Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-27
GREETED WITH APPLAUSE.

Ex-Speaker Reed Talks Plainly on the
Principles of the Republican Party, and
His Remarks Evoke Much Applause
The Effect of the Tariff.
When ex-Speaker Reed stepped to the
front of the stage he was greeted with Wig
orous and long-continued applause. He be-
gan talking in an easy, conversational
strain, but as he warmed up to his theme,
gave evidence that his reputation for elo-
quence was deserved.
Mr.. Reed said:
thank you for your very cordial greeting,
and l want to say that can see this is
rather an independent audience, liable to
have impressions of its own, and therefore
want to give you fair warning that it is not
the platform alone that makes the speech:
the audience has as much to do with it as the
speaker and if the audience is not
good the preaching is going to be
bad. The best thing that any man of
sense can do in this world is to belong to a
good crowd and act with it. There being
something like a thousand million of us in
the world it follows that we cannot each of
us have our own way, because there are not
tnat number of ways lett in the world:
hence everybody has got to subordinate his
own private and personal notion to the
average sense of mankind Men have got
to learn TO act together and to respect other
peoples convictions as much as their own.
1tis absolutely essential. therefore, that
man who desires to do right should at once
get into good company. l need not say that
that means that lie should join the Republi-
Can party have nothing unkind to say of
the individual Democrat
The Wisdom of True Government.
We made little progress two years ago in
the tariff and how the Democrat cried. He
is calmer now. He has put his nose against
date for the Presidency doesn't know ex-
actly what it is. Well, now, is there not
some way in which we can convince Demo-
cratic men of these things after they have
been set out?
What is wisdomo Is it the opinion of the
learned professor? Is it the opinion of the
college graduate? Is it the ol,inion OF the
particularly intelligent and learned man?
! think not Our Governments is not founded
upon that plan. Our Government is not
Government of the most intelligent. 1t is
Government of US all, and l maintain that
this is better Cor US all than the intelligent
Government of people liable to get a little
bit selfish. 1t takes the whole world to
know everything, and book learning is
not wisdom. What is the test of wis
dom? 1t is the leveling mp of the opinion
ions of all mankind. Why what is your
greatest condemnation of the thing you do
not like? You say it is contrary to common
sense. What is common sense? 1t is the
sense OF us all. There is the soundcst
wisdom for the government of mankind.
Laws are made for us all: and to be adapted
TO us all they must be made by us all.
hatever then 9ccords with the common
sense OF mankind is at any time the best
wisdom for the government of the world.
Let me ask you whether this subject of pro-
lection is oaH upon which the common
sense OF mankind can exercise itself. Is
there anything on earth that comes home to
your business and your daily life like the
tariff? There i no trade that can get free
from ii: there is no capitalist ana no laborer
that can cut loose from il. 1t embraces all
business; it embraces the whole history of
this country.
The Worlds Opinion of Protection.
Ifit concerns us all do you not suppose we
have ali been thinking about it? Now then,
what is the sense of mankind on this SUBJ
jet? In 1876 when the fellows that wrote
books did ali the thinking about this every
body said we we're going to have free trade
all over the world, and the Democratic
party started in on that side. How is it to-