Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-12
THE SOUTH'S FUTURE
Vice President Stevenson Addresses
the Georgians.
OVATION FROM AUGUSTUS CITIZENS.
Throng Of $4,000 at the Exposi-
ton Grounds.
AN UNUSUAL SPECTACLE.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec 12-Thirty thousand
people at the exposition today gave a rous-
Ing ovation to Vice President Stevenson,
Secretaries Herbert of the navy, Smith of
the Interior and Congressman Springer and
Sperry. President Walsh of the exposition
introduced Vice President Stevenson, who
spoke as follows:
MIR. President, ladies and gentlemen:
Il count 1T an honor to have been so cor
daily invited to visit this beautiful city and
upon this auspicious occasion to meet and
mingie with my fellow citizens of this great
commonwealth. 1 bring you today the good
wishes and hearty God speed Of the millions
VINO dwell In the great valley of the Mis-
sisslppi. minsle my congratulations with
dustrial enterprise. 1t matters not that this
wonderful exposition Of the products of
field. of mine. of forest and of loom, is
neid IN the south land and far toward the
mo longer are there wars or rumors Of
wars in our land. We study, and we teach
our children. the things that make for
peace. From one end of the land to the
other is heard the hum Of busy industry
While Europe Is arming for bloody conflict,
our great workshops are engaged in the
manufacture of implements of husbandry
and not of war. The century now drawing
to its close WILL as firmly believe, witness
In its expiring hours the American people
following the peaceful vocations which are
the sure forerunners Of prosperity and con-
tentment.
II am not here today to discuss the dead
issues of the past. Let the dead past bury
its dead The welfare of your state is now
In your own safekeeping. / think 1 am
warranted in saying that henceforth you
have naught to fear from hostile federal
legislation or interposition. Living questions
are before you for discussion and determi-
nation. Lying in the future pathway of the
republic are problems as difficult of DC ter
mination as any that have in the past test
ed the courage and the patriotism of our
fathers. Inspired by the words and the
deeds Of those who have gone before, let us
with courage and with faith turn our faces
rcsolutely to the future. You need no
prophet to tell you what another decade
Will accomplish for your state and section.
With your great natural advantages of
climate, cheap water power and Jaw ma
terial, the south in the future can be as sue
cessful in the manufacture of the finer as it
is now in the manufacture of the coarser
fabrics OF cotton.
with the return OF the era of good feel
ing-in its highest sense of national feeling
sectional jealousies and distrust will for
ever disappear, and capital will here seek
and find abundant and profitable invest
ment. / reiterate the inquiry of your own
distinguished citizen: With coal. iron and
timber in abundance here. why should not
the south have her own foundries, machine
shops and factories?
"It cannot be that In a land where all of
the gifts of n beniflcent Creator have been
so generously bestowed that men can suffer
for bread. With a climate SO healthful, a
soil SO productive, with hillside and noun
tain bursting with mineral treasures: with
enlightened brain to conceive and willing
hands to execute great commercial aims
looking to the development of our resources
and the upbuildng of our country-it can
not be that there can In this broad land be
long found those who are compelled
ITO beg their brothers of the earth
To give them leave to toll"
my fellow citizens of Augusta and of
Georgia, for the kind attention you have
given the poor words have spoken. and for
the more than kind reception you have
given me. l am gratified beyond expression.
In the years to come the memories of this
visit will be recalled with delight. l think
/ understand now, II never before, the true
significance Of a Georgia welcome / trust
you will remember that visits should not be
one-sided. l bid you come to the prairie
state-to the great corn belt of the con-
tinent, to the valley of the Mississippi and
the great northwest. Visit our magnificent
farms, our great industries, our matchless
cities, our happy homes. The welcome you
will receve-and you could not ask for
more-will be the welcome you have so gen.
erously given
AS the Vice President made his appear
ance in the Music Hall. accompanied by
President Walsh, there arose deafening cries
and shouts from the dense mass of people
filling the great hall and galleries and ris-
ing, tier after tier to the second floor of the
great building.
1t was a grand ovation. such as is seldom
seen.