The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-20

 ness, to gaze into the dawn of renewed prosperity.
 With hearts full of thankfulness will you fill your glasses, rise from your seats and drink in silence and reverence to the president of the United States?"
 As he asked to rise and drink to the president of the United States, every man in the hall arose. General Ford then read regrets from General Nelson A. Miles General Horace Porter, Hon. J. Sterling Morton, commissioner of agriculture: Lieutenant Governor -elect T. s. Woodruff of New York, Senator O. H. Platt, Mayor Strong of New York city, and Governor Coftin. Gen eral Ford then read the following tele- gram "The chamber of commerce of New York city extends greeting to it's sister chamber of commerce of New Haven, and while regretting it's inabili- ty to be present feels that the recent victory of sound money will be appre- ciated as much in New Haven as it was in New York Signed. Alex. c. Orr, President Chamber of Commerce, of New York;
 General Ford then introduced Senator Hawley, who responded to the toast, Our Country and Our Flag" in the following words;
 There stands upon our platform to- night the portrait of one who was once an honored member and officer of this chamber; one of the signers of the Dec laration of Independence; one of the five, commissioned by the Continental congress to frame the constitution of the United States; senator in congress-; the first mayor of New Haven-Roger Sherman of Connecticut. It seems es- pecially fitting at this moment, and in connection with this toast. to call your attention to this, and refer with pride to the fact that this organization main tains that love of country inherited from him, and after a period of 125 years it's members gather at their an- nual banquet with the American flag as their guiding star.
 "It is also exceedingly fitting that I should have the pleasure of presenting to you to respond to this toast, that soldier and statesman who, thirty-fYe years ago, thought enough of that flag to go out and defend it, and who has ever since, by his loyal words and loy al acts served his country in it's higr- est councils bringing honor and lustre to the old commonwealth of Connecti- cut General and Senator Joseph R. Hawley"
 As General Hawley was introduced cheer after cheer rang through the hall and every man present rose to his feet and all joined in the chorus of the na- tional hymn, America with a will
 General Hawley said: Gentlemen, friends and fellow citizens: You do fine too much honor. I am a little like the flag up there in one respect. It is little bit of bunting, but Is important for what it hapens to stand for. What country! But there is something of es- pecial significance in coupling our country and our flag. That flag says to us, Peace on earth, good will to men, It is an emblem of law and or der and obedience to law. We have just gone through a wonderful contest. I think, sincerely that it has been the greatest trial to which this great re- public has ever been subjected. The late war was caused by a fair and square difference, a statement of cer- tain differences in the construction of the constitution, but it was an intelli- gent difference, so stubbornly held to that it resulted in war. Suppose the confederacy had succeeded. I believe that in time slavery would have van- ished, and then I believe that no hu- man force could have kept the two peo- ples from uniting again. If we had not won in this last contest just closed, there would have been stain of nasti- ness on the national name which cen turies of good living could not have atoned for. It was question as to whether or not we were an honest peo- pie. For three years we had issued bonds with the understanding that they were to be paid in gold, but some said they should be paid in depreciated
 
 court was to be degraded. We were told that when the final trial between angry violence and mob rule and law and order came that it was not in order to call out the United States troops to preserve order, and the rules of the su- preme court. Our flag represents all that is good in government and in manhood It is good to have a, storm once in a while. We are not conscious of our love for the flag until storms burst upon us"
 As General Hawley sat down, all rose to drink to his health and sang ''The Star Spangled Banner
 In introducing the speaker to respond to the next toast, General Ford said:
 From the assurances that the com mittee on toasts had received we had expected to have the pleasure of pre- senting, in response to this toast, Con- modore George w. Melville Arctic ex- plorer and engineer-i chief of the United States navy. It was his tnten- the New York chamber of commerce with Senator Hawley and accompany him to New Haven. It is with regret that at the last moment we received a letter stating that his engagement in Washington had detained him. Graced by the presence of Captain Leech of the Engineer corps in charge of i'm
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