The San Francisco call., 1896-10-31
,S0NOMA GIVES
/. REED GREET|H ING
Five Thousand Marchers
Escort Him From the
:. Train.
He Speaks to a Monster Gath.
.ering in Support of
Mckinley.
oUTPoURING OF THE MASSES.
Widest Enthusiasm Aroused by
Each Telling Point of His
Address,


SANTA ROSA, CAp., Oct. 9o.-sonoma
County's big day has come and gone,
leaving in it's wake thousands Of happy
and enthusiastic Republicans and few
awe-stricken Democrats and Populists.
Tom Reed has been here and has been
right : royalty welcomed. Everybody
speaks of the statesman from Maine as
Tom Reed; and the More enthusiastic of
his admirers affectionately designate kim
MS plain. TOM. This they consider they
have a perfect right to do, and do not
dream OF any .disrespect by SO doing.
= In the loyal Republican heart this
morning there was only one fear as to the
outcome of to-Gay's demonstration. and
shat was that it might rain. That fear
. was soon: :dissipated by the suns warm
rays and q more perfect California day
could not have been had ii made to order.
The country people began coming into
Town at an early honr, and by IL o'clock
the streets were jammed. AT 1880 the
train from the south arrived with eight
carloads OF people, and twenty minutes
after this came the train from the north
bringing tie Mendocino County enthusi-
asts. There We're $50 from Ukfah alone,
and their lung-power had not been lost on
the wa5. This northern train was COM
rosed of fifteen cars, and they. were all
loaded down with cheering people. =
Every man, woman and child of them
wore a. yellow, silKea badge, with Bar
ham" standing out in big black let
tiers. Some wore those badges on their
hats and some on their breasts. but they
all wores and cheered and shouted for the
favorite for gGongress every time they
thought of it
Then came seven carloads from Sebasto-
pol; and the regular Southern Pacific train
bringing hundreds, so that when the spe-
cial bearing the guest of the day arrived
5000 yellow badges on as many human
breasts were awaiting him ct the depot.
i" There waseno mistaking Mr.. Reed when
he stepped from the train. The crowd in
stantlv recognized him and a mighty
cheer vert up There was an open car
:riage awaiting, drawn by four prancing
Black berses. In this carriage Speaker
Reed Allen E. Lemon, John D. Spreckels
and Hon. Daniel Cole rode. Next came
Congressman Aldrichl and wife and PresI-
dent and Mrs. Foster of the San Francisco
and North Pacific Railway, in an open
coupe Other carriages containing promi-
:nent visitors aud citizens followed, and
the marching Mckinley clubs were strung
out for a dozen. blocks behind.
The Santa. Rosa and Ukiah bands and
the Sebastopol drum corps kept time for
the rhousandssof feet and the people who
thr0nged the sidewalks sent back cheer
for cheer to those in the. ranks There
was no time for an extended parade. and
after a review of the legions in front of
the Occidental Hotel Speaker Reed and
party disappeared in the hotel. where. a
dinner awaited them. The big crowd,
after cheering for Mckinley and Hobart,
Speaker Reed, Judge Barham and any
nameoon the local ticket that happened to-
be mentioned, broke ranks and fairly
overran the restaurants and hotels in
quest of something to eat.
ATT 2P. N. the big procession was again
under way, passing straight out Fourth
street to the City Gardens. What seemed
to please Mr.. Reed more that anything
else was the evident delight of some 600
schoolcnildren, who had 20. be granted a
recess to see the parade pass the school,
house. Most of these wee tots. had
bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums, with
which they mbarded the man from
Maine and 1t.was hard to tell who enjoyed
it the most-Mr. Reed or the children.
:. The big pavilion in the City Gardens was
crowded to its utmost capacity long before
the speaker arrived. The sides of the
building had been taken out, and thou
sands of necks were craned from the out
side as their owners tried to see or hear;
After some little difficulty the guests were
escorted to the raised platform in the
center Of the big structure, and a shout
that shook the rafters went up. In.vain
did Allen B. Lennon hold up his hands
ior silence. The people wanted 10 cheer.
! and cheer they did. And right here let ii
5 be said that if. any newspaper should say
that this meeting was 'frost," or that it
was not the most noisy and hearty greet
ing ever accorded to a speaker in this city,
then and there it will have uttered cam
paign lie of1unusual size.
When order was at last restored Mr..
Lennon, in a short but spirited address,
said that Sonoma County, once the banner
Democratic county of the State, was now
and for all tine Republican. He then
introduced Speaker Reed, and tn re was
more noise and plenty of it. Mr.. Reed
spoke for more than an hour in a semi
humorous vein, but at times he was quite
sarcastic when speaking of the Chicago
platform and its followers. In substance
he said:
Ladies and gentlemen OF California: Lassure
you | appreciate this cordial greeting. At the
outset OF M remarks / would say that / do
not expect 10 stir you by any utte-ances ap-
pealing 10 your passions or your prejudices
but rather shall 1 appeal to your reason and
vpur judgment. My remarks must pass the
crucicaltest of your inte lligence to be OF any
use in this campaign.
. cannot omit saying some things about the
Democratic PARTY that may seem unkind.
have beenfn political life for many years and
have not always been able to say kind things
Of them. [Laughter.l But there are some
Democra5s who are deserving of more credit
than they.wiI ever receive. speak of those
OF that party VINO are opposing the Chicago
PLATFORM. 1t is not easy 10 rise above our
Marty. Men find the associations of years hard
81 break away from, and it requires courage OF
nigh order 10 act out our sentiments The
eXsl men in the Democratic party are standing
uPNor good government [Applause.l There
have been goodsmen in that party in the past
and probably will be IN the future, and freely