The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-11-01
REEDS GREAT SPEECH
THE MAN FROM MAINE AROUsEs
ENTHUSIASM.

Nine Thousand People Crowd Int"
the Exposition Building Ut Minnea-
polls to Hear the Ex-Speaker-His
Speech Was Devoted Principally TO
the Tariff.
Minneapolis, Oct. 25-Hon. Thomas B.
Reed was rendered big reception
to-day by the Republicans of Minnea-
polls. In the evening he addressed a
large and enthusiastic audience at the
Exposition building Senator Wash
burn acted as chairman Of the meeting
and in introducing Mr. Reed said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Russia has a
czar He is great man, and he is gOOd
man in my judgment. He has done much TO
preserve the peace of Europe in the last
bered, and he will viii soon pass away. We
have also a car in this country. daughter,
applause and cheerso He is here TONIGHT;
not ILL., but alive and kicking. Renewed
laughter) I now desire to present him to
you. 1t gives me great pleasure, to present
Thomas ma; l. i Reed Of Portland, il the State
of Maine"
.. MIR. Reeds Speech.
Mr. Reed was received with a cheers :, and and
Fellow Citizens. Ladies and Gentlemen; |
thank you most heartily for your cordial
to you my regret at being here for one
reason at least: I am afraid that can add
nothing to the knowledge which which you have on
+ dress you, to which, nevertheless, it seems
Of advantage now, as it was IN in apostolic
by s way " S Of re en- NIB Gaughter Ny
unwillingness to appear before Is not on &C.
If i
never knew a man who undertook to make
clearer thing that is already clear with
your college ever undertook to prove that at
tMG oa two Ssre fea fae h
truth is that the events which have trans
pired and are transpiring argue themselves:
facts connected with Recommendations that
are the most especially before us-as l
have been in travelling in the West and in
is in its people as well as in it's resources:
its people, its res Sol will lie buried in
the earth or sleep in the flowing of tn the
p %seFs e ensres sna v dug
out Of the earth. The great flowing streams
are harnessed, and the combined effect Of
resou u a Of Ills Country are the magn
wealth ara our happiness; But It must be Be
this prosperity and happiness is that con
,adenee among the people which is the
1 do not intend here tonight to argue all
the questions of politics which underlie our
many of them that I deem Of the vastest
Importance. because, while, they are, of
he future and not in i the preseRt What we
need nov Is the ". wisdom OF today, and not
yUn hnv oh RI hri6
Our Present Difficulty
the Lord will give us and our successors
sen.e enough to bridge over the difficulties
Of two or of ten years hence. (Applause.)
selves to the practical BUSINESS in hand:
There has been time, in fact, almost all
o efn sff in he9 he
was easy. All that. he had to do was to
praise the merits Of his own side and de-
our Democratic brethren still cling 10 this
view Of the case. uaughter) It IS impossi'
e p0f The TO ovsl IS @
endcavoring to forget that they lave been
In office for the last two years and are to
are endeavoring to forget, not on account OF
the shame and sense Of discredit but simply
to reiterate the old stories which have been
before Us and abuse those who may still
seem to be in power and me lauaati9n q
they have a tremendous advantage over us
as partisans III this campaign. We lave alb
solnHrely nothing l to say and the ,eason why
Is not necessary for us to make comments
On the The Dem9cratic party ! should m ny
which they say about themselves. (Applaus,
and laughter0 Do you remember the, to-
true, and piercing words which have beer
chief magistrate and reiterated and itali
sizca d, in ,t the COMPLETE letter writer whiel
American DuDic? T.luphter)
III Do you remember what the distinguishes
senator from MARYLAND said about him
him with hands uplifted to heaven, calm!
unsuccessfully to witnesses to prove tina
ne s Re
these c0nfiding senators. And when lis
tened to that explanation believed it was
things which I had said in the last cam
paign, and | felt absolutely conscience
stricken to think that | had not done M
duty by the Democratic party. cloud ar
plause2 And yet I have beer, in the habi
a for long period of time of using sue
sonable, and it had not pleased them. Henc
you see my occupation is gone. daughter
use proper words as about the part
ent, and l am glad of it. (Applause.). Fo
the last Thirty years RS ah ana SINCERELY tired
plainly down to simple business question
and that the question of the hour. Reme:r
nSt 6e y fai Sar eaY be Ss
giving you advice about tonight is the in
mediate present. And let me tell you 20
cannot cross the point, you cannot reach
point ten years hence without crossing III
Intervening time, and if you do not eros
the intervening time sensibly you are goin
to founder through the rest of the distance
but II you get started right, go two year
correctly, will trust you for the remainin
eight. (Applause)
The Situation To-Day.
Now, what situation are we in to-day
Every thing that I shall say to you on thu
point will be absolutely worthless, will
completely nil, unless it meets a full r
spouse In your hearts. # tell you VIII;
tito be such before tell you it, don't pa
any attention to what say. (Applause.}
won't give you a catalogue Of mills close
Of capital unemployed, Of labor wasted viii
the set Of every sun: I will not even preat
to you the doctrine that an ideal cop1punit
Is a community that fails to do its tety NJ
only by itself, but by the coming gener
zion hut it is q clog TO the advancement =,