Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-02-05
M'KINLEY IS EMPHATIC.
Insists that the Money Verdict
of 1896 Must Be Needed.
FIRn FOR SOUND CURRENCY.
"If Any Doubt Remains as to the Hon
esty of Our Finance, 1t 7ust Be
Removed"

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New YORK. Jan. 77.-President Nc
Kinley tonight electrified an audience
representing m private and corporate
wealth thousand million of dollars
by his pronounced declaration for the
gold standard 1t was at the third
annual feast OF the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers at the Waldorf
Astoria.
The enthusiasm of the people knew
no boui ds when President Mckinley
was introduced. The whole assem-
blage rose, waving the white napkins
from the tables in the air and loudly
cheering the chief guest of the night.
The guest were upon their feet nearly
all the time during the delivery OF the
address. They eheered every senti-
ment which had any direct bearing
upon the reform of the currency laws.
President Mckinley never delivered
better or more inspiring speech in
his life. The president read the
money part of his speech. and he
spoke with the greatest earnestness,
as if they were the sentiments of a
sincere man.
The President said:
| Mr.. POSTMASTER, 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 compensation for having left
/ Washington at an unusual busy sea-
son in order to participate in this in
teresting meeting.
l scarcely need to remind you that
we do not meet as strangers. Neither
your business organization nor your
social reunions are altogether unfa-
miliar to me. / have been with you
before, not guest, as now. but rather
in the capacity of host. recall that
as Governor of the State of Ohio, it
was my pleasure to welcome you to
the city of Cincinnati on January ~,
1895, at the initial convention OF the
Manufacturers Association l we'll
remember the occasion. 1t was cold
day. You had lost everything but
your pluck, or thought you had.
Courage was the only friend your
grief could call its own.
! note with satisfaction your i'm
proved appearance now. You are
more cheerful in countenance, more
buoyant in spirit, more hopeful in
manner. and more confident in pur-
pose. Then. too, there are more of
you here than there were at your first
meeting. Distances are, of course, the
same, but travelling has been resumed.
Your speeches and resolutions at that
first convention were directed mainly
to the question of how to regain what
you had lost in the previous years, or,
if that was found impossible. then
how to stop further loss. But your
object now, as gather it, is to go out
and possess what you have never had
before. You want to extend not your
notes, but your business. / sympa-
thize with your purpose then; l am
in full accord with your intentions
now.
| ventured to say at the gathering
referred to, as reported in your pub
lished proceedings, speaking both for
your encouragement and from a pro-
found conviction: This great coun-
try cannot be permanently kept in a
state of relapse. believe we will re-
occupy the field temporarily lost to us
and go out to the peaceful conquest
OF new and greater fields of trade and
commerce. The recovery will come
slowly, perhaps, but it will come, and
when it does. we will be steadier and
will better know how to avoid ex-
posture hereafter
have abated none of the faith /
then expressed, and you seem to have
regained yours.
National policies can encourage in.
dustries and commerce, but it remains