The Anaconda standard., 1899-11-01
Glowing Tribute Paid Them by
President Mckinley.
AN ERA OF PROSPERITY
President Says That This Most Fortunate
Country Is in the Zenith of Its
Glory-W ork and Money
Plentiful.

kinley and many members of his ca BIZ
net. Governor Tyler of Virginia and
an immense outpourng of people, The
demonstration was marred in some of
its features by a heavy rain storm.
The civic carnival parade had to be
abandoned until tomorrow. owing to
the weather, and the decorations of the
buildings presented a bedraggled and
4 woebegone. appearance. The people,
residents as we'll as visitors from other
Virginia cities and points outside who
came to witness the launching and see
the president, were enthusiastic. The
presidents train arrived on time, and
as it rolled through the suburbs of the
city the howitzer battery fired a presi
Dental salute. AT Elba station, in the
west end, where the president dehark-
ed and took a carriage, he was formal
ly welcomed by Mayor Taylor and re-
sponded with brief speech. Imme-
diateiy after this ceremony the presi-
dent and party We're driven to the JEFF
ferson hotel and held an informal and
somewhat enforced reception in the
Franklin street lobby of the building
1t is estimated that a thousand persons
shook hands with him before he would
permit the police to enter to clear the
way for him to so to his private apart
ments. A little luncheon was served in
the dining rooms of the hotel, some
800 persons sitting down. and then the
presidential party was driven to the
shipyard, the president being cheered
warmly along the route. At the ship
yard an immense crowd had assembled.
The president, having been introduced
from the stand by Mayor Taylor, spoke
as follows:
Mr.. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen:
] am glad to meet my fellow citizens
of Richmond and to join with them in
this interesting celebration in honor of
the launching of the torpedo boat Shu-
brick, built in this city, of American
material, by the labor Of American
workmen, for the use of the American
navy. I congratulate the constructors
and Workmen upon this evidence of
their skill and industry so creditable
to the manufacturing company and so
highly commended by the officers of
the government. This is not the first
contribution which Richmond has made
to our splendid navy. She equipped the
warship Texas with all her machinery,
boilers and engines, which We're tried
and tested with entire satisfaction in
the brilliant naval engagement in the
harbor of Santiago when that gallant
vessel SO gloriously assisted in the de-
struction of Cervera's fleet, winning a
memorable victory and fastening an
honorable and enduring peace. I hear
tily rejoice with the people of this great
city upon it's industrial revival and
upon the notable prosperity it is feel
ing in all of its business enterprises.
You are taking advantage of the COM
mercial opportunities of the hour; you
are advancing in manufactures. extend
ing your markets and receiving de-
served share of the worlds trade.
What can be more gratifying to US than
the present condition of the country?
,f,iH l~,. I
ble national spirit animate all the peo-
pie We are on the best terms with
each other and on most cordial rela-
tions with every power of the earth.
We have ample revenue with which to
conduct the government. Money is
abundant in volume and unquestoned
in value. Confidence in the present and
faith in the future are firm and strong
and should not be shaken or unsettled.
The people are doing business on
both principles and should be let alone,
encouraged rather than hindered in
their efforts to increase the trade of
tie country and find new and profitable
( markets for their products. Manufac-
turing was never so active and SO uni
Nersally enjoyed throughout the states
Work was never SO abundant. Thc
transportation companies were never
so taxed to handle the freight offered
by the people for distribution. The
nome and foreign markets contribute
to our prosperity. Happily the latter
has increased without any diminuti0n
of the former. Your locomotives go tc
Russia, the watch cases from my little
city of Canton to Geneva, the bridges
OF Philadelphia span the Nile and the
products OF American farm and fac
tory are carried upon every sea and
hnd welcome in most of the ports of
the world In what respect would we
change these happy conditions with
the promises they give Of the future?
me business activity in every par!
of the country, the better rewards to
labor, the wider markets for the yield
OF the SOIL and the shop, the increase
OF our shipbuildng, not only for the
government, but for purposes of com
merce; the enormous increase of our
export trade in manufactures and agri-
culture, the great comforts of the home
and the happiness of the people the
wonderful uplifting of the business
conditions of Virginia and the South
and of the whole country make this
not only an era OF good will, but an era
of good times. 1t is a great pleasure
to me to stand in this historic capital
and to look into the faces of my coun-
trymen here assembled and to fael
they feel and to know we are All
Americans standing as one for he
government we love and mean to up
hold, united for the honor of the Amer
lean nation and for the faithful full
fillment of every obligation which IA
tional duty requires.
Il cannot forget-I could not forget
in this presence--to make my acknowl-
edgment to the men of Virginia for
their hearty and patriotic support OF
the flag in the war with Spain and FOR
their continued and untiinching loyalty
in the suppressing of the insurrectior
in LuZon against the authority of the
United States. They came in swift re.
sponse to the call of the country-the
best blood of the state. the sons OF
noble sires asking for service at tht
batrle front, where the fighting was
the hardest and the danger the great
est. The rolls of the Virginia volun.
teers contain the names of the BRAY
est and best, some of the descendants
of the most illustrious Virginians o'
the earliest and latest times. They
have shed their blood for the flag o.
their faith and are now defending i
with their lives in the distant islands
of the sea. All honor to the American