The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-26
REEDS GREAT SPEECH
Was a Most Mastery and
Impressive Effort.
OUTCOME OF LEGISLATION
And the Probable Outline Of
Legislative Action.


BY Associated Press to The News,
WASHINGTON, Aug. The
galleries of the house were full of
spectators this morning before the
hour of meeting 20 a. M attract
ed by the announcement that the
last day Of the great silver debate
was to be signa'ized by battle of
the oratorical giants of the house.
The chaplain, in his opening
prayer, asked Gods blessing on the
closing hours of this long debate:
Thou blessing, for it has been con.
Quoted with mild Christianlike
spirit. May nothing occur to mar
that spirit as the debate comes to
its close, and we beseech Thee,
whatever may be the result of it,
that that result may prove to be a
lasting benefit to the largest number
of Thy people"
The speaker announced the order
of today's proceedings under the
hour rule. He said the time in
favor of the bill would close with
the member f-om West Virginia
(Mr. WILSON,. aud the time in OPP
position to it by the member from
Missouri (Mr. Bland). The first
thirty minutes wa, assigned 10y Mr..
Wilson to Mr.. Clark (Dem.), of
Alabama.
Clark was followed by ex.Spaker
Reed, of Maine.
The house came to sudden con.
dition of quietude as Reed stood up
in the most easterly aisle of the
Republican side of the chamber and
began to address the house in
strong, slow, measured tones. When
that part of this speech was reached
which treated of the threats Of the
Democratic party to interfere with
the tariff, and when Reed declared
it as fact that the chairman of the
committee on ways and means did
not know today what he meant to
do for tariff, although his predeces
sor probably would, the humor of
the thing was instantly caught up
and there were shouts of laughter
ON the floor and in the galleries.
Then there was applause on the
Republican side of the chamber
when he declared that the efforts of
the Democrats would not be pieced
out but made whole by the patriot.
ism of the Republican party. He
was very impressive and produced a
marked impression on the audience.
When in speaking of the banks he
declared his belief that they were
doing at this moment as thoroughly
patriotic duty as the New York
man whom he saw in front of him.
They were the mainstay of the
country at this time.
Reeds closing words were re-
ceived with prolonged outburst
of applause, and his declaration that
the Republican party, even in de-
feat, clung to it's high principles of
mOTallly, luIcV VIC ASopupiiCahr
into spasms of the widest enthusi-
asm.
He was followed by Dearmond
Dem J, of Missouri, who proceeded
to make speech (on BANDS time,
in opposition to unconditional re-
peal.
Speeches in the senate are still
heard in congress. They are not
vet drowned in the reverberations
of today's great debate in the house.
The New York senator's confden,
prediction that the Sherman law
will be repealed, that the senate
evil respect ITSELF" and will not
fllibuster on such an issue, is quail
fed by many senator's who think the
same way by the statement tn at any
MEASURE of repeal to pass success
fully through the senate must b.
. accompanied by declaration il
, favor of bi.metallism. Hill himsel
gave utterance to this sentimen
when he said it was in his opinion
, call important that the repeating bill
should itself declare in genera