The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-28
SPEECH By M'KINLEY
ELOQUENT AND FORcIBLE ADDRESS
TO MANUFACTURERS
He Tells Them What Can he Done to
Promote and Extend the COM
merce of the Country.
CURRENCY REFORM NEEDED
A
THE PRESIDENT MAKES CLEAR THE
DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.
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All Must Wage Battle Against the Sill
ver HOsfs if n stable Sysfem of
CURRENCY REFORM NEEDED
THE PRESIDENT MAKES CLEAR THE
DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.
All Must Wage Battle Against the Sill
Finance Is to BE Maintained.

NEW YORK, JAN 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
this city One thousand guests were seated
at the tables The fact that President Nc
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 $50 u. 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 more than
an hour.
Th banquet hall was magniicently deco
rated the tiers of boxes being draped with
silken banners. The Presidents flag was
suspended over the head of the table from
the Presidents box. Seven long tables ex-
tended the length of the room and sixteen
small tables were placed or either side of
the rows of long tables. In the .Astor gall
lery annex were thirty-three other tables.
The tables were elaborately decorated with
flowers and potted plants. The dais where
the President and other guests sat was
also adorned with many flowers. From the
reception room up the broad stairways to
the banquet room were lines of palms and
ferns
Owing to the double banquet rooms there
was much confusion in making the assign
ment of the guests to their seats at the
tables. The march to the banquet hall be-
gan at 7:15 and lasted until almost 7:30 p.
M, being a struggling line. President Nc
Kinley with the committee of thirty-sdx,
Hail to the Chief 1t was after O'Clock
when Warner Miller raped for order He
then announced that Rev r. S. MacAr-
thur would invoke blessing Dr. MacAr-
thur in his prayer called for special pro-
lection for the President and the members
of the Manufacturers Association.
Among those who occupied seats of honor
on the raised dias were: President McKn-
ley, M. f. ingalls,, Darwin r. James, Rev.
r. S. Macarthur, Thomas w. Cridler, Ran
doph Guggenheimer, Elihu Root, John Ad-
olson Porter Attorney General John w.
Griggs, Lieutenant Governor Timothy l..
Woodruff, Senator Vim. p. Frye Charles
Emory Smith, Warner Miller President
Theodore C. Search Henry E. Howland ex-
Mayor VIM. L. Strong, Clement A. Girls
com, ST. Clair McKelway and Abner Nc
bert Pope Gen. Samuel Thomas, Lewis
Nixon, E. A. McAlpin, VIM C. Whitney,
Coils p. Huntington and George Gunter.
The menu cards were very elaborate.
They were volumes of vellum bound in un-
dressed calf with monogram burned into
the cover, surrounded by a scroll. There
were etchings of Liberty" "The Brooklyn
Bridge" Industry" a scene on Wall
street Commerce and Transportation, y
and some of the large buildings in New
York. The Presidents menu card was the
same as that of the other guests, except
that the edges were in gold and the words,
THE President in embossed gold on the
cover.
AT 10:30 Warner Miller raped for order.
He referred to the youth of the association
and said the meeting would be productive
of more good than anything that has been
held in this country for some time. He
said there was nothing political in the or
ganization The chief end of the organiza-
ton he declared was to extend the com
merce of the United States abroad This
association he said, would advocate an
other department in the Cabinet, namely a
secretary of commerce"
Mr.. Miller then introduced Theodore C.
Search, president of the association, who
spoke briefly.