Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-23

BosroN. November 22.-The annual ban
quet Of the Home Market Club, OF Boston,
the leading Republican organization OF
Massachusetts, was held at Mechanics
building tonight Hundreds Of we'll
known Republicans gathered TO enjoy the
hospitality of the club aud to take part In
the reception TO its guests. The dinner
was excellent Thomas b. Reed was the
chief speaker, and when he rose be was re-
ceived with al ovation that threatened 70
| split the roof Hew obliged 10 wait sew
eral minutes before he could proceed.
He said: Perhaps some OF this great
| audience will rscOllcct that cast slight
shade of soberness over your dinner last
year and am afraid 10 may bc the same
this evening. Aud yet / have just one
reason more than the rest Of you Tor ro'
iocing. The result shows that there Is Ia
me the prophetic instlnct; not so fully de-
veloped as 1 could wish. but still valuable
Once during the last session OF Congress,
when the plans OF the Democracy had be-
come developed. ventured 70 say TO tue
leaders that when the peple OF this country
got az them in November Of this year they
would bury them in trenches. This was
.nearly true but there was a slight inaccu-
racy. should have laid that we would bury
md 4 intrenched until the supply OF trenches
gay,N, out. We should not bury them all,
and I Notice some ghosts OF uuburied bodies
"to and fro. fitting burialess save In the
vultureis craw,n have even reached Bos-
ton and as.e still hoarsely mprmuring a0oy
free raw materials" aud foreign MARI
and such Like topics OF the under woI
And how rlAhly they have deserV
fate, these statesme,nr OF the pro1
81 . 90 y
Did il ever occ,'r to you
brightest man among you
fore him on March - lsSS,
paper and had been a 70 u
the foolish things he ~,
have the enemy DO in orr
their own destruction. no W
out fifty per cent they
Is there any one OF
would have dreamed OF IN
your Massachusetts Democratic
tion called the firm and vigorous N
the administration Could any ON
have thought OF that letter 20 Wilsos
It's railing accusatl0nsi Did any ono o.
you ever picture the Chairman OF the
Ways aud Means, with his knees under
British mahogany, receiving the plaudits
OF our business rivals for good service al
ready rendered aud better service expect
ed Did you ever think OF David B. Hillas
candidate for Governor OF New Ork ana as
necessary conseq uence, an unresidcnt and
homeless PRESIDENT Had you anywhere
hung in the chambers OF fancy the picture
Of a head without a party and party
without head Gould you have ius sincd
that aftor all the wsrnings which runQ out
from all the industrial States 10 tho elec.
tions which you celebrated year ago
those men would have gone on 10 cruelty
American industries for another yeari
Well, the retriou,iou has certainly been
tremendous. You don't half realize how
immense IL was.
When we lost the country In 1890 and
1892, the Democracy meant that we should
never ind Ia again. Ia the years which
followed, Elbridge Gerry must have sor-
rowed In bis grave as he witnessed how
the gerrymandor or modern times out
gerryed Gerry. Our victory was
In despite OF all that ana also Of tue Solid
South, solid no longer N IL has any sense
OF is own interest But DO not intend
10 waste your time IN eTultiug, though /
am oOeying scripture when / rejoice with
those WHO DO rejoice.
The remainder Of the address was de-
voted % toe necessity for caution and con-
servatism, and pointing out work 20 be
done 10 keep the country solid for the Re-
mn bl iraug