Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-11-01
REEDS REPUBLICANISM.
Chicago's Rousing Reception to
the Maine State sman.
Convincing Arguments on tho Doctrine
Of Protection The Democratic
Party Roundly
Roasted.


Roasted.
The immense new armory OF the
First regiment Of l, N. G. Of Chicago
was flooded by q sea Of humanity on
the evening Of Saturday, October a.
to welcome ex-Speaker Thomas B.
Reed, Of Maine. The meeting was the
largest political gathering the city has
seen for two years, and the greeting
! ccorded 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 forbearance Of
me tonight. The address which shall make
to you will be quiet, and II am successful
reasonable discourse, which will depend as
much upon your patience as upon my skill.
Not even your kind and cordial greet
Ing con satisfy me that l have not
come very far for almost nothing. dc
not mean by almost nothing this vast and
splendid audience, which will tax my voice tc
Its utmost capacity, nor this vigorous multi
tudo. Least Of all do mean by 1t the greet
Ing which you have given me, the high welcome
which have received and II I could attribute
to myself evena 1.-THE OF 1t, 1t would be to me
. memory forever [Applause.l But since yor
have been thus kind to me, may venture with
the utmost humility to extend my greeting tt
the omnivorous west Applause. What
mean when say almost nothing Is the amount
Of knowledge that l shall be able to add td
what you already have, Laughter. Youl
knowledge has not been gained by word Of
mouth. 1t hos come to you by that want ant
suffering which comes In civilized communl-
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 1t will stay with you long
Laughter and applause.
There Is no knowledge on earth like II
laughterl, there Is none which Is so satisiac'
tory In the long run renewed laughter. II
Aeems that for the last thirty years the repub.
lican orators have been giving you arguments
founded upon wisdom and fraught with the
good sense Of this world Nevertheless, thost
arguments, sound and solid as they wcra, mus
seem very trivial compared with those tt
which you have been listening for the last tive
years Mans arguments O re persuasive, Gods
arguments ore convincing laughter and ap-
plausel and yet We have to undergo oil this OF
account Of principle, not only Of our nature
but Of all the animal creation, All beings
uh har n nr 1th hor pir hnu N n1
ucation. Laughter and applause.l They re
oeive 1t In comparison to their capacity. Jap
plause A dog who Is lying out in the stree
and sees the approach or shadow OF trolle!
car usually has sense enough to get out Of thu
way Laughter His masters voice or tn,
example Of some other dog has taught hin
this. laughter. IIo knows In vague way
that trolley car Is dangerous, but he Is no
always entirely satisfied that 1t is Some day
when the trolley car taxes of an inch o
his tail, 10 roasesl to have any doubt ilangb
teri and be knows tor an absolute fact that |
trolley Cur must not be trlhed with, Renewed
laughter
eThe argument Is not only convincing, bu
permanent And the democratic party Is Jus
like the beasts that perish, 1t has to have edu
cation, 1t is just like them, 1t has limitations
Just like them II refuses to receive u grea
many facts except from experience For tn,
last thirty years, as have already said to yol
In substance the republican orators have beer
telling you that free trade or even the ap
proach to 1t, In this country even the shadow
Of 1t on this green earth, would bring to yol
disaster and, perhaps, death and ruin. Fol
seventy years before our coming Thomas JEFF
ferson and Andrew Jackson, unknown gods
whom the democracy ignorantly worshipet
Iaughterl have always preached the same fate
We're Insensibie to Reason.
Zone would naturally suppose with such 0
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 body, Into
danger Nevertheless so 1t Is that after two
thousand years Of Christian civilization this
people, the inhabitants Of the most enlght-
ened nation on the face OF the earth, are sit-
ting to-day In sackcloth and ashes--coal ashes
OF that. Laughter and appause,l And
strange to say, some of us are 50 mistaken, sc
beeaguered and misled, 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 caled-not by republicans alone
but by democrats as we'll
n''In times Of great public crisis we 10y 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. Wher
the south fred 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. Jap.
plause, So to-day when the southern de-
mocraey, not the south this time thank God
the southern democracy strikes at northern
industry and at northern wages, | believe
that the democratic rank md file, some ol
them out loud some Of them with silence
that will be more vocal than sound will comt
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
abounding faith that have will not enable mt
10 DO what | have done oil my life, that Is
shut my eyes and bet on the United States oi
America,
Signs Of Democratic Defeat
"You can see, II you have eyes the indlca
tons Of what am saying upon every hand
Look at the great Empire state of New York
What do you behold there except confusion
worse confoundeds Look oil over the othel
states as well as your own, and see yourselye!
what you behold. This does not call upon yot
to remember the verdict Of Vermont and o
Maine applausel, though that verdict is saft
IA ta- apH baltava a n ipdtnofi Ia,
Of the opinion Of the entire union. 1t was al
old statement so old that am almost ASHAMED
to quote 1t, that whom the gods wished to de
stroy they first made mad. Have you eve
seen at any time such madness as has been ex
hibted by the leaders Of the democratic party
Cres Of Never Neverl'l AT the time whef
this country had been suffering from two year,
Of stagnatlon, when the mills had stopped
when capital had ceased to be employed wheI
labor was wasting with every days setting
sun, when everybody was disguised ant
amazed, think Of these men, instead Of stand
ing aqhast at the ruin they had wrought, stand
Ing up in their places and declaring that wha
they had done already was but the vantag,
ground for future attack This was but thu
first battle OF the desolatiDg wars which wer,
10 follow, Think Of the chic. leader Of then
OIL the chairman Of the committee Of aays snt
means, fresh from these declarations, crosslns
the ocean to tell the British first Of all that th'
battle had but begun Applause
Just imagine for moment the feelings o
an honest democrat. Put yourself Tor mo
mont In his place Suppose that all threagl
your life, through evil report and good report
tou mad, because sour is,her Asd and Dc
hot speak NOW Of NJ. MadVsagh Igrea
laughter and spr rlausel followed the fortune,
Ola party, believing in your honest hearts thai
II they ever got In power they would be shin