Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-25
HOME THRUSTS
Delivered by Tom Reed, of Maine
at Helena.

As a most pertinent and timely
piece of campaign literature we pub
lisn this N jrning the following ex-
tract from the great speech of Thos. B.
Reed, Of Maine, delivered in Helena
lat Saturday night, The extract
given is only small part of the speech
but rs it bears directly on some Of the
issues of our campaign it will undoubt.
ediy prove good reading for these
times. Speaking Of the supremacy OF
the republicans in all branches of the
government he said:
"Now I want the state Of Montana
to go with MS. / want the state to go
with us because /. j. for its interest.
Here is u great empire in it, swad-
ding clothes, n great empire that
needs tending, that needs assistance.
thar Jeeis aid from the great empires
of the east which have already been
form d, and il IL its duty, looking to
it, own Interests. tu join its forces
with what the last election has proved
to he the dominant forces OF this re-
public, It's not as If were talking
20 y0n year ugo, ther you might
have ques,.unri which way this couu.
try has 4oH.; but tp.dny everybody
k0"w TINT the peopls of tn United
States have pronounced in favor Of re-
pgbiraGi-m, and thgt synonym oI
republication, protection to Ameri-
can industries. We alone can appre-
eihss the need ~ Montana, we alone
can give ~ tIat assistance which she
needs, what hen /. your PLAN duty,
for This Is a world whore everybody
fakes care Of himself, II he is wlso-
what theB i, your plain auty? ? Have
you any sense Of gratitude, also wher5
did you get the chance 10 become g
state? Irthere is anything that ha.
struck me since came out here, 10 is
not your broad expanse OF territory
which surrounds us, tits not the splen
did city which surrounds US at this
moment. IL Is not even your great
future, but II is the magnificence Of
the democratic party in claiming tha,
they had anything to do with the ad-
mission of Montana. Applause. |
have been prepared in the course ol
my life to believe u great many things.
| bave got 10 believe that the demo-
cratic psrty successfully fought the
war to victorious result; have got
to believe that the republican party
met together and nominated McClel-
Ian, and declared war failure; | have
to satisfy myself that the democratic
party elected Abraham Lincoln to the
presidential chair, but this falsehood is
too fresh for me this year. [Great ana
continued applause.l Why / had
something to do with this myself.
Applause. witnessed the birth
throes OF these four great empires.
Thus owing to the kindness and con-
stituency whose patience was never
better shown than In sending me seven
times TO congress. had something 10
do with the making Of these empires.
Since l have come out here / have
been given to understand that Mr..
Toole was the man who did the whole
transaction. The atmosphere is SC
filled with him that have not caught
sight OF the sun since have been here
II he was In Washington last winter
the sun, moon and stars and all the
heavenly bodies were all distinctly
visible clear through him. (Applause. ]
The democratic party admitted these
territories? The last election for pres-
ident Of the United States, with the
question Of American industries trem-
bling In the balance. here out on the
border Of the world, as IL seemed to
me when 1 was at home, but right In
the centre of the world as IL seems 10
me now, there were million OF Amer
ican citizens disfranchised. Not one
soul Of them by the heads OF the FAM
lilies, or indirectly by their representa-
tives, were allowed one single word In
deciding that issue. Not q vote Of
10000 that ought TO have participated
In that election were allowed 30 assist.
Why? IL Is because this great coun-
try Is peopled by progressive citizens
of the United States, men who. for
that very'reason, were with the repub-
lican party. In democratic house,
thereunto urged even by myself, re-
fused TO admit these great territories TO
the Union and the presidential cleo
ton. They even dragged In the terri
tory Of New Mexico, whose represen-
taiive had not even put 10 a bill for
admission, They dragged her in, not
10 make n stais out Of her, butto make
a trade; 20 put a clog under the wheels
OF progresl, When they were beaten
at the polls, when they lay helpless,
when they knew that lhe first act Of
the republican administration would
be 30 call an extra session OF congress
for thOvery purpose Of admitting these