The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-28
'OUTSPOKEN FOR GOLD
President Mckialey's Attitude Oh
Currency Made Plain.
HE TALKS TO THE MANUFACTURERS.
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Tells Them that the Money Question
Must BE Settled.
HE WANTS IT DONE AT ONCE.
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No Specific Plan Outlined by Him,
Nor Does He Alludc to Sccrc-
tary Cages Measure.
HE WANTS IT DONE AT ONCE.

New York, January 27.--The third annual
banquet of the National Association OF
Manufacturers of the United States, which
took place tonight at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel, was one of the largest and most
| elaborate affairs of the kind ever given
IN the city. One thousand guests were
seated al the tables.
The fact that President Mckinley would
4 be present caused Il rush for attendance.
/ President Mckinley was received mt the
| Waldorf Astoria at $50 p. M. by the COM
,nittee of merchants. aud was at once taken
| to the royal chambers.
Hall an hour later he appeared in the
4 reception room, where he held a levee for
! more than an hour. The banquet hall was
magnificently decorated, the tiers OF boxes
| presidents flag was suspended over the
head of the table from the presidents box.
The tables were deliberately decorated With
flowers and potted plants. The dis where
te president and their guests sat was
adorned with many flowers. From the re-,
ception room up to the broad stairways 10
the banquet were lines of palms and ferns.
President Mckinley, with the committee
of twenty-six, marched into the hall, the
band playing Hail 10 the Chief
Among those who occupied seats OF honor
on the raised dais were: President McKin-
ley Nj. E. Ingalls,, Attorney General .oan
w. Griggs, Lieutenant Governor Timothy
r. u,
Charles Emory Smith, Warner Miller, Pc
iaent Theodore g. Search, ex- Mayor Will
liam l.. Strong, William c. Whitney and
Coins p. Huntington.
The menu served was unusually elabor-
ate.
At 1880 O'Clock Warner Miller raped for
order. He referred to the youth OF the as
ISOLATION, and said 1t would be productive
of more good than anything FOR some time.
He said there was nothing political In the
organization. The chief end OF the o.
ganization, he declared, was to extend
the commerce Of the United States abroad
This association he said, ''Nli advo-
cate another department in the cabinet.
namely, secretary of commerce.
DR. Miller then introduced Theodore c.
ich, president of the association, who
spoke briefly.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed when
President Mckinley was introduced. Men
stood in their seats, ladies' wave1 nandker-
chiefs and the urroar drowned the speak
ers voice; the cheering and clappipg Of
hands were redoubled when a .oaau was
drunk 10 the president
President Mckinley spoke slowly aud was
heard In every portion Of the hall. His
reference TO the cold day in Cincinnati,
January %, 1895, was received with laugh
ter which broadtmed into Il persc,t rear
ahea lie spoke OF tue extension o. business
Instead o; rotcs.
.rsr'dent Mckinley said:
Mr. Toastmaker, Members Of the AS
ISOLATION Of Manufacturers and Guests:
For the cordial character of this greeting
return my thanks. The genuineness Of |
your welcome is full compensation for hay-
ing left Washington at an unusually busy |
season in order to participate in this gath |
ering scarcely need remind you that |
we do not meet as strangers. Neither your |
business organizations nor your social re- /
unions are altogether unfamiliar TO me. |
have been with you before, not as a guest, /
rs now, but rather In the capacity of I
host | recall that as governor of the State 1
Of Ohio ii was my pleasure to welcome to
he city of Cincinnati on January %. 1895, 1
he convention of manufacturers. j well I
the occasion. 1t was a cold day.
You had lost everything but your pluck,
n thought you had. Courage was the only
friend your grief could call its own. I
tote your improved appearance now. You
ire more cheerful in countenancs. MIRA
,uoyant in spirit, more hopeful in man
Ter and more confident in purpose. Then,
90, there are more OF you here than there
we're at your first meeting Your speeches
.rd resolutions at that first convention
we're directed mainly 10 the question of
low to regain what you Rad lost in the
previous years, Or If that was found i'm
then how to stop further loss.
Gut your object now. as l gather Ii. Is to
20 out and possess what you have never
lad before. You want TO extend. not your
notes, but your business. ! sympathized
With your purposes then: ! am In fun ac-
ord with your intentions now. vcntured 1
o say at that gathering referred to, as
'eported in your published proceedings. i
hat this great country can not be per-
kept In state OF relapse. ! be-
ieve we VIII reoccupy the fled temporarily
ost to us. and go out to the peaceful con-
Iuest OF new and greater fields Of trade
md commerce. The recovery will come
IowIy. perhaps, but it Will come. aud
when It does, we will be steadier and bets
er able TO avoid exposure hereafter.
FL have abated none of the faith then y
Expressed and you seem 10 have regainsd
ours. National policies can encouraee In
ustry and commerce, but II remains Tor
nc ECortE 10 tfptttt htiH toifs tHrtV phss
I these policies stimulate industrial de-
elopment and energy. the people can be II
afeiy trusted to 90 the rest TIE govern "A
aent. however. is restrained In its power
o promote industry. II can aid COM
nerce bur not create IL. II can widen and
eepen It's rivers. improve Its harhors ard
eyelop its great National waterways; but
he ships to sail and the affic TO carry
he people must supply. The government
nm raise revenues by taxation In such q
,ay as Will discriminate III favor Of DO
,estic enterprises. but II ran not estab-
sh them. II can make commercial treat
Isl opening to our manufacturers and ag-
|cultlrists the sorts Of other nations. It
an enter into arrangements 10 receive our ,
roducts II can aid our merchant marine I
v encouraging our people TO build ships o.
pmr cree II can assist in every lawful +
tanner private enterprises TO unite the I
vo oceans with 3 grrat canal II ran DO All
ssse thinvs. and ought 10 do them. but
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