The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04
IMPERIALISM is ABHoRRED.
PRESIDENT SAYS THERE CAN BIZ
NO SUCH THING.

with the Far East McT<inIey'a
speech to the Ohio Society in New
York city.
New York March S.-The Ohio Society
of New York held its fourteenth annual
dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria tonight.
William Mckinley President of the Unit
cd States, was the guest Of honor. More
than 400 covers were laid.
The deoora tions in the banquet han cons
sisted merely of bouquets of flowers on
the tables with strings of American flags
bearing the coat of arms of the United
States, with the coats of arms of Ohio
and New York.
Among those at the Presidents table
were NJ. T. Southland, president of the Ohio
Society. of New York; Theodore Roose-
welt, Gov. George X. Nash, exIGov. Levi
p. Morton. Cornelius n. Bliss. Senatoa
| Mark Hanna, Lieut.. Gov Timothy La
Woodruff, Judge Addison Brown, Gen.
Wagner b. Swayne. Gen. H. C. Corbin II.
Clay Evans, Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard.
Charles Dick, John Barrett Tunis c. Ber-
gen and Julian T. Davies
The list of the speakers on the pros
gramme was as follows: President Me-
| iNihtyt Wv NtOIEG n. NdSn OF OntO EO~
lioltor General of the United States John
A. Richards, Lieut. Gov. Timothy L.
Woodruff and James H. Hoyt.
There were no fixed toasts, the speakers
having subjects allotted TO them as thew
| were called upon
! On the cover of the menu was a repre-
sentation of buckeye. Grouped on the
| cover was the portraits of six Presdente--
| natives of OhiO.-Wflliana
Grant Garfield, Hayes. Benjamin Harris
| son and William Mckinley.
AT o'clock Mrs. Mckinley wife OF the
| President accompanied by Mrs Abner
Mckinley and DIR. Rixey of Washington,
took seats in one of the boxes. Mrs. Me-
| Kinley was loudly applauded and she bow
| ed the applause being renewed. All the
| galleries were filled with ladies' many
calling ON the Presidents wife.
| II was 1890 O'clock when Mr.. Southard
| called the guests to order and introduced
Mr. Mckinley. When Mr.. Southard mem
toned the Presidents name there was
great cheering, Gov. Roosevelt leading
Three cheers were givn when Mrs. Me-
| Klnleys name was mentioned, the guests
| rising. Mrs. Mckinley arose and bowed
| The toast THE President was drunk
standing.
President McKinIey's speech.
President Mckinley then arose amid
tremendous applause. He said:
| Mr.. POSTMASTER and Gentlemen: ] ap-
| preciate your welcome and thank you for
| this renewed expression of good will.
| 1T has been some years since / was
| your guest. Much has happened in the
| meantime We have had our blessings
! 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 exchanges, and
| we have the open door in the Far East
| bfrh -Ign
| We are neither in alliance, nor antagon-
| ism, nor ENHANCEMENT with any foreign
| Power, but on terms of amity and COR
| diality with all. We buy from all of them
| and sell to all of them and our sales ex-
| ceeded our purchases in the past two
| years by over $1,O0O,O000O0. Markets have
| been increased and mortgages have beeu
| reduced. Interest has fallen and wages
| have advanced The public debt is de-
| ereasing. The country IL well to do It's
people, for the most part, are happy and
| dontented. They have good times and ars
on good terms with the nations OF the
world. There are, unfortunately those
| among u.s. few In number, am sure, who
| seem to thrive best under bad times and
who, when times overtake them in tha
| United States. feel constrained to put us
| on bad terms with the rest of mankind.
| With them l can have no sympthy.
would rather give expression to what
| believe to be the nobler and almost uni
versal sentiment of my countrymen in tha
wish not only for our peace and prosperity.
| but for the peace and prosperity of ALI
the nations and peoples of the earth.
| After thirty-three years of unbroken
peace came an unavoidable war. Happily
the conclusion was quickly reached, with
| out suspicion of unworthy motive or
practice OF purpose on our part, and with
| fadeless honor 70 our arms. 1 cannot
forget the quick response OF the people
| to the country's need and the $4,000 men
| who freely offered their lives to their
| country's service. II was an impressive
| spectacle of national strength. IL demon
| strated our mighty reserve power and
taught us that large standing armies are
| unnecessary when every citizen Is a min
| ute man." ready to join the ranks for
| national defense
The Nations Problem.
"Out OF these recent events have CONS
| to the United States grave trials and re-
sponsibilities. AS it was the nations war,
so are the results the nations problem.
Its solution rests upon us. 1t is too se-
rious to stine. 1t is too earnest for re-
pose. No phrase or catchword can cancel
the sacred obligation it involves. No use
OF epithets, no aspersion of motives by
those who differ, will contribute to that
sober judgment so essential to right con-
clusions. No political outcry can abrogate
our treaty of peace with Spain or absolve
us from its solemn engagements. IL is
| the peoples question and will be until
| its determination is written out in their
| enlightened verdict We must choose be-
tween manly doing and base desertion. 1t
Will never be the latter 1t must be Sob
| erly settled in Justice and good con-
| science and II will be. righteousness,
which exalteth nation, must control in
its solut on. No great emergency has aris-
| en- in this nations history and progress
which has not been met by the sovereign
| people with high capacity. with ample
| strength and unhinching fidelity to every
honorable obligation. Partisanship
| can hold few OF us against solemn public
duty. We have seen this so often dem
! onstrated in the past as TO mark uner-
ringly what u win be in the future. The
national sentiment and the national con-
science was never stronger or higher than
now There has been a reunion of the
people around the holy altar consecrated