Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-26
REED AT OLD ORCHARD.
The Rel u licans of Maine Have Thei
Customary Rally Reed Takes Cheerful
View of the Situation.

The Rel ,licans of Maine Have Their
Customary Rally Reed Takes Cheerful
View of the Situation.
OLD ORCHARD. Ne. Augu1t 25.-The
Republicans of Maine. according to Gus
tom, had a grand rally here this after
noon. at which were gathered thousands
of auditors from all over the State. as
well as from other parts of New England.
he speakers were Hon. Thomas 3. Reed,
Hon. Lee Fairchild and others.
After a brief introduction Mr.. Reed said
in part:
What seemed the great prmeval curse
that in the sweat of his face should man
eat bread. has been found in the wider
view Of the great cycles of the Almighty
to be the foundation of all sound hope,
all sure progress and all permanent power.
Man no longer shuns labor as his deadli-
est foe, but welcomes it as his dearest
friend.
TO the 100000 which make up the great
republic the opportunity 10 labor means
the development of resources greatly be
yond the comprehension of any mortal
But each individual is weak and power
less. Only by combination each with the
other can good results be had. The imme-
date cause of prosperity IS the confidence
of all the people I'm each other and in the
situation in the future. After prosperity
reigns for some time. men think hard
times are permanently done away with
and get wild and over-prosperity sets in.
Then some wise men see that the world
cannot absorb all that is made. cannot
permanently support all the enterprises
which the over-cOnlidence Of men has set
in motion. and begin TO doubt, TO refuse
discounts. to hoard money and call halt
to spcculations. Then the distrust spreads
and hard times follow. Then we set TO
work to climb out of our troubles and the
process is slow. While we are climbing
out we suffer.
In 1892 we thought. hard times had been
banished forever; we We're sure that work
and high pay We're never more 10 be sep
arated. But we were mistaken.
When the Sherman law was struggling
to be repealed the Democratic press and
even some Republicans told MS repeal
would be final remedy and business would
revive. I never shared that belief. on
the contrary. just three years ago to-day
lacking two days. ! took occasion to de-
clare that the repeal of the Sherman law
was only one step in the onward march;
since then many bad things have hap
pened pungiug US deeper In the mire.
Since that speech in 1893 we have had a
severe lesson. When the tariff act pro-
posed by Mr. Bryan and his associates
was presented in the House it was GER
tainly great shock TO business interests
of the country. The shock stopped bust
ness. Then came the income tax. uncon-
sdtutional and destructive declared so by
the Supreme Court. and then the attend
ant. deficiency. That deficiency and the
way it has been managed has frightened
our people beyond all reason What are
four hundred million dollars increase Of
debt?Why has this four hundred millions
frightened US so? Because the govern
ment has refused either to raise revenue
or separate the deficit from the redemp-
ton of greenbacks.
But the condition has been peculiar
We have Il three cornered triangular gov
eminent. Everybody has been I'm the mi
nority and hence nobody has had any re-
sponsibility and we have drifted sailless
and rudderless, but thank God with
stout ship.
We must restore confidence. This IS a
borrowing and n lending world. No
amount Of denunciation of money lenders.
no wild talk about Wall street. which by
the way is the greatest money borrower
in the world, will ever put down that fact.
Remember that this contest to-day is
not between bimetallism and monometal-
cussiOn. This contest is between silver
recommendation, which we have not. and
gold recommendation, which we have
That subject will not bear candid discus
sion. This contest is also not between the
East and the West. There can be no such
contest our interests are Identical
Every wise man agrees that beyond the
Mississippi lies the great wealth of the
days to come. In the development of this
wealth we are all interested and we. in
the East. are not the unwise men to be-
lieve that we are not concerned in the
progress and future of the West.
In conclusion, Mr. Reed said:
These financial matters are governed
by natural laws. and take their course
like the rolling Of the round earth or the
glitter of tho stars. Suppose a man were
created full grown and set upon a solitary
earth facing the dawn. As the panorama
of sunrise. the march of the fountain Of
Hight across the sky, the red sunset and
the black darkness came over him. what
could he make of this termination of the
pagcantry Of the skies? Nothing but
darkness. desolation and death and a wild
calling on the unknown gods to help him.
But the man who has. from earliest boy
hood. seen the sun disappear into the red
west TO keep up another day may be ig-
norant Of Kepiers laws and of Gaiilee's
faith, but he knows no greater certainty
on earth than that day follows the night.
4 man who has only seen 1893 might well
wonder and call for rescue but We who
have seen 1873 and have read of 1925 and
1851 in England and 1891 in America. know
that We shall assuredly rise again to bus
mess and prosperity as that to-morrow's
sun shall rise.