Show OBSERVED NEW YORK General Suspension of Business in Financial Districts New York Feb 12 There was a general gen-eral suspension of business In tho financial finan-cial districts of this pity today In honor of the ninetythird birthday of Lincoln MUny mercantile houses were closed and flags aVero generally displayed There were several banquet tonight the principal one being that of the Republican club More than 500 were present In the banquet hall of the Wal dorfAstoria President Louis Stein presided The toasts and those responding were Abraham Lincoln James W Glced of Topeka Has A Tribute to McKlnley Senator C M Dcpew The Republican Party LleutGov Woodruff The Conquerors Creswell MncLaughlin A number of letters of regret were read the first being from Robert T Lincoln Others were from Senator Hanna and Coy TVIllIam H Taft of the Philippines Mr Gleed was the first speaker His address reviewed Lincolns life and its effect on the country Senator Bepaw followed He said In partWilliam William McKinley was the product and representative of the development of Americanism which has aroused intense interest and discussion at the commence mont of the twentieth century Indus trial America owes more lo him than to any other statesman Though never a business man nor an employer hn created those enterprises which have given un equaled position wages and work to his countrymen Though never a manufacturer he gave the Impulse and opportunity for manufac tutors which has placed the surplus of the > mlllo and factories of the United states In the markets of tho world and given thorn success not only In tho competitive com-petitive countries In tho Cast but upon tho soil aqd alongside the most highly organized Indudtrles of Europe Though always a poor man and Jeuvlng an tfltato which was the result only of the saving front his salary as President and his life Insurance ho made possible the gigantic fortunes which have been amassed by master minds In the control use and distribution of Iron coal oil cot ton and wool and their prodUcts hough never an organizer or beneficiary of combinations or trusts yet the constant con-stant aggregation ot most Industries In vast corporations of fabulous capital while duo to tendencies tho age ami common to all countries received tremendous tre-mendous acceleration from his policies The dominant Idea which governed his public llfo was that measure which brought out our national resources and Increased our national wealth added to the security comfort and happiness of every citizen Some might profit moivj than others but everyone shared In greater great-er or less degree in tho general prosperity I Prldo In his countrv and levi for his pee plo WOre tho mainsprings of his career Americanism with him meant tho victories vic-tories of peace The happlucso of the Airerlrrn homo and tho welfare of tho Individual In-dividual American citizen w sr6 the alms of McKinley Happily for him before the dread summons sum-mons came the realization of his llfo s work his aspirations and his hopes were complete xjie assassin struck him down ut the moment when the splendors of the fruition of his labors were crystallzed by his death Into a halo of Immortality |