St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
PtEO'S OPENING GUN.
1t Is Fired at Maineites in
Toms Most Sarcastic
Style
he TALKS OF CALAMITY
Because "Proteetion" of the
New Tariff Isn't OF Nc
Kinley Type.
SILVER COINAGE REPEAL
The Only Work Of the Dem
Oeraey for Which He Has
q Good Word.
SILVER COINAGE REPEAL

OLD ORCHARD, Me-, Aug. 25.-EX-
Speaker Thomas b. Reed opened the
Republican campaign in this state here
this afternoon with speech which
called forth the heartiest applause from
the Thousands present. Mr.. Reeds
main effort was to prove that the
Democratic party had shown itself
incapable of ruling the country in a
manner satisfactory, not only to the
majority OF the people, but even TO the
minority which helped compose it,"
Mr.. Reed. in part, spoke as follows:
''ln saying that the Democratic party
has shown itself incapable of running
this country in a manner satisfactory.
not only to the majority of the people,
but TO large and respectable minority
which help compose it. | am not indulg-
ing in any language of parti
sanship. but in the language of
truth, known and visible to all
who hear NE To-Day. The northern
Democratic party is in many respects
like the Republican party, composed of
men of business sense and business
ability. The difficulty with the Demo
cratic party today. as it has been in all
past time. is The fact that its great ina
jOrity resides III the South. The South
ern men are meu of intellectual power,
men of intelligence and men of learning.
The difficulty with them is that the kind
of learning which arises from a thor
ough knowledge of business as it is
carried on in the North is entirely lack
ing. While the Southern NAH may
have every opportunity to read il books
OF the prosperity which has come to the
North, he has no conception of it such
as those who have lived in it. He Is
devoted to the theories of bygOne day.
His mind is fixed upon the principles
which were essential in the prosperity
of his part OF the country to the days
before the war.
Ill wonId be great mistake for the
people Of the United States to suppose
that the action of the senate, so much
blamed by the Democratic party, and so
much attacked by the people of the
country in general. was to be deemed
entirely the result of personal feeling
The truth is that the action of
the conservative senators on many sub
jectS is the rest lt, not of their Individual
opinions, but the result or the business
interests which surround them. A sem
ator from the state of New Jersey could
not be reckless with the business inter-
estS Of his constituency like a senator
from Arkansas; and even a senator
from Arkansas, like Mr.. Jones, Who has
devoted patience and intelligence to the
tariff question, although not surrounded
by business Interests which control him,
was irresistibiy borne i'll the direction
OF the senate bill as it finally passed
that body. The repeal of the
Siiver-PurchasinG Clause
OF the Sherman act might possibly have
been of some service to the country had
1t been done more promptly and at once.
But the delay III the senate. the long
and prUtracted debate, and the contin-
uous opposition, the realization OIL the
pant Of the country that the senate did
it unwillingIy prevented any good which
the friends of the measure were disposed
TO claim for it. After the repeal of the
purchasing clause had uncovered the
real situation of tie country. it then
became the duty of congress, even from
Democratic point OF view, to pass such
a tariff bill as would give 10 us reason
able degree of assurance that the basis
there established would be one that
would be permanent for a sufficient
period of time, a period at least
so long as the victorious party were to
be in power. Instead of realizing the
first great principle of craftsmanship
that whatever is 10 be done in the world
has got to Ge done i'll accordance with
the wishes of The people who live in it
the gentlemen III charge of the tariff
bill III the house OF representatives un-
dert0Ok 20 ignore the varied interests of
the country,and to mould a tariff bill not
in the interest OF the nation, not in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the people,
but i'll accordance with certain theories
which they thought might possibly fit
their dream of ultimate free trade. Such