The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-25
DISCUSSIONS OF BANKERS.
SECOND DAYS SESSION At DENVER
LARGELY ATTENDED,.

of Practical banking Questions.
-Four General Subjects Discussed.
j. ID. Powers of Kentucky Opens
the First Subject, patriotic
Spirit" of the BanIzers-W. :.
Mithnm of Atlanta Presents "A Pa
per-TeIegrnm of COngrntulatiOn
Sent to President Mckinley Upon
His Successful Conduct of the War.
Denver, Col, Aug M.-The second days
session of the twenty-fourth annual con-
vention of the American Bankers Asso-
citation was called to order by President
Hendrix at 10 O'Clock, with a full attend
ance Of delegates.
A can of states came first on the days
programme, brief statements being made
by representative bankers on general bust
ness conditions. Without exception reports
Of general prosperity Acame from all over
the country.
The first subject was patriotic Spirit
of the Bankers" The discussion was
opened by J. D. Powers, president of the
First National Bank of Owensboro, KY,
who spoke in part as follows
Honor, patriotism, reverence, all
things which our fathers esteemed as
more precious than gold have not depart
ed, but as a rich heritage have been
transmitted to their sons, and stand out
as pre-eminently in the character and
acts of this generation as they shone re-
splendent in the days of the revolution
Though there is necessarily a distinction
between the acts Of heroism and those of
Fa1f rfn
plishment of high resolves and noble pur-
pose, when unnfuenced by the ends of
vain glory, or the glamour of the deed to
be performed.
80, looking first at the heroic side of
patriotism, we see the patriotic spirit of
those who personally answer the call of
their country for its defense, its protec-
ton its honor, its glory and its renown.
without distinction of party place, posi-
ton or section, they consecrate their lives
20 It's glory. Think you that the spirit of
patriotism In the Florence Nightingale
the Clara Bartons. the noble women of the
Red Cross is less than in those to whom
they are ministering angels? What of all
the blare of trumpets, the waving Of BAN
ners, the pomp and circumstance of war,
without the sinews of war, without the
money and credit to sustain Il? What
then is the first great care of a nation
about to engage In war, offensive or de-
to see who Will sustain the governments
credit, and furnish the means with which
to provide the army and navy, and, hav-
ing provided them, to provide for them"
Albert J. Lowry, president of the Lowry
Banking Company, Atlanta, Ca. followed
Mr.. Andrews in q paper showing that the
bankers have ever been willing to sus-
tain the government with trea sure and
blood. He said that if other moneyed
classes paid as just a proportion of taxes
as bankers the rates would not be one
third what they are.
w. S. William of Atlanta presented A
paper as follows
This is an educational war. 1t is also
a righteous war in that it obfterates
the difference between brother and brother
arising out of our civil war. l come to
you from a. land marked by many tombs
and whose long saddened memories are
once more broken by the triumphs of her
chivalrous sons IN proof of our off-ex-
pressed loyalty to the Stars and Stripes
1T is q war of reconciliation Shall
the poor man sheer at the rich, since he
has seen the charge at FL Caney led by
a Roosevelt? Shall class hate class after
seeing Hamilton Fish, the son of a mil
lionaire, fan at the battle of Seville
caught in the arms of a penniless cowboy
from Texas? Shall the white man feel
contempt for the black man. since he saw
that hero of the colOred troops rush ahead
of our faltering lines, mount the fort of
San Juan, seize and break down the Span
ish flag, then fan lifeless, pierced by no
less than thirty-two Mauser bullets? Shall
the Spanard hate his American conuueror
who after taking 25000 of them prisoners,
filled their empty stomachs with Ameri-
can food gave them free passage on safe
clean boats, singing as they sailed God
BE With You Til We Meet Again?
This, too is a uniting war. Did you
ever see such a Fourth of July as the
last one2 Never since old liberty bell
rang forth for the first time her sweet
notes Of freedom. In all the 122 years of
our national Independence there has not
been such a Fourth of July as the last
The Fourth of July, 1916 stood for free
dom; that of 1872 stood for the protection
of American citizenship; that of 1851 stood
for the union, but the Fourth of July 1898,
stood for universal freedom. l wish you
had been with me at the celebration In
my own city Before that gathering OF
over 10000 people there stood upon the
stage as participants representative of all
classes. The first speaker was a Jew, the
second a Gentle and the third a Catholic
/ priest chaplain from the United States
camp opened the meeting with prayer.
| The presiding officer was an old Confed-
4 crate soldier A Georgia girl Miss Flo
/ cutiOn, waved the American flag, while a
| Yankee girl played Dixie Then | said
! we want new song, universal anthem,
/ and the subject of il shall be: God Save
| the Queen Under the Star-Spangled Ban
1 ner in My Country, It's of Thee Way
/ Down South in Dixie This Is what l
/ call big dividends from the front The
! blowing up of the Maine made a grave
! for many brave soldiers, but, at the same
| time it created the cemetery of sectional
/ ism. The burning of CerVera's fleet by
our own revealed more than one con
/ quered foe OF Amerca-for 1t left in full
view of all the world the ashes Of sec
! tional hate. There is no Mason and Dix
on's line to-day. Yes, il is a divine war
| for we find ourselves doubly freed in our
endeavor to secure freedom to our neigh
! Dor"
Cornelius A. Pugsley president of the
! Westchester Company National Bank OF
/ Peekskil. n. Y, moved that the follow
ing telegram be sent to President McKin-
| ley
The Bankers Association in its twen-
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