The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-25
A GREAT DINNER.
Banquet OF the New York Chamber Of
Commerce ut which Were Many Poll
tieians Bat No PoIitics-Mr. cleveland
ard Other. sneak

ner of the chamber of commerce wa
held at Delmonieo's last night
The toast card provided for but five
speeches: THE Treasury Department. +"
| by Secretary Foster; THE President OF
the United States of America by At.
torrey General Miller; 1.-THE House OF
/ Representatives" by Hon W. c. P
/ breckenridge, OF Kentucky; Commerce
/ and Civilization" bv DR.. John Hall;
Commerce and Education" by Presi-
dent Shufman, of Cornell university.
| After the dinner Mr. Orr made a short
address and was followed by Secretary
Foster, who. in response to. the toast,
The Treasury Department" spoke in
part as follows:
I'VE have by the use of gold and sill
yer certificates as circulating medium
illustrated the superiority of paper
money over metal to such an extent as
to create in the minds of thoughtful
men the inquiry as 10 the utility of
coinage. The fact is estabI ished that
the paper representative is preferred
by our people. My successor. with the
help of the president. will make many
changes of the heads of bureaus and
the chiefs of divisions, and as a couse-
auenee, at least for the time being.
the business of the department will
suffer. But beyond the heads are a
trained people in whom the utmost con-
fdence can be placed. | have no doubt
that the treasury will maintain its hoa-
orable record 3"
IL, L. Ill
sponded to President-elect Cleveland
was introduced and spoke as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: | am
exceedingly gratified by the kindness
and warmth of your greeting. 1t does
not surprise me, however, for l have
seen and felt on more than one occasion
the cordial hospitality and heartiness
of those who assemble at the annual
dinner of our chamber of commerce.
I'VE all have noticed that many men,
when they seek to appear especially
wise and impressive, speak of 'ozr
business interests as something aw-
full and mysterious; and quite
often when a proposition is I'M
der discussion its merits are no
longer apparent TO those whose hair is
on end at the solemn suggestion that
our business interests are living in
wait with numerous walls of wrath in
readiness for those who arrive at an
unaccepted conclusion | am fortunate
in being able to state that nv relation
to the chamber of commerce Of the state
of New York, though merely of COM
plimentary kind arising from honorary
membership. has SO faniliarized me
with business interests that | no
longer regard those words as meaning
bloodthirsty beast, nor do have con
stantly before nv mind those children
in the Biblical story who were torn in
pieces by bears for discussing too much
at random the badness of an ancient
prophet
1T is entirely natural that my famil-
iaritv with business interests. arising
from the relation to which | have re-
ferred. should be of very pleasant sort
and free from fear and trepidatiou. for
the only meetings l have ever attended
of the chamber of commerce have been
precisely such as this. when the very
best things to eat and drink have been
exhaustively discussed | am bound to
say that on these occasions the dread
full beings representing business inter-
ests have been very human indeed
Il know you will not do me the great
injustice of supposing that 1 in the
least underrate the Importance of the
commercial and financial interests here
represented On the contrary, no one
appreciates more fully than I. that
while proper adjustment of all inter-
ests should be maintained. you repre-
sent those which are wholly indispen-
sable to our national growth and pros
perity. | do not believe that any other
interests should be obliged to feed from
the crumbs which fall from the table
of business. nor do l believe that the
ia BILE should be robbed of the good
things which are honestly and fairly
there. merely because some other tables
are not we'll provided.
sit comes to this: We are all interest
ed as Americans in common pursuit.
Our purpose Is, or ought 70 be. in our
several spheres. to add to the general
fund OF national prosperity. From this
fund we are all entitled to draw. per-
haps not equally, but justly. each re-
ceiving fair proportion Of individual
prosperity. Let us avoid trampIing on
each other in our anxiety TO be first in
the distribution OF shares, and let US
not attempts to appropriate the share Of
others.
AS close 1 cannot refrain from ex-
pressing my thanks for the courtesics
often extended to me By the orgauiza-
ton at whose hospitable board have
sat this evening. beg to assure yoH
that though may not soon meet you
again on an occasion like this, l shall
with peculiar pleasure the
friends made among your membership"
Mr. Cleveland was followed by Mr..
Whitelaw Reid. who introduced him.
self BY saying that the speechmak.ng
ought to be left to the other side
Il have made great MANY speeches"
be said. within the last three or
four weeks and | am bound TO say
that / am not pleased at all with the
result The other side will ask many
questions. and 1t will consider very
wisely what is said We will pu: no
obstacles in their way. | will pay my
respects rs loyal American citizen TO
the elect of Is, 600, 600 of American peo- /
pie"