The herald., 1894-08-26
TRIED AND FOUND WAN TING.
Reed Opens the Campaign in
Maine.
Tirade Against the Democratic
Party.
Tho Ex-spesker's Remarks Devoted to
the InoApaoity of the Party In
Power to Rule the
Country.
By the Associated Press.

OLD ORCHARD. sMe., Aug. 25.-Ex-
Speaker Thomas B. Reed ops ned the
Republican campaign in this state here.
this afternoon, in q speech which called
forth the heartiest cheers from the
thousands present. Mr.. Reeds main
effort was to prove that the Democratic
party has shown itself incapable Of ruling
the country satisfaotorily. not only to
the majority Of the people, but even
to the large minority which helped com.
poee it,"
Read spoke In part as follows:
SIN saying the Democratic party has
shown itself incapable OF running the
country in a manner satisfactory, not
only to the majority of the people. but
to large and respectable minority
which helps to compose it, am not
ipdulging in any language of partisan.
ship, but in the language OF truth,
known and Visible to all who hear
me today. The northern Democratic
party is in many respects like the
Republican. composed of business asnse
an@ business ability. The difficulty
with the Democratic party today, as it
Ias been in all past time, is the fact
that its great majority resides in the
south. The southern men are mon of
power, msn of intelligence and learning.
The difficulty with them is that the
kind OF learning which ariass from a
thorough knowledge OF business as it Is
carried on in the north, is entirely lack
Whilo tina anuthayn
have every opportunity to read in books
OF the prosperity which hos come to the
north, he has no conception of IL, as
have those who have lived in il. He is
devoted to the theories OF q bygone day.
His mind is fixed upon the principles
which were essential in the prosperity
OF his part Of the country in the days
before the war,
GREAT MISTAKE.
''It would be great mistake for the
people OF the United Statea to suppose
the action OF the senate, go much blamed
by the Democratic party and go much
attacked by the people of the country in
general, was to be deemed to be entirely
the result OF personal feeling The truth
ie, the action OF the conservative sen-
ators on many subjects is the result, not
VI tdcll iAOiNiouhl OPihiObpy DO0 VA tho
business interests which surround them.
a senator from the state of New jersey
could not sfford to be reckless with the
business interests OF his constituency,
snd even 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 ire
sistibly borne in the direction OF the
esnate bill as it finally passed that body.
MADE HASTE TOO SLOWLY.
"Whatever may have been done by the
people at present in possession of the
government, everyone will admit, has
been done slowly. out Of place and in
euch q way as to be of the least possible
service to the country. The repeal of
the silver purchasing clause under the
Sherman act might possibly have been
of some service to the country had it
been done promptly and at once.
"After the repeal OF the purchasing
clause had uncovered the real situation
of the country, it then became the duty
of congress, even from q Democratic
point of view, to pass such tariff bill
as would give to us reasonable degree
Of assurance that the baaia established
would be one that would be permanent
.or sufficient period of time period at
least go long as the victorious party was in
power. Instead OF realizing the first
great principle of statesmnship, that
which is to be done in the world has got
to be done in accordance with the
wishes of the people who live in it; the
gentlemen in charge OF the tariff bill in
the house of representatives undertook
to ignore the varied interests OF the
70 III tav vif
in the interests of the nation, not in
accordance with the wishes of the peo-
pie, but in accordance with certain
theories which they thought might pos.
sibly fit their dream of ultimate free
trade.
DOOMED FROM THE START.
''Such bill. framed in such man.
Dsr, was doomed from the moment OF
its inception. 1t was not adapted to
this country; it WAS not adapted to it's
interests it WAS not adapted in any
way to the situation in which the
country then found itself. Commencing
upon vague theory that it was neces-
ssry to coddie certain manufacturers at
at the expense of others, it violated
g the first principles OF the Democratic
platform, and undertook to frame the
4 bill in different form from that which
had existed before, hence the bill which
Mr.. Wilson introduced, although claim
ing to fulfill the Democratic platform,
: was yet protectionist bill to certain
degree. 1t has sometimes been ssked
of us Republicans Why, if it was
protectionist bill. were you opposed to
it? Why should you oppose bill which
recognizes the principles which you
advocate?'
TWO KINDS OF PROTECTION.
- Z. 'It does not follow, because bill rec
ognizea the principle of protection or be-
cause it is subject to that reproach when
you are speaking of it to Democrats who
have repudiated protection in their
!, platform, that therefore it wss not
suitable protection bill.
Protection, az a method OF preserving
the American market to the American
people, is something which ia defensi-
Bile; protection in spots, protection here
and there, is protection which is
Justly open to the charges which are
falsely made against the true protection.
when Mr.. Wilson's bill, which was
framed more with reference to the wish.
90 Of New England and of the farmers of
certain description who have been
dollyipn With