The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-05
SPEAKER REED AT HOME.
LIE Addresses au iinmsuae Throng on I
IssueA Of the uuur.


Issues OF tho Hour.
PORTLAND. Me, Sept. A. speake,
Reed was welcomed home this evening
by a crowd of3,ooo people, who packed
the city hall at half al hour before the
time hc was advertised to speak.
Nj, Reed, who entered on tbs arm oj
Mayor A1elcher, was greeted with 8
storm Of cheers and the waving OF hats
MIR. Reed said in part: Twenty.tivt
seats in the House have been wrested
from the Republicans under the omen
defiant declaration that the Southern
Democratic white men shall not only
rule the black man OF the South
but the white man OF the North
lie referred TO the struggle be-
tween free trade and protection
and the triumph OF tho latter, and then
drilted to what he called the deep laid
scheme to capture the House by a min.
Gritty of obstructionists, as they do no,
wish to legislate, only to obstruct. He
asked what was the use of rules, of elec.
tions and OF a majority, il nothing could
be done without the sanction Of the
beaten party.
Are elections farce, and is the Gov.
ernment by the people a juugle? Do
We marshal our tens OF millions to the
polls for sport? The speaker then told
OF the change in the rules, and said the
people that blamed, and the people thai
praised him were equally deceived.
The House Of Representatives was
ready and ripe for change
aud the people stood ready Il
approve. We promised the people that
the tariff should have fair and exhaus.
tive treatment, that the principle OF pro.
lection should have full recognition, and
in the important bills We have kept the
promise to the people.
He referred TO the silver bill, then the;
election bill, saying a tremendous hub
bub had been created over yery sim.
pie bill to have United States super.
visors to see that United States elections
Of United States officers shall
be honestly conducted, and when
it becomes a law it will
give to the United States the suffrage 81
millions. "Eyery inch OF our progress
has been contested by the opposition
Highway robbery 81 time has beer
abolished petty larceny las not
Our loss OF time from. contested
elections alone will not be
less than twenty days. One other cause
Of the loss OF time will be surprise
perhaps, to the community at large
No man would regret more thar
to hs thought wanting In al
proper resnecs tor tho dead, ane
all proper reverence for departed
comrades and for the feelings Of suryiv
ing friends, yet the method by which
the House shows this respect and payl
reverence is very costly to tht
nation, some tyentY.ope days
ihi5 ono Item established b,
precedent and perpetuated out Of re-
spect. When John Bright died th,
Epglish House thought it could bes
honor his memory by going on with tht
business Of the country.
These losses WHICH ! have enumerated
cou ID not. perhaps. be helped withou
greater reforms than can be hoped 10
in many year,. +
He then referred to filibpstesing, an,
the hNnAreds af unnecessary roll calls
and tho hundreds OF technical ways q
securing loss OF time by defeated min
ority. Three hundred useless roll call
mean twenty-five legislative day
wasted. ''-
Closing, the speaker said: III We hav.
broken the Erecedapta or I'll bundre
years, we have aet .le precedence OF an
other hundred years, nobler thal
the pas, wherein responsibllit
will wait on power, and wherein th
people who have full knowledge tha
their servants can ACT, will cboose thos