Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-05
REED RAMPANT.
AFEEBLE ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY HIS
INFAMOUS COURSE.
Minorities Have No Rixhts--His Brasen
Self-Praise-Lauds the Force Bill
and Boasts OF His steals.
Try telegraph to the pisp..ch.i

draped over the rear platform with flags.
At Haverhill the car was side-tracked and
Mr.. Reed and his party were escorted IN
procession to Railroad Square, where Mr.
Reed spoke for twenty-five minutes and
Mr.. Lodge fora.shorter time
AT EXETER AND SEwMARKET.
The party then returned to the car,
which was attached 20 the train for Dover.
Between Haverhill and Dover the train
stopped at Exeter and Newmarket. At the
former place Mr.. Reed showed himself TO
a small crowd and was chsered. At the
latter he was met by Dover delegation.
AT Newmarket Junction Mr.. Reed shook
hands from the rear platform with ali who
could reach him in ten minutes.
AT DovER.
At Dover he left the train for n nearby
platform. where he and Mr. Lodge each
spoke for fifteen minutes or more.
Mr.. Reed spoke. briefly from the car
platform at Salmon Falls, North Berwick,
kenLebunk. and Saco.
AT PORTLAND Az OVATION.
On arriving here he received an ovation,
and addressed large concOurse at Union
station. The City Hall was crowded this
evening with all the people that could PACK
into it half an hour before the time Mt.
Reed was advertised TO speak. When ne
did appear the audience rose at him. lie
then delivered a careiully-prepared speech
of some four or five thousand words.
KEYNOTE OF THE SPEECH.
The following Is the opening paragraph
and KEYNOTE OF his speech: Parties have
their wears of depression and their years OF
exaltation lust as individuals have then
moments of depression and OF good cheer.
Parties have periods when they do great
work and periods when they seem 10 have
no other hope than the mere preservation
of existence. Since 1874, when the Repub-
lican party first faltered IN its great duty
| of preserving liberty and equality before
| the law for all the citizens of the United
| States. Republican House of Representa-
| tives has been rare.
| TIE sToCR-CHARGEs AGAINST THE DEMOCRACY
| This has not been because there IS no
| longer a Republican majority, but because
! by frauds too apparent to be denied, by
| ballot-hO1 stuffng too notorious 10 te dls
| puted, twenty-five seats IN the House nave
| been wrested from rs under the open, de-
| fant declaration that southern Demoera
| fic white men shall not only rule the
| black man Of the South, but the white
man of the North.
Two wears ago. Reed continued, under
| the tremendous stress caused by the battle
set in array by the free traders, the Repub-
lican party triumphed so sisnally that
even the cohorts of fraud were routed
and after a few Intellectual struggles 70
count Us out. we had the House by small
majority of five instead of our real MAJOR
ity of twenty-five.
A BLATANT HOWL.
Long before Congress had assembled tht
air had been resonant with the hopes ano
threats Of the minority, with declarations
| that they were TO rule in utter disregard
| of the will of the people Of the United
States. At the very first no measure
should pass which did not have the sane
tion of their high approval. II any maj
here thinks they reckOned without then
| host that they had no foundation OF
which TO build their hopes and tnei
threats. he knows little of the deep-lalt
schemes of many years TO render th'
Republicans pOwerless whenever thel
should get control. For years rule ha
been piled upon rule and decision upol
decision to render legislation dependeD
upon the sufTerance of the minority. flll
clustering lurked in every line. The powe
of obstruction was without limit.
You will naturally ask why il was tina
those who most of the time had maiort.
should so strengthen the minority. ltyo'
will consider the nature OF the two par
ties the cause cannot escape you. IN
Democratic party wants no Legislation.
Is not charged with the progress OF tn
world. and all the southern men who con
troll the party want or ask for IS TO be lie
alone. When the Republican party come
into power it has work TO do. III tnat &C
tion can be prevented, what more shout
the southern Democracy desre' henc
all their plans. whether in power or ont g
mower. are centred in obstruction. Now
tho House Of Representatives Is nota bod
quick 10 do business under any SET Q
rules. It's large numbers and the DIVER
interests they represent Will always max
il slow and cumbersome.
HE RAILS AGAINST THE MINORITY.
But the system which enabled one men
Der to hold the whole House at bay unit
the going down of the sun, and then I
hold IL until physical exhaustion set it fire
IDENTIFY the system which rendered ele'
tions useless and called halt to ciyillz'
ton itself. OF what use was II
summon INTO the field al army OF orator
to explain questions OF party po
lev? Of what use was 1t that IN
creat tbrong of journals set themselvt
10 explain TO people the needs OF the hour
OF what use was an election itself-thi
> Grand elimination of the power or u
, citiZen-lf, after all, nothing .coul
r be done without the sanction OF u
) beaten party? What statesman coul
, there be so foolish as TO battle for pow'
and responsibility when he could have u
r same power without the responsibility
/ | What kind of fight is that to go into whel
: | the victim will be victorious and the col
a ouerer powerless? Says the Koran: DO
: thou think, O man, that we created he
D yens and earth in iest!"
JusrIFYIyG HIS DEsPoTIsM.
Are elections farce and is governms
!. by the people juggle? Do we marsh
. our tens Of millions to the polls for spor
. If there be anything IN popular COVER
Z ment it means that whenever the peop
have elected one party to take control
the House or Senate that party shall ha
both the power and the responsibility.
that is not the effect what Is the use
- elections? II was with far other ide
of public duty that the minority N
us Mt the opening of the sessio
Not only were no measures to pass VIM
, did not have their approval, but no rul
q even of procedure, were to be permit
- except those which seemed suitable 20 I
- beaten party. So we began life witho
g any rules. The Constitution says It
, House may determine the rules OF Its pl
- cedure," and does not say that 1t mu
40 | After two months time the opposlti
Z found that under the parliamentary Il
which had been built up by. the Anne
: can people in cOnsonance with their ms
tutions the public business was going
every day without their consent, and ia
began to clamor for the very rules u
j. had denounced. / need not describe
ID you the scenes of disorder which were p
b. liminary to the establishment of sou
80 business principles in the House. IL
10 enough to say that the good work
It done and the House of Representati'
Or has taken a large stride toward busin
lt and the performance of duty. VIII "
my old friends and neighbors, permit
Just one word which is purely personal
REEDS sELF-PRAIsE.
ANY time these last eight months hf
m been the subject of much indscrimini
NJ praise and much indiscriminate blar
y One is Just as much deserved as the 9th
q, Great events do not turn upon one mi
"a The House OF Representatives was rea
to and ripe for change. and the people sto
u ready 70 approve. What all the wo
IN wanted was easy to do. | am not grea
proud to be the Speaker of the Hou
but | am proud with all my heart
be one of that magnificent majC
Nv of the House OF Representa-
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