The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-10-18
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WI-sPEAKER REID MAKES A
ROUSING SPEECH.

REID MAKES A
ROUSING SPEECH.
He Reminds the New Workers That !
the Democrats have Failed I'm Gov
erninE and That Prosperity VIII
Return with Republican Success.
New York, Oct 13.-Rarely ever has
there been a ratification meeting of
such magnitude in New York as was
that which assembled in and about Coop
er Union this evening to hear the speech
of ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed of Maine.
The demonstration was under the
auspices of the regular Republican Or
ganization of the city and county of
New York, and the results surpassed
their most sanguine expectations. Not
only was every corridor and aisle in the
hall crowded by 1870 o'clock, but the
opening square in front of Cooper Union
was filled, and the auditors were there
treated to campaign speeches by local
orators. Mr.. Reeds speech was fire.
Nuenty interrupted by applause, and at
its conclusion the cheering was pro-
longed. He said:
II confess to sense of unwillingness
to come before this great audience here
tonight. That unwillingness does not
arise from any lack of interest in the
cause which concerns us all, for never
felt a deeper interest than now. Nor
does it arise from any doubt Of our sue
cess, for that seems to be- assured. 1t
is because the presentation of any argu-
ment by any speaker seems almost en-
tirely unnecessary. The case has argued
and is arguing itself so thoroughly in the
course of events now taking place and
which have taken place that the elo-
Quence of an orator, if I had it, would
surely seem to fall far short of that con-
viction which has already taken posses
sion of the public mind. Mr.. Evarts,
in one of those brilliant sayings which
have so often lighted up life Of dignity
and honor, declares that the wisdom of
mankind after 5000 years has discov-
cred no better method of administering
justice than to set up two men on op-
of exaggerating the merits of his side
and perhaps abusing the other. Hardly
any better method has ever been dis
covered for governing the world than by
political parties who set up political
speakers to chant the merits of their own
and denounce the vices Of their enemies.
The position, therefore, of political
speaker in ordinary times seems to be
simple and easy. On the other side, to-
day, the task still appears as easy as Of
yore. All they have to do is to forget
that they are in power, that they have
themselves the responsibility and then
go at us in the old fashioned way, charg-
ing all disaster to the past and promising
rything for the future.
Maine is state where Democracy is
'rock-ribbed and ancient as the sum- and
yet in Maine the Democracy so expressed
themselves that the total majority of H.
600 given years ago, when the deepest
depression, the result of the war, rested
on the Democratic party, was exceeded
by 1000. I do not think you realize
what that majority means. If New
York State were to give 3OO,O 900 it would
hardly exceed it; 5000 would represent
only the increases. None of us expected
such majority. There was no special
organization. The Democrats did il
themselves. Many of them voted with III
md very many more stayed at home, de
termined by outspoken action or by 81
lence to show their appreciation of tn
results of party government which the!
saw about them on every hand. Was thi!
E sensible course Of action, we'll founded
, and one which ought to be followed b.
their brethren in New York and all owe
the Union? What is the
49,. Present Condition of Things,
and what ought we, as sensible men, t
want? The past eighteen months hav
( been months of suffering in the homes 0
the people. Not starvation, not depriva
ton of the absolutea necessaries of life
for this country has accumulated to-
leo much of this worlds goods the past thir
ty years that utter want should paralyZ
and kill, but that want. which is the grea
vi happiness Of civilization, the want o
cCn.ftIts to which we have been accu$
toned. I will draw no picture of i'd
mills, silent machinery, men withou
work, money without employment, caI
ital' unused and labor wasted AMI los
with each Gays setting sun. That pic
Z, ure is too familiar to you all. Nobod
can charge this fairly to the terms G
the tariff which now exists any NOR
then they can to the tariff which used
exist. What caused all this disaster e'
erybody knows who has any bushes
sense. 1t was the utter uncertainty, tn
to us Who could build on shifting sand
During all the time that the so.calle
house bill was pending men could onl
fear the worst. for the house bill wa
about the worst thing which the unw
dom of man ever devised in these LAT
years of Christian civilization. This hi
went to the senate, many Deinocrt
voting for it, not because he believed
it, but because the senate would make
nearer decency and fitness. @..|
1T is the fashion among Democrat
conventions nowadays, I notice, to d
nounce the Democratic senator's and d
mand that they shall be relegated
private life. This is absolutely inhuma
ingratitude. Notwithstanding all the be
actions of the senate, and they we
many, they saved the Democratic par
from humiliation. Why do you suppo
these senators, these Democratic senator
made 63O amendments to the house bill
Was it out of pure, premeditated wicke
ness? Or was it on the demand Of the
constituents? Did the junior senat
from New York hang out for collars al
cuffs by the direct instigation of t
devil or because he lived in Troy? y
Senator Smith rescue some of the ma
ufactures of New Jersey because
The Fiend Whispered I'm His Ear