Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-22
ATBANQUETATNEW YORK
Five Hundred Representative Business Mer
Listen to National Orators.
MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS PRESENT
Former Speaker Reed Responds TO
Toast "Tbc Gold standard" Divid-
ing Honors with Governor
Roosevelt in Attention.

| NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-The one hundred
and thirtyfrst banquet of the Chamber o
Commerce was held at Delmonico's tonight
| and brought together 500 Representative
business men OF New York. There was alst
a number of distinguished guests, including
Governor Roosevelt Senator Platt, Chauncey
| NJ. Depew, former Speaker Thomas b. Reed
Whiteaw Reid, President Seth Low o
Columbia university, President A. T. Had
ley of Yale university, Major General Wesley
Merritt and John Barrett, former minister
to Siam. President Morris X. Jesup pro-
| nounced grace and the diners sat down tc
| the music of Sousa's Hands Across the
| Sea-"
The members of the chamber present in
cluded Henry w. Cannon, James G. Cannon
Henry Clews. James M. Constable, John D.
| Crimmns, Charles d. Flint Edward Gould
Jacob II. Schiff, Henry Seligman, j. Edward
Simmons, Isaac Stern and Frederick d.
Tappen.
Shortly before the speechmaking began a
| party of men and women entered the small
balcony overlooking the banquet hall. In
| the party was George Dewey, son of Admiral
Dewey. Rear Admiral Erben shook hands
| heartily with young Dewey and asked for his
| fathers health.
| Mr. Dewey did not at first want to admit
| his identity to reporters He finally, how
ever did. He declined to discuss the trans
| fer to him Of his fathers Washington house.
| The Introductory remarks of President
Jesup were brief. After congratulating the
members of the chamber upon the prosper
GUS condition of the country, he said:
81 now ask you to fill your glasses and
drink in silence to the toaet l will give.
We have met with national loss and l
n, Our hp1oypd hoe unit n
an individual loss and were he here he
would ask you to drink to the toast that I
shall now give you in silence: THE presi-
dent Of the United States.' The toast was
drunk standing.
Next, President Jesup 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 reception
was most flattering. He said:
l know you will pardon me saying one
word before l speak to the toast allotted
to me, on a subject that is close to the
heart of every man here tonight / wish to
say one word about the statesman and
the good citizen who has passed away,
Vice President Hobart OF him it should
be said, what ought to be the highest am
| bition of every decent man to have said
of him, that he single -mindedly and dis
interestedly did his duty to the whole
credit or glory, accruing to himself, Mr.:
Hobart occupied the very trying position of
every one with great tituar rank, who new
theless, was not supposed to have any
active share in formulating the policy of
the government and helping carry it
through: What he did was done not by
acter, his rare tact, his rare common
sense and the impression of his sincerity
upon every man with whom he came in
contact. In short. he had the quality of
disinterestedness, the quality which more
than any other lis needed in man. who
i,a. has ,o to do T,,S work of genuine worth for
nation. There Is nothing which impressed
me more in dealing with the government
of this state in the last year than the
political life and in the next place the
readiness with which that service is rem
dered.
Reed on the Gold Standard.
The next speaker was Thomas B. Reed,
former speaker of the house of represent
atives. He was warmly received as was
the governor. He responded to the toast of
"The Gold Standard" in part as follows
New York is the. acknowledged financial
center of the great republic, While this po
sition Is not without its jealousies, yet it is
exerted for the benefit of the whole coun-
try, When, however, you go beyond your
labor under great disadvantage which,
however, can be made less by knowing it.
This This disadvantage arises from the fact
that you do not realize the immense di-
yergence of opinion in this great country.
Of tos9 course this HI Ms Is not reproach, for the
ness brings them in contact with vast en-
terprises which know no bounds except
not appreciate this diversity of opinion. 1t
must be because 1t. is the power of few
men to understand it,. 1t is a fact that you
country is so large that it is only in the
central place where. the representatives
a real idea of the features of the nation
The greatest struggle any statesman has
IL IN any matter eetng the whole
which are, honestly entertained by men who
are pursuing liberty and happiness in states
be made which will At New York state but
will not suit, either Texas or Oregon. A
there will be peace and in
California social overturn. When you
undertake to adjust. your laws to the whole
of party government you ought to be very
much astonished If the law you can actually
near within sight of the law you dreamed
Of when you started.
Takes Time to Make Changes.
:, We have made many orations and de-
liyered ~ re m many ny speeches on the union Of
VIII be useful for you, as practical men, to
bear In mind always that in a country 1000
twenty one persons to 't each square are mile mile
even the telegraph and the railroad cannot |
mix them up as they can be where 200 |
miles by $50 miles sums up the distance |
and there are 500 people on every square |
mile instead of twenty-one.
All things, however, are finally settled by |
discussion and II takes a great deal of time !
20 settle anything among people so widely |
scattered. But discussion does settle ques-
ions In time and when they are settled they
should be nailed down
II is no wonder the currency question has
AIKEN SC. long time to settle itself, even
% the fundamental basis. We have ap-
,roached 1t from different points of view.
Men in newly settled parts of the country
iaye been in a very different position from
'urs. We have been through the eXperi-
,nces OF a false currency and have estab-
ished ourselves at last on the basis taught
~ that suffering which renders experience
he best educator. We have our records and
10 not wish to have history repeat itself.
The men in the new country are facing
what our ancestors were facing, an unde-
eloped country, the riches of which they
ong to possess. They made the same mis-
axe our ancestors made, that money was
Vhat they wanted and not capital, money
vh.ch could be got for nothing instead of
apital which costs years of trust and faith.
Make Sure of the standard.
This is question which can now be
disposed of and against this disposal no
eproach of locality can be raised. II it
S said that there Is no security, that
congress may repeal to that | answer,
hnt IhT hon ,nt A