New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
LINCOLN DAY IN CHICAGO.
HARRISON AND GAGE SPEAK AT THE
DINNER OF THE MARQUETTE CLUB
THE TX PRESIDENT EuIoGIZEs THE RAH,-sPLIT-
Terrific SECRETARY OF THE TkhAS-
Try TALKS ABOUT GOVERN


Try TALKS ABOUT GOVERN
MENr AND FINANCE"
Chicago. Feb. 12-The anniversary of the nrth OF
Abraham Lincoln was generally observed mere 10
day by exercises in the schools and by FaiiO'
dinners The principal affair OF the evening was
the twelfth annual dinner Of the Marquette C'uo'
which was held 4 the Auditorium ho'el ru'' nd
hundred members OF the club were present ~
tho speeches in reply TO the toasts were received
,,h cro,t .nnI,use Ex-President Harrisons ad-
dress on Abraham Lincoln elected eh'hu''" ~
plauso. ~. o,,,b
President T.. c. Pauling Of the Marquette Ciuo'
opened the exercises with brief aouress' 'i'u -,
introduced Congressman Boutel' OF lhinoi', "''
/ spoke on "Chicago-a Political Storm Cehue'
,rvrpAr. HARRISON SPEAKS OF LINCOLN.
Mr. BoutelI was followed by ex-Presideh' mar
/ rison who spoke in part as follows 70
| rh observanco of the birthday Of Abraham I'm;
coin which has become widely esl,iDii i
either by public law or by genera es occasions to
and more force the orators o. L'e,l tocjdent a nd
DEPART from the line of biography ana lhcnent az
M esii"ns the principles illustrated in the lie and
taught in the public utterances OF me ' we may
p p,' 'e sure that thai great Supplemented patriot
would have wished 1t SO FIattery du noi nsUpra
cstlve OF friendship. not without ambition 10 De
esteemed. but the overmasterins anu atry
and TO his countrymen No college OF arts hau oPeeu
to his struggling youth. He had been porn POI III d
r raunIi nu atboatman. country lawyer Yet
! in all these conditions ana associations ne " H"5 3he
ieader-st tEe GIiisp'''ins' IN INC
I'm In The broad conmon-sense way in which he did
small things he larger than any sltuati1 on -,
which life had placed him Europe ana b mo' N@rth
ern States he was an uncouth Jester. an AMBITIOUS
npstart a reckless disturoer. He WAS hated Dy
aH scum ha I nT9 OF S he o GayaeT the man who felt It
10 be stain, despised this son Of the people, ''''
lie was distinguished from the Abolition leaders
by the fairness and kindneS with Thle ne o2Dnnsed
the South and the Shareholders ne "as vyere
to human slavery not because some Inas,eis 49,
| cruel but upon reasons that kindness to the sIave
did answer All men incudgd me OHct enact 1aci'
Liberty is the law Of nature me nqe Gods law
Mr Lincoln had faith in time. ana time has just tr.
;Gi ~ Is could have been unroled before the eyes
Of his couatrymen. would they have said-woGid ne
nSSjor Ard vet as we look back the story
OF tne ali I'M men Of thar epoch in MS capacity and
adaptation to the duties Of ne Presnecy rom whose
ranks he cane: Bat moi with class love He
never pandered ignorance or sought aPPduse ~
appeals prejudice The equality OF men n b 5s ali
the people. for al the people WSs ~. ~ Se ,er
favoritism in enactment or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS se"-
lie mad the love Of the o ana ne 6e TG9
| admonish and restrain with authority, re wa "a
WHO could Pgs d1 70 ue az T6ere 1 great need
OF men now who can be beard both T. the aiFec-
fprg me-
| Qualities OF heart and mind combined to MAKE
man who has won the love OF mankkind ne e nov oS
i t6e waI Of duty to all his coanrymen. and to
send aar beam 81 courage 10 rDSe We bess
the memory OF Lincoln. r,s
Following Mr. Harrison came Justice paFld j.
Brewer Of the United States Supreme Court WHO
spoke on The Nations Anchor" the court Oh
which he IS member
SECRETARY GAGE on FINANCE
4.
! Of the Treasury, who SPOKE on "o'e'hi"e"' am
Finance" lie said:
In the great patriotic struggle which engageG
the heart and brain Of Lincoln oes s gue nor
dcG not le5S b Ps5pbsn Tdted d HIM s With her
me- ysb weig Tntrained in finance. within
period OF four years Mr. Lincoln was 70 proVipps
total expenditures from the public tressGry our
ing It's whole previous history OF seventy a. 80
| no National debt worth mentioning; r..
to@.f tx ye nG@ al ha Hs dSff soe Of
Government bonds 9eeuTrns al OF of' Bull Run
s!5yoo6o6 Of these securities were subscribed for
at par ana psYd for II gSq by and Inf Boon
Would he out Of place 70 discuss here and now
the gradual degeneracy OF the National credit II
Treasury on RaT bsrdy 20 cents on The dollar
deemable in coin by The Government and further
T viii Of the Sotsr for o3s@ons
was a contributing agency 10 the great decline Is
! dispensabe incident the financial needs Of the
Government is still an unsettled debate As ne
war proceeded and the country became poorer ms
! currency increased. giving new instruments ana
facilities, to expend Just in proportion as the
| When the over. when Grant and Lee
csspd hsnfs S arBt % 69T Pss
then known smSuneG 10 t9t a dI az; fum OF
! bic on demand The annual interest charge was
! sl25COcyO The means secured by this great debt
| The revenues OF the Government had toen in
creased by AVIATION upon eyeryihins, that govid
&5s06.o@
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS
Tie disbandng Of the Army. the reduction Of
| the Navy and discontinuance OF the great semi
military. sem-civil adjuncts 70 both relieved al
most Al once the embarra ssment OF me Treasury
or rather the source of embarrassment re-
versed Hitherto there had been nade4ua9y; now
! there redundancy. During the years ls6s-ls1s
there was surplus revenue over Axpenditures Of
$4,000 CO., II was applied substantially TO the re-
eamuisted to he extent Of $1,000 by he ale Of
mand 9cSt In ISIS the hour ~ es had come
Would the Government be able 10 redeem us notes
come fully restored? a nation waited for the
p ryin would end in shame and hum,tion
I the t sa''s' 'S IMAM '''o'isS II
! The expectation existed that redenpU IN ricant
retirement Of the demand obligaJ; lions States
men. with scarcely an exception. while supporting
! their issue deprecated the seeming necessity ard
pleaded for the narrowest and orefest use Of the
dangerous agency.
We have seen that az the beginning Of he va r.
with A banking system heterogeneous. unrelated by
| any common laws rules OF action, yet. with
| these disabilities the associated lanks had ad-
Yanced SlJ0D00J0 in gold 10 the Government with
our endangering specie payments. Indeed the
disbursements and so strong the .reul9ting cur
| rent that win me payment OF Si@eoH0 com
depleted only 10000.
We have seen that the interjection OF ;overn-
| ment notes into the fed Of circula .ion-Acusab bic
! az II may have been--crowded bank-note issues
back for redemption. hed bank vaults with Coy
| eminent notes in place Of specie, and led 10 the