The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-11-28
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Fx-SDeaker Reed was the guest of hon
or at A dinner given 10y the Home Market
Clnb. in Boston. Thursday night. In the
course Of his remarks he said: Perhaps
some Of this great audience viii raooiieci
that I cast slight shade OF so5erness
over your dinner Of last year, and am
afraid il may he the same this evening.
And vet have jus; one little reason more
than the rest OF You for rejoicing.
The result shows that there Is IN me the
prophetic instinct, not 50 fully developed
a. could wish. but still valuable. Once
during the laSt session Of Congress, when
the plans of the Democracy had become
developed, ! ventured 70 say 70 the lead
er-s tina; when the people Of the country
got al them in November, of this year,
they would bury them in trenches. This
was nearly true. but there was slight in
accuracy. l should have said that we
would bury them in trenches until the
supply of trenches gave out.
DEMOCRATIC FooLIsHNEsS-
And how richly they have deserved
their fate. these statesmen of the proud
boast and the paliry fulfillment, Did 1t
ever occur TO you that Il the brightest
man among you had had placed before
him. on March 1, 1898, sheet of white
paper and had been told 10 write down
all the foolish things he would have liked
10 have the enemy DO, in order 10 com
pass their destruction, he would have LEFT
out % per cent. of the things they actually
did.
When we lost the country in 1850 and
1892, the Democracy meant that we should
never find it itagain.
In the years which followed Elbridge
Gerry must have sorrowed in his grave
as he witnessed how the gerrymander Of
modern times had out-gerried Gerry.
our victory was in despite Of all that and
also Of the solid South. solid no longer if
it has any sense Of its own interest.
But do net desire to waste your time
in exultaiion, though am obeying scrip
ture when l rejoice with those who do re-
ioice. Nevertheless. we have got some
thing else TO do besides rejoice. Victories
bring responsibilities, and, aS ] have
pointed out TO you, our victory Is 50 great
that il probably means responsibility for
many years.
TIE OUTLOOK FOR TWO YEARS.
OF those many years / shall not now
speak. II we have wisdom for two years
we will be trusted for more, and the wis
dom for the next two years seems to be
easy. We have neither the President nor
! the Senate, and all we can do Is 10 let the
country try the results of the folly of 1872.
| Ii is a poor prospect, but it is all there i.
| hate To say this. ! wish il were not 50,
aud that we had such possession Of the
Government a. would enable us at once
to devise such remedies as the country
| needs. But the constitution OF this conn
try was 80 made that the will of the peo-
pie must become fixed before it can be
effective.
! While in the long run this may be wis
est, just now it seems great misfortune
There are cOmpensations, however. We
shall have two years to look over the sit
uation. so a. to do the best we can wheT
orr time has fully come. So far, we hav,
done all that lay in our power. The baC
work cannot go on, even if the good worn
cannot commence. We have removed
one uncertainty, that of the future, tht
uncertainty of possible change, but th'
uncertainty of the present still remains
THE GoBNAN BILL
! What the Gorman bill means for this
country we have yet to see. That il fa.
vors Canada, and gives it at least S5.00o,'
0D0. we already know. That il destroys
| sheep husbandTy i all too probable. Tina
/ many small wooden manufacturers mus
J go under seems unavoidable and that wa.
! ges must come nearer the European
standard seems inevitable. But this need
not last more than three years if the
! American people are steadi:lst and Wis
| and determined.
This country is in favor of the doctrine
OF Protection, largely in favor Of il
| Everything shows this, and no man
whose brains are not suffering from recent
conclusion from the heels. can think 9th
erwise.
We have had mighty victory, tn,
greatest in the history Of our country.
Ii was won, n"; 10y oar organization
but 10y our principles. But great as oul
victory is. there is a greater which W,
must wiz. BY cur wisdom. moderation
! and good sense. we mast 50 govern ;hb
! country that the great questions of tn
! next six years may have as noble a solu
/ fiCn aS the great questions OF their daN
had at the hands of those great Republic
cans who preserved the Union, upheld
the honor OF the nation and gave the peo-
pie thirty years Of peace, prosperity and