Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-28
NKINLEY on MONEY.
address Before The Association Of Manu-
taCtuTerS.
REPUBLICAN, PARTY AND SILVER,
Fullest Possible Discussion Of Currency
Question Desired.
CT LouIs PLATFORM DECLARATION
rrec Coinage ny international
Agreement Must lie Sought, Hut
standard Must he Maintained.

rnai banquet Of the National Association
,f Manufacturers OF the United States,
,,bich was served at the Waldorf-Astoria
Hotel this evening, was one Of the largest
and most elaborate affairs of the kind
over given in this city. one thousand
.,esfs were seated at the tables The
,,c, that President Mckinley would be
present caused a rush for tickets.
PRESIDENT Mckinley was driven from
tt, windsor Hotel and was received at
che Waldorf-Astoria az $50 Z. NJ. by
,,n,mittee Of merchants. and az once
taken TO the Royal chambers. Half an
hour later he appeared in the reception
ro,m. where. he held levee for more
than an hour.
The BANQUET hall was magnifcently de-
corated. the tiers Of boxes being draped
with snken banners. The Presidents
aae was suspended over the head Of the
table from the Presidents box. The
tables we're deliberately decorated with
flowers and pottod plants. The dais
where the President and other guests sat
was also adorned with many flowers
The march to the banquet hall began
NJ 7.i5. and lasted until almost 7:2O p. NJ,
being a struggling line.
President Mckinley, with the committee
Of thirty-six. marched into the hall, the
band playing. Hail to the Chief"
1t was after o'clock when Warner
Miller raped for order. He then an
nounced that Rev. r. S Macarthur. would
invoke a blessing. DR.. Macarthur. in his
prayer. called for special protection for
the President and the members of the
Manufacturers Association.
GUESTS OF HONOR.
Among those who occupied seats of
honor or the raised dais were President
Mckinley. NJ. f. ingalls,, Darwin r.
James. Rev. r. S. Macarthur. Thomas w.
Crldler. Randolph Guggenheimer. Elihu
Root. John Addison Porter, Attorney
General John w. Griggs, Lieutenant
Governor Timothy L. Woodruff. Senator
William p Frye, Charles Emory Smith
Warner Miller, President Theodore c.
Search, Henry L. Rowland, ex-Mayor
William l.. Strong. Clement a. Griscomb,
ST. Clair McKelway, and Abner Mckinley.
Among the other guests were Albert
Pope. General Samuel Thomas, Lewis
Nixon, r. A. McAlpn. William c. Whit
ney, Coils Z. Huntington, and George
Gunter.
The menu cards were very elaborate.
They were volumes OF vellum. bound in
undressed calf. with monogram burned
into the cover, surrounded by a scroll.
There Nero atebfuoc of liberty - 'frbn
Brooklyn Bridge" industry" "A Scene
on Wall Street" Commerce and Trans
portation." and some of the larger build
ings in New York.
The Presidents menu card was the
sans as that of the other guests, except
that the etchings were in gold, and the
word president" in embossed gold, was
on the cover.
AT 1880 O'Clock Warner Miller raped
Tor order He referred TO the youth Of the
association and said that the meeting
would be productive Of more good than
anything that had been held in this coun-
try for some time.
He said there was nothing political in
the organization. The chief end Of the
organization, he declared. was to extend
the commerce Of the United States
abroad. This association" he said,
will advocate another department in the
Cabiner-namely, secretary Of COM
merce."
Mr. Miller then introduced Theodore
Search. president Of the association, who
spoke briefly.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed when
President Mckinley was introduced. Men
stood in their seats. women in the boxes
waved their handkerchiefs and the up
roar drowned the speakers voice.
The cheering and clapping Of hands
mi
20 the President.
lIr. Mckinley spoke slowly. and was
plainly heard in every part Of the hali.
lie said:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
sAlr. Toast-Naster. Members of the
National Association Of Manufacturers,
and Guests: For the cordial character OF
this greeting / return my thanks. the
genuineness Of your welcome is full COM
pensation for having left Washington at
an unusually busy season in order to par
uc'pate in this interesting meeting.
81 scarcely need femind you that we do
not meet as strangers. Neither your Dusi-
ness organizations nor your social re-
unions are altogether unfamiliar 70 me.
] have been with you before. not as
guest as now, but rather in the capacity
of host / recall that as Governor OF the
State OF Ohio. IL was my pleasure 10
welcome YOU 10 the city Of Cincinnati on
January 2 1895. at the initial convention
~ the Manufacturers Association. wen
remember that occasion. IL was coiu
day. You had lost everything but your
pluck. or thought you had. Courage was
ne only friend your GRIEF could call us
own. I note with satisfaction your I'M
proved appearance now. You are more
cheerful in cOunteuance, more DuOyaht
In spirit. more hopeful In manner, ana
more confident in purpose Then, TOO,
there are more Of you here than were at
The first meeting. Distances are, OF
course. the same, but travelling has been
resumed.
Your speeches and resolutions at that
first convention were directed NANNY 10
the question Of how 10 regain what you
had lost in the previous year, or, II That
was found imp0ssible, then how 10 stop
further loss. But your object now, as l
gather IL. is 10 20 out and possess what
you have never had before. You want
extended not your notes. but your busi-
ness. / sympathized with your purpose
then. / am In full accord with your IN
ienti0ns now.
OF ventured TO say at the gathering re-
ferred 10, as reported I'm your puDilsheo
proceedings speaking both Tor your en-
couragement and from profound cohVio-
ton. This great country cannot DC per
manently kept In state OF IeiaPs..
believe we will reoccupy the field tenn
porarily lost 10 US and go out TO the
Peaceful conquest Of new ana greater
fields Of trade and commerce. me re-
covery will come slowly, perhaps Dut II
VIII come. and when IL does we VIII De
steadier and will better know how 10
avoid exposure hereafter j have aDateu