The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-18

Boston, Feb. 17-President Mckinley
today spoke as follows before the Com
mercial club of this city:
Gentlemen of the Commercial Club
l am glad 10 meet the members of ---a
Commercial club and the businessmen
of Boston here as a body. rejoice With
them upon the better condition of trade
now prevailing throughout the country.
The last twelve months have marked
great changes and brought business i'm
provenent TO industrial America. The
man Of affairs feels better because ms
Affairs are III a better state lie Is
more comfortable than he mas been Lor
many wears He has taken on new
courage and confidence. lie IS satlshed
with the revenues and financial pohcleS
OF his country. He can now make &c
curate calculations on the future.
THE past year has recorded vol
ume of business. domestic and 1orelflh,
unparalleled in any former operations
of the United States. An enormous eX-
port trade has made American balances
satisfactory. and almost for the first
time the money of the country has
been so abundant ana the wealth OF
the country so great mat our caoltai-
lists have sought foreign investments.
We are fast going from a debtor to
creditor nation.
I hope nothing wiH check it. y-e
have quit discussing the tariff. ana
have turned our attention 10 getting
trade wherever il can be found II
viii be long time before ans change
can be had or any change desired III
the present fiscal policy, except TO
strengthen it. The differences on this
question which existed have 0'9appear-
ed. we have turned rom academic
theories 10 trade conditions, and are
seeking our share Of the worlds mar
kets.
BIAIETALLISM DEAD.
Not only is our business good. but
our money is good There is no longer
fear OF debased currency: ii has been
happily dispelled. The highest and best
standard recognized by the leading
commercial nations has been maintain
ed, and il has been done without
resort to loans. The cause OF sound
money has advanced in the last two
years Honest finance has made posi-
tive gains. l do not think we quite ap
preciate yet the full measure of It's
success. Both branches of congress on
the fourth of March next will have an
unQuestioned majority opposed 10 any
Generalization of our currency and
committed TO uphold the worlds stand
ard. Certainly for two years every
branch of the national government VIII
be united for good currency and the IN
volatility of our national obligations
and credit. The investments and other
enterprises of the people can, therefore,
not be unsettled by sudden changes.
I'VE have been engaged in war Two
hundred and seventy thousand of our
citizens have been IN the field our
sailors have been aflOat in two Aemis-
pheres. And yet the business of the
country has been steadily growing, our \
resources multiplying, the energy of our
M = he
our glorious land and naval triumDhs /
we find cur country in a condition Of I
almost unparalleled activity and pros /
perity.
our domestic situation is fortunate, I
indeed, considering the new questions /
which we must meet and solve. That I
they viii be settled on the lines of right /
and duty I cannot doubt. and that the (
business men of Boston and of the whole /
country VIII be an active and helDful /
force in their rightlul solution l conf |
IDENTIFY believe"
ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE.
President Mckinley visited the legis-
lature this afternoon and addressed the (
joint ASSEMBLY, as follows:
Gentlemen Of the general court: AL
though limited for time, l could not
deny myself the honor of accepting the
invitation extended by joint resolution
of your honorable body which I had the
pleasure of receiving from the hands of
your distinguished senior senator, Hon.
George I. HOar. l am not indifferent
to your generous action and il cannot
be more strong than the feeling of
pleasure which 1 have in greeting the
representatives Of the great common
wealth Of Massachusetts.
Il am glad to be in this ancient
capital. Here great public questions
have had free discussion. Here great
lr-ap II hai
oountIy's history. have received their
training, and voiced the enlightened
opinions of their own countrymen. Here
through the century you have chosen
your fellow citizens to represent you in
the councils of the nation through that
the United States. You have chosen
Well and leaders you have never lacked.
What ilIustrious men have thus
born the commission OF the legislative
body CT the commonwealth Of Aassa-
chusetts-Adams and Pickering and
webster, ChOate and Everetts. Win
throp. Sumner, Wilson and a long list ]
beside illustrious in the annals of your
state and the nation. and those later
statesmen, Hoar and Lodge, honored
everywhere for their distinguished
service to our common country
1T was in the Massachusetts house of
representative that John II. Andrew
made the speech for human liberty
which touched the hearts of his fellow
citizens and made him your great war
governor. Nor do I forget that one time :
The speakers chair of this legislative
body was occupied by your former
governor and representative in con- :
gress. the able secretary Of the navy,
Hon. John D. Long, whose great de- I
partment has added lustre TO the
American navy and glory TO the Amer
lean name 1 am glad to be on this
historic ground. Ii revives memories
sacred in American life. It recalls the c
struggles of the founders of Massa- I
chusetts for liberty and independence. I
Their unselfsh sacrifices, their daunt- I
less courage, are the inspiration Of all /