Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-09-24
SPEAKER REED
Addresses Mass Meeting Of Re.
publicaDs at Philadelphia.
Ha Wins Applause i0' Ills Party and
Laughter On The Democrats.
A Cta.acteris ic and Telling Spec ch
From the G.est Lsader.

PHiLApuLrHIA. Sept. % This evening
4 mass u, q nx uuder the susEices of ,he
republican league Of Penn.ylvalia, MAS
held AZ the Academy CT Muse, a; wh.ch
9eake - Reed "a. the ceatre Of attraction.
Speeches ware delivered By Hen John NJ
Taurstoa. Nebraska; President National
Leega. of Republican clubs Gen. Daniel
II hssauzs; Ge1. W. nelamaier. repub-
lean clrdid2se for governor Of Pe1nsylya-
MA; Ccngse.snlaa Dsl iser, Iowa. Whea
5p-ske- Il ed srose 20 address the au L.
ence the applause xas long snd cont lued
III -yJ.e .sls;autltlls a. fol lyss
u frenI,--I tEank 90l for ysu- very
cordial < aal il makes lie feel
sorry not 90 Be ah.e 10 s4y SON. ,sinE
y orihy Of il. Uu.il very recently | hal
fes-ea should not be &ole 10 be with you
t5nigAt The .ekel have beea very ram
paAt the las: few days, snd I'D nat know
but ~ba. i would be tt cessary to stsy with
them Or w.thuu. them. Laughter. But
& Il That IS happily over, and | feel more
Responsive to our greetings tonight than
could have this mors.lng Laughter
The republican party was born fighting
Il, very hes, history Was male on tle bat
tleiiell-c!yic. as we'll as military. # is
I iH fGEf N7lN-NE Va 40 AAt7A~aAA- IL II -
should do battle, for the republican party
me .ns torEard movement of the people
OF the UGiieI STATES. applause 1t has
never been necessary for the democrats 10 do
anything Laughter. We have Just come
from scene which re minded the men VITO
were IN Washington in the early isys
OF the republ can party of the sccaes
which tuck lace there at the begin
In In.
c.atic -ite Of the House during the past
week We have been treated 10 empty
benches and the democrats haven't been
visable. laughter | want YOU 10 IN
der.taud tle occasion which they thought
demanded tii- magnificent uprising. The
republican party. as far as the House OF
| K presen'duyes is concerned, has done
= hat We regard as great deeds but the dem
ccra.s proclaim them very wicked deeds.
We have Passed tariff bill which secured
M American market 10 American people.
Applause That bin has been subject 10
d1nuncia;ion on the part of the dvm9crsts
almost too b er to be put upon record.
According TO diem the bill and PRINCIPLE IL
represents has carried desolstion in:o every
farm heusr in the country. 1t has covered
farms in the West three deep with mort
-
v hilc that till was being passed sat in thcr
s-a,s and were counted We passed an
other bill This hill, they sail vas to RUIN
the principles Of liberty. They ssi1 it
meant rum to the peace able and lovely
south, Laughter, it mean, ruin to homes;
it meant lsspctism. aud yet they sat there
as sweet as summer, there Was no
kegira, no departure or. 10 use :
fertil-ur a fieD, . n
secession. Great Laughter But when
il came to seating negro simply b.
csutc he had Deen elected, the demo
crate side of the House arose
as one mar and departed daughter
Bu. they have come back, renewed
laughter) resembling the pro hgal
sol oily il ext rnal appearance.
(Lsughter,) My friends, i is such | tile
incidents az this which prevent the demo
Gratis from pointing y ith prle to the history
OF their Tarfy. 1t is that which max
them dcsols'c in envy AMI vociscrous in
exp, ssjcu of feeling when We speak Of
the history of the I nit-d States for The
past twenty five years, fer whenever We 10
1t they have oonsc.Gusness that We are
pointing with pii3. to the record of Tie re-
publican p41ty Appliance snd laugh;crl
8 gr,a. tLlug ID this worli i. the peopi..
They make AMI unuake parties ;they ctra,e
hi tory; they govern and move, sri lhc
peop'e Of tie United States are Al3re
responsible Tor tins government. an Vt is
their bus boss to know and act u? t. their
responsibility.
'ihis i'il. vefy soon, there will be- an ox-
pre.slGl of opinion by The peopie-not a
full free and frank expr, sslon, because in
thi.ty Cong Iree.ipral di9tr.ets Of this MON
III opinions of the people will be SAP
urs4se1 IL /. necessary for Yuu to be on