The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-27
PRESIDENTS VISIT E R
AN IMPORTANT SPEECH EXPECTED
At TO-NIGHr's DISNRR.

II IL Said Tint Mr.. mckinley VIII Make n
Declaration OF hts Financial Policy ~ the
BANQUET orthe Observation-Disclosures lake.
" 10 Be the BlEEest Ev~r GIvsn Here
At the waldorf.Astoria tonight President
Mckinley will be the guest OF honor at the din.
ner of the National Association of Mauufao-
Jurors. II is said that 1t will be the LARGEST
public dinner ever given In New York. The
committee, OF which William Brooknold is the
Chairman. expected that about 600 guests
would DO present. At 10 o'clock last night
1000 persons had paid $l5 ench for n ticket.
The event of the dinner will, OF course. he Pres
ident Mckinloy's speech. II ia looked forward to
with unusual interest, because reports have boon
circulated among the members OF the ~associa-
tion that 1t will be an address OF especial
Importance to tho whole country, not merely an
after-dinncr speech. President Mckinley has
always had a very friendly feeling toward the
association, He promised to attend the
thinner long ago, and It is whispered
among members who should know HE
intentions that he will use this opportunity
to make some very important declarations In
regard to the financial policy OF his Adminis,ra.
ton. These. it is said, will include not only ref.
erences to the finances of the country, but also
n statrnento of his views on bimetnllism,
The speakers table, and AS many other tables
as possible, will be set in tho Aston Gallery. 10
will not be possible for all the diners To lind
seats in that room. but tho arrangement OF the
rooms is such that practically the entire
floor, If necessary, can be thrown into one
great banqueting hall. Warner Miller
will preside at the dinner. On his right
the Presideni will sit. and on his left
tho President Of the Association, Theodore G,
search 81 PhiladeiphiS; Others at the speakers
Ia will ma np n, -
Charles Emory Smith, who will speak
on Reciprocity and Commercial Expan-
sion." and ex.Judge Henry f. Rowland.
who will speak to the toast, The Industries
Of the Nation as Affected by Its Laws" Joseph
II; Choate was to have spoken. but he had to de-
cline the invitation to speak yesterday on ac-
count OF the death of his mother.in-law, Mrs.
Sterling of 81. Louis.
1t Is said that the Presidents menu will be
framed in n rim of solid gold. In tho centre OF
the card will be the arms of: the nation, and the
card. will be placed in a highly polished mahoK-
any box. so that the President may keep It as Q
souvenir.
The President and his party will arrive at the
foot of West Twenty-third street this afternoon
at 3 o'clock, and viii be met by a reception com.
mittee of thirty-siX. of which Charles A. Schieren
Of Brooklyn Is the Chairman. The Presidents
will be escorted to the Windsor Hotel. where the
suite on the first floor at tho corner of Forty
sixth street and Fifth avenue has been reserved
ments he will be serenaded by the Seventh
Regiment Band shortly after his arrival at the
hotel. Unless the plans of the President are
changed after he arrives here, he will not return
to Washington until Saturday, and, possibly,
not until Monday.