New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-23
SPEAKER REEDS TOUR.
SPEAKING TWICE BEFORE GREAT AU.
DIBNCBS IN BURLINGTON, IOWA.
DWELLING UPON THE NECESSITY FOR AND TIL
BENEFITS OF THE NEW TARIFF LAW AND
TILE PROPOSED ELECTION LAW.
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THE PNOPOSED ELfLTlON LAW
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Burlington, Iowa, Oct. 22.-speaker Reed arrived IN
this city from Peoria. Ill., at five minutes after noon
today he was welcomed at the station by large
number of persons and Immediately driven to the
home OF j. W. Blythe for dinner. An immense throng
greeted him at the Opera House in the afternoon.
Mr. Reed was introduced by ex-senator Harlan. Of
Mount Pleasant and spoke for an hour. lie said In
part:
college days. Books only the key to the real
education Of lifc one railroad or nanuactory Is
The greatest educational influence Of the United states
is is Industry which have been ioi!eed by the
o seyern Ourselves not a by the Wisdom OF few
by an average intelligence Of all. The people arc
people t before me & better for them than Would Be-
w made S % em S e peS o better ct for a
laws made by the archangeI; whce will you ana a.,
outside OF the United states than You find here And
have thousands Of just good meetings IN this
was not so great but By commercial and business inter
course, and by the friction OF ideas we have come to
to recognize the control OF the majority. ChccrSJ
Mr.. Reed then spoke Of the Lodge bill, saying in
substance:
There is a great wrong going on in the land
are deprived Of their rlshtt Were these rlgts equally
distributed all over the country, the cae w,ud not
hands of the south who thereby rule the pc pc whose
rights they have ns,irpcd. VIII any one say ms Is
We have got to stop it by law. All the rep eentatves
Of the south and the editors admit there Is not an
honest count free ballot. Is 1t wrong that the
United states should know something about these
southern methods that plncei in twentysiY seat In
right there than they had in the English par;lamc"t
There is great cry that the bin takes away the liberty
tca al baotboxcs to coniscae reia ms and to d.
franchise the n"Gro How sensitive these Dem Gratis
are about bayOnets Can il he that this IS memory
ofethe past that suggests this timdity nangh;crJ
The speaker then turned his attention to The Tariff
bill. 1t good BILL he thought. 1t had been
created by the intelligence of the country Mr. Mills.
Of Texas han gone into SecuSon for a time and then
hoomcd forth with Tariff bill Coming from that
manufacturing state OF Texas tauGlt'r). lie was nly
able 70 know the whole thing On the other hand the
Republicans had selected committee representing
every portion of the Union. They had produced
bill, and then for ten months had list ned to opinions
and suggestions from hundreds Ct committees and pr
SONS Interested The result was bill created by the
intelligence Of the people.
Mr. Reed paid a high compliment to Congressman
John H. Gear and closed his peel and cheer, mis-
evening to greet speaker Reed upon MS second aP
bea"e ec t rc pc PIE ended S 6n Of Conc
scsi. detailing the methods OF the Penn cIatS in tlir
efforts to ob>truc business and a, hc lcld then ~
in mastery manner TO public scOrn lie was answered
with loud cheers and iuar> Of laughter. In clos
inr. Mr. Reed said ono reform that he norcd to see
accomplished In Congress was the abolition of
,hc custom of adjournment The death Of hi"mb
When John Bright died the british Parliament con-
,ldercd II doing Mr.. Bright more honor ly n
tinung In the work Of the people than II would do
im BY adIonFning The speaker pointed OFT tat IN J.,
his manner at an enormous expense to tlr proplr.
lie closed his speech with an eloquent aplcal to the
ponpe Ia rally to the support of good government
congressman Gear closed the meeting with an able
''u Mr. Reed will speak to morrow in Waterloo. Iowa.
where extensive preparations are being made 10 re-
cevc him.