Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-11-19
A GREAT DINNER.

~ al Othcr' Speak
New YORK. Nov. l0.--The annual din
ner of the chamber of commerce was
+! held mt Delmpnicos last night.
The toast card provided for but five
speeches: "The Treasury Department"
by Secretary Foster; 1.-The President o
the United States OF America" by At
torncy-General Miller; THE House Of
Representatives" by Hon. W. C. P.
breckenridge, of Kentucky; Commerce
and Civilization" By DIR. John Hall;
Commerce and Education" by Presi-
dent Shufman, of Cornell university.
After the dinner Mr.. Orr made short
address and was followed by Secretary
Foster, who, in response to the toast,
1.-THE Treasury Department" spoke in
part as follows:
1--WE have by the use of gold and sil-
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 us to the utility OF
coinage. The fact is establ 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 n conse-
quence, at least for the time being,
the business of the department will
suffer. But beyond the heads are q
trained people in whom the utmost con-
6dence can be placed. have no doubt
that the treasury will maintain its hon
orable record"
After the toasts had all been re-
sponded to President-elect Cleveland
was introduced and spoke as follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen: lam
exceedingly gratified by the kindness
and warmth of your greeting. 1t does
not surprise me, however, for 1 have
seen and felt on more than one occasion
the cordial hospitality and heartiness
of those who assemble Mt the annu
dinner of our chamber of commerce.
1--WE all have noticed that many men,
when they seek to appear especially
wise and impressive, speak of our
business interests as something aw-
full and mysterious; and quite
often when a proposition is un-
der discussion its merits are no
longer apparent to those whose hair is
on end at the solemn suggestion that
our business interests are lying 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 my relation
to the chamber of commerce of the state
of New York, though merely of a COM
plimentary kind arising from honorary
has SO familiarized me
with business interests that 1 10
longer regard those words as meaning
a bloodthirsty beast, nor do have con.
stantly before my 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-
iarity with business interests, arising
from the relation to which have re-
ferred. should be of very pleasant sort
and free from fear and trepidation, for
the only meetings 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
iul beings representing business inter-
ests have been very human indeed.
II know you will not do me the great /,
injustice of supposing that / in the !
east underrate the Importance of the
and financial interests here
On the contrary, no one
appreciates more fully than /, that
while a proper adjustment Of all inter-
.sts should be maintained, you repre-
ent those which are wholly indispen-
able to our national growth and pros
,erity. do not believe that any other
should be obliged to feed from
he crumbs which fall from the table
# business, nor do believe that the
able should be robbed of the good
Kings which are honestly and fairly
here, merely because some other tables
re not well provided.
SIT comes TO this: We are all interest
d rs Americans in q common pursuit
'ur purpose is, or ought to be, in our
everaf spheres, to add To the general
und of national prosperity. From this
und we are all entitled to draw, per-
APPS not equally, but justly, each re-
Giving fair proportion of individual
Let us avoid trampling on
ach other in our anxiety to be first in
he distribution OF shares, aud let us
OF attempt to appropriate the share Of
Tiers. (
"As I close I cannot refroin from ex-
ressing my thanks for the courtesies
item extended to me by the organiza- '
on Mt whose hospitable board have {
It this evening. beg to assure you
rat though may not soon meet you i
rain on an occasion like this / shall (