The sun., 1900-11-26
N'K|NLEY SAYS
ELECTION settled
CERTAIN Things
The President Speaks at the
Union League ia phila-
delphia.
FIRST SPEECH SINCE NOV. 6
The President, Governor Roosevelt
Cabinet Officers and Other
Distinguished Guests at
Great banquet in the
Quaker City.

Philadelphia, Nov 25.--Presidcni Nc
IIinoy was Inc guest of honor At Inc
Founders day banquet of tho mon
league. one Of the oldest and most in
tucntial Republican organizations IN llle
country. lii addition 10 MIR. Mckinley
there were present Theodore Roosevelt,
vice president elect; the members ri the
cabinet with the exception Of Secretary
ol War EGot, wha Il III Cuba, and Sena-
tors lodge and Nolcott
President MpMinlpys reception was
enthusiastic, and mach importance WAS
attached to lis address, rs it was his
first public uttarance since his recent yic-
lul% The presidents time was fully oc-
cnpiea from his arrival until his de-
ralturc. a After driving through several
uf tle principal streets i'll the center of
The city he was entertained at the resi-
dcncc Of l.. +. Stotcsbury, prominent
tnaneirr of thiS city. Following this
Mr.. Mckinley was escorted TO the Union
league. where lie held an informal re-
ceptiOn and sat at the banqueting board.
What the President Said.
Mr.. Mckinley upon being introduced
spoke as follows:
'Gcntlcmen of the Union League, an
after dinner speech is to me always diff
ficult performance, mn after election
speech after dinner is n still more dith-
cult task, and | shall do little more than
make Acknowledgement to this patriotic
association for its unceasing loyalty to
tho government. for the earnest support
1t has given to the present administration
in the trying years through which it has
passed and express my sincere thanks Tor
the great honor this meeting and demon
stration bring to me, which should be
shared by my distinguished associate on
the national ticket, the vice president
elect as well as by those connected with
me in the conduct Of public affairs.
I'VE arc always in danger Of eXagge 2
alton on an occasion of cNultation over Z
political victory. and while tile result i
mainly due to the efforts of our splcndr
party there is sometimes tendency tc
give too little sredit to other foree'
which, silent though they may have been
were none the less potential We mus
not withhold generous acknowledgment
from that great body of our citizens VINO
belonging 10 another party, powerful!
assisted in the achievement of the rcsul
which Won celebrate tonight nor from
that other large body, former members
of our own party, who, with honesty o
purpose. separated from us few year
ago on financial issues, have now return
ed and are home again to stay.
Nor is any accounting for the victor,
either lust or accurate which leaves on
of the calculation the almost unbroke
column of labor engaged i'll mechanic
and agriculture which rejected the falS
doctrine Of class distinction as having n
place in this republic and which rebuke
those teachings which would destroy tn
faith of American manhood in America
character and American institution:
The business men in every part of tn
country typified by this great organize
tion were mighty factor in the recer
contest And muy we not also ascrlt
much to the influence Of the home, Wit
its affiliations? In any previous electio
was it greater or in any did the counse
of the fireside determine more largely II
vote of the electors2
Election Serious Business.
"Nothing in government can be MOI
impressive than IL national election whe1
the people delegate their power and Il
vest their constitutional agents with a
thority to execute their behests. I'll
very character % the transaction cloth
il with solemnity. 1t is serious bushes
It's issues are always momentous. VIII
n lesson in self government it teache
Sixteen million voters on the same d.
throughout every section of the Unit
States depositing their mandate and ]
cording their will. Done by the peop
in their own communities, in the We
precincts Of the homc under the super'
sion of their own fellow citizens III
chosen officials, and, to insure its frt
dom and independence, the ballot seer
one! God forbid that any citizen select
for that sacred trust should ever attem
to divert tile will Of the sovereign peol
or tamper with the sanctity of their b
lots!
I'VE cannot oyerestimate the great i
portance and the farreaching con'
nuences of the electoral contest viii
cndcd on the 9th Of November. 1t has
me- no personal phase. 1t is not the
umph of an individual nor altogether
marty. but an emphatic declaration
tbc people of what they believe Il
would have maintained in governmcl
4 great variety of subjects was presr
oil and discussed in the progress OF
campaign
what Election Meant.
"We may differ as to the extent OF
IA Influence of the several issues lnvoT
Int we are all agreed as TO certain thiI
which it settled. 1t records the unqu
toned Endorsement of the gold standa
Industrial independence, broader IN
tsts. commercial expansion, recipro
trade. the open door in China the invio
h;lity of public faith, the indepenuei
and authority of the Judiciary ana pei
ard heneficent government unuer AM