Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-05
The Gar of the House On
His Native Heath.
He Seems to Be Camping on
JingO Blaine's Trail.
His Trip From the Hub to the Pine
Tree State.
Speeches and Ovations Along the Route
He Speaks With Pride of His
Erratic Rule.
Associated Press Dispatches. |

Associated Press Dispatches
DOVER, N. H., Sept 4.-Speaker Reed
left Boston for Portland in a special car
this morning. At Haverhill he stopped
and was escorted to the public
square, where he spoke on national af-
fairs twenty minutes. He also spoke
at Dover. He congratulated his hearers
upon belonging to the Republican party,
because it is middling honest party,
reasonably good, and is ON its way to
become thoroughly and absolutely
good" The remainder of his
address was in vindication of
the party keeping its promises.
Henry Cabot Lodge was then intro
duced, and spoke few minutes Three
cheers were given for Reed.
PORTLAND, Me-. Sept. 4.-Speaker
Reed arrived here this afternoon. He
received ovations at several points along
the road, where the train stopped today.
Tonight he was welcomed at the city
hall by crowd of 5000 people, and
made an address, the substance OF which
follows:
Speaker Reeds address was deuoted
to review Of the work of the present
house of representatives. He spoke of
the threats of the minority before the
assembling of congress, and the decla-
rations that they were to rule in utter
disregard of the will of the
people, and of all the fill
clustering tactics they were prepared
to employ. "The house of representa-
tlves," he said, sis not body quick to
do business under any set of rules. Its
large numbers and the diverse interests
they represent, will always make it slow
and cumbersome, but the system which
enabled one member to hold the whole
house at bay until the going
down of the sun, and then hold
it through the night unit
| physical exhaustion set it free, and onel
! fifth to hold it forever, was evidently
/ system which renders elections useless
and called halt to civilization itself.
If there be anything in a popular govern
ment, it means when the people have
house or senate, that party shall have
both the power and the responsibility.
''It was with far other ideas of pub
lie duty that the minority met us at the
opening of the session. Not only were
no measures to pass which did not have
their approval, but no rules, even of
procedure, were to be permitted, except
those which seemed suitable to the
beaten party. So we began without
rules. After two months the opposi-
ton found that under the parlia-
mentary law which had been built up
by the American people in consonance
with their institutions, public business
was going on every day without their
consent. And they began to clamor
for everything, and the very rules they
had denounced.
l need not describe to you the scenes
of disorder preliminary to the estab-
lishment OF sound business principles of
the house. 1t is enough to say the good
work was done, and the house
has taken large stride toward business
and the performance of its duties. Many
times these last months, l have been
subject to much indiscriminate praise
and much indiscriminate blame. One
is just as much deserved as the other.
Great events do not turn on one man.
The house of representatives was
ready and ripe for change,
and the people stood ready to
approve. What all the world wanted
was easy to do. l am not greatly
proud to be speaker, but l am proud
with all my heart to be one Of that
magnificent majority of the house OF
representatives of the tifty-first congress,
which for nine long months has never
for one moment faltered in its duty.
''We have achieved all the Republican
party promised and more. We prom
| hn Ia hot hn 10 ~, oh
have a fair and exhaustive treat 90 It,
that the principle of protection S ould
have full recognition, and we have kept
that promise. By the administrative bill
wise and discriminating effort has been
made to secure to our manufac-
turers and merchants the COM
plete benefit of the rates of duty
imposed by law. Two years ago the
Democrats in the house admitted that
the woolen industry was tottering to
fall unless woolens and worsteds were
put up on a footing Of equality with
other manufactures. Nevertheless for
the purpose of gaining few
votes for the Mills bill, which
they could never pass, they sacrificed
the woolen industry. Without delay
and without waiting to strengthen their
own tariff bill by the support of the
worsted men, Major Mckinley and Gov
ernor Dingley pushed through measure
of justice which has rescued so many of
our wooden mills from disaster and ruin.
But these bills, useful as they are, were
but the forerunners of the tariff bill.
The Mckinley bill was not made
in closet; was not the
product of one man who tried to know
everything. If any tariff bill was ever
the result of the beliefs of the whole
people of the United States, the Mckin-
ley bill was that bill.
Another great achievement OF the
house is the silver bill. The Republic
cans had promised that all the silver
dollars should be furnished which could
be kept equal with gold. Such bill as
fulfils that promise to the utmost now
adorns our statute books as a tribute, to
the wise conservatism of the Republic
can majority OF the house. Already sill
yer seems to be climbing to par with
safety to all the interests of the country
There was also another promise to be
kept, made long ago and often renewed.