, 1891-08-19
IN new YORK.
Warmly Welcomed at the
Capital Of That State
While on His Way to Ben
nington, Vermont,
He Makes a Few Remarks on
the Money Question.


ALBANY, N. y, Aug. lS.-President
Harrison storted m his trim 70 Ro,n,n
ton ~. -, III. -,
~ ~ a fesoneu
ALBANY shortlV before b o'clock. Ihe
presidential salute greeted the party.
They were driven I'm the ,;tv hall wboro
,bors.,a -
"ai'eu ABOUT tne PLATFORM, on
"hich were seated Mayor Manning, Gov
ernor Hill and other state officers. The
president received an ovation as he an
nro,cbod ,bo e., 90 n. .I.,e-
NJ =" '"o p"'
mayor 'iannlng tnen welcomed the pres
ldent on behalf of the city, after which
Governor Hill welcomed the president ON
behalf of he's state SAVING in mart. ..Tbo
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citlzens oil the Empir state receive you
with profound respect and greet YOU with
The greatest nleasnre nm this occasion. not
only becanse Won are the bonored cb;ef
MAGISTRATE of the nation bnt becapse of
their annreci,t,on Of vonr biab cLoroc,er
and eminent public service They are
delighted that Won have seen fit M honor
us with vonr n,eaanca today Tbar ~.
call w;,b in,erost ,o,r ma, n,,H.
speeches dnr;ng vonr recent mamoranio
trim in the son,b and ,yeSt and ,ha;r a.
sire IN see and listen m yon hos baan ~
tensi6ed - "
President Harrison renl;ed. ..Governor
Hill. Mr., Mavor and Fellaw Cit;zensNi 70.
oelye with great prati6cation rho vary
cordial exnIessions which have taIIan
from the Inns of HE ovcoIlanon
the governor ot this orao, sat-
and his honor the mavor Of ,b,s 800,
municipality. 1t is verv protifyi,g 10 mo
to be Tins assured that as m Smer;oan
citizen, as public of6,ers aJmin;star;na
each different Ipoc,;ons in oonnao,;an
with the government Of The nat;on s,o.a
and municinolitv wo in common ~
this great boIv Of c,t;zenS wboso co.
wants we all arc have that common Love
for onr insutntions and tbat com.
mon resnect for those who bv
the annointed constitutional methods have
been chosen to administer them. on each
occas,op such as this entirely obliterated
all differences and brings us together in
the great and enduring brotherhood of
American citizens. TCheers.1 You have
concentrated here great wealth and great
productive capacity for increased wealth.
great financial institutions that reach ont
in their influences and effects over the
whole land. The general government is
charged with certain functions in which
the people have general interest. Amopg
these is the duty of providing for our peo.
pie money with which business transac-
tions are conducted. There some
times has been in some regions
OF the great West a thought that New
York, being largely a creditor state, was
disposed to be a little hard with the
debtor communities OF the great West.
d. -. -. - l
with them or with you, and will not in the
light OF friendly discussion. The law of
may be ~selfshness. but the law
of craftsmanship should be broader and
m ire liberal lApplausel. | do not intend
to enter upon any subject that can excite
divisions, but do believe hat the general
government is solemnly charged with the
duty of seeing that the money issued
by 1t Is always and everywhere
maintained at par. | believe | speak
that which is the common thought of all
when | say that every dollar, paper or
coin, issued or stamued by the general
government, should always and every
where be as good as any other dollar |
am sure we would all shun that condition
OF things into which many peoples of the
past have drilted and of which we have
had, IN one of the great South American
countries. a recent example-the dis
tressed and hopeless condition into which
all business enterprises fall when a nation
issues irredeemable or dcpreciated money.
The necessities of a great war can excuse
that. [ am one of those that believe these
men from your shops. these farmers
remote from the money centres, have the
largest interests of all people in the world
in having a dollar thai is worth 100 cents
every day in the year, and only such. If
by any chance we should fall into a con-
ditlon where one dollar was not so good as
another. I venture the assertion that the
poorer dollar will do its first GRAND in
paving some poor laborer for his work.
Therefore, in the conduct of our nnblic