Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-10-27
REED ON BULLDOZ!NG.
Speech of the Great Eastern on Sat
urday Night.
Large Attendance 20 LIS ten TO Some
very Common Place Remarks
some Jocuiar Sayings -Tarifr not
Observation-Disclosures.


nall, Moline, on Saturday night.to large
and intelligent audience There were
many ladies present. Democrats also at
tended to hear what the gentleman had
to say. 1t was about quarter to nine
when he appeared. and LIE closed his
speech at about $50. There was much
curiosity to see the man of whom so much
has been said. TIA convincing argument
had been expected there must have been
much disappointment. Reed is not a
great orator. 10 fact, he il very ordin
airy one. He has the AWAY down in
Maine drawl. so peculiar to the people
there. He speaks slowly and with con-
siderable humor He is not witty. One
would know ne was too slow for that.
He began by saying several sarcastic
things about the democratic party al
which the people laughed. At the COM
mencement the tendency of his remarks
was to keep the audience n good humor.
but as for that they came prepared to be
pleased at anything he might say In
! fact, when he spoke of members attend.
ing the sick beds of wives or children at
home, there were many who laughed be-
cause Reed said it. They seemed to
think that Reed came the re to keep them
in roar. and it did seem rs il that was
the task he had laid out for himself for
he left nothing for his audience to think
over after he had gone, except that he
was very droll aud pleasant fellow, in
deed. He must have taken his hearers
for very simple people. for he went into
an explanation of the object of electing
representatives to congress. and what
they were supposed to do when they got
there. He dwelt principally upon his
own method of carrying on the "busi-
| ness" of the country; found fault with
having the roll called so often; calculated
the time it took to do it: regretted the
course of wasting so much time over
deaths in the house-sdiournment upon
and day given to the eulogy
of the deceased favored the Eu-
glish principle where this practice
was not INDUCED in. and other
matters of similar nature did
Reed dwell on. All this tine MANY of
the people were waiting until the speaker
should put aside his fscetiousness and
take up the serious discussion sntici,
pated. But he kept in the same vein.
shading his fun by some seriousness now
aud again He said that a man who
shuts his mouth in congress his repre-,
| senta;ion was farce. He, perhaps, did
not intend to openly hit Mr.. Gest. but il
he had studied his remarks he could not
have done it better. Over and over
again he criticised the democratic editors
as If they proved a continual thorn in his
| flesh. He mentioned Gest once. He
said the people here should vote for him
because he stood like log in the house
Whist he had in his mind was. perhaps
that he sat like log there. for no one
knew the fact better than Reed himself
WOULD NOT SPEAK OF TARIFF.
Mr.. Reed said he would not speak or
the tariff, as be had been speaking else
where that day. He spoke of the sur
| plus and said they had reduced it BY Civ.
ing $40. 900, 900 OF il to the soldier and
$50, 600 600 of it to he abolition of the
sugar tax. This was not clear. but Reed
did not stop TO further explain. The
people might think over it after be had
| gone. Then before he closed he said
the tariff had been enacted in The face OF
an election and Whatever might be said i,
showed that the people who made it {
law bad the courage to do it. He asked
his hearers TO give il chance and tina
all would be well. Then be sat down
aud there was utter establishment anC
disappointment upon the faces of many
and in the minds u all. The intellectual
Jumbo had been frcighted to their mids
and yet he had not uttered a thing tina
was new nor given them the slightes
food for reflection, except that they hal
made mistake In bringing him here
He had created some mir,h, but he Ief
no serious thoughts behind him. Tn
tariff of all things he ignored HI
damned it by faint praise in saying it wa
the common sense of the people and tina
they should give it trial and all woul
be happy.
The Union knew that by being homes
and giving truthful report of this speed
the people who b adj not heard it would b
disappointed, so to keep up the delusio
as long as possible, it had set up lon
mass of matter that Reed did not say. ]
looked as if it had been in type for sewers
days before the speech was made, an
there were pleDt full expressions of zap
plsuse" and "cb GERS" ana Laughter" an
other such interesting things. But whs
must the readers of the Union think whel
they learn how they have been and ar
being imposed upon. A lengthy speec
was printed as # coming from Reed
speech upon the force bill and length
discussion of the tariff-when not on
word of it was uttered. The force bi
was not even m entioned, ard the tarif
as has been said already, Reed said b
| would mot disoI1ss NOR did he t. thaxa .,
limit to the forgery, lying, misrepresent,
ton, double dealing. unfsirness. iniquit,
and general raEcality of that sheet, d,
: it lost all respect for those who read i
or has it lost sll sense of shame in its e
of desperation
Met a sad Fate.
Mr.. John Won Koeckriiz. of Dsvel