Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-01
President Mckinley Speaks at the
Manufacturers Banquet Given
in New York City.
STRONGLY FAv0RS CURRENCY Reform.
Declares That the Republican Party
Must stand by Its IlatfOrm-Na-
tiOnal Policies Should Encourage
Industry and COmm c rcc-'Chc I'co-
pie VIII Do the Rest.

the largest ana HOSt elaDOrIte affllrS
of the kind ever given in this city. One
thousand guests were seated at the
tables. The fact that President Nc
Kinley would be present caused u rush
for tickets.
The widest enthusiasm prevailed
when President Mckinley was intro
duced. Men stood in their seats; wom-
en- in the boxes waved their handkcr-
chiefs and the uproar drowned the
speakers voice. The cheering and
clapping of hands were redoubled when
toast was drunk to the president.
President Mckinley spoke slowly and
was plainly heard in every portion of
the hall. President Mckinley said in
part:
The Presidents Address,.
National policies can encourage indus
try and commerce, but it rems ms for the
people to project and carry them on If
these policies stimulate industrial develop
| ment and energy. the people can be safely
trusted to do the rest. The government,
however; Is restricted in its power to pro-
mote industry. 1t can aid commerce. but
not create 1t. 1t can widen and deepen it's
| rivers. improve it's harbors and develop its
great national waterways, but the ships to
sail and the traffic to carry the people must
supply.
Must Know the Wants of Others,
Much profitable trade is still unenjoyed
by our people because of their present
| insufficient facilities for reaching desirabl
markets. Much of it is lost because of
lack Of information and ignorance Of the
must know just what other people want
before we can supply their wants. We
must understand exactly how to reach
them with least expense If we would
enter into the most advantageous BUSH
ness relations with them. The ship re-
quires the shipper: but the shipper must
have assured promise that his goods will
have sale when they reach their des-
tlnation. 1t is a good rule, If buyers will
not come to us. for US to go to them, 1t
and industrial ambition. as we'll as achieve
ment, terms OF respect and praise, not
only at home, but among the family of
nations. the world over.
Our Money Must Be UnassaiIahIc.
There is another duty resting upon the
national goVernment-'to coin and regulate
the value thereof This duty requires that
our government shall regulate the value
OF Its money by the highest standards of
commercial honesty and national honor
The money Of the United States is and
| must forever be unquestioned and unas-
saiable. If doubts remain they must be
| removed. IT weak places are discovered
they must be strengthened. Nothing should
US
| to scale down the sacred debt of the ma ton
| through a legal techncality. Whatever
may be the language Of the contract. the
United States will discharge all it's obli-
cations In the currency recognized as the
best throughout the civilized world at the
times Of payment. Nor will we ever con-
sent that the wages of labor or its frugal
| savings shall be scaled down by permit
ting payment in dollars of less value than
the dollars accepted as the best in every
enlightened nation of the earth
Question Must BE Settled Now.
Under existing conditions our citizens
cannot be excused if they do not redouble
| their efforts to secure such financial legis-
lat1on as Will place their honorable inten-
tons beyond dispute. All those who repre-
sent. as you do. the great conservative and
the progressive business interests of the
country. owe 1t not only to themselves but
to the people, to insist upon the settle
| ment Of this great question now, or else
to face the alternative that it must be again
submitted for arbitration at the polls
This is our plain duty to more than 1000
COO voters who Is months ago won a great
political battle on the issue, among others,
that the United States government would
not permit a doubt to exist anywhere con-
| corning the stability and integrity of its
| currency or the inviolability Of its obi
cations Of every kind. That is my inter-
| probation OF that victory.
Still OF Binding FOrce
'For us to attempt nothing IN the face Of
the present faflacies and the constant effort
to spread them is to lose valuable ground
already won and practically to weaken the
forces OF sound money for their battles OF
the future. The financial plank of the ST.
Louis platform is still as commanding upon
republicans and those who served with
| them in the last campaign as on the day it
was adopted and promulgated. Happily
the tariff part of the platform has already
been engrafted into public statute But
that other plank. not already builded into
our constitution. is of binding force upon
all Of us. What is it?
1.-THE republican party is unreservedy
for sound money. 1t caused the enactment
of the law providing for the resumption of
| specie payments in 1873; since then every
dollar has been as good as gold.
I'VE are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or impair the credit of our country. We are
| therefore opposed to the free coinage OF
silver except by International agreement
with the leading commercial nations Of the
! world, which we pledge ourselves to pro-
! mote, and until such agreement can be
| obtained the existing gold standard must
| be preserved. All our silver and paper cur
rency must be maintained at parity with
! gold. and we favor all measures designed
+ to maintain inviolably the obligations Of
| the United States. and all our money,
| whether coin or paper. at the present stand
| ard, the standard of the most enlightened
nations of the earth"
A Command from the IeOpIe.
I "This is in reality command from the
| people who gave the administration to the
Eparty now In power and who are still anx-
| iously waiting for the execution OF their
free and omnipotent will by those Of US
| who hold commissions from that supreme
| tribunal -. -.s. .,-. $3.50. +. : -
II have tonight spoken in q somewhat
| serious strain because l believe IT. Is due
| both to the membership Of this associa-
ton and to the conditions under which
this assemblage has met. The conferences
and systematic efforts of such body of
men as this are capable of infinite good to
the respective communities In: which the
members live and to the matte at large.
The country Is now emerging from trying
conditions. It is only just beginning to re-
cover from the depression In certain lines
of business long continued and altogether
uapa rail- eled. Progress. therefore, will nat
urallyf be slow, but let US not be impa-
tient. Rather let us exercise just pa
thence. and one which in time win surely
( bring its own high reward.
Faith in the Future. u
81 have no fear Of the future of our be-
! loved country. While i discern IN Its spres-
Aent condition the necessity that always ex-
n lists for the faithful devOffnn IF ifa rfsonas