The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

The Ex-Speaker Scores Some Good POin
Against the "Be,ated" Party.

The Ex-Speaker Scores Some Good Points
Against the Dictated" Party.
ALBANY, n. Y. Oct. 22.-Hon. Thomas b.
Reed, of Name. addressed Republican
meeting of over 1900 people here tonight.
Capt John NJ. Palmer, accommodating
chief of the g. A. r.. presided. The intro
auction of Mr.. Reed by Captain Palmer was
she signal for a rousing greeting. Mr.. Reed
immedia sely proceeded to get his audience
In good hnmor. His remarks were fire.
'quently interrupted with applause. His
illustrations of the benefits of protection. of
which there were many, were well received.
He spoke for an hour, saying in substance:
"The Democratic party is always complain
ing. The reason 10 that they are belsted.
and we will have to be kind and gentle
with them until they catch mp with MS.
They are always that way. We 60 to work
and do something and then have to spend
two years famiIiarizing the Democrats
with the results, so as to keep them from
shying. We have to lead them up to q sub
ject gently before they will get onto il.
They are all the time saying something
cannot be DONE"
Mr.. Reed then recited how the works
performed by the Republican party were
made necessary by the war, all of which
the Democrats said could not be accom-
plished. He continued: The Democratic
party was formed for the purpose of lind
ing fault They do not agree among them
selves even. SO how could we expect them
to agree with us. When they are In power
| they fight among themselves. That 10 n
| righteous work. | commend Ii. While
they are in power the Republicans have to
| keep rugged derrick in shape to get them
| out of b hole. 1 have been dong this SO
| often for the last fifteen years that am be-
| ginning to think that Am special guar
| dian of the Democratic party"
The ex-Speaker defended the work of the
| Fifty-first Congress. and showed that in
| Boston. according to the last census, labor
| had increased As per cent, while wages had
| increased ITO per cent. Almost every city
| in the Union, he said, has witnessed CORE
| spending increases. He concluded: But
then. you may say. that was before the
passage of the Mckinley law. That may be,
| hut the Mckinley law W as nal portion of
| the law which made these increases possi-
| Bile, and the Mckinley law, You can depend,
| will add to these increases. Certainly pro-
| lection benefits a class-the laboring class
| and. correspondingly, the whole people
| This is the richest country on the face of
| the earth. all due to the Chinese wall which
| the Republican party has built up around IL.
The wall keeps this wealth for distribution
| among our own people. II foreign mann
| facturers wish to reap the manifold benefits
obtained In thu country let him locate
here. but GO not raze the wall of protection
| and CT able them to enter this country with
the products of their cheap labor. Commits
| sioner Peck. q Democrat who has been IN
| dorsed by both Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Hill,
| holds to the same views that do. Mani
| testify the Democratic party IS party of
! free trade. Of course his act OF PUBLISHING
| his report before the election was undemo-
cratic and admit he done wron from a
| political stand point"
| Mr.. Reed did not discuss any of the issues
| in detail. but his remarks were we'll re-
\ celved.