The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-14
Then BRITONS SMILED
JOHN CHARLTON, NJ. p. SPOKE OF
LINCOLN, WASHINGTON
AND DEWEY
PROUD OF WORTHY SONS
Victories Achieved by American
Heroes Caused English Memory
to Revert to Deeds OF Her Own
Grim Sea Kings In the Past
Worthy Sons of Gallant Sires-
Currency Reform Discussed.

Grim Sea Kings In the Past
worthy Sons of Gallant Sires-
Currency Reform Discussed.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-The annual ban
Quet of the Marquette club was held
this evening in the Auditorium 1t was
the fourteenth of it's kind, and large
number of prominent men from all
parts of the United States were pres
ent. Members of the club and other
invited guests swelled the total num-
Der at the banquet to nearly 1000
The chief speaker of the evening was
Whitelaw Reid. member of the Span
lsh-American peace commission, who
responded to the toast, American Di-
plomacy." Hon. Charles G. Dawes,
comptroller of the currency, spoke on
Currency Reform" John Charlton,
member of the British-American joint
high commission, spoke upon "Abra-
ham Lincoln" his remarks being
warmly received. Congressman Charles
on a Republican Administration"
but was unable to be present.
Mr.. Charlton said in part:
On every hand evidences abound showing
that an era of better feeling between the
United States and Great Britain has ar
y
commissioners of the Anglo American COM
mission has the honor to respond at this din
ner to the sentiment of Abraham Lincoln
by the kind invitation Of the officers of the
Marquette club is one of these Specifications
l beg to introduce the few words of eulogy
which l shall pronounce upon the memory
OF one who, in my estimation, was the great
est OF Americans, by the briefest allusion to
the happy condition of sentiment now pre-
vailing among all classes of the citizens of
the two great Anglo-Saxon nations.
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pride upon your history. The mother of
nations has planted commonwealth, the
germs OF future empires, in various parts
of the world. One of these germs has al
ready developed into the greatest empire of
modern times. We watch your career with
pride. We are disposed and anxious to be
your friends When the dramatic first act
In the Spanish war opened with the thunder
OF the guns of Dewey's squadron, and at
one blow the Spanish possessions in the East
were at the mercy OF American arms, we
smiled with satisfaction, and reverting to
the memory of heroic deeds of our own
grim sea kings in the past, were proud to
Know that gallant sires had worthy sons
When the swift events of the memorable
struggle had closed, and Spain was bereaved
OF her colonial possessions and crushed as
the small dust in the balance, we welcomed
tne ADVENT OF new force whose potent
voice should be hereafter heard in the af-
fairs of the older empires, and having
given you the benefit of our best wishes,
and, perhaps. of more than our best wishes
during tina struggle, we now welcome you as
converter with ourselves in the business
OF carrying civilization and liberty to re-
mote and barbarous lands.
WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN.
George Washington may fairly be said to
have been an English gentleman He was
born and reared in a British colony. He
was English in education, instincts and
tastes He served-with distinction under the
British flag. He prided himself upon English
WI ha ~, Il
fense OF his felow-colonists he did SO under
the belief that he fought for the principles
OF British liberty-a belief entertained by
the great mass OF English people today
Abraham Lincoln, on the contrary. was
a typical American; typical in a sense Pc
cullar to his own day and generation, for
the conditions of life in which he grew to
manhood have well nigh ceased to exist in
even the newer sections of the United
States. Reared amid scenes of absolute
poverty, with scanty allowance for educa-
t1onal advantages, total stranger to the
retnements of good society," a rude, I'M
kempt boyhood spent amid ignorant, though
seif-reliant; companions. home in a rude
cabin in the midst of little clearing sur
rounded by the deep solitudes of the prime
val forests, father who belonged to that
class OF Southern men known as poor
whites, with nothing in his environment to
sweeten lot of hardship and call into play
the dormant powers of a keen and powerful
intellect. How wild at that time would
have seemed prediction that the day would
upon him, and he would become the evangel
OF liberty to more than four million human
beings.
IAN echo of the national sorrow came
back from nearly all foreign lands to con-
vince the American people that the reputa-
tlon OF their ruler was world wide and that
his qualities were universally appreciated"
CURRENCY REFORM.
The Hon. Charles G. Dawes, comp
troller Of the currency, spoke about
Currency Reform" He said in part:
The question of the changes in our pres
ent law, which should be made in order to
carry out the will Of the people, as expressed
IN 1896, In favor Of sound governmental money
and the gold standard, is one which confronts
the country, and which, now that the clouds
OF war have lifted, Is again receiving care
full and general consideration The wear 1909
had demonstrated that our present monetary
system, when subjected to the severe test of
commercial panic and a deficiency in govern
mental revenues, had an inherent weakness
which, before that time, had not been gener-
ally recognized. This weakness resulted
chiefly from two causes. The first cause was
the disproportion existing between demand
and governmental currency liabilities and the
gold in the treasury with which to redeem
them. The second cause was the fact that
when these demand liabilities were once re-
deemed in gold they could be paid out again
for governmental expenses. This enabled The
public coming again into their possession, to
again present them for redemption, and thus
chain This defect in the system was one of
the principal subjects of discussion in the
campaign of 1885, and the successful party
pledged itself to maintain the soundness of
our currency and the safety of the gold
standard which this defect had so recently
endangered.
Recognizing the duty of action incumbent
upon him and his party. the president of the
United States, in his first annual message to
congress made the following recommends
ton: That when any of the United States
notes are presented for redemption in gold,
and are redeemed in gold, such notes shall be
kept and set apart. and only paid out in
exchange for gold. This is an obvious duty.
I'm his last annual message to congress he
| repeats the recommendation in the following
words; In my judgment, the present condi-
ton of the treasury amply justifies the i'm
mediate enactment of the Legislation recon-
mended one year ago, under which a portion
of the gold holdings should be placed In a
trust fund, from which greenbacks should be
redeemed upon presentation, but when once
redeemed should not thereafter be paid out
| except for gold
1--WE will make no mistake upon this great
| question in following the president for no
| one Of our public men has better judged or
| better followed the enlightened sentiment of
| the nation. Let us take the step In cur
| rency reform which he recommends, and thus
| redeem the obligations to the people which
were assumed n he eIection of 1905