The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-25
REED STORMS CHICAGO.
SIX THOUSAND PEoPLR TURN OUT
TO HEAR HIM SPEAK.

Tor the largest political gatherings in Chi
cago had to be doubled tonight to make
room for the throng that attempted to hear
Speaker Reed. The doors were locked at
the Battery armory fully on hour before
the hour announced for the beginning of
the evening mass meeting to besaddressed
by Speaker Reed. Over 5000 people were
within the walls. The hall was elaborately
decorated, a feature being that the hanging
were composed exclusively OF the stars aud
stripes When several hundred veterans of
the Union Veterans Association, with ban
ners flying, enter red the hall as an escort to
Speaker Reed, there began at once scene
of remarkable enthusiasm.
1t was distinguished group that accom-
panied the guest of the evening-United
States Senators Farwell and Culiom, Con-
gressmen Adams and Butterworth, chair
man OF the Illinois republican state central
committee, and many others equally well
known.
HIS SPEECH.
Speaker Reed spoke substantially as fol-
lowsi
FELLOW CITIZENS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
| thank you very heartily for your cordial greet
Ing which will endeavor in my mind at least
it as much as l do; for take it that your ap-
proval, as expressed tonight, is approval of the
me-honored principle Of government by the
majority made into law The democracy have
won very great advantage over the Repub-
lican party, and | am not partisan
enough to fail to perceive 1t and to
fail to acknowledge it. The Republican party
does things the Democratic party criticizes
The Republican party achieves the Democratic
party finds fault Applause. 1t follows from
the very necessity Of the achievement that the
on some known spot Of the earth. The demo-
cracy are fire. then 10 oskirmish through the rest
of creation Loud applause
CUT BIG FIGURE.
OF course that gives them, during tho carly
part OF the conflict, the appearance OF occupy
ing the earth, but when the thing Is over IL fs
found that the republican position has been
thoroughly defended and that the democracy
are on their way to next years campaign.
LLaughter.l Not having to do anything, it fol
lows that they are not under any necessity
OF being consistent There is nothing
and never has been anything in the coRstltu-
tion of the Democratic party to prevent il from
being denunciatory TO the Ereenbacks when we
were issuing them for the salvation of the coun-
try, and then being violently In favor of them
when we were trying to make them as good as
gold. TIE democratic platform has an adVan-
tage over us in its method of argument-that of
simplicity. They simply have TO pass on what
we do. and account for all the misfnrtunes
of the world by means of the acts Of the Repub-
uCdH party. lLdukDleTl. just now DUo tnlnR
which is destroying the world is the Mckinley
bill. lLond applause and laughter.
CHARACTERIZED As NONSENSE.
My friends have we not had enough OF this
nonsensei Has there ever been position In the
advancement Of this country any time during
the last thirty years which has not been assailed
in precisely the fashion in which the Nc
Kinley bill is assailed to-dayf ("Right, fright
again, y and IS there single thing which the
Republican party has done that has not within
tvn ta fiv rAraVad ajfbqr the ia eit
vocferous approval of the democracyf If that
has been our past history it seems that we need
not tremble for the future. There is one thing
which ought to characterize the Legislation OF
this free people, and that is participation In the
enactment of 1t by all the people
of the United States, for we have solemnly
agreed that not one man on this earth
or in this nation shall be permitted to govern
any other man without his consent. That the
rights of us all are precisely and exactly equal
at the ballot-box. Applause Why this vast
every individual of it has right to participate,
for he is man in the government of this coun-
tryS Why d. we meet for instruction If 1t is not
because we need itS
NOBODY TO BE LEFT OUT.
We meet together to determine our wishes for
our own government and our safety as q nation
depends upon our firm adherence to the prin-
ciples that nobody shall be left out and that mo-
body shall be considered so poor or old or ack
that he shall be counted out. Loud
in this country who believe that you
can safely disfranchise q million and a
quarter of voters entitled TO cast their ballot by
virtue of your constitution, which was saved
and improved by the blood Of your best and
bravest. / am not one of that mum
Der. If the man who believes
in that doctrine could show you
a million and a quarter Of legal voters wasEdis-
| trbuted among US all they might find some
| ground upon which TO stand In defense Of their
| -. - FtN..ks~ E..4 Al
which is taken away from this million ami
| quarter Of voters is not lodged in us all; it is
| transferred to a few who live in one section of
| the country.
OBJ COURSE HE MEANT THE SOUTH.
Idon't want any democratic brother to be
| moved to tears when l state where that section
| is for do 1t with no reference to the saddenng
| memories Of the past. do it because geo.
| graphical accuracy requires me to do it. The
| south is geographical portion Of this country,
and in that geographical portion they have not
| only the rights OF the white men, but
| the rights of a million and a quarter
| of voters and the right to use it against you
| and against me. In the state of Kansas, for
| instance, where they elect seven members of
| congress, they have to cast seven times as many
votes as they have TO in South Carolina to elect
| the same number Of men. In other words, a
| South Carolina gentleman is the equivalent of
| seven Of the mortgaged farmers OF Kansas.
THE CRY OF BAYoNETs
"Force bill, !" they call it, with ''bayonets be-
| hind it, can appreciate the sensitiveness of
| some men regarding bayonets. / cannot help
| but feel tender sorrow that they should be
| brought to their minds, but 1t Is not we who
| bring them back into the memory of this coun-
try. 1t is the democratic papers. Force bill
The ouly force behind it is the force that Is be-
| hind every state of the United States Of Ameri-
| ca viz: the force of free country, with all its
| resources and all its powers. The democratic
| party also signals their fight against the prin-
ciple of majority rule by refusing, so far they
| are able, to allow the majority congress 10
| carry out and register tue will OF the
| people as declared in 1888 Applause. ]
| of what use is it to elect members of congress
| if we cannot voter What use is it TO elect q
| majority if it cannot go on? What you want is
| business, not excuses for not doing business,
and If that is what you want, you want to
| say so.
THE MKIELEY BILL.
The speaker then turned his attention to the
| Mckinley bill. 1--WE are going to have tremen-
| dous prices after tomorrow" say the shopkeep-
ers therefore come In at once;
buy now, because If you don't
| the terrible Mckinley bill VIII ch is now hover
| ing in the air will swoop down and take all your
| money away from you There never wes any
better proof of the ability OF the western shop
| keeper than that they have inveigled the demo-
| cratic editors into doing all their advertising
| for nothing at all lApplause IL Is singular
fact that this proposed raise in prices is put by
| an intelligent democratic editor upon all
| articles without the slightest discrimination
| as to whether the tariff tax is raised by
| the Mckinley bill or lowered. There arr, how
| source OF calamity to the peoplet II the demo-
! cratic idea was true that the whole Of the
| American people we're consumers there might
| be some sense ia this outCfy.