The herald., 1896-10-28
HON. THOS. B. REED SPEAKS
He Talks to Fifteen Thousand People at
Athletic Park
Msasy end Effort Accomplish Considerable
for Hanna
Ehe DISTINGUISHED Citizen From the
Pine Tree State Talks to Crowd
Along the Lines of Sound" Mon
ey and Protection

We'll. "Reed day" is over, and the peo-
ole of Los Angeles city have seen wnat
was undoubtedly one of the largest po-
litical demonstrations ever given in
any city on the Pacific coast outside OF
San francisco.
To deny this fact is useless, and to
record it is only to tell the truth. But
the fact does not prove conclusively,
nor does it prove at all, that Los Ange-
les county is going to do-as 1t has done
in the past-roll up majority OF thous-
ands for the Republican electoral tick,
et-which this year stands for Mark
Hanna and the gold standard.
The demonstration yesterday was
large affair, and it would have been
even larger had 1t not rained But di-
vine Providence decreed that there
should be a needed downpour on the
day selected by the Republicans OF
Southern California on which to do hon.
or to Thomas B. Reed, the special plead
er in the halls of congress for the South
, ern Pacific Railroad company and the
man who voted and worked against the
Chinese exclusion act.
This was no fault of the anarchists,
the believers in "Altgeldism," 'the fol-
lowers of Debs," "tlle repudiationists,'
the Silver Republicans, the Democrats,
the Populists the "Popocrats," or the
"Demopops.
The rain in a measure interfered with
the Reed day" celebration, but nobody
is to blame for it save and except the
Almighty, and 1t would only be in the
nature Of things and In line. with some
of the assertions made by certain gold
standard advocates to question the mo-
tive of the divine Ruler in decreeing
rainfall for Tuesday, October 27, 1885,
the first in nine months.
But then this rainfall did not prevent
a tremendous turnout of the advocates
of the gold standard by any means.
There were $500 men who marched In line
tc demonstrate their loyalty to Hanna
and the st. Louis platform, and to shroW
also how thoroughly they appreciated
the efforts of Thomas B. Reed to secure
a $1,000, 600 government appropriation
for Huntington's harbor at Santa Mon
ica They also desired to show Mr.
Reed that they appreciated his efforts
to secure the enactment of the funding
bill into a. law whereby Coils P. Hun
tington and his associates could mulct
the people for close on to $lOO ,OOO,O 200.
Incidentally, the paraders wanted to
give out the impression that they were
for William Mckinley for president.
And, take it all in all, these $500 men
who were in line were good, intelligent
looking set of men. There were, per-
haps, 800 to 1000 men who marched who
did SO because they had to, or, at least
they thought they had to, to save their
jobs. For those men all people have
O,,A 49,. -
haps, thought they were Showing their
loyalty to, the men and measures who.
in their opinion, ought to succeed at the
polls for the country's good.
These $3.50 men who were in line were
recruited from the counties of Los An
eeles, San Bernardino, Orange, River
side, San Diego and Ventura. The cav
alcade had numerous and sundry bands
distributed through it. There were also
uniformed clubs and marchers carrying
various kinds of banners and flags, the
whole making a very imposing process
SION. i.5.
It took the line just f1fty-five minutes
to pass given point, not allowing for
all stops and delays.
The line Of march was from the plaza
down Main street to Spring street, to
Seventh street, to Athletic park
Along the streets were countless thou
sands of people, and the cheers for Bry-
an, Tor barlow ana IOr silver were LOUD,
long and continued.
There was also enthusiasm for Nc
Kinley. To deny this fact is useless.
But, considering everything, the enthu-
siasm was not that spontaneous ap-
plause and evidence Of good feeling
that comes from the heart Of the peo-
pie.
And that portion of the parade that
represented the voters of the city, to
that reference can truthfully be made
as failure. The turnout, in so far as
1t represented this city, showed up
about 1000 strong, and Of the number
fully 500 were men who thought 1t poll
cy to march in the line as compliment
to their employers who had requested
them to do So
The uch-boasted-o of Railroad Mems
Sound Money club" failed to material
ize in the line with over eighty-nve
members.
The .workingmens Mckinley club
failed to loom up.
The Business Mems Sound Money
cluD did make good showing.
There We're four Democrats in the
line, in words and figures as follows:
Twill A. Harris; 2--W. j. Hunsaker:
81. b. Lankershim; 4-Henry Fleish-
man. Tnese gentlemen marched faith
fully and made an imposing showing.
The Sound Money Democrats ci1h
was not in the line in a shape that n
could be identified.
The Arcade Sound Money club turned
out about forty strong. Some of these
boys will vote for Bryan
Pasadena doomed up in great shape in
the parade. The Americus club was
there with pretty evolutions and neat
uniforms. There were also several 9th
er organizations in line from Pasadena.
Among others the imposing spectacle
was seen In the line of Julius H. Martin.
10 nfop~ Al~.A
or. mounted on fiery, untamed steed.
He rode we'll, but he did not get any
very cordial reception at the hands or
the mouths of the viewing thousands.
One of the minor sights Of the costly
turnout was the one presented by q
body Of men that purported to be the
German American Mckinley club.
which created some merriment to the
initiated. 1t was advertised that the
members Of that club should parade,
sech one with an umbrella in red. white