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President Mckinley Speaks at
H Union League Banquet.
MAKES A VERY NOTABLE ADDRESS
Founders Day. Dinner Attended by Patri-
OTIS and Sons OF Patriots.
Philadelphia, Nov. "a. - Presi-
dentMc Kinley was tonight the guest
OF honor at the "Founders' day.
banquet of the Union league, one
of the oldest and most influential
republican organizations in the
country.
In addition to Mr.. Nc Kinley there
were present Theodore Roosevels,
vlce-president. elect; the members
of the cabinet, with the exception
OF Secretary of War Root, who is
in Cuba, and Senators Lodge and
! Wolcott.
Raw, cloudy weather greeted the
president upon his arrival, but these
inclement conditions did not damp
en- the ardor of a patriotic public,
which turned out in force to greet
the reelected chief executive.
| President McKlnley's reception
was most enthusiastic, and much
importance was attached to his adj
dress, as it was his first public ut
terance,since his recent victory.
The presidents time was fully
occupied from his arrival until his
departure, late tonight. After driv-
ing through several of the principal
streets in the center of the city, he
Twas entertained at the residence of
p. I. Stotesbury, prominent fnan-
cier of this city.
Following this, Mr.. Mckinley
was escorted to the Union League
tclub, where he held an informal re-
3ception and sat at the banqueting
board. At the conclusion of the
|dinner the president held recep-
ton, when the members of the Union
League club individually paid their
respects to him. At midnight the
president left for Washington.
Numerous speeches were made
during the evening, and those sec
Iond in Importance to that of the
president were delivered by Gov.
Roosevelt and Senators Lodge and
| Wolcott.
President McKinley's speech.
President Mckinley spoke as fol-
lows:
"Gentlemen of the Union League:
An. after dinner speech is to me al
ways a difficult performance; an
after.e election speech after dinner
is still more difficult task, and |
shall do little more than make ac-
acknowledgement to this patriotic as
ISOLATION for its unceasing loyalty
to the government; for the earnest
support it has given to the present
administration in the trying years
through which it has passed, and
express my sincere thanks for the
great honor this meeting and dem
onstration bring to me, which should
be shared by my distinguished as
sociate on the national ticket, the
vice president-elect, as we'll as by
those connected with me in the con
duct of public affairs.
s'We are always in danger of ex-
aggeratlon on an occasion of exul.
tation over political victory, and
while the result is mainly due to
the efforts of our splendid party.
there IS sometimes a tendency to
give too little credit to other forces,
which, silent though they may have
been, were none the less potential.
We must not withhold generous &C
acknowledgement from that great body
of our citizens, who, belonging to
another party, powerfully assisted
in the achievement of the result
which you celebrate tonight; nor
from that other large body, former
members of our own party who, with
honesty of purpose separated from
US few years ago on financial is
sues, have now returned and are
home again to stay. Nor is any
accounting for the victory either