Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-04
MIR. REED IN BOSTON The Speaker Warmly Re-
 ceived at the Hub.
BIG AUDIENCE IN FANEUIL HALL
He Thanks Massachusetts Republicans
 and Praises His Party.

Ln Ills Speech He Said the Democrats
 in Congress Were ParsImOniOus-HS
 Docs Not DIsclaIm the Title of Par
 t.san-Pension LegIslatiOn and the
 Surplus Touched Upon Briefly.
 BOSTON, Sept. 4.-Speaker Reed, who is on his way to MaiEs to participate in the political campaign in that State, addressed large audience last night at Faneuil Hall. It was @ very enthu- Siastic gathering and MT. Reed was given a rousing welcome. Chairman Burdette, of the Republican State Com mittee, opened the meeting, introducing Jonathan A. Lane, president of the Boston Merchants Association, as the presiding officer. MT. Lane made brief speech, touching upon the tariff question, and then introduced MT. Reed as the first speaker.
 This was the signal for a storm of applause which completely drowned the music and for ten minutes pre- vented a sound of the Speakers words being heard. MT. Reed said:
 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-I am willing ta admit that more cordial reception was thank you accept it as a tribute to the party represent. At 0 former meeting in Boston a similar scene attended the anticipation of my ny fulfllment. Such kind feelings are grate- fully received No .S soldier iSi, so so bffi" 6faEe he feels the consoling nudge of his comrades elbow, and am like the soldier. As said at a former meeting in Boston. now repeat, if the country wants anything | done it must come to tie Republican party. last thirty years. The world is growing. Progress is ever creating new situations. The present Congress with all its shortcom- n trIV RkA n nT 1 Republicans to meet all requirements. Tho progress of the country neesstates new laws. | Look for yourselves and name one issue of | vital national importance that the Democrats have advanced. Tell of any measure affect | ing finance, trade or human liberty that has not been decorated with Democratic opposi- tion.
 | Such being the history of the two parties, is l there not good reason for 0 man being proud | to belong to one and not to the other? All progress is over the ruins of old institutions, and the upholders of such fight desperately when their breastworks are invaded. In bat tie tongue is not oonsidereii parliamentary | Looking over the headlines of the opposition | papers published during the last eig Int months, l some idea can be obtained of the views of | some well known gentlemen whose breast works are being taken. It is amazing to notice the Republican party. When in power it has been the sole end of the Democracy to undo | these measures The inter eSts of the country have not been consulted by them.
 They have devotei their whole time to cut | ting down appropriations with view Of making the surplus large and unwedy as possible. Then they petted and loved the surplus Out of power they have concocted all sorts of schemes to dissipate the surplus, so they stand in the position of being happy with or without a surplus.
 Despite all this the Republican party has mrde a record of supporting the surplus and at the same time reducing the nat ional taxa tion S5o.0Oo,O0o annually Pension legisla- tion has proven the most difficult attack on the Treasury which the Republicans have
 understood by the people at large.
 l In the East the sol Ter is satisfied with what the government has done and is going to do
 for him, but in the West and the Mississippi region he is carried away by the tales poured into his ear of untold Treasury wealth, and he | Is wild over all schemes to draw a stream of Eold.f from the public treasury. It is due to the Republican party to lave met this craze and have vanQuished it.
 MT. Lodge followed in a brief ad-
 dress, in the course of which he urged
 the necessity of passing the Elections ! bill.