The record-union., 1896-11-18
new YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MANY NOTABLES PRESENT AT
THE ANNUAL BANQUET.
President Cleveland Sends Regrets at
Being Unable to Join the COM
pany at the Festive Board.

NEW YORK, Nov. 17-The one hun
dred and twenty-eighth annual ban
quet of the New York Chamber of Conl-
merce was held this evening at Del
monico's, and among the guests were
the most prominent professional and
commercial men Of the chamber, as
well as distinguished statesmen and
politicians. The banquet room was
decorated with several hundred Ameri-
can flags and the tables we're orna-
mented with flowers.
Alexander E. Orr, President of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided, and
seated around the tables We're Post
master-General Wilson. Whitelaw Reid,
General Nelson A. Miles, Mayor Strong,
Seth Lowe, Rev. DR.. David II. Greer,
j. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agri-
culture, General Joseph R. Hawley,
Colonel James H. Eckels, Hon. Joseph
H. Walker Charles A. Danh. Hon. w.
Bourke Cochran, Admiral Henry Erhin
and Commodore Montgomery Ricard,
L. S. N; Murat Halstead, General Hor-
ace Porter, j. Edward Simmons. Henry
w. Cannon, Carl SchurZ, Cornelius
n Bliss, John 1. Waterbury, George j.
Gould, Clement A. Griscom, President
Of the Maritime Exchange; Henry
Clewss D. o. Mills, Joseph A. Cannon,
Isaac Seligman, George NJ. Pullman,
Charles r. Flint and Henry Willard.
When the coffee and cigars we're
served President Orr welcomed the
guests and in the course of his remarks
said: In following a time -honored
custom of the Chamber of Commerce
and congratulating you upon having
reached another anniversary in its his
tory / cannot refrain from making
mention of the startling and revolution
airy issues that were forced into the
late Presidential campaign with all
their accompanying conditions of ark
iety and misgiving. Almost every ele-
ment that enters into the composition
Of our existing system OF Government
that we hold most sacred-law, order,
patriotism, national integrity. the rur-
ity of our courts of justice and the hon
est character of our money We're Wig
orously and mischievouSly assaulted
and put upon the defensive, and as
consequence and pending the months
that had to intervene before decision
could be reached at the polls, a severe
strain was placed upon all our business
and financial interests.
Mr. McKinley's election means more
to us than any other election that has
taken place in this country since We
won our way into the family of ma
tions. With an abiding confidence IN
his intelligence the Chamber of Com
merce of New York in rendering it on
behalf of it's 900 members, its respect
fuI congratulations on his election,
4ba tiD1S in The fUllnPSS
of it's hopefulness and happiness
cheering and sympathetic godspeed."
The following was then read by Pres
ident Orr:
Executive Mansion, Washington,
Nov. 10th.
"Alexander f. Orr, President, etc
NV Dear Sir: The pleasure which parti-
cipation in the banquets of the Chamber
of Commerce has afforded me in the
past, and kindly feeling and broad
spirit of enterprise which always per-
vaded those occasions, cause me to re-
gret most sincerely that l cannot join
the goodly company that will gather
around the chambers hospitable board.
Recent events may well cause those
who represent business interests to re-
joice in their escape from threatened
peril. But while they have abundant
reason for rejoicing, ,and can view with
the greatest satisfaction .he support
rhey have given sound money in the
contest lately waged against 1t, ear
nestly hope that in this time of con-
graduation it will be remembered that
constant vigilance and continued effort
are required to even maintain political
conditions, but that absolute safety will
only be secured when our financial sys-
tenn is protected by affirmative and
thorough reforms. When our business
men are habitually alert and watchful,
and when they are moreover fully
aroused to the Importance CT such Leg
islative action concerning our finances
as business methods approve and the
welfare of the entire country requires,
much good may be confidently antici-
pated. not only in the accomplishment
of practical results. but in the removal
of hurtful prejudices through an assur-
ance to the people that business and
patriotism are becoming more and more
united Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND"
Addresses were delivered by Post
master General Wilson, Governor
Griggs, Hon. w. Bourke Cochran, Cen
eral Nelson A. Miles. u. S A.; Hon. To-
seph r. Hawley. Mayor Strong, Com
modore Ricard. U. S. N, and General
Horace Porter.