The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-10-20
AN EXPENSIVE LESSON.
That Is What Thomas b. Reed
Says tho People Have Had
The Maine Statesman Reviews the Work
of the Democracy Before Vast Au-
dienee of New Workers Rt
Cooper Union.


New York city. on Saturday evening, |
October l3. when ex-Speaker Thomas X.
Reed appeared upon the platform. IL |
was long time before Mr.. Reed could |
make himself heard above the up |
roar, during which he was hailed as
the next president" etc. When he |
finally succeeded in subduing the tu-
multi with which he was greeted he
made lengthy address, in the course
OF which he said;
1T Is because am sure from outward and
visible signs. notably from the elections In
Vermont and Maine, that men are laying aside
their partisanship and are willing 70 do their
share toward saving tho country that / am will
ing TO lay aside mine and discuss on reason
able terms what IS best 10 do here and now for
the common interests Whenever tho prin-
cipals in Mr.. Eyarts lawsuit lay aside their
srudges their lawyers can lay down their
weapons. SO when in politics mistake has
been made SO great that all men can see It,
partisanship can be laid aside, and the case can
be stated without exaggeratlon OF the merits
OF your own side or abuse OF the other. OF
course man ever falls 20 be perfectly fair this
Side Of the river Of death, for prcpossessions
and life associations can never be entirely
overcome but there arc times when men who
have never before acted together can think
alike. These times are shown by tho action
OF men and not by their speech
Meaning of Names Blg Majority.
maine Il a state where democracy Is rock
rubbed and ancient as the sun, and yet IN Maine
the democracy so expressed themselves that
the tidal majority Of 5000, given years ago,
when the deepest depression, the result OF the
war. rested on the democratic party, was ex-
cecdcd by II 900 1 do not think you realize
what that majority means II New York we're
20 give 10000 Il would hardly exceed IL; 5000
a.. d.. aN rHIH
expected such majority There was no spe-
cial organization. The democrats dld IL them
selves. Many Of them voted with us, and very
many more stayed 90 home, determined by out
spoken action or by silence 90 show their APP
probation 90 the results OF party government
which They saw about them on every hand.
WAS this q sensible course Of action, well
founded and one which ought 20 be followed
by their brethren In New York and al over tho
uniOny What is the present condition OF
things, and what ought We as sensible men 10
wants Tho last eighteen months have been
months OF suffering IA the houses OF the people.
Not starvation. not deprivation OF the absolute
necessities OF lie, for this country has accu-
INFLATED too much OF this worlds goods the
last thirty wears that utter want should par
Aye and Kill, but that want which Il the
great unhappiness Of civilization, the want OK
1 comforts 10 which we have been accustomed.
will draw no picture OF idle mills, silent ma
/ chinory. men without work, money without
/ employment, capital unused, and labor wasted
I and lost with each days setting sun. That
I picture Is too familiar 20 you oil
Depression Caused by Uncertainty
"Nobody can charge this fairly 20 the terms
! of tho tarIn which now exist any more than
they can TO the tarin which used 90 exist
what caused all this disaster everybody knows
4 who has any business sense. 10 was the utter
uncertainty, the appalling doubt as 90 what
would happen to as. Who could build on
shifting SANDS During all the time that the
so-called house bill was pending men could
only fear the worst, for the house blll was
about the worst thing that the unwisdom oi
I man ever devised IA these late years OF Chris
. tian civilization. This bill went To the senate
many democrat voting for H. not because he
believed I'm IL, but because the senate would
make 70 nearer dcccncy and htness.
1t Is the fashion among democratic conven-
lions nowadays j notice, to dcnounco tho
democratic senator's and 90 demand that they
shall be recgated 20 private life. This Is alb
solutely inhuman ingratitude Notwithstand
ing all the bad actions Of the senate. ana they
were many. they saved the democratic party
from humiliation. Why do you suppose these
senators, these democratic senator's, made Gp
amendments tothe house billG Was " out q
pure, prcmeditatcd wickcduossi Or WIS 10 on
the demand 81 their constituents Ola th'
junior senator from New York hang out To-
collars aud cuffs by the direct instigatlon q
the devil or because ne lived in Troyy pi'
senator Smith rescue some OF the manu-
features Of New Jersey because The hcn'
whispered into his err cor because no heard th
humal voices Of his constituents
business Success Depend, ON Certainty.
.But do not care here ana now 20 discus
tho relative merits of MIR Wilson's or Mr. Cor
man'ssystcm both were democrats nor do
care 70 discuss the merits 81 the senate bill
80 faras Ii protects reasonably American In
dustrles an Is we'll So far AS IL does not, All I
wrong 60 my thinking. hut 10 As tho law Of IN
land not with my consent and for that maj
ter not with The consent OF the democrati
candidate for governor.
,,There rs also another fact SO long as MI
Cleveland STAYS In power the evil cannot D
rcctincd What. then, remains. not Tor the re
publican party or the democratic party, bu
for the people OF the United states 20 dot ID
. We wnnt certainty or uncertainty from no
until 1902 We can lay aside all our partisa
feeling and agree that the great and para
. mount curse OF this country for the last cighl
cen months has been uncertainty Nohud
dared TO start I'M business or 20 on with NJ
business 80 long as no foundation could De al'
covered.
: business Is not gambling 10 tries IT'S bel
1 20 take no chances What 10 demands moi
, and moro every year Is certainty what the
shall the business world DO 20 procure certain
IS as the basis Of its future action 10 Is NJ
j. necessary I'm order 10 arrive at proper col
A best or which Is worst Would the success
the democratic party this fall produce &c
? tnintyi
: Democracy Divided ON Future Plans.
4 Let us see what they saw themselves.
a they. tho leaders. lie. you would not tru
= them n they tell the truth you can INA
: rest FOR the sOles on your feet on any Arnra
The democratic chairman of ways aud mear
J, who was a leader until tho democratic senai
4 from Maryland stripped him Of his arinor az
= dragged him around the walls of Troy, q
= cinrcd before the house adjourned amid q
! cheers Of The democrats, that the Fight was b
II begun lie hnstencd back 20 his constitueu
s IN West Virginia 90 reiiorate the Same motto
=, crossed the lifting waters 90 proclaim ~ ara
20 the British. and, refreshed by that touch
n his mother earth. vibratod back 20 renew }
r, declaration. surely be does not mean pea
"a and quletness. Nor has ne the slightestid
- Of the value thereof
MIR President writes 20 Mr.. Gatherings N
this Is only the vantage ground for = ~
10 attack Mr. ilill declares that only the CT
r. del has been carried and that he u going "a
for the rest Of tho town. These men se'
"a. .I0l.H - I.I HI4af4