The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-27
REED'S REPUBLICANISM.
Chicago's Rousing Reception to
the Maine Statesman.
Convincing Arguments ON the Doctrine
OF Protection-The Democratic
Party Roundly
Roasted.

was hooueu Dy sea or humanity on
the evening of Saturday. October 81,
70 welcome ex-SpealSer Thomas II.
Reed, OF Maine. The meeting was the
largest political gathering the city has
seen for two years. and the greeting
accorded the distinguished republican
statesman was of the hair-raising, ear
splitting order. When Mr. Reed could
make himself heard he said:
"Fellow citizens, In this vast hall with this
great multitude, must ask the forbearnnce OF
each Individual citizen, n he desires TO hear
M tonight. The address which shall make
70 you VIII be quiet. and IL am successful,
reasonable discourse. which viii depend as
much upon your patience as upon my skill
Not even your kind and cordial greet
Ing can satisfy me that l have not
come very far for almost nothing do
not mean by almost nothing this vast and
splendid audience, which will tax my voice TO
Its utmost capacity. nor this vigorous multi
tude Least OF all do mean by a the greet
Ing which you have given me. the high welcome
which have received. and II / could attribute
20 myself even tithe OF II, II would be 10 mo
memory forever. Applause But since you
have been thus kind to me. may venture with
the utmost humility TO extend my greeting Co
the omniyorous west. lApplause.I What I
mean when say almost nothing Is the amount
OF knowledge that / shall be- able 10 add 70
iWhot you oiIoduy nave. ll4auRhtorI your
knowledge has not been gained by word OF
mouth. IL has come TO you by that want and
suffering which comes In civilized commune
ties when We are unable TO enjoy tho blessings
20 which we have been accustomed. Let me
give you the consolation that II that knowledge
came 10 you hard IL will stay with you long.
Laughter and applause.
There is no knowledge on earth like IL
ilaughterl, there Is mono which Is so satisfac-
tory In the long run renewed laughterl. IL
seems that for tho last thirty years the repub-
lican orators have been giving you arguments
founded upon wisdom and fraught with tho
good sense Of this world. Nevertheless those
arguments, sound and solid as they were must
seem very trivial compared with those 10
which you have been listening for the last two
years Mans arguments 70 persuasive, Gods
arguments nro convincing laughter aud APP
plausel and yet We have to undergo all this on
account OF principle. not only OF our nature,
but OF all the animal creation. All beings,
whether human or otherwise, have 20 have cd
ucation. Laughter and npplause.l They re-
ooive II In comparison TO their capacity. APP
plause A dog who Is lying out In the street
md sees the approach or shadow OF trolley
car usually has sense enough 70 get out OF tho
way tL.auRhter.l His masters voice or the
example OF some other dog has taught him
this. ITaughtorl He knows In vague way
that trolley car Is dangerous but he is not
always entirely satisfied that II Is Some day.
when the trolley car takes on an inch OF
his tail he ceases TO have any doubt llaugh-
teri. and ne knows for absolute fact that
trolley car must not be trined with. LRenowod
laughter.l
THE argument IL not only convincing, but
permanent And the democratic party Is just
like the beasts that petish, II has 20 have edu-
cation. 10 IS just like them, IL has limitations.
Just like them IL refuses 20 receive a great
many facts except from experience. For the
last thirty years. as have already said 20 you
fn substance the republican orators have been
telling you that free trade. or even the APP
proach 10 10, Ia this country, even the shadow
OF II on this green earth. would bring to you
disaster and perhaps death and ruin For
seventy years before our coming Thomas JEFF
ferson and Andrew Jackson. unknown gods
whom the democracy ignorantly worshipcd
llaughterl have always preached the same fate
We're Insensible 60 Reason.
zone would naturally suppose with such
feast OF reason that an intelligent race like
our own would DO so sensible AS not 10 put
even its nose. let alone It's whole body, into
danger. Nevertheless, so IL Is that after two
Thousand years OF Christian civilization this
people, the inhabitants OF the most enlight-
Dnod nation on tho face OF tho earth, are sit
ting to-day In sackcloth aud ashes-coal ashes
at that Laughter and applausol And,
strange 70 say. some OF as are SO mistaken. SO
beleaguered and mslcd. that they are striving
20 prevent even halt IN our descent TO tho
pit But they cannot prevent the halt, and the
halt Will DO cailelr-not bl republicans aiOuO,
but by democrats as we'll
u"lR times OF great public crisis we lay aside
party feeling and act somewhat for the beneht
OF the country; that IL, those OF us who are
worth our salt IL Will not be The first time In
the history OF tho rank and Me OF tho demo-
cratic party that they have dono this. Whom
tho south fred upon sumter. whatever the
leaders said the rank and Ole spoke by the
voice OF stephen A. Douglas OF Illinois, and
declared that In time OF rebellion there we're
only two parties, patriots and traitors lAp-
piausol So to-day when the southern de-
mocrncy, not the south this time, thank God.
the southern democracy strikes at northern
industry and az northern wages, believe
that the democratic rank and nlc. some OF
them out loud, some OF them with silence
that will be moro vocal than sound. viii come
up 20 the rescue OF the meek against tho
mighty Just like the people OF oiden times.
II that should not be 80 then even the super
Astounding faith that have will not enable me
90 do what 1 have done nll my life. that IS,
shut my eYes and bot on tho United states OF
America
signs az Democratic Defeat.
"You can see. II you have Dyes, tho indica-
lions OF what am saying upon every hand.
Look az the great Empire state % New York.
What do YOU behold there except confusion
worse confoundcdi Look all over the other
etates az well AZ your own. and sec yourselves
what YOU behold This does not call upon you
10 remember the verdict OF Vermont and OF
Maine lapplausel. though that verdict Is safe
and secure to-day. and believe an Indication
OF the opinion OF the entire union. II was an
old statement. 30 old that am almost ashamed
20 quote t. that whom the gods wished 10 de-
stroy they nrst made mad. Have yOu over
seen az any time such madness as has been ex-
hibited by the leaders OF the democratic party
fCrics OF "Noveri Neveri"l Al the time when
thls country had boon suffering from two years
OF stagnation. when the mills had stopped.
when capital had ceased 20 DO employed whom
labor was wasting with every days sotting
eun when everybody was disguatcd and
nma1ed. think OF those men, Instead OF stand.
ing aghast at the ruin they had wrought stand
ing up In their places and declaring that what
they had done already was but the vantage
ground for future attack THIS was but the
argt battle OF thc dcsohtlng vars VIII Oh wera
10 follow Think OF the chief leader OF them
ALI the chairman OF the committee Of ways and
means fresh from these declarations. crossing
1he ocean 20 tell the British FIRST OF all that the
battle had but begsn. lApplause
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