Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-16
Thinks Country Would be Just as
Great If ii Had Gone the
Other Way
A TRIBUTE TO THE PRESIDENT.
Believes UUited States and Great Brit.
ala VIII Work Together for Pro-
gross Of the World,

New York, Nov l5,-The one hun
dred and thirtv-slxth annual dinner
Of the Now York chamber Of commerce
was held tonight AT Delmonlcos. The
speakers were Secy Of the Treasury
Shaw, Hon John Morley NJ, r. Rich
ard Olney and sir James Kitson, NJ, a.
President Morris H. Jesup presided,
After the healths Of President Roose-
Welt and King Edward had been drunk
President Jesup read the following
letter from President Rooseyelt
"Will you present to the chamber Of
commerce my earnest wishes for the
success Of their dinner and my regret
that | am not able to be present !
asked the secretary Of the treasury to
take my place. No body Of men In this
country Is so closely representative Of
the immense business interests Of the
country az the chamber Of commerce
and therefore the chamber Of COM
merce has representative function
not merely for the state OF New York
but for the whole United states II Is
not only because Of the fact thai they
are thus, In a peculiar sense repre-.
sentative body but because Of my OLD
friendship with and my esteem Tor so
many Of the members that feel a
sense OF loss at the lmposslbility OF
my being present with YOU on the
evening OF the banquet"
Mr.. Jesup then introduced Secy
Shaw, who responded to the sentiment
Waterman, Wf9t OF the HOUR"
Mr.. Morley was then introduced. He
declared that the thing that has inter-
ested him most during his visit has
been the presidential campaign He
declared that he was as enthusiastic as
any one In Chicago on election night,
making the tour OF the election booths
and listening TO the returns,
u confess Il greatly impressed my
Imagination" said Mr., Morley, speak
ing Of watching the returns come IN
from all over the country IN a newspa-
per office, "and stirred me 20 think that
in this vast country within a few hours
the voice Of the people. right or wrong,
mlstakably ascertained
Frankly / rejoice to hear from the
secretary OF the treasury that your
hopes are buoyant and that you are
prosperous Why. that is thing that
struck me most I'm my rapid transit
throug important trade centels IN this 1
enormous and unbounded ,
strength Of your material resources I
and being a gOodnatured people, let /
me say that | have seen nothing-don't /
boot me out Of the room-I have seen /
nothing, no evidence during this run /
through some Of the centers OF your I
country, to make me believe that you |
would not have been just as great, Just |
as mighty, / mean IN industrial COM |
as prosperous, Just as |
strong as you are today, II you had |
taken that WORKOUT shlbboeth, as | am /
told, No tariff except for purposes OF I
revenue
well. II that Is all the tendency |
that comes OF testifyng, | do not think /
I need have taken the trouble to have I
testified, because | gather that n good .
many OF you at all events have some /
doubts as 20 that matter And now. |
this is the last remark will make up |
on that very delicate ground, which Is /
less delicate than / thought II would !
be Oaughter) though Il may be that |
am 80 stupid or stubborn or 80 much OF |
q doctrinaire-a name | am vel ac-
quainted wlth--as TO doubt whether you |
would not have been just as well of IL |
you should have taken that formula" |
Toward the end Of his address Mr.. |
Morley said
IT would be most unbecoming q me, |
/ repeat, to say n word as 10 the per-
sonality OF your president l viii say |
this in passing that It is very crafty |
ing Ia me TO find that n man may write |
a book about oliver Cromwell and yet |
be thought a very good man 10 whom /
to trust the destlnies OF a nation.
81 rejoice 10 think. and / do think. !
that IN the great questions and emer.
that may arise Great Britain |
and the United States will both BY |
interests, by sentiment be found side
by side.
II believe from the bottom OF my
heart that for the progress OF the word.
for the civilization Of mankind, we
will fight side by side for those ideals
and those questions which are common |
TO US and common 10 you"
Mr.. Morley's speech was received
with great enthusiasm 10 was over
10 minutes before the applause subsid-
ed.