The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-23
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VI NEW ILuSlduu SAOWS, SAo DS
the protective system.
Let them go to free trade England,
where, as Mr.. Gladstone told FresioenC
Garfield, he had never known an ayr
cultural laborer to rise out OF tne cohul-
ton into which he was born, ana COIL
pare that with the story OF the poys VINO
were born in our farm houses. aor WlGI
the men who dwell in the comtortao ole
dwellings of our.manufacturlng towns,
and see which system is for the penen5
of organized wealth.
They appeal to the PATRIOTISM Oh Ne"
England. The last book / have peen
reading is Kidd's "Socia! Evo!utlon,"
publishd in this year, '94, IN wnlcn ale
the statements, not of any political or
economic tbeorist, but the statistics of
Charles Booth, of the Salvation Army,
who declares that OF the popuiatlon OF
London, 80 7-10ths per cent exists IN
state of chronic poverty; and the s6aGe-
ment of Professor Huxley that with ev-
cry addition to the population, the null
titude already sunk in the pit, and the
number of the host sliding toward 1t,
continually increase"
They like toEcompare their movement.
to the English free trade movement OF
the time OF Peel. They have tried 1T Tor
60 years under most favorable clrcum-
stances. This is the result, not as de-
cIared by any protection fanatic, but as
stated by Huxley and by Charles Booth,
and it is in the light of this example
that they make this appeal to the INTEL
Iigence and patriotism of New England.
No, Mr.. Chairman; this political VIC
tory of ours, this victory in Kansas, III
Vermont. in Connecticut, and in Massa-
chusetts, is but the victory of the work
ingmen. 1t is the victory of the tarm
house, and IF the workshop; OF Inc
men who perform work in this ne
public, to which these gentlemen OF tne
Tariff Reform League are total strang-
ers. The farmer of Kansas, the farmer
of Vermont, the miner of West virginia,
and the wool grower of Ohio ana inc
skilled workmen of Massachusetts ana
Connecticut, have struck a blow Tor the
interest which is common, to all OF tneih
the interest of free labor and the con.
science, intelligence and patriotism OF
New England are now, as ever, on tneir
side.
He was followed by ex-Speaker Reed,
who was greeted with enthusiastic cheer
ing. the audience giving three cheers
and then rising shouting, and waving
handkerchiefs.
Mr.. Reed spoke as follows:
MR.. REEDS SPEECH.
Perhaps some of this great audience
will recollect that cast slight shaoe
of soberness over your dinner OF las1 year
and I am afraid it may be the same tnls
evening. And yet. have just one little
reason more than the rest or you LOT re-
ioicipg. The result shows that there is IN
me the prophetic instinct; not SO Iutly Ge-
yeloped as / could wish, but still valua Die.
Once during the last session OF Congress,
when the plans of the Temporary hau
become developed, I ventured to say to
the leaders that when the people OF this
country got at them, in November OF this
wear they would bury them in trenches.
This was nearly true, but there was
a slig hit lnaccuracy. l should have SAID
that we would bury them IN trenches
until the supply of trenches gave OUT.
We couldn't bury them all, and noIlce
some ghosts of unburied bodies, to and
fro fitting buriaIess save in the vultures
craw.n have even reached Boston and
are still audible, noarsely murmur!ng
about Free raw materials" and Foreign
markets." and such like topics OF the
under world.
their fate, these statesmen of the proud
boast and the paltry fultillment! Did
il ever occur to you that If the brlghtest
man among you had had placed beIore
him, on March the 4th, 1889, sheet OF
white paper and had been told to write
down all the foolish things ne Wouiu
have liked to have the enemy DO, IN oroer
to comnass their own destruction, he
would have left out fifty per cent. OF the
things they actually did? Is there any
one of you that would have dreamed OF
what your Massachusetts Democratic
convention called the firm and vigorous
foreign policy of the administrator!
Could any one OF you nave tnougnD VI
that letter to Wilson and lis railing &C.
cusations? Did any one of you ever pic
rure the Chairman of Ways and Means,
with his knees under British mahogany,
receiving the plaudlts of our business
rivals for good service already rendered.
and better service expected! Dlo you
ever think of David B. Hill as candidate
Tor Governor of New York and. as nee
essary cons sequence, ali unregistered ano
homeless President? Had you anywhere
hung in the cham beers OF fancy the PIC
ture of head without party. ana
party without head?
Could you have imagined that, after
all the warnings which rang OUT lroul
all the industrial States at the election
which you celebrated year ago. these
men would have gone on to cruelty
American Industry for another year!
Well, the retribution has certainly been
tremendous You don't half realize no"
immense it was. When. in 1910, the
people rose in snch wrath that lS4O has
been in American politics the symbol Of
an Alpine avalanche, the House OF KEEP
resentatives only changed from twelve
Democratic to thirty-seven wing,
change of forty mine, and even when you
add one-half for increase of size, you
have only seventy-four for a total. Wher
Franklin Pierce swept the country IL
1852, the Wings lost but thirteen seats.
In the great upheaval of 1874, which ex
ceeded that OF 1890, nineGy-nine Repuh
Iican majority was changed to forty five
Democratic majority, and the South
assumed that solidity which has beer
the misfortune of this country ever
since. The total change then was one
hundred and forty-four. The change {
week ago last Monday was two hundred
and thirty eight. ITsyou take off fifty
for increase of the House, you still have
a change of one hundred and eighty
eight. A changeof two hundred
aud thirty-eight in bodj
of three hundred and fifty-six is un
paraIleled in the history of this country
and. SO far as now recall, of any legis
Iative body in any free government il
this world. 1t would mean a change O
five hundred in the British House o
Commons. II tTo hundred and fit,
mem bers OF the House of Commons ha(
heen knocked out at one election, won
)ui4 ch ofar Gfil IL, /.