The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-13
Mr.. STEVENSON AT AUGUSTA.
HE TELLS GEORsIANs THE CON-
MRRCIzL CLOUDS ARE LIFTING,

Aad that They Have No More 70 Fear FROM
Federal Intsrierencr-Sccretnry Herbert
and Hoke Smith Also Make Speeches.
EXPOSITION GRouNDa. AUGUSTA. Ga. Dec. 10.
Thirty thousand visitors at the Exposition
to-day gave a rousInR ovation to Nice-Presi-
dent Stevenson. Secretary Herbert OF the Navy,
Secretary Smith Of the Interior, and Congress
men Springer and Sperry. President Walsh OF
the Exposition introduced Vice-Presldent
Stevenson. who. In the course Of his address.
said:
MY FELLOW CITIZENS: You are to be- con graft
ulated upon the wonderful progress Of your
State since the close OF the civil war. Since
the hour your State Government was fully re-
stored your prosperity has been assured. With
tho strong arm OF power withdrawn. your state
In the hands OF your own people, wise and
honest administration succeeding extrava-
gance and misrule. your future Is secure.
issues Of the past. Let the dead past bury its
doad.' The welfare OF your state Is now In
ed in saving that henceforth you have naught
70 fear from hostile Federal legislation or In.
Mni oeGTG
lems as difficult Of deternanation as any that
have In the past tested the courage and the
words SiS'S and the docds Of those who have
Wits at i1i turn o u faces fosoiutey aT to
the future. You need no prophet, TO tell you
What another decade, VIII accomplish Tor your
advantages OF climate, cheap water power
and raw material the South in the future. can
be as successful In the manufacture OF the
finer. az It Is now in the manufacture Of the
coarser fabrics OF cotton. ,,
With the return OF the era OF good feeling
IN it's highest sense OF national feeling SEQ
tlonal iealousies and distrust will forever dis,
and SP RssH sssk and find
1t Is true. my fellow citizens. we have
passed and are yet passing through period
Of financial depression. During the last few
many heerthstones, No words OF mine can
describe the anguish It has brought to thou
sone III Rane ne evil DAYS 80 come oET Of the peo
ple OF our land have been sharers OF the com
mon sorrow. The purely agricultural sections
lions Es' and S sufreTIus Which have followed it's
track than have the great manufacturing
centres I will not at this hearing ptteppt a
that the bitter cup is passing from our lips;
the clouds are slowly shifting. confidence is
regalning, and light Is breaking upon our COM
Secretary Herbert Of the Navy was the. next
speaker. He brought, President Clevelands
tion to be present to-day.
His speech was one Of encouragement to tho
This exposition of your industries" he
eaid, carried on so successfully in the midst
Of these hard times. Is monumental sign;
board to point out the road to renewed and
continued prosperity
This was the first occasion that IN Augusta
audience has had OF greeting Secretary smith.
but they made UP for it in giving him an
He touched on the financial policy OF the
were greeted with applause. lie referred to
the work Of the exposition as means OF in
tensiiying the zeal Of neoreians In the ma;
presenting the resources OF the State to the
knowledge OF the people Of the Union.