Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-28
n'KINLE7 on Money
President Addresses the'sso-
citation of Manufacturers.
BIG BANQUET IN NETWORK
"The Currency OF tn. United Statcs,'' 1>c-
cimr"S the Nations Executive, us and
Must Forever be UnquestIoned
and UnassailabIc."
(By Telegraph.l

NEW Soft>, Jan. 2i.-Ihe third an
nuaI banquet of the National Association
OF Manufacturers Of the United States.
which was served tonight at the Wal
dorf- Astoria Hotel, "as one If the larg-
est and most elaborate afreirs of the
KIND ever given in this city. One hum
dred guests We're seated at the tables.
The fact that President Mckinley
would be present caused rush for
tickets. President Mckinley was driy-
en- from the Windsor Hotel and was
received at the Waldorf Astoria at $3.50
+. NJ. by the committee Of merchants,
and at once taken a the Royal cham
bers. Half an hour latc- he appeared
in the reception room, where he held d
ie''ee for more than ai. hour.
The banquet hall was magnifcently
decorated. the tiers OF boxes being
draped with silken banners. The Pres
head Of the table from thu Preside
box. The table was elabora.ely Gecor-
ated with flowers ana ported plants
The dias where the President and other
guests sat were also adorned with
many flowers.
The march to the banquet began at
I:15 ard lasted until ulmLst $50, being
Ia Struggling line.
President Mckinley. with the COM
hall, the band playing Hail the
tnlttte OF thlrty-six, mar Lei into the
Chief"
It was after o'clock when Warner
Miller raped for order. He then an
nounced that Rev. W. S. Macarthur
would invoke blessing. DR.. MacAr-
thur, IN his prayer. called for special
protection for the President and the
members of the manufacturers Asso-
cation.
Among those who occupied seats of
honor on the raised dias were:
President Mckinley, NJ L. ingalls,.
Darwin r. James, Rev. r. S. MacAr-
thur, Thomas w. Criddler, Randolph
GuSgenheimer, Ilihu Root, John Ad-
olson Porter. Attorney General John w.
Grisgs, Lieutenant Governor Timothy
l.. Woodruff, Senator Wiiliam p. FRYE.
Charies Emory Smith. Warn MiNes.,
PRESIDENT Theo. c. Search, Henry E.
Holland, eN-Mayor William L. Strong,
Clement A. Griscom st. Clair Nickel
| way and Abner Mckinley.
Among the other invited guests were:
Albert Pope, Henry w. McAlpine, w. c,
whitney and George Guntvr.
me menu cards We're very elabora te.
lhsy were volumes Of vellum bound in
undre:sed calf with monogram burn
ed into the cover. surrounded by a
scroll. There We're etchngs Of Lib
efty. The Brooklyn Bridge" Indus
Try, a scene on Wall street. Com
merce and Transports tion," and some
or the large buildings in New York
The Presidents menu card was the
same as that of the other guests ex-
cept that the edges We're in gold and the
words The president" in embossed let
terirg on the cover
At 1890 o'clock Warner Miller raped
Tor order He referred to the youth Of
the association and said the meeting
would be productive of more good than
anything that has been held in this
country for some time. He said there
was nothing political in the organiza-
ton.
The chief end of the organiza ton, he
declared, was to extend the commerce
OF the United States abroad
This association" said he, "would
advocate another department in the
CABINET, namely, secretary of COM
merce."
MI" Miller then introduced Theo. c.
Search. president of the association,
who spoke briefly.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed
when President Mckinley was intro
duced. Men stood on their seats: wom-
en- IN the boxes waved their ,handker-
chiefs and the uproar drowned the
Speakers voice. The cheering and
clapplng of hands We're redoubled when
the toast was drank TO the President.
President Mckinley spoke slowly and
the hall.
He Sai.' .......
MT Toastmaster. Members of the
National Association of Manufactu-
rers and Guests:
For the cordial character of this
greeting l return my thanks The gen
lnnenesS of your welcome is full com
pensation for having left Westminster
at an unusually busy season in order
10 participate in this interesting meet
ing.
Il scarcely need remind you that We
40 not meet as strangers. Neither your
business organiZa tons nor social reun-
IONS are altogether unfamiliar to me.
nave been with You before not as
guest, as now, but rather in the capac-
'ty OF host. l recall that as the gov
ernor of Ohio it was my pleasure to
welcome you TO the city of Cincinnati
on January %. 1895, at the initial con-
Ventton of the Manufacturers Associa-
tlon. l we'll remember that occasion.
1t was cold day. You had lost every
ti2ns put your pluck. or thought you
had. Courage was the only friend
Your srief could call its own. 1 note
with satisfaction your improved ap-
pearance now. You are more cheerful
IN countenance. more buoyant in spirit.
more hopeful in manner and more con-
hdent IN purpose. 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 resolu-
lions at the first convention were di-
fected mainly to the question of how
W iot''i' "iidl ) ca ildu 1851 IN lne pre-
V!ouS years. or, if that was found i'm
possible, then how TO stop further loss.
But your object now, as I gather it,
is to go out and possess what you have
never had before. You want to extend.
not your notes, but your business. I
sympathized with your purpose then; I
am in full accord with your intentions
now.
Il ventured to say at the gathering
referred to, as reported in your publish
ed proceedings speaking both for your
encouragement and from a profound
conviction: This great country cannot
be permanently kept in state of re-.
lapse. | 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
VIII be steadier and will better know
how to avoid exposure hereaf ter'
i nave .abated none of the faith I
then expressed and you seem to have
rega!ned yours.
National policies can encourage In
duStry and commerce, but it remains
for the people to project and carry
I no ~ no 81.