Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-17
BANQUETED AT MILWAUKEE
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Entertains the President.
ToASTS BEGIN CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT
speeches of Mckinley, Long nnd
Griggs Thrill with Patriotism and
Are Received with Enthusiastic
Applause by Business Men.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 16.-The special train
bearing President Mckinley and party ar
| rived in this city from the trip through
Iowa and part of Wisconsin over the Chi
cago Northwestern railway at p. IN.
1t was the first visit to Milwaukee OF a
| chief executive OF the nation in a decade
| and the greeting he received from many
| people was NEST enthusiastic and appropri-
| ate to the occasion.
As the train entered the depot Battery A,
| First artillery, Wisconsin National Guard,
| fired the presidents salute of twenty -one
| guns from Juneau park, which faces the
1 lake and within a few yards of the depot.
| With the battery's salute as cue every
steamer blew it's whistle and everything
else that could make noise joined in the
! greeting.
The president and party were iGnmedi-
| ately escorted to carriages by the reception
committee ands driven to the Hotel Pfster,
preceded by military escort.
After hours rest the presidential
party re-entered carriages and were driven
to the Deutsche club, where a public re-
ception lasting enc hour was held. The
grounds of the Deutsche club were beauti-
fully illuminated and thronged with many
| thousand persons.
During the limited time it is estimated
the president shook hands with 5000 peo-
pie. Following the public reception the
party returned to the hotel.
President Mckinley was the guest of
honor at banquet tonight given at the
| Hotel Pfster by the Milwaukee Merchants
| and Manufacturers association. The pres
| ident, with his party, sat at the head of the
| tables with Governor Scofield, Former Gov
| ernors Peck and Upham and several con-
| gressmen.
The decorations of the dining room were
very effective, the balconies and walls be-
| ing draped with American flags and the
tables were adorned with American Beauty
| roses, Alabama smlax and ferns.
! Owing to the lateness of the hour at
| which the banquet started it was close to
midnight before the speechmaking COM
! menced.
| President First Speaker.
President Mckinley was the first speaker
| to respond, the sentiment being The Pres
ident Of the United States" The president
spoke as follows:
Mr.. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: l am
profoundly grateful to the Merchants and
| Manufacturers association of the city of
| Milwaukee fer this more than gracious and
hospitable welcome l am glad to meet with
| the representative business men of this en-
| terprising city, whose commercial integrity
and buiness honor stand and have stood
| amidst the shock and peril of financial dis
| aster unsullied, and stand tonight unchal-
| lenged in the business world. applause. }
| l rejoice at your progress and prosperity.
| Your products last year amounted to $l42,-
| 100000, which were carried upon every sea
| and to most OF the ports of the world. May
| we not hope that with our expending mar
! kets and our increasing export trade
| throughout the country at no very distant
| future to rehabilitate our merchant marine
and send our ships of commerce into every
| ocean, carrying American products under the
shelter of the American flag. (Applause.)
Il passed tonight splendid monument to
! learning and education, your public library
| and museum Capplause) and in the public
| reception, among the thousands who passed
me there was small boy not over 10, poorly
| clad, a bright eye and manful carriage,
carrying a book with him which he had
drawn from that public library, of course.
! This aid, with others which the nation and
state are furnishing will equip the young
men of the country to take the trust and
responsibilities of business after we shall
have laid them down.
|
men it has furnished as soldiers and sailors.
General King (applause), faithful to his
country in the Philippines, and his gallant
and intrepid soldiers, who have established
new laurels to American arms in the pres
! ence TO General Macarthur general ap-
! plause), born in your city, he has brought
honor to the place of his birth. Then in
that other branch of the service, the navy,
you furnished the executive of the Oregon
| (applauSe), the ship that sailed 1900 miles
around the world, and when it landed on our
shores wired Washington that it was ready
! for duty and needed no repairs (applause)
Captain Coghlan, who came from this
town, commanded that auxiliary to the navy
known as the Harvard and did splendid serv-
ice in the West Indies, We are all proud OF
our country The toast you have given is
the President OF the United States"
ut Is not proper at a banquet to speak
| to your toast. (Laughter) Some people
seem disturbed about the presidents policy.
| CLaughter) The president has no policy
! against the will OF the people. (Great APP
plause) The greatest policy in this world
for men or nations is duty-(applause)-
and whenever that calls we should follow
We should not halt We should not hes-
! tate.
Responsibility born of duty cannot be
| evaded with honor. We are in the Philip
pines; our flag is there; the first require
ment, the indispensable requirement is peace
| (Applause.) No terms until the undsputed
authority of the United States shall be recog
nized in every foot of territory in the archi-
pelago. Applause) After that then con-
gress will make a government under the
sovereignty OF the United States. Cap
plause) In no other way, gentlemen, car
we give peace to the national conscience oil
peace to the world"
Governor Scofeld was the next speaker
He talked on THE State of Wisconsin"
Secretary OF the Navy John ID. Long spoke
on THE Navy"
Attorney General John Griggs responded
to the toast, present Responsibilities Of thC
Nation"
Congressman John ], Esh OF Lacrosse
Wis, answered to "Our Country"