The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.

ed more than $2 per capita.
 Merging from the depression that has existed for years, we are beginning to feel the strong breeze of industry and prosperity.
 The hard times that have lowered over us so long have gone, and good times are coming, if not already here.
 We can then with propriety become more buoyant.
 We can with assurance look more cheerful.
 For good order, prosperity and confi- dence prevail over the entire country. (Applause.)
 In introducing Colonel N. G. Osborn as toastmaster General Ford said that if the selection had been made by pop ular ballot of the chamber it would probably have been as unanimous as was the selection by the committee.
 Colonel Osborn accepted the office of toastmaster with most appropriate af- ter dinner remarks and as usual, by his wholesome humor and pleasantries, captured his hearers at once. He spoke to the toast "Our Country," and called for three cheers in honor of it. As he requested this q large flag was flung from one of the boxes and three cheers were given, which shook the building.
 LETTERS OF REGRET.
 Colonel Osborn, toastmaster read several letters of regret received from prominent invited guests who were un- able to be present. One from General Shafter was as follows:
 George H. Ford, President of Chamber
 of Commerce, New Haven, Conn:
 Dear Sir--Your kind invitation to dine with the chamber of commerce on Tues day evening next at hand. J regret eX- ceedinsly that it will be impossible for me to be present, and as I am at pres ent, and have been for some days, con- fined to my bed and room with sick ness. I assure you that nothing would give me greater pleasure than to be with you, and l hope later, when visit ing friends in New Haven, I shall have the opportunity of seeing you and per- haps meeting other gentlemen of the chamber Very sincerely yours, William N Shafter,
 Major General United States Volun-
 teers.
 Letters of regret were also read from Governor-elect Lounsbury, A. K. Orr, president of the New York chamber of commerce; John Addison Porter, pri- vate secretary to President Mckinley; Bishop Brewster, Senator O. H. Platt Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York and Judge Henry s. Rowland of New York. In his regrets MT. Porter stated that the president had been ab- sent from Washington so much during the past month that he is behind in his work and will require extra efforts to complete his message before the as sembling of congress. He states that incidentally his labors will be increased in helping the president in this and other matters and in making prepara- tions for the series of executive man sion receptions which will begin with the New Year
 The first speaker introduced was Sen ator Joseph R. Hawley, who was greet ed with three rousng cheers as he rose l to respond to the toast Our Army and
 Navy General Hawley spoke in part as follows: You have told me to talk about the army and navy. That is cer- tainly large task. Some people con tinue to argue that we don't need much of an army and navy, which reminds me of the cowboy who said, You don't often need a revolver, but when you do need one you need it mighty badly No one wanted to fight us until about a year ago it so happened that we as- l sembled our guns, and our sailors, and our little bit of an army, and went to war because we couldn't help it. For three hundred years Spain had most grossly misgoverned, oppressed and ground down the people of Cuba. Spain was right at our door and it was inpos- sble for this state of affairs to exist without having an injurious effect on
 our commercial interests. It was a continual loss to us The people of Cu- ba were overburdened with taxes. The schools and roads were poor. The peo- pie were misused, abandoned oppress- ed, and the instinctive outcry of hu- manity demanded that somebody step in and stop this thing.
 How we scolded and criticised the so-called Christian nations of Europe when they did not interfere in the out rages against the Armenians! The time was bound to come when, with all their generous sympathies aroused, the American people, seeing some one abus- ing the cripple, were bound to say, 'Stop!' I think, on the whole, that we
 were justified, and more than justified, in undertaking that war.
 Most of the wars in the last 150 years have come without notice. War as @
 rule comes out of a clear sky, as this one did We don't profess to be a war like people, but a military people, if you understand the distinction I make. But the history of the world teaches us that
 we ought to be ready" General HaW- ley then pointed out the need of strong | coast defenses, and after referring to ! our navy at present said that he thought that the next congress would order more ships. He thought that a standing army of at least 75,000 men
 was needed. Speaking Of the Philip pines he said: "On many of the islands are masses of ignorant, dangerous peo-
 pie. How many years will it take to | Americanize that population-how l many years to organize them and bring | out a voting people there, No one knows I don't say that the American | people can't do it, because there is noth- ing on earth that this people can't do, but it requires a tremendous effort out side of our ordinary duties of goYern- k,