Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-22
THE131st ANNUAL.
Banquet Of New York Cham
Der Of Commerce
Addressed b Gov. Roosevelt, Ex-
Speaker Ri and WhiteIaw Reid
And Other Dis1hsuished Men Famous All
Over the World.

New York. Nov. 21-The 13lst an
nuai banquet or the Chamber of Com
merce was held at Delmonico's. to-
night. and brought together 500 repre-
sentative business men of New York.
There We're ako a number of distin
guished guests. including Gov. Roose-
welt, Senator Thomas C. Plat. Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Former Speaker
of the House Of Representatives Hon.
Thomas b. Reed, Hon. Whitelaw Reid.
president Seth Low of Columbia Uni
versity, President A. r. Hadley of Yale
University. Major General Wesley Mer-
rift, I. 5. A., and Hon John Barrett,
former minister to Siam.
The Introductory remarks Of Presi-
dent Jesup were brief. After congrat-
ulating the members of the chamber
upon the prosperous condition of the
country. he said: Il now ask YOU to
fill your glasses and drink in silence to
the toast | will give you We have met
with a national loss and am sure that
our beloved President has met with an
individual loss and We're he here he
would ask you to drink to the toast
that ! shall now give YOU in silence:
The President of the United States :"
The toast was drunk standing.
Next President Jesup proposed a
toast to Queen Victoria while the or
chestra played God Save the Queen. :"
GOV. Roosevelt spoke to the toast THE
State of New York" His reception
was most flattering
Il wish to say one word about the
statesman and good citizen who has
mas Sod a,-t
OF him it should be said what ought to
be the highest ambition of every de-
cent man to have said Of him, that he
single mndedly and dsinterestedly did
his Cuty to the whole country. entirly
Without regard to any credit or glory
acrrulng t. himself
The next speaker was Hon. Thomas
B. Reed, former Speaker of the House
of Representatives. He was as warmly
received as was the governor. He re-
sponded to the toast The Gold Stand
ard"
Mr.. Reed spoke in part as follows:
New York is the acknowledged financial
center of the great republic. While this
high position is not without its jea,ousies
and envies, yet it is the great power for
good which ought to be exercised for tn
benefit of the whole country. When. how
ever. You go beyond your immediate
sphere in this great city. you labor under
disadvantage which. however. can be
made less by knowing it. This country Is
so large that it is only in the centra.
place where the representatives from
everywhere meet. that men can obtain i
real idea of the various hopes and fears
the n4tiDn The Sfrnpola
which any statesman has today. in any
matter affecting the whole Union, is To
reconcile differences of opinion which are
honestly entertained by men who are pur-
suing liberty and happiness in states
which are thousands of miles apart.
When you undertake to adjust your laws
to the whole 40 states and do ii by the
processes Of party government. you ought
to be very much astonished if the law you
can actually put on the statute books
comes anywhere near within sight of the
law you dreamed of when you started.
'All things are finally settled by dis
cission. and it takes a great deal of time
to settle anything among a people so
widely scattered. But discussion in time
does settle great questions, and when
they are settled they have been nailed
down. Ii IS no wonder that the currency
question has taken so long a time to set.
tie itself. even as to the fundamental
basis. We have approached it from diff
ferent points of view. Men in newly set
tied parts of the country have been in a
very different position from ours. We
have been through all the experiences Of
a false currency and have established
ourselves at last upon the basis taught
by that suffering which renders expert
ence the best master. We have our rec
ords and do not wish history to repeat
itself"
The next speaker was President Had
ley of Yale, who responded to the toast
Education for Modern Business Re
sponsibilities.'
AT the CONCLUSION of President Had
leys speech. Senator Plat, who, it was
thought would address the chamber in
formally. left the banquet hall
The next speaker was the Hon. |
Reid. who spoke to the toast |
THE Existing Friendly Relations Be
tween the United States and Great |
Britain Mr.. Reid in part said: Long |
ago Thomas jefferson remarked that |
of all the nations of the earth Great |
Britain could do us the most harm. |
These later days have shown that of |
all the nations of the earth Great Brit |
ain and the United States can give
each other the most cheer and do each
other the most good. In the lamenta-
bic wars in which both are for the mo-
ment unhapply involved, the utmost
either need do is to hope for the other
as for itself. an honorable and speedy |
end to conflicts which neither began.
I'VE cannot but regret that in one |
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