The record-union., 1898-01-28
Give an Elaborate Banquet at the
Wa|dorf-Astoria Hotel.
One Thousand Guests, Many of National
Fame, Seated at the Table.
President Mckinley, the Guest OF
Honor, Delivers a Lengthy Al
dress, Touching Upon the Pres
ont Industrial Conditions of the
Country and the Financial
Problem.

Problem.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2I.-The third an
n11al BANQUET of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers of the United
States. which took place tonight al
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was one
of the largest and most elaborate affairs
of the kind ever given in this city one
thousand guests We're seated at the
, tables.
President Mckinley was driven froh
the Windsor Hotel and was received
at the Waldorf-Astoria at $50 p. M
by the committee of merchants, anu
at once taken to ''the Royal Chaiii-
bers.'' Half an hour later he appeareo
in the reception room, where ne helu
a levee for more than an hour
The march to the banquet nan
which was splendidly decorated, peSai
at 7:l5 o'clock II was after ocloch
when Warner Miller raped for ofder
He then announced that Rev H. .
McArthur would invoke a blessing Dr
Macarthur in his prayed called Tor spe-
cial protection for the President ana the
members of the Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
Among those who occupied seats OF
honor on the raised daiS were: fleai-
dent Mckinley, NJ. E. Ingalls,, oar" a.
r. James, Rev. r. s. Arthur, 1hoiiias
w Cridler. Randolph L. Guggenheliii-
er F,lihu Root, John Addison fortei'
Attorney General John w Gflsgs
Jieutenant-Go Governor Timothy L. wood
riff Seantor William p. Frye, Charles
Emory Smith, Warner Miller, fresl'
dent Theodore c. Search, Henry H.
Rowland ex-Mayor VIM. L. strong
Clement A. Griscom, ST. Clair Nickel
way and Abner Mckinley
Among the other guests were: Albert
Pope Henry w Gajohn, General sam
mel Thomas, Lewis Nixon, +. A. Nc
Anime VIM. c. Whitney. Coils z. Hun
tinston and George Gunter.
Warner Miller introduced Theodore
@ Search. President of the association
who spoke briefly.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed
when President Mckinley was ih'io-
d,1ced Men stocd on their seats Wom-
en- in the boxes waved their hanohei
chiefs. and the uproar drowned Inc
speakers voice. The cheering aiiu
clapping of hands were redoupled Whei
a. toast was drunk TO the Pfesideiil-
President Mckinley said:
MIR. Toastmaster, Members OF the
National Association Of Manufactures
and guests: For the cordial character
Of this greeting I return my thanks. 1 he
genuineness OF your welcome IS 1uli Q!
conaDensation for having left Washing
ton at ar unusually busy season.. IN
order to participate in this interesting
meeting.
Il scarcely need remind you that we
do not meet as strangers. Neither your
business organization nor your socldi
reunions are altogether unfamiliar TO
me. / have been with you before, not
as guest. as now, but rather IN the
canacitv Of host. / recall that as Gov
ernor OF the State of Ohio II was my
pleasur-. 10 welcome you TO the city
of Cincinnati on January -, 1888, al
the Initiation of the Manufacturers
Association. I well remember the oc-
casion. II was a cold day. You mad
lost everything but your pluck or
thought YOU had: courage was the
only friend your grief could call its own
note with satisfaction your improved
appeararce now. You are more cheer
full in countenance. more buoyant IN
spirit. more hopeful in manner and
more confident in purpose. Then, too
there are more of you here than there
were at your first meeting. Distances
are Ct course the same, but travelling
has been resumed.
Your speeches and resolutions at
that first convention We're directed
mainly to the question of how to re-
gain what you had lost IN the previous
years. or If that was found impossi-
bic. then how TO stop further loss. But
YOUR object now. as / gather il, is 20
get out and possess what you have
never before had. You want TO ex-
tend. not your notes, but your business
! svmoathiZed with your purposes then;
am in fun accord with your intentions
now.
Il ventured to say at the gathering
referred to. as reported in your puo-
lished proceedings, speaking both for
your encouragement and from pro-
found conviction, that this great eoun-
try cannot be permanently kept in a
state of relapse. / believe we will re-
occupy the field temporarily lost to as
and go out to the peaceful conquest u
new ana better fields OF trade and COM
NSFCe. ne recovery VII ttiilt StpN ~
perhaps. but ii viii come. and when i
does We viii be steadier, and Will bet
ter know how TO avoid exposure here
after have abated none Of the faith
] then expressed. and you seem to have
regained yours.
'National politics can encourage in
dustry and commerce, but it remains
for the people TO project and carry
them on. lf these policies stimulate
industrial development and energy. tbs
people can he safely trusted TO do tbs
rest. The Government however. is re-
strieted in its power TO promote indus
try. II can aid commerce. but not Gre
ate 1t. II can widen and deepen IT.
rivers. improve its harbors and develop
its great national waterways. bat tbs
ships 10 sail and the traffic TO carry
the people must supply.
The Government can raise revenues
by taxation in such 4 way as will dis
criminate in favor Of domestic enter
prfses. but il cannot establish them. II
can make commercial treaties, openina
to our manufacturers and agricultur-
lists the ports of other nations II caa
enter into reciprocal arrangements e
exchange osr products with those o.