The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-02
REEDS REPUBLICANTSM.
Chicago's Rousing Reception to
the Maine State sman.
Convincing Arguments on the Doctrine
of ProtectIon-The Democratic
Party Roundly
Roasted.

Roasted.
The immense new armory of the
First regiment of l. y. q. of Chicag,
was flooded by sea of humanity OF
the evening of Saturday. October 81
to welcome ex-Speaher Thomas B
Reed. of Maine. The meeting was tbs
largest political gathering the city hai
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 thi
great multitude. must ask the forbearance o
each individual citizen. II he desires to hea
n e tonight The address which shall max,
TO you will be quiet. and II 1 am successful
reasonable discourse. which will depend a.
much upon your patience as upon my skill
Not even your kind and cordial greet
ing can satisfy me that 1 have no
come very far for almost nothing. 1 i,
not mean by almost nothing this vast ana
splendid audience. which will tax my voice K
its utmost capacity. nor this vigorous multi
tude. Least OF all do mean BIZ IL the greet
ing which you have given me. the high welcom,
which have received. and II could attribute
u
q memory forever. Applause But since yoy
have been thus kind to me- may venture with
the utmost humility to extend my greeting &
the omnivorous west. lApplause.l What
mean when say almost nothing is the amount
OF knowledge that I shall be able TO add &c
what you already have lLaughter.l YOU
knowledge has not been gained by word OF
mouth. It has come to you by that want and
suffering which comes in civilized communi-
ties when We are unable to enjoy the blessings
TO which We have been accustomed. Let me
give you the consolation that II that knowledge
came to you hard it viii stay with you long
Laughter and applause
There is no knowledge on earth like il
laughter. there is none which is SO satisfac-
tory in the long run renewed laughter. II
seems that for the last thirty years the repub-
Ican orators have been giving you arguments
founded upon wisdom and fraught with the
good sense Of this world Nevertheless, those
arguments sound and solid as they were must
seem very trivial compared with those 70
which you have been listening for the last two
years. Mans arguments are persuasive Gods
arguments are convincing laughter and ap-
plause 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 to have ed
ueation. Laughter and applause.l They re-
ceive il in comparison TO their capacity. TAp-
plause.l A dog who is lying out in the street
and sees the approach or shadow OF a trolley
car usually has sense enough to get out OF the
way. Laughter His masters voice or the
example OF some other dog has taught him
this. Laughter He knows in a vague way
that trolley car is dangerous but he is not
always entirely satisfied that it is Some day
when the trolley car takes Of an inch Of
his tail. he ceases to have any doubt laugh
teri and he knows for an absolute fact that a
trolley car must NOT no trffei with
laughter
The argument is not only convincing, but
permanent. And the democratic party is Just
like the beasts that perish, it has to have edu-
cation 1t is Just like them. II has limitations
Just like them it refuses to receive a great
many facts except from experience For the
last thirty years, as 1 have already said to you
in substance, the republican orators have been
telling you that free trade, or even the ap-
proach TO il, in this country, even the shadow
Of il on this green earth. would bring TO you
disaster and, perhaps, death and ruin For
seventy years before our coming Thomas JET
ferson and Andrew jackson, unknown gods
whom the democracy ignorantIy worshiped
laughter have always preached the same fate.
Were InsensibIe to Reason.
Zone would naturally suppose with such
feast OF reason that an intelligent race like
our own would be so sensible as not to put
even its nose. let alone its whole oody, into
danger. Nevertheless. so it is that after two
thousand years OF Christian civilization this
people, the inhabitants OF the most enlight-
ened nation on the face OF the earth are sit
ting to-day in sackcioth and sshes-coaI ashes
at that. Laughter and applause.l And,
strange to say. some OF Us are so mistaken. so
beleaguered and mislcd, that they are striving
TO prevent even halt in our descent to the
pit But they cannot prevent the halt, and the
halt will be called-nOt by republicans alone,
but by democrats as well
In times OF great public crisis we lay aside
party feeling and act somewhat for the benefit
OF the country; that is, those OF Us who are
worth our salt 1t will not be the first time in
the history OF the rank and file OF the demo-
cratic party that they have done this. When
the south fired upon Sumter, whatever the
leaders said the rank and file spoke by the
voice OF stephen A Douglas, Of Illinois, and
declared that in time Of rebellion there were
only two parties, patriots and traitors APP
plausel So to-day when the southern de-
mocracy, not the south this time, thank God
the southern democracy strikes at northern
industry and at northern wages, believe
that the democratic rank and file. some OF
them out loud, some OF them with a silence
that will be more vocal than sound. will come
up TO the rescue OF the meek against the
mighty Just like the people Of olden times.
II that should not be so then even the super
Astounding faith that have will not cradle me
to do what I have done all my life, that is.
shut my eyes and bet on the United States of
America
Signs of Democratic Defeat.
You can see, il you have eyes. The indica-
lions Of what an saying upon every hand.
Look a; the great Empire state OF New York.
What do you behold there except confusion
worse COMPOUNDED: Look all over the other
states as well as your own. and see yourselves
what you behold This does not call upon you
TO remember the verdict OF Vermont and Of
Maine Iapplausel, though that verdict is safe
and secure to-day, and believe an indication
OF the opinion OF the entire union 10 was an
old statement, so old that am almost ashamed
TO quote il. that whom the gods wished to de-
stroy they first made mad. Have you ever
seen at any time such madness as has been ex-
hioited by the leaders OF the democratic party: |
ICries OF Never, Never At the time when |
this country had been suffering from two years |
OF stagnation. when the mills had stopped |
when capital had ceased to be employed, when |
labor was wasting with every days setting 1
sun. when everybody was disguised and |
amazed. think Of these 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 WIS but the vantage /
ground for future attack This was but the 1
first battle OF the desolating wars which were |
TO follow Think Of the chief leader OF them ]
all. the chairman OF the committee OF WAYS and /
means. fresh from these declarations, crossing /
the ocean to tell the British first Of all that the l
battle had but begun IApplause.l
just imagine for moment the feelings OF 1
81 honest democrat Put yourself for mo- |
ment il his place Suppose that all through 1
your life, through evil report and good report
you had, because your fathers hAd-and do /
not speak now OF Mr.. MacYeagh great l
laughter and applausel-followed the fortunes
Of party, believing In your honest hearts that
II they ever got in power they would be shin
ing example Of good government and honest
purpose. Suppose you had succeeded in the
fight. and you found yourself in the position
hn,- h.o L., h. Ii.