Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-22
FOR A GOLD STANDARD
Ex-speaker Reed Speaks at the New
York Chamber of Commerce
Banquet.
Says National Congress Should En-.
act the Gold Standard Into
Public Law.
Whitelaw Reid Discusses Our Rela
lions With Europe Respect
Shown For Hobart.

was held at Delmonico's last night. an6
brought together 500 representative
business men of New York. There Were
also number of distinguished guests
including Governor Roosevelt, Senator
Thomas c. Plat, Senator Chauncey NJ
| Depew. eN-Speaker Thomas b. Reed
Whitelaw Reid, President Seth Low, OF
Columbia University; President A. T
Hadley. of Yale University; Maj. Gen
| Wesley Merritt and John Barrett, ex-
minister to SIAM
President Morris X. Jessup, after
congratulating the members of the
| chamber upon the prosperous condition
OF the country, said:
i now ask you to fill your glasses
| and drink in silence to the toast l 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
4 TO drink TO the toast that / shall now
give You in silence The President OF
lrhe United States. The toast was
drunk standing. Next President Jessup
proposed toast to Queen Victoria,
while the orchestra played God Save
the Queen
Governor Roosevelt spoke to the toast
The state of New York His recep-
ton was most fiattering
The next speaker was Thomas b.
Reed, who responded to the toast The
Gold Standard. Mr. Reed was greeted
Warmly. He said. in part:
nm wonder. baf tho. o,1rrapny
question has taken so long time TO
settle itself, ever. as 10 the Fundamental
basis. We have approached ii from diff
lefrent points of view. Men in newly set
tied parts of the country have been in
Very different position from ours. We
have been through the experiences of a
false currency and have established
ourselves at last upon the basis taught
BY that suffering which renders expert
Ience the best educator. The men in the
new country are facing what our am
l.cestors faced in undeNeloped country.
the riches Of which they long to possess,
They made the same mistakes our an
Icestors lnade-that money was what
they wanted and not capital, money.
which could be got for nothing. instead
TOT capital. which costs years and trust
land faith
This is a question which can now be
Disposed OF, and against this disposal
no reproach Of locality can be raised
If the people wish 10 repeat ii that
is their right but it should never he
left in the hands Of any administration
Ito 50 administer the law we have that
Is amply and fully declared intent
should be FILTERED away Let us make
cure OF our standard.
But there are other questions TO be
discussed and settled. How soon they
! will come on for settlement nobody
I.5n6ws. Thatttley are il the air is quite
ievident
u am not obtruding politics upon this
asseinbls. That would loe out Of place.
Without any signltieance @ the politi
seal Phase take two years ago, when we
we're IN earnest and the question of
Ia monetary standard VAS fully before
/ the people The candidate who repre-
sented the gold standard received 52s,
9an votes and all mis- opponents received
iSsooo That was 4o.ono majority. This
year the republican candidate had but
49900 plurality, while third candidate
mad 100000 votes In the old days, When
IA majority oyer all was required, THIS
wauld! have been no election i don't
Isnter into the question Of whether such
Ian opposition can be united think it
loan ilet Nevertheless that is a chance
(which better not be made. 1t is not the
jt!gures themselves that are OF much ac-
count; II is what they Indicate. II
there is a settled national feeling mer
vote for man and things, but when the
public mind Is unsettled they vote
against men and things. Both OHIO anc
| Kentucky are examples of this.
This country, and indeed all tbs
world, is prosperous, but in our rust
sar gain We must not forget the found
lauon Of our prosperity. which is a con,
scfousness that the machine With which
| SSe do business is sure and steadfast
one party now has possession of botf
houses and is responsible TO the coun-
ry For long years we have had NJ
RESP onsibilty, the senate one way anc
the house another. and nobody knew
whom to blame. Now we know where
10 put the blame. i the wishes of oui
lpeople are not carried out the response
bility is clear.
/ we have discussed many currency
Questions. ard don't agree, but there is
ZONE LHIuS on WHICH an 1SItt, anu Ind
! is the basis Of all currency, the stand
i ard on which we all agree, are all will
ing to trust our. prosperity"
! The next speaker was President Had
Hey Of Yale, VINO spoke on Education
for Modern Business Responsibility"
The next speaker was Whitelaw Reid
who spoke to the toast, The EXISTING
Friendly Relations Between the Unitec
States and Great Britain Mr.. Reie
said, in part;
I'm the lamentable wars in which
Great Britain and the United State:
are for the moment unhappily involved
few thinking people seriously suppose
either can have any but the one inevi-
table result. The powerful battalion:
will win. The dispassionate observer
will not doubt that in both cases tn,
end which is thus foreseen beginnine
will be for the best security of persona
rights for the order, liberty and the ad
vancing civilization of the world
I'VE can not but regret that in one
case the victory will bring some natura
panss to as notable race as dwells il
Europe-the race that gave to England
William of Orange and to America tn,
city of New York. But Dutch sympathy
with illusory Afrikander aspiration.
| will breed no blood feud. Meanwhile i
can not prevent the return of good rela
lions between the two peoples Of thu