The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-27
GIANTS BIRTHDAY.
4 Political speech bv Autocrat Reed
breathing Ignorance.

PursnuEG. April 26.-rhe Americus
Club annual dinner at soyenih-aNenne
Hotel Tonight. commemorafug the bril-
day Of General Grant. was an event Of more
than ordinary interest. Aiier an inform ii
reception. lasting one hour dinner was
served promptly at : O'Clock. Among ihe
ruosts of national renOwn were Speaker
Reed. senator ". =. QUAY. Hon. John =.
Clarkson. Hon. T.. Osborne. Hon. Jonn Dal.
sell, Hon. Thomas NJ. B1yne, Colonel Rich
ard Murphy. l.. ". llnllOrd. Governor \.
t. Thomas of Utah. Governor Beaver oi
PENNSYLVANIA. lieutenant-Goic crnor pdN i
of peuu-ylN Nania. Adiuttnt-Generll ID. II.
Hastings. senator g.. ". Doiam1ter, Hon.
l.. T.. McComas of Mary land. Hon Robert
l.. Taylor of New York. and many others.
Speaker Reed. in responding lp lhe TOAST
tO "Ihc r. publican PARTY SAID; u our
toast strikes only ih' possibility oi conlih'
ued victory for The Republican party. y ic.
tory we must have. N0t as parti-ans. bul
rs patriots Not on the past must De- our
reliance hut on the future. II we are mol
TO-DAY in the forefront of human pruEress'
tO have been followers ot Anra.
ham Lincoln In the years gone hy
is NOT an honor, but burning disgrace
Progress is of the cs-enccof Republicans n
TO have met great emergencies as thfi
arose has been our history. To meet great
emergencies as they shall arise must Dc oui
daily work and duty, or We cease 10 De-
Hanging ON 90 old traditions i- the husinC'
OF the Democratic party. Aud % does Chat
business WELL we can never rival IT,
MALIGNANT ISLANDERS or THE SOUTH
/ have for wears been ore of those wh'
| have talked about the South. For ihc ll-
eight years no man has hard me in ih'
House ar in the campaign discourse ti
either OutrHgp- CDR wrongs. muri r.. o
,h00tings. or hlngngs. My silence did n1
arise from any approval oi murder. 'i ier
rOrism. Or of nWd 40 c'e- -tiNu'. II
did not arise from any Ignorance
Of facts. or any doubts of the great Wr'ne
which are pcrnctratcl against GOV rtnel
/ by the people. II arose f'om connNiction
deep seated in my mind. that ih' m'u ul
| for the political wrongs could nor come IRON
ihe politicians. bui from tle people. lnt
| they were aroused, any eiori@ ~ ours Won,
/ be utterly vain. ia fact. politicians are oh',
seventh hour mer. They are worth! OBJ
/ their penny. but ihry nlf O. bear the hnreti
and heat of the day. N ihov cry niout
/ before their hour they only turn back ih'
/ shadow on the dial. 10 rs known Co., every
/ body that the South denies That cheating D.
Il part and parcel Of their elections. " p
equally known tO everybody iht That de'
nlal j, not trl. The south has pa>'''
through MANY STAGES. ino kukluX igs
| dDpl1y.d o.. midnight terror, to iniimidai
voter. Then came the m.duieht 5holiine
and hlrryius~. ihe hul.-a0l ng and ih
driving of negro politicians iuiV Oh "fHu
.n the darkness Of the night. AZ present th
murders have mostly pissed awtl. an'
the terroriz ng and ih .Widnisht maraudar-
hallot-toX siulrg 9nd cheating in th
count have taken fnelr places. Ihioush'n
a.l This variety of Viek,dnc-5. ! call ulo
you tO note Onr -nsuiir fact Chat while
existed. every one 90 these crimes aeiin & %
/ g0y.rnm mt Nii most -,i imIiy den. u D..
/ ths southern pres, ami people. y
I man denies Them t.-dif.