The age-herald., 1901-11-20

defy a great power because it is strong or even if it is friendly.
 "The attitude of our diplomacy may be indicated in a text of scripture which .Franklin-the first and greatest of our iplomats-telIs us passed hls mind when he was at the court of Versailles. 1t was a text his father used to quote to him in the old candle shop in Boston when he was a boy: 'Seest thou a man diligent in our business and we shall stand-stand, you see, not crawl, nor swagger-stand --as friend and equal, asking noth- ing, putting up with nothing but what Is right and Just, amonga our peers, in the great democracy of nations.'"
 After he concluded Secretary Hay was obliged several times to acknowledge ap- plause accorded him by the diners.
 Governor Odell spoke to the toast, "The State of New York" and Mayor -elect Low replied to the toast "The City of New York"
 court of St. James, was next introduced He dwelt mostly on the recent visit of the delegates of the New York Chamber of Commerce to London and the sympathy that had been shown by the British people at the time of the death of Presi- dent Mckinley
 Mir. Choate was fololwed by Senator Me Laurin of South Carolina, who spoke to the toast of "The Monroe Doctrine of the Twentieth Century," The Senator's ad- dress was very we'll received and he was frequently applauded.
 Senator McLaurin's Address.
 The Senator declared that the ruling question of today with all nations and the one to which all political questions are subordinated is What can we do to further industrial development and ob- tain substantial business prosperity?"
 Speaking of the promulgation by "the infant republic" of the Monroe Doctrine, he said that "any other policy would have wrecked our government and been an insurmountable barrier to our na- tional growth, prosperity and progress"
 Now that we have become "the great est export nation of the world" the "mighest potentiality on earth for pro- gress, civilization and human free dom," we can mo longer confine our in- stitutions and our destiny to this conti- nent, but are compelled by uncontrolla- ble events, to seek fraternity with other nations, and to reach out for new chan nels of trade
 "The Spanish war was the occasion, not the cause. The report of Dewey's canon in Manila bay was but the formal announce AiiChI bO tH6 WOIiQ Ol WHdl yOu Cetll Ol the Essentials to Its Continuance?' Monroe Doctrine" but which I call the Mckinley Doctrine;' such as it will be known in future ages"
 The Mckinley Doctrine.
 Senator McLaurin elucidated the Mo- kinley doctrine to be as follows:
 "First-That as our own manifold productions largely exceeded home consumption, the expansion of terri tory, trade and commerce was the only means of securing markets for our surplus products.
 "Second-That as nation with a firmly established constitutional gov. ernment and enlarged national obliga. tions, we could no longer abstain from participation in the affairs of the world, but must take our share of the responsibility.
 "Third-That while maintaining the doctrine that no government on the American continent must be interfered with or controlled by any European power, yet we must cultivate friendly relations with them and be prepared to seek and control our share of the trade of the word.
 "Fourth-That we should not and cannot as nation safely shrink from the full performance of all the respon. abilities cast upon us, but must move forward to the fuIfilment of our na. tional destiny"
 The propositions embraced in this doc trine" said the speaker will be to the twentieth century what the Monroe Doc Urine was to the nineteenth If, as a na- tion, we would enjoy the commercial fruits we need and desire, we must like individuals make national ventures and heroic efforts"
 Senator McLaurin declared the princi- pals embraced in the Mckinley doctrine to be the only ones which promise the stability of the nation and full accomp- lishment of our national destiny. He pre- dicted that this doctrine is to be ''our chart and compass until we complete an- other circle in national life another move to be made onward and upward"
 What Reciprocity Is.
 The speaker spoke of reciprocity treat les as one of the features of this twen- tieth century Monroe Doctrine, and de- fined their principle to be that trade is not to be free on one side and fetted on the other; that goods are not to be taken from foreign country free Of duty or at a low rate unless that country takes something from us free or duty or at a low rate
 What we need in this country" said the Senator, 'is a non-partisan patriot ism and statesmanship. more devoted to the building up of our common country than to party success. Great national is- sues, involving the glory of our repub- lie and it's triumphant success, as a free constitutional government, should not be dwarfed into sectional and partisan questions. Let us stand shoulder to shoul- der, good Americans, no matter what our politics or what our section"
 In conclusion Senator McLaurin said:
 "All signs indicate that our modern civ ilization Is approaching one of those mo- mentous crisis that occur periodically in the history of the human race Antag- onistic elements of fruitful force are at work. It seems as if all prophecy pointed to America as the final battle-ground be- tween error and truth, and it may be that we are near that field of Armma- geddon, dimly seen by poet and painter, where the brute nature of man and his immortal soul join in the great battle.