Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-28
NKINLEY on MONEY.
address Before The Association Of Manu-
taCturerS.
REPUBLICAN, PARTY AND SILVER.
Fullest Possible Discussion Of Currency
Question Desired.
Ct. Lorus PLATFORM DECLARATION
rrec Coinage ny international
Agreement Must lie Sought, Hut
Ncan Time the Existing Gold
St,ndard Must he Maintained.

rrai banquet Of the National Association
,f Manufacturers OF the United States
which was served at the waldorf-Astoria
Hotel this evening, was one OF the largest
aud most elaborate affairs of the kind
ever given in this city. one thousand
Guests were seated at the tables. The
f,e, that President Mckinley would be
present caused a rush for tickets.
PRESIDENT Mckinley was driven from
Che windsor Hotel and was received at
che Waldorf-Astoria az $50 Z. NJ. by a
committee Of merchants. and az once
taken TO the Royal chambers. Half an
hour later he appeared in the reception
ro,m. where he held a levee for more
than an hour.
The banquet han was magnihcently de-
carated. 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 elaborately decorated with
aowers and pottcd plants. The dais
where the President and other guests sat
was also adorned with many flowers.
The march to the banquet hall began
at 7.i5. and lasted until almost 7:SO 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 9 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. Z. 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. McAlpin. William c. Whit
ney, Coils r. Huntington, and George
Gunter.
The menu cards were very elaborate
They were volumes Of vellum. bound in
undressed calf. with a monogram burned
into the cover, surrounded by scroll.
There were etchings Of Liberty" THE
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
for 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, a secretary Of COM
nerce"
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.
cheering and claiming OF ndnQS
were redoubled when a toast was drunk
10 the President.
sIr. Mckinley spoke slowly, and was
plainly heard in every part Of the hali.
lie said:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
'Alr. Toast-Naster. Members of the
National Association Of Manufacturers,
and Guests: For the cordial character or
this greeting l return my thanks. The
commences Of your welcome Is full COM
pensation for having left Washington at
an unusually busy season in order to par
ucpate in this interesting meeting.
'I scarcely need femind you that we do
not meet as strangers Neither your busi-
ness organizations nor your social re-
unions are altogether unfamiliar TO me.
7 have been with you before. not as a
guest as now, but rather in the capacity
Of host. / recall that as Governor OF the
State Of Ohio. it was my pleasure 10
welcome you 10 the city Of Cincinnati on
January 2. 1895. at the initial convention
~ the Manufacturers Association. l well
remember that occasion. IL was cold
dav. You had lost everything but your
pluck. or thought you had. Courage was
The only friend your grief could call us
own. I note with satisfaction your I'M
proved appearance now. You are more
cheerful in countenance, more buoyant
In spirit. more hopeful In manner, ana
more confident in purpose. Then, too'
there are more OF you here than were az
The first meeting. Distances are, Vi
course. the same. but travelling mas oeeh
Resumed
Your speeches and resolutions at that
first convention were directed mainly to
the question Of how 10 regain what you
had lost I'm the previous year or II That
was found impossible then how 10 stop
further loss. But your object now, as
gather II. is 10 go out and possess what
you have never had before. You want
extended. not your notes. but your Dusl-
ness. / sympathized with your purpose
then. / am In full accord with your IN
tentlons now.
'I ventured 10 say at the gathering re-
ferred TO- as reported I'm your puDhsheu
proceedings, speaking both TOT your en-
couraeenent and from profound conyic-
ton This great country cannot De per-
manently kent In a state OF relapse.
believe we will reoccupy the HELD tenn
porarly lost 10 US. and go out 10 tne
peaceful conquest Of new ana greater
heids of trade and commerce. Inc re-
cOvery will come slowly. perhaps, Du' u
VIII come and when X does we VIII DC
steadier. and will better know now 70
avoid exposure hereafter. j nave &Sa.eu ..s''