The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-29
ILLUMINATED WITH HOPE
SECRETARY G4GE'S INSPIRING
 WORDS ON THE FUTURE.

| Says the Revival of Industry Is Near | Tariff Bnl to Yield an Ample Revenue
 Certain to be Passed-Nothing Can Re-
 tard the Forward Movement of Improve
 ment Along Material Lines.
 | Cincinnati, May 2S-Secretary Ly- man J. Gage, at the Commercial club banquet, this evening, spoke. as fol- lows:
 "As I have observed and listened to the words passing from lip to lip among the members of the Commercial club gathered here I discovered two partic- ular themes which have been placed in the tariff and the public finances. Up- on the settlement of these two ques- tions enterprise languishes. Over fifty times I have been asked, When will the tariff discussion end and the meas ures proposed receive the final vote which will formulate themselves into | law?
 "Over fifty times more have been asked, Have the financial reforms, for which the people struggled in Novem- Der last, been forgotten?'
 l Now, it is not to be wondered at that you who have so long borne the anxiety and fear, who have so long waited and watched for the restoration of conditions upon which some estimate of tomorrow can be made, should grow nervous and impatient over every act or word which seems to suggest doubt 1 or delay in the establishment of such conditions.
 T have thought that on this occa- sion could do no better service than to give you needed reassurance and hope.
 AS to the great fabric now before congress, known as the tariff bill, I have nothing to say in detail. I want to bear testimony, however, to the zeal and good faith of those in both houses who have that measure in charge. They are fully conscious of their great re- responsibilities and are working faithful ly to discharge them. Nor do I think 1 that the opponents of these measures are likely to oppose with wilful and un-' l just Instructions the course of legisla- tion. That there will be more or less fencing for position must be expected, | but now having come into contact with many representatives in both houses of congress, deem 1t my duty to bear witness, so far as it may have value, to the honorable and patriotic motives that inspire the minds of the great ma- jority whether upon one side of the house or the other, and I prophecy an early result in the national councils to which this great commercial question Is now committed.
 q make these remarks, not to de- fend body for whom I hold no com- mission to speak, but to correct in one direction, if I may the operation of an injurious sentiment--a sentiment which Is sowing evil seeds in many directions. It is dividing classes, destroying unity and breeding hatreds. The one word for that sentiment is 'distrust. Faith and courage lead to conquest and vic- tory. Distrust paralyzes and destroys.
 "As to the financial question, to which I have already referred, must content myself with a few words. [ am glad that they may be words of l assurance. If any of you harbor the suspicion that the administration, but just now installed into the responsible ities of high offices, has forgotten or is likely to forget, the mandate of thes people, whose voice in behalf of honest money and sound finances rang out loud and clear in November last, put that suspicion aside It Is unjust and unfounded.
 'Tn good time and in proper order the affirmative evidences of my declaration will appear. In the meantime, my friends do your part to help those charged with the legislative and admin istrative duties. Do not let the inertia engendered by fear and mistrust creep over you.
 ''We have been passing through a period of great trial and nobly we have endured the strain. The future is not dark with forebodings. It is illuminat- ed with national hope. The revival of industry is near and with the establish ment of a revenue law sufficient to bring into the treasury an amount ade- quate to meet the reasonable needs of our government and with the estab- lishment of our finances on a sound and enduring basis, nothing now fore- seen can delay the recovery of past losses, and the inauguration of a new forward movement along the lines of material advancement and social prog ress which we may humbly trust is in the benevolent mind of God to bestoM upon the American people,"
 TILLMAN'S SERIOUS CHARGE.