The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-22
BUSINESS MEN Dine
ANNUAL BANQUET OF NEW YORK
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELD
AT DELMONICO,S
MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE

Ex-Speeker Reed, Hon. WhiteIaw
Reid and Gov. Roosevelt Among
Those Who Responded to TOasts
-Distinguished Guests Were In
Warmly Greeted.
NEW YORK, Nov. N-The one hundred
and thirty-flrSt annual. banquet of the
New York chamber of commerce was held
at Delmonico's tonight. and brought to-
gether 800 representative business men of
New York. There were also number
of distinguished guests, including Gov.
Roosevelt, Senator Thomas c. Plat, SEN
ator Chauncey NJ. Depew, eX-Speaker
Thomas B. Reed, Whitelaw Reid, Presi-
dent Seth Low, of Columbia university;
President A. T. Hadley, of Yale univer-
sity; Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt and John
Barrett, ex-minister to Siam.
Shortly before the speech-making be-
gan a party of men and women entered
the small balcony overlooking the ban
quet hall In the party was George
Dewey, son of Admiral Dewey. Rear Ad-
miral Erben shook hands heartily with
health Mr.. Dewey did not at first want
to admit his identity to reporters. He
finally, however, did. He declined to dis
cuss the transfer to him of his father S
Washington house.
President Jesup proposed a toast~ to
Queen Victoria, while the orchestra play
ed God Save the Queen.
Gov. Roosevelt spoke to the toast: THE
state of New York" His reception was
most t1attering.
The next speaker was Thomas B. Reed
ex-speaker of the house of representa-
tiVes. He was as warmly received as was
the governor
The next speaker was President Hadley,
of Yale, on Education for Modern Bust
ness Responsibilities.
The next speaker was Whitelaw Reid
who spoke to the toast: The Existing
Friendly Relations Between the United
States and Great Britain" Mr.. Reid sale
in part:
Long ago Thomas Jefferson remarked
that of all the nations OF the earth Great
Britain could do us the most harm and,
therefore, we should sedulously cultivate
a cordial friendship with her These later
days have shown that of all the nations
of the earth Great Britain and the United
States can give each the most cheer and
do each other the most good. There is a
nobler motive on both sides for the same
sedulous cultivation of the same cordial
friendship.
LAMENTABLE WARS.
In the lamentable wars in which both
are for the moment unhappily involved,
the utmost either hope for each other as
well for itself is an honorable, speedy end
to the conflicts which neither began.
Few thinking people seriously suppose
either war can have any but the one
obvious and inevitable result. The
heavier battalions will win. For the rest,
Whatever may, be the natural sympathy
aroused for the feebler side in either war,
and whatever may be urged in partial
justification of the means by which they
man will not deny that in both cases the
end. which was foreseen from the be-
ginning. will be for the security of per-
sonal rights, for the order and liberty.
and the advancing civilization of the
world
We cannot but regret that in one case
the victory will bring some natural pangs
TO as noble race as dweIls in Europe
the race that stood like a rock when the
flood of Spanish aggression threatened to
overflow the continent. the race that
and to America, the city of New York.
But Dutch sympathy with illusory Afri-
kander aspirations will breed no blood
feud. Meanwhile it cannot prevent the
return of good relations btween the two
peoples of the world nearest to ourselves
In origin, aims and interests-the two
SLedS Ihoo-IeTmanlc peoples ruled from
London and Berlin. That is an event
momentous in the world history, au-
Spicuous Tor us, and suspicious for the
solution of the Eastern problems in which
we must now bear our share.
AND GERMANY, TOO.
friendly relations with ali peoples and
they may be right who say that in gen
erai We should seek no special relations
with any But you cannot overrule the
IND
parchment of diplomatists the hidden and
irresistible influence of blood and his
tSSry. l say, without hesitation that if
there are three great nations in the
world that God and nature meant for
eternal peace and amity with each other.
nose three are Great Britain, Germany
ously every reason why England and
Germany should now be friends. Yer
more should the United States welcome
each pi7 We f are gre1Ting friendship Of
you friendly merchants of New York a re-
al rivals In trade. But we are also in
uIsPensapIe customers to each other and
we nave common interest In the East
the interest Of the open door
WHITE MANS BURDEN.
Does any one in this company of great
merchants ask what good our trade with
mem en1,h VIII be to US, If they are open to
What good our trade to Great Britain is
10 US? It is open to everybody. or our
trade with France, or with Germany?
ent control In the Pacific ocean in our
hands We must still be such feeble com
| petltors In Eastern markets that we can
not command trade. I have NOT fhnc
rated the enterprise or the ability of nv
countrymen. VI iiiS
So we welcome to the East all the
Morlo, ana are sure that those we shall
and our German friends Together we
sh E enter the vast. awaking unknown,
Wnere dwell one-fourth of the people of
the world and together in rivalry we
must bear our respective shares Of the
Whlte mans burden in the dark places
At the conclusion of Mr.. Reid's sneect
voluntary toasts were called for, and E
! toast was drunk stapdipo - ~ u