towns of his native State.
 To the eloquent words of Senator Lodge the President responded in a ringing speech. There was enthusiasm enough and to spare, and to many of the pointed ut terances of both Senator Lodge and the President there was hearty and cordial approval shown.
 Important features of the speech of not- fication by Senator Lodge and the response by President Mckinley were the references to the Chinese situation. This caused a great deal of discussion during the con- ferences following the formal speech-mak- ing, and the impression created was that thees utterances were a notification to the world that the United States intended to preserve all its rights in China.
 The impressive portions of the Presidents speech gathered from the applause both from the audience and the Republican lead CTS, were his references to the maintenance of the gold standard and the financial pub lie faith, the preservation of a protective tariff, the enlargement of our markets and the specially catchy phrase, prosperity at home and prestige abroad"
 The Tariff Question
 When he asked, shall we go back to the tariff of four years ago, there were shouts of mo. no,' from every part of the audi ence Another prolonged cheer brought out was his reference to our authority in the Philippines. Everybody followed the speech with the keenest interest, and there was most impressive shout when he de- clared that there should be continued legis- 1ative control over the territory acquired by the United States and another out burst when he said such authority would be coupled with liberty and humanity"
 His declaration that the United States mad reclaimed ten million human beings from imperialism was a decided hit and there were many requests for him to repeat the sentence. This turn of the word used so much by the opposition was one of the features of the speech. The President seemed at his best. He was in good voice and in good spirits. His appearance in dicated the best of health and his voice rang out in clarion tones, reaching the outskirts of the vast throng which sur rounded the house and extended over the lawn and across the street.
 While the speech of the President closed the formal notification, there had not been oratory enough for those who had gath cred in Canton, and other speakers were called for Senator Eairhan1xS If nd Senator Hanna, Chairman of the National Committee; Postmaster General Charles Hawaii, and Senator Lodge were heard. These speakers, with the exception of Colonel Parker, who was called out of compliment to the Pacific islands, took casion to refer to the recent action of the Democratic National Convention, and the remarks, for this reason, were interesting.
 It was the first public occasion in which Republican speakers had attempted to dis sect and criticise the platform recently adopted by their opponents. It was evil dent that Senator Fairbanks intended to make the money question the dominant is sue of the campaign, denying that with 16 to 1 in their platform the Democrats could make imperialism" the leading is- sue. Senator Hanna's remarks were con fined almost exclusively to calling on the Republican voters to remember the im- portance of their campaign and were, as one of his friends expressed it, "an all- round jolly"
 Postmaster General Smith warned his hearers that the Democratic success would disarrange the businesss interests of the country
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