The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-30
SPEECH BY THOMAS n. REED.
He Exposes tho Folly OF the Free Sill
veriteS' Claim.

Alfred. Me, July 29.-~This quaint county
seat was the scene today or the opening OF
the Republican national eampdign OF lAsA.
peopie for miles around came 10 listen 10
= aneaeh bv Thomas B Reed and congrat-
ulate him upon the prospect OF his resion-
inafton for congress. The Immediate oc-
cassan was the Republican county conSsfl-
tfon. There w8s many people from near
hy sections of New Hampshire and Mas
saehuaetts.
Mr.. Reed addressed the large gathering
as follows:
ar wer. going 10 give advice 10 the
ponnlc Of the whole United States should
not take this time 20 do II. Just now
there Is A great deal of froth and foam -
the air and some time IS really peedful
"a, Alsslose clearly 10 every eye how fnnsh
of II is the result Of the temporary breeze
which stills AZ nightfall. and how htte
there IS of that heavy ground swell which
shows that great elementary forces are
at work. Two months ago no man or
any standing would have rlsked his reputa-
ton as prophet BY limiting the slightest
doubt of Republican success. -Four years
ef actual trial OF the opposition. under
the guidance of its best and tSice-trnAted
leader. has LEFT no shadow Of question a.
TO the public duty. Two months have
slipped away-haraly time 20 ripea a
strawberry, much less a system OF ssnanSe
things have changed: that these very
men who were being arrayed for decent
burial had burst the eerements of the
grave. and transfigured by some new ar
rangemenf ~ crowns OF thorns ara crosses
OF gold were 20 lead as 20 rev happi-
ness ana even repair ALI the damage they
themselves had wrought Now fhl& may
be as hue 20 me II does not seem prob
anla Human experience n every walk
ssv4 lsfsH Hs4s
Numbered will hlaudsr again, and that
the wfsess eourae IS rot 20 employ ship
captain sho has rot emerged from hts las,
ehipwreck, hut the sailor who has never
lost = ship. a passenger or letter. ard
has held safe through every sea. He vssY
have lost masts ard sails and even been
rudderiese for hours. bFit y he has every
tErin come safe 20 shore. better have him
than al The lan3smen that are forever
shouting what they car do. ana never
dare to tell what they have aoEs. Beast
srs are worth nothing. nee3z are fsrts.
and endure forever ani ever. Talk
dies in the empty air. Better pound of
performance than = shipioad - language.
Tive months ago. az ] have already
said evw~vha~8y conceded the sseesiea -
TIE Republican sieket. What fas happen
81 since them Have the four years of
n4ssnry hseen bsotsea oss<T Not ore scrap
of X Is our condition betterT Rather
worse. We are IA ia a bad say, ard
something mast be done. Let as aee
What fs proposed By tno@e gentlemen
aAS within the last sw9 months saase
discovered rew esrs Tor aii fhe gss 9e*h
Il heir 80. ard w-afo proclaim. as they
ssss svszr years ago. that they hold PROS
sserisy gs saesr grasp. Their re~eay u
th~ coinage 90 silver IS % I. WAas doss
sssas rxseans Heretofore Whenever gold ard
SILVER ssaxe stood Together = has be@z a;
fhe zraafket salse. - hen We tried 70 make
ges4 and s-.ger circulate together ws have