The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-04
HAVE NO ALLIANCES
President McKinley's Declara-
ton at New York Banquet.
TALKS OF PROSPERITY
ASSURANCE OF THE CoNTINU-
ANCE OF GOLD STANDARD.
AL Open Door in Far East to Market
Our Products-No ENHANCEMENT
With Any Foreign Power-on
Good Terms With Them ALL
Duty Toward Philippines.


Duty Toward Philippines.
New York, March 3.-The Ohio So
ciety Of New York held its fourteenth
annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria
today. William Mckinley, president of
the United States, was the guest of
honor. More than 800 covers were laid.
Before the banquet, President Nc
Kinley held a reception and shook
hands with the members of the society
and the guests. Among those at the
presidents table were: Governor
Roosevelt, Governor Nash. ex-Gover-
nor Morton, C. n. Bliss, Senator Mark
Hanna, Lieutenant Governor Wood
ruff, General Swayne. General Corbin,
H. Clay Evans, General Thomas H.
Hubbard, John Barrett, Tunis G. Ber-
gen and Julian T. Davies.
The list of speakers on the pro-
gramme was as follows: President
MCKINLEY, Governor Geirge K. Nash
OF Ohio, Solicitor General of the United
States John A Richards, Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff and James H
Hoyt. There were no fixed toasts, the
speakers having subjects allotted to
them as they were called upon.
Governor Roosevelt was late in ar
irving at the dinner, and was loudly
cheered as he came in at $780,
AT O'Clock, Mrs. Mckinley. wife of
the president, accompanied by Mrs
Abner Mckinley and DR.. Rixey Of
washington, took seats in one of the
boxes Mrs. Mckinley was loudly ap-
plauded, and she bowed, the applause
being renewed. All the galleries were
filled with ladies, many calling on the
presidents wife.
Mrs. Mckinley Cheered-
1t was 1880 o'clock when Mr.. NJ. 1.
Southland, president of the society, in
troduced Mr.. Mckinley. When Mr.
Southland mentioned the presidents
name there was great cheering, Cover
nor Roosevelt leading. Three cheers
were given when Mrs. McKinley's
name was mentioned. the guests rising.
Mrs. Mckinley arose and bowed.
The toast THE President" was
drunk standing. President Mckinley
then arose, amid tUmultuous applause.
In the course of his speech, he said:
1t has been some years since / was
SOOA 70CoA- -A0CA las Adpp0llc0 III
the meantime. We have had our bless
ings and our burdens, and still have
both. We will soon have legislative
assurance of the continuance Of the
gold standard, with which we measure
our exchange, and we have the open
door in the far east, through which TO
market our products.
I'VE are neither in alliance nor an
tagOnism nor ENHANCEMENT with any
foreign power, but aon terms of amity
and oordiality with ALL We buy from
all of them and sell to all Of them, and
our sales exceeded our purchases in the
past two years by over $1,000, 900, 600.
Markets have been increased, and
mortgages have been reduced
Wages Have Advanced.
Interest has fallen and wages have
advanced. The public debt is decreas-
ing. The country is well to do. Its
people for the most park are happy and
cOntented. They have good times and
are on good terms with the nations of
the world.
There are, unfortunately, among US,
few in number 1 am sure, who seem to
thrive best under bad times, and who,
when good times Overtake them in the
United States. feel constrained to put
US on bad terms with the rest of man
kind. With them 1 can have no SYM
pathy. l would rather give expre-5ion
to what believe to be the nobler and
almost universal sentiment of my
cOuntrymen in the wish not only for
our peace and prosperity. but for the
peace and prosperity of all the nations
and peoples of the earth.
After thirty-three years of unbro-
ken peace, came an unavoidable war.
combustion nl1ip-IU
reached. without a suspicion of IN
worthy motive of practice or purpose
on our part, and with fadeless honor
TO our arms. I cannot forget the quick
response Of the people to the country's
need, and the quarter Of a million of
men who freely offered their lives for
their country's service. 1t was an i'm
pressiVe spectacle OF national strength.
1t demonstrated our nightly reserve
power and taught US that large stand
ing armies are unnecessary when every
man is a minute man. ready to join
the ranks for national defense.
Trials and Responsibilities.
"Out of these recent events have
come to the United States grave trials
and responsibilities. AS it was the ma
tion's war. so are its results the ma
TONS problem. Its solution rests upon
us all. It is too serious to Stifie- 1t Is
too earnest for reDose. No phrase or
catch word can cancel the sacred obi
cation. No use of epithets, no asper-
sion of motives by those who differ will
contribute to that sober judgment so
essential to right conclusions. No po-
Iitical outcry can abrogate our treaty
of peace with Spain or abSOlve us from
it's solemn engag ements-
''It is the peoples question and viii
be until it's determination is written
out in their enlightened verdict. We
must choose between manly doing and
base desertion 1t will never be the
latter 1t must be soberly settled in
justice and good conscience, and it will
be. Righteousness which eXalteth a
nation must control in its solution.
No great emergency has arisen in
this nations history and progress
which has not been met by the sover-
eign people with high capacity, with
ample strength and with unflinching
fidelity to every honorable obligation.
Partisanship can hold few of US against
solemn public duty. We have this Sc
often demonstrated in the past as to
mark unerringly what it viii be in the
future. The national sentiment and the
nations conscience was never stronger
or higher than now.
Reunion of the People.
There has been a reunion of the
people around the holy altar consecrat-
ed to country, newly sanctified by com
mon sacrifices. The followers Of Grant
and Lee have fought under the same
flag and fallen for the same faith