Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-11-21
Hay AND CUMMlNS
Secretary Of State and Governor
Elect Speak.
At CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET
loWa's Next Executive Talks of the
Present Prosperity of the Republic,
What Are the Essentials to Its
Continuance.

New York, Nov. 20.-The one hun
dred and thirty-third annual banquet |
of the Chamber of Commerce was held !
at Delmonico's last evening. -Four
hundred and fifty persons were gath ,
cred in the main banquet room, which |
was simply though effectively deco
rated, chiefly with American flags.
At the table of honor, presided over
by President Morris X. Jesup, were
Ambassador Joseph II. Choate, John
Hay, secretary of state Senator John
L .McLaurin of South Carolina; White
law Reid; Governor-elect Albert B.
Cummins of Iowa Senator Chauncey
| NJ Depew, the r CIV. DR.. Donald Sage
Mackay, Andrew Carnegie Mayor
elect Seth Low, Lieutenant General
Nelson A. Miles, ]. Pierpont Morgan,
William e. Dodge, Samuel D. Babcock,
Major General John r. Brooke Carl
Schurz, Alexander E. Orr, Governor
Odell. Rear Admiral Albert S. Barker,
and w. B. Ridgley. The professional
and business circles of the city were
} we'll represented in the list of the 9th
ed guests.
The speechmaking was opened by
President Jesup in few words. He
then proposed toast to the memory
of William Mckinley. 1t was drunk
standing and in silence. President
Roosevelts health was then toasted,
while the orchestra played, and at the
next toast-that of King Edward Oh
1 England--the British national anthem
/ was given.
/ Applause for Secretary Hay.
7, ;rt Cocratar1, How Droc
q ident Jesup proposed toast to Cur
Diplomacy. The secretary was warm
. ly welcomed by the guests and his
e speech at various points met with
e great enthusiasm, especially when he
6 mentioned the name of President Nc
= Kinley.
The speech obtained rapt attention
e and the applause was deafening when,
n in his peroration, he said: No wan
e tonness of strength will ever induce
us to drive a hard bargain with anoth'
er nation because it is weak, nor will
l. any fear of ignoble criticism tempt us
e to insult or defy a great power be-
It cause it is strong, or even because 1t
|. is friendly.
s. Speech of A. B. Cummins.
# A. B. Cummins, Governor-elect of
o Iowa, spoke on the subject, "The Pres
. ent Prosperity of the Republic-What
are the essentials of its continuance"
Mr.. Cummins in opening said he de
e sired to speak in non-portisan man
n ner. Prosperity he held to be com
;. parative term and one that did moi
:. imply the. furious pace of the last
i three years. when l speak of pros
re perity,' said he. 81 have in mind ;
d reasonable, moderate, but constant ad
n. vance that will keep us well at thu
. head of the march but will not com
= pletely exhaust our competitors il
le their efforts to remain in the process
lie sion.
~ 'While there has hitherto been al
a.. occasional note of discomfort the, grea
= body of the people have felt that tn
ie government has accomplished in higl
lg degree the ends for which it is organ
Ii lied. But it is easy to see that we ar
ii. rapidly passing into another phase o
! national existence, one in which W
~ must not only concern ourselves wit
n our relations toward other nations an
i'll our trade with other lands, but mus
nv look with increasing care towar
these laws which are intended to cor
troll the relations which our peopl
bear to each other.
I'd "Some subjects which are now cor
a stitutionally local must become col
VIC stituionally national. Ii is futile
81 inquire what legislations, if an!
81 should be adopted to prevent or az
ul lust the devastating controvers ies b,
in tween the employer and the employed
Sc between capital and labor until ther
"a is a power as broad and as compr'
~ hensiye as the problem itself to pr,
~ scribe solution.
Sc. "There is no tribunal with power
RS administer full and adequate justic
il and can be none until the constitutio
:. of the United States is amended
II give congress jurisdiction over tn
"a struggle which wages incessantl
I'd. throughout the whole republic.
II Conditions of Prosperity.
o "One of the fundamental condition
Q of nrosperity is work for the people
q not part of the people, but all the pc
. pie who either want to work or mu
v work. The problem involved in tn
. subject has totally changed within I
Y cent years. Formerly our chief co
< Germ was to. prevent the producers
y other countries from invading and Q
Z cupying the markets of the Unite
Y States. 1t now is to invade and occ
GIpy the markets of other nations.
y 9TH American system Of protecti'
3lduties upon imports has given US o
2Inew markets, but it is not an effect
a weapon for the conquest of intern
y Itional trade. Hitherto our exports
10 Europe have been chiefly of agric1
. tural products. During the last fe
w years, howebyer, our manufacture
. products have been offered in forei
yer. markets at price that has Great
to intense alarm, and it is but consel
Use ative statement of the situation VIII
say that the powers of Europe are
substantial concert at this moment
,L discover the most effective way