Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-01

she ENpOS1ttCn BUILDING It Minnea-
polls To Hear the lex speaker-His
Speech Was Devoted Principally to
the FariG.
minneapolis. Oct. 25-Hon. Thomas b.
Reed was rendered a big reception
to-day by the Republicans Of Minnea-
polls In the evening he addressed q
large and enthusiastic audience ut the
Exposition building. Senator Wash
burn acted as chairman of The meeting
and In introducing Mr.. Reed, said:
ladies and Gentlemen: Russia has a
car He Is a great man, and he Is d good
man In my judgment. He has done much to
preserve the peace Of Europe in the last
fen or fifteen years but his days are mum
oered, and he will soon pass away. We
have afse a car In this country. daughter,
applause and cheers.l He is here tonight,
pot III, but alive and kicking. Renewed
Iaughter.1 1 now desire TO present him to
you. IL gives me great pleasure. TO present
70 this grand audience my friend, Hon.
Thomas II. Reed Of Portland, In the State
OF afnine.'
MIR. Reeds Speech.
Mfr. Reed was received with cheers ard
applause, specially from the cadets of the
un,yersfty, and spoke as follows;
49, SahAENhEs ANAtA ouH . a
thank Yea most heartily for your cordial
greeting. At the same time I must express
s sess yS1 :, ny Ie,r rssrft "a, at , S3sipIss t Ssrs' for S s5s
nothing TO the knowledge which you have on
the subject in regard to which I shall adj
Of advantage now, as It was in apostolic
times 10 stay up the hearts Of the brethren
BY way of remembrance. Uaughter.) My
unwiiiingness to appear before Is not on ac-
count of the difficulty Of the argument, but
on account OF It's ease and simplicity. l
never knew a man who undertook TO make
clearer a thing that is already clear with
out throwing some little doubt upon the sub
tect. No professor, young gentlemen. OF
your college ever undertook. to prove that
TWO and two were four without somewhat
disproynig a bare mathematical fact. The
truth is That the events which have trans
Rired and are Transporting argue themselves.
facts connected with government-those that
are the most especially before us-as /
nave been In travelling In the West and In
The foundation OF a nations prosperity
ts In It's people as well es in is resources.
~ mltn noo. .He = emery, UIsor IA ana industry OF
che earth or sleep In the flowing OF the
waters. The energy and vigor. the Inn
prisoned energies OF former years are dug
ont of the earth. The great lowing streams
are harnessed, and the combined effect OF
labor and of capita. and of the God given
resources of this country are the magnih-
cent present, our future strength. our
wealth. and our happiness. But 1t must be
ACKNOWLEDGED that the first essential to
s.Iis prosperity and happiness is that con-
Gdence among the people which Is the
Foundation of business success.
l do not intend here tonight to argue all
the questions or the universe, or even all
the questions Of politics which underlie our
present situation. l shall omit q great
many OF them that I deem Of the v~astest
great importance, that must be settled In
the future and not In the present. What we
need nee nov Is the wisdom Of today and not
we have sense enough to bridge over
Our Present Difficulty
the Lord will give W. and our successors
gcn9e enough 10 bridge over the difficulties
What we want to do nav is 10 address our.
selves to tho practical bgsiaesS In hand.
There has been a ti1e, in fact, almost all
the times have becn those In which the
Republican or the Democratic speakers talk
was easy. All that he had TO do was TO
praise the merits Of his own side and de-
nounce the weakness of the other. And
our Democratic brethren still cling 10 this
view OF the case. Uaughter.) 1t IS impossi-
ble for ttem to get over that habit of a life
tinie, asd the consequence Is that they are
endcavoring 20 forget that they have been
In office for the last two years and are to
oiamc for that feeling. ia Ighter1 They
are sndeayoring TO forget, not On recount OF
the shame and sense Of discrciit, but simply
because they can think of nothing else than
20 reiterafe tho old stories which have been
bsfore Ls and abuse those who may still
seem to be In power and tne laudation of
the things that they re going 20 90. Well.
they save a tremendous advantage over us
as partlsans IN this campaign. We Rave alb
solurely nothing to say. and The ,easOn why
Is because they have themselves said It. II
IL not necessary for us to make
on the Democratic party. l should myself
feel ashamed to say about them the things
which they say about themselves. Applause
and iaughter.) Do you remember the too
used with regard to them by their own
chief magistrate and reiterated and itali-
Sizcd In the eomrlete letter writer which
ne has Issued from time to time to the
American public? Uaughter.)
DO you remember what the distinguished
senator from Maryland said about him?
You remember that L was there and saw
him with hands uplifted to heaven, calling
pnsucceSsfully to witnesses to prove that
that was the very bill his president was de-
nouncing, and he urged sse passage upon
these confiding senators. And when lis
tened to that explanation I believed IL was
when listened 10 that | thought over the
things which / had said in the last cam.
paign. and l felt absolutely conscience
stricken to think that l had not done my
duty y the Democrats party; loud ap--
for a long period of time Of using such
words OF description as seemed to be rea-
sonabbe. and II had not pleased them. Hence
l cnrnot use proper words about the party
without Infringing upon the presidents nat
sss' ,s sna ,h ! ann y glad Of ant It, fAPpla1s sisad For or
1t. l am glad to be able TO get once more
plainly down TO a simple business question,
and that the question OF the hour. kemen-
Der ! am not giving you advice except in
cldentafy for the far future. but what I I'm
giving you advice about tonight Is the i'm
mediate present. And let me tell you you
cannot cross the point, you cannot reach a
point ten years hence without crossing The
Intervening time, and if you do not cross
the intervening time sensibly you are going
10 founder through the rest OF the distance;
but II you get started right, 60 two years
correctly, l will trust you fer the remaining
eight. Applause.)
The Situation To-day.
Now, what situation are we in to-day?
Everything that i shall say TO you on that
point will be absolutely worthless, will be
completely NIL. unless II meets q full re-
Spouse In your hearts. II / tell you what
our situation Is to-day, and you do not know
tito be such before / tell you 1t, don't pay
any attention to what / say. IlApplause.5 I
won't give you a catalogue Of mills closed.
of capital unemployed, OF labor wasted with
the set OF every sun: I will not even preach
to you the doctrine that an ideal community
Is q community that fails to do Its duty not
only by itself, but by the coming genera
ton, but 1t Is a clog TO the advancement OF
civilization. You know what misery and
suffering there have been. Not the misery
and suffering which used 10 ornament and
Ill to overlooking the mouths or the Demo
cratic orators In the prosperous DAYS gone
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