The Portland daily press., 1898-03-31
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| tne summer tourist travel as being tne
| elements between which choice must be
made in answering the question assigned
| him. He then argued that the manu-
featuring enterprise that has permanency
and constancy and employs workmen at
good wages all the year may well be
termed the best promoter OF the material
| interests of the state.
Prof. W. W. Stetson, state superin-
tendent of school, Secretary Mckeen Of
the state board of agriculture, Lewis
Anderson of Skowhegan, Col. It. E.
| Eoothby, president of thu Portland board,
MIR. E. B. Winslow of Portland and Wal
do Pettengill of Rumford participated in
the discussion. Many interesting points
were brought out. No one took issue
with Mr.. Sibley in his declaration about
manufacturing, but the advantage to the
state of the large influx Of summer
tourists was not lost sight of.
| Just before the adjournment Col. Stet-
son of Bangor introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption by the
meeting:
| Resolved, That the Maine State Board
of Trade i'll convention assembled here
express to the President of the United
| States, William Mckinley, our most
hearty approval and appreciation of bis
calm and statesmanlike attitude in the
| war crisis now pending with Spain.
| That we trust and hope he will be able
| to accomplish the desired ends without
war and with honor and dignity to our
country.
That we realize the people of this
country without distinction of party or
class desire the alleviation OF the suffer-
ings of thousands of people in Cuba.
That we appreciate war and will do all
that there is within our power to avert
the same, If with honor to our country,
but If war should result we pledge our
selves to support the President in his
course and do all within our power to de-
fend our country and our flag.
The resolution was heartily endorsed
by Mr.. Ira Locke, who declared that there
had never been in the history of the
world such remarkable exhibition as
has Just been furnished by the nation,
whose people, so numerous, strong and
capable had been holding their tongues,
keeping their tempers and waiting duty's
call
The resolution was unanimously
adopted by rising vote.
A resolution was also adopted in favor
of Maine's participation in the Paris ex-
position of 1900.
THE BANQUET.
One hundred and sixty two members of
the state board and guests partook of the
banquet at the West End hotel. 1t was
gathering long to be remembered, and
several of the after-dinner speakers re-
ferred to it as the best occasion of the
kind they had ever attended.
After an hour social session the dining
hall doors were thrown open at 8 o'clock
and the crowd filed in. After the ban
ouet Col. F. E. Boothby, president of the
Portland Board made brief address of
welcome and introduced Mayor Randall,
who extended cordial welcome in behalf
of the city. He referred to his inaugural
recommendation of the erection of a
monument to the memory of the sailors
of the battleship Maine and he invited all
gentlemen present to contribute towards
such worthy object.
President Henry Lord of the state board
was next introduced and he happily re-
sponded, paying glowing tribute to the
state. In the course of his address he
praised Mayor Randall's suggestion and
added that he hoped the Portland nlonu-
ment to the memory of the Maine sailors
would be of Maine granite.
Hon. Josiah Fl. Drummond was called
upon to act as toastmaster and he per-
formed the duties of that office in a
manner most pleasing. First he asked
Collector John NJ Deering of the port of
Portland to speak in behalf of the gover:i-
ment.
Capt. Deering was lavish In praise of
the present administration. He admitted
that he was proud to be reckoned among
those conservative men OF the nation who
do not want war, and he paid a high
compliment to President Mckinley for
his conservation and calmness of action
in the present time Of trouble II wish
to speak of another man,H said Capt.
Desring, s'one of our own represen tativss
in Congress. Though differ with him
in some Of his political views, yet 1 can
say that of all the men in Congress be-
lieye that the one who has shown the
greatest GOODNESS and Judgment and con-
Quoted himself in a manner most salts
factory to the American people is our own
Thomas B. Reed. (Applause.) We don't
know but that we may owe entirely to
that man and his wise ruling of the
House the peace of this nation. -
Capt. Deering regretfuily alluded to the
decadenoe of American shipping and the
dearth of American born sailors aboard
our men of war.
Col. Bangs of Augusta pleasantly re-
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