The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-30
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One OF the Largest Political Gather
ings Ever Held i'm the GAR
den City.

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Over Six Thousand People Listen to
Political Address, by the
! +: # @a Speaker.
# CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-AccomInodations for
Z the largest political gatherings in Chicago
had to be doubled tonight to make room
Tor the throng that attempted hear Speaker
Z Reed. The outpouring was almost IN
precedented, and in point of magnitude
and enthusiasm for such an event in this
city.
Doors were locked at Battery d armory
July Al hour Before the hour announced
Tor the beginning Of the evening mass meet
ing to be addressed by Mr. Reed Over
5000 people were within the walls, every
chair on the main floor and galleries being
occupied and hundreds were patiently
waiting in the armory of the Second regi-
ment adjoining Battery D in the hope that
an overlooking meeting would be organized
to be addressed by the celebrated presiding
officer Of the house Of Representatives
The hall was deliberately decorated, the
feature being that the han-ings were COM
posed exclusively Of the stars and stripea.
When several hundred members OF the
Union Veteran association, with banners
lying. entered the hall as an escort to Mr.
Reed there began at once scene Of re-
markablc enthusiasm. 1t was distin-
gulshed group that accompanied the guest
OF the evening ~ United States Senators
FarWell and Cullom, Congressman Mason
Adams and Butterworth, besides Chairman
Jones' of the illinois Republican state.cen-
tral committee and many others equally
w IL known
Mr.. REEDS SPEECH.
Mr.. Reed spoke substantially as follows:
The Democracy have Won very great advantage
over the Republican party and am not par
tlsan enough to fail to perceive it and to fail to
tnhlngs the Democratic party criticises The
Republican party achieves; the Democratic
party finds fault. 1t follows from the very ne
cessity OF achievement that the Republican
party must take positive ground OH some known
spot OF the earth. The Democracy are free then
10 sklrmlsh through the rest OF the creation Of
tpafse, anat gives them during the early part OF
the conflct the appearance of occupying the
earth but when the thing is over it is found that
the Republican position has been thoroughly
defended and that the Democracy are on
their way to next years campaign Not
having to do anything it follows that they are
not under any necessity of being consistent.
There is nothing and never has been ANYTHING in
the constitution Of the Democratic party to
prevent it from being denunciatory to green
backs when we were issuing it for the salvation
OF the country and then being Violently in favor
OF 1T When we were trying to make it as good as
gold The Democratic platform has the adj
vantage over us in its method of argument that
what we do and account for all the msfortunes
OF the world by means Of the acts OF the Repub
llcan pal ty. just now the thing which is de
Stroyilg the world is the Mckinley bill
NJ friends, have we not had enough of this
nonsense! Has there ever been q position i'll
the advancement of this country any time dur
ing the las thirty years which has not been as
sailed in precisely the fashion Ill when the Nc
Kinley bill Is assailed to-day, and is the a
single thing which the Republican parry has
done that has not wi.nin two to five years re-
ce.Ved either the taclt or the VOciferouS ap-
prevail OF the Democracy? Ifthat 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 the participation III the enactment
OF it 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 mali without his CONSENT
that the rights OF us all are precisely and exact
multitude assembled here, except because every
individual OF it has right to participate for he
IS IS, man in the government OF this country.
Why do we meet Ior instruction, if it is not be-
cause we need it. We meet together to deter
mine our wishes for our own government and
our safety as nation depends upon our
body shall be left out and that nobody
shall be considered so poor or old or
black that he shall be counted out in the gov
eminent, i'll the nation Ny friends, there are
men in this country who believe that YOU can
safely disiranchise million and a quarter of
voters entitled to cast a ballot by virtue of our
constitution, which was saved and improved bv
the blood OF our best and bravest. l am not
one OF than number. If the man who believes in
that doctrine could show you that the power
OF legal voters was distributed among MS all
they might find Sc me grand ground upon which
to stand in defense OF their violation OF the con-
stitution, but the power which is taken away
from this million and a quarter of voters is not
e the 1sw Who i've IS in 'f ans seed
any Democratic brother to be moved to tears
when state where that section is, for L do it
with no reference to the saddening memories Of
the past. do it because geographical accuracy
requires me to do it, The South is geograph-
ical portion OF this country and in that geo
graphical portion they have not only the rights
O. white men, but the rights of a million and a.
quarter OF voters. and 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 a. MANY
votes as they have to cast III South Carolina to
EJECT the same number OF men. In other words
the South Carolina gentleman is the equivalents
OF seven OF the mortgaged farmers of Kansas
81 THE TARIFF.
The speaker then turned his attention to
the Mckinley bill.
1--WE are going to have tremendous prices daE
after tomorrow, say the shopkeepers, ..there-
fore come i'll at once: buy now because if YOU
don't the terrible Mckinley bill which is hover
lag i'll the air will sweep down and take all your
money away from N0u.' Now. there never was
any better proof o. the ability OF the Western
FshOpkeeperS than that they have nNeigIed the
Democratic editors iii doing all their adVertisp,
Tor nothing ar all. 1t is singular fact that this
proposed raise i'll prices is put by the Intelligent
Democratic editor upon all articles witlsout the
slightest discrimination as to whether the
..tariff tax is raised by the Mckinley bill or
lowered. There are, however, legitimate raises
nprices. Are they source OF calamity to. the
people? II the Democratic idea was true that the
whole OF the American people were consumers
there might be some sense in this cutlery. If
every American citizen sat still i'll his place and
did nothing but consume, why. it would be a
matter OF serious Importance to him what he
paid for things: but the American citizen is not.
the ideal citizen of the Democratic newspapers
He is a citizen who makes Just us much as he
consumes, AMI more, too. The question of tie
price Of anything IS of interest solely with refer
ence to the amount OF money You have got in
your pocket. When i'll California nheY paid So
Tor u square meal it did not amount to so
much, for they We're getting an ounce OF gold
worth SIG every dav. On the other hand it is
not OF the slightest use to make low prices for
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