The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-11
AMENDMENTS.
IN THE EVENING.

completely packed Exchange street, with
tremendous cheers. A picture of Mr. Reed
was cheered to the echo, and the cheering
was resumed when Mr.. b. leighs portrait
was seen. At the Young Mems Republican
Club rooms the returns were read to the
members, and also at the Portland Club. AS
the news kept coming better and better the
public couldn't be restrained, and rushed to
City Hall to jubilate.
The scene in City Hall was simply one of
tremendous enthusiasm. From eight o'clock
until nine the people were gathering and at a
few minutes past hour there were fully three
thousand if not four thousand people present
Every seat was occupied and the outside
aisles, corridors and stairway was one vast
mass of humanity.
When Mr.. Reed appeared the audience
rose as one man and cheer upon cheer filed
the air. Men stood upon settees and waved
their hats. The air was dense with canes.
and handkerchefs and the wild and deafen-
ng yell continued for several minutes. 1t
was scene seldom, perhaps never before,
witnessed in City Hall.
AS Mr. Reed rose to speak the cheering be-
gan again but at last there was quiet, and
he said:
MIR. REEDS SPEECH.
Fellow Citizens: 1t is perfectly evident
that you have taken the advice which / gave
you on Saturday evening. Laughter and
cheers.J Rather Unexpectedly to me the
President of the United States also yolup-
teered some advice upon the subject.
Laughter and applause.J He had been wait
ing evidently, during all these long weeks,
af obi 80.
emphatic as possible to the people Of the
State of Maine. He evidently intended to
affect the vote of this State, and he has done
so. Laughter and cheers.] 1t may possibly
now enter into his mind that the terms rev
enue REFORM and free trade" are synony-
nous, lApplause.l 1t is quite evident that
he had been misled upon that subject, and
was disposed to make complaint that hir
purposes and intentions had been misrcs@
sehted.. That is not so; they had h,n
ply understood. [Great applaus
suit which we have in the f.
in the State of Maine,
been remarkable, but
with the results in r
IS very evident T ..mplea the
limited States OF eat cheeri PC. j
when the Preslde' ger that portion
Of his letter, in C of the figures
which today has pro-. Led, he may see that
the moderation which he says characterized
the Mills bill was entirely in his
mind and not an actual fact. Applause |
helwill find that he has used the surplus ar
gument utterly in vain; that the people of
this country comprehend the difference be-
tween taxation which draws money from the
people OF the country without recompens e.
ond their benifcent system of import duti es
which gives to the American laboring man
and to the farmer the best markets in the
world, the markets of the United States.
lGreat cheering.
1t takes some labor, it tokes a gr' deal of
palns, 10 educate high public rieS,
but IN this country the edrc bly,
worth the wages that :
lapplauseJ, and befc III
this election the ' ne of
the friends W. .erstand
with a die % the de-
light &C 20 ~ the Ameri-
CAN .~sllev ,slem which they
hat ed, and = made this country
pros. orous. .se.l The figures illus
trating our do a today will today 90
abroad all owe, dis land, giving heart, COM
fort and courage to all our people, and when
we get the re-echoes from them we shall be
satisfied with the result of our labor. fGreat
applause know that all / can say to-
night VIII be totally inadequate to express
my feelings much less your own. The fig
ures are astonishing. They show a deep
feeling ON the part of the American people.
They show that our belief and our faith
sweep clear across that grand belt of empire
land coast, lapplausel, and when the most
Intelligent, the most skillful and the greatest
laboring section of the United States has
spoken, IT will be found that so speaks the
nation. Loud cheers.l
MR.. REED sERENADEp.
AT about 10 o'clock last night the Young
Mems Republican Club. headed by the First
Regiment Band, left the club rooms to go to
-enade Mr.. Reed. The street in front of
che club rooms was thronged with people,
and when the Young Club moved ND
Congress street, carrying red torches and a
handsome banner, an immense crowd of cit
liens formed in line and fell in behind. The
greatest enthusiasm was manifested, and
the magnificent appearance made by the
Young Mems Republican Club sent the feel
ings of the crowd up to the
highest point. The band COM
menced playing Marching Through
Georgia." and this was followed by There's
land that is fairer than day." The process
SIGN marched up Congress to State street, to
Spring, to Mr.. Reeds residence, where they
found already assembled hundreds of citi-
zens who were awaiting the appearance of
Mr.. Reed. At the corner Of State and Spring
streets the procession was Joined by the
Harrison and Morton Drum Corps aud the
Harrison Artillery, and the booming of can
non was added to the music of the band and
the enthusiastic cheers of jubilant Republi-
cans. Just before the band reached Mr..
Reeds house a grand display of
fireworks was made that light
ed up the street for a long distance.
Here the club halted and soon there were
loud cries for Mr.. Reed who soon appeared
on the front piazza. When the great crowd
caught sight of the successful Congressman
the cheering was prolonged and loud. Again
and again Mr.. Reed tried to quiet the enthu-
siastic throng but still they cheered and
shouted and threw their hats in the air. Red
and green lights were burned. and Roman
candles and rockets were discharged. To
this was added the booming of cannon. Af-
ter many minutes Mr.. Reed succeeded in
quieting the throng and said:
Gentlemen: THE crowd is like the vic
tory, almost too big for belief. beg to thank
the gentlemen of the Young Mems Republic
can Club for their kindness, not only in APP
pearing here tonight, but also in giving their
support the other evening in City Hall.
They see what the effect is now of giving
ample support upon the proper
occasion. But can say to
them with perfect frankness that
think we should be able to do what we have
done. l was a prophet who did not fully
believe in my own prophecy. Forit so hap
pened that in opening the campaign at Bos-
ton / predicted that we should see an up
rising this year not equalled by that of
thirty-two years ago when our great states
man, Hannibal Hamlin, marched triumphant
from Kittery to Eastport.
There has been on this occasion a similar
uprising of the people for a similar cause,