The San Francisco call., 1898-01-28
PRESIDENT
 MCKINLEY ON
 PROSPERITY Speaks at the Ban- Quet of the National Manufacturers. Conditions Under Which Trade and Commerce
 Are Extended. One Is the Payment of the Debts Of the Nation in Sound
 Money. PLEDGES ARE BEING KEPT Financial Plank in tho St Louis Plat form Declared Yet Commanding
 Upon Republicans.
One Is the Payment of the Debts Of the Nation in Sound
 Money.
PLEDGES ARE BEING KEPT
Financial Plank in tho St. Louis Plat. form Declared Yet Commanding
 Upon Republicans.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The third an- nual banquet of the National Assocla- ton 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 this city One thousand guests were seated at the tables. The fact that President Me Kinley would be present caused a rush for tickets.
 President Mckinley was driven from the Windsor Hotel, and was received at the Waldorf-Astoria at 6:3O D. m. by the committee of merchants, and at once taken to "the royal chambers" Half an hour later he appeared in the reception room, where he held a levee for mere than an hour.
 The banquet hall was magniflcently decorated, the tiers of boxes being draped with Silken banners. The Pres idents flag was suspended over the head of the table from the Presidents box. Seven long tables extended the length of the room, and sixteen small tables were placed on either side of the rows of long tables. In the Astor gall lery annex were thirty-three other ta- bleS. The tables were ela borately dec orated with flowers and potted plants. The dais where the President and oth- CT guests sat was also adorned with many flowers. From the reception room up the broad staircase to the ban quet room were lines of palms and ferns.
 It was after o'clock when Warner Miller rapped for order. He then an- nounced that Rev. R. s. McArthur would invoke a blessing Dr. McAr- thur. in his prayer, called for special protection for the. President and the members of the Manufacturers Asso- ciation.
 Among those who occupied seats of honor on the raised dais were: Presi- dent Mckinley, M. E. Ingalls,, Darwin R. James, Rev. R. S. McArthur Thomas W. Cridler, Randolph Guggenheimer, Elihu Root, John Addison. Porter, At torney- General John w. Griggs, Lieu tenant Governor Timothy L. Wood ruff. Senator William P. Frye, Charles Emory Smith, Warner Miller, Theo- dore c. Search, Henry E. Rowland. ex- Mayor William L. Strong, Clement A. Griscom. St. Clair McKelway and Ab- ner Mckinley. Among the other guests were: Albert Pope. Henry w. Gajohn, General Samuel Thomas, Lewis Nixon, E. A. McAlpin, William c. Whitney. Collis P. Huntington and George Gunter.
 MT. Miller then introduced Theodore c. Search, president of the association. who spoke briefly.
 The widest enthusiasm prevailed when President Mckinley was intro- duced. Men stood on their seats, women in the boxes waved their hand kerchiefs and the uproar drowned the speakers voice The cheering and elapping of hands were redoubled when toast was drunk to the President
 President Mckinley spoke slowly and was plainly heard in every portion of the hall. His reference to the cold day in Cincinnati January 22, 1895. was re- ceived with laughter, which broadened into a perfect roar when he spoke of the extension of business instead of notes. President Mckinley said in part;
 I scarcely need remind you that we do not meet as strangers. Neither your business organization nor your social re- l have been with you before, not as guest as now, but rather in the capacity of host. 1 recall that as Governor of the State of Ohio it was my pleasure to well come you to the city of Cincinnati on January 2, 1895. at the initial convention of the Manufacturers Association. I well remember the occasion. It was a cold day. You had lost everything but your pluck, or thought you had; courage was the only friend your grief could call it's own. note with satisfaction your i'm proved appearance now. You are more cheerful in countenance, more buoyant Tn spirit, more hopeful in manner and more confident in purpose. Then, too, there are more of you here than there or course the same, but travelling has been resumed. Your speeches and reso- lutions at that first convention were df- rected mainly to the question of how to regain what you had lost in the previous years; or, if that was found impossible