The Portland daily press., 1896-11-11

more lies and teach more political econ
omy than half the men In the schools.
His voice is not big and round, but it
carries To she uttermost parts of the
ed too intently to interrupts with ap-
plause. Over it all was q Pickering,
lambent flame OF humor. Above all, he's
genial man-a man who grasps your
hand warmly and who is really working
for the prosperity OF broad land in a
broad way. But he sees clearly; there
are no blinds over bis twinkling eyes.
was made to think with.
An orator? Well no. Somsthina much
better-a clever business man of lrains,
statesman, politician, q good talker.
with oogent ideas and the courage to tell
ain and disagreeable truths without
hinohfng.
He is man who talks principles, not
men. He knows how TO so0In Bryan and
elevate Mckinley without harping on
one-stringed instrument or appealing to
prejudice and sentiment by shouting
name as a slogan. Reed goes after
questions and big affairs of the Nation.
He looks after the platforms and the
| candidates look after themselves. Last
| night ho mentioned neither McKinley's
| nor Bryan's name. 1t was not neces-
sary.
And this ia what he said:
Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
| men;-l thank you most heartily for the
way III which you have greeted me. The
opposition newspapers haye taken pains
| 30 inform you that ] am no orator. They
| need not have taken the pains. You
would have found 1t ont for yourselves
| bsf3re had spoken half dozen SEN
| fences. ] shall not juggls with either
crowns Of thorns or crosses of gold.
What shall have to say to you will be
plain and simple sense. Eerhaps my
| style of discourse may be better suited
TO the present condition of the American
people than a more rhetorical display.
'tWbat concerns US Ia simply everyday
| happiness-thnt which comes of we'll
filled larder, an honestly furnished house
and livelihood insured to us from day
to day. The people of this country are
looking about for the causes OF what has
yisibly happened.
"There are several kinds of education
book education, school education and
college education. But the best eduoa-
ton in the world is that which comes of
ton, but the eduoation Of experience
you must pay nigh price for, and for
| the education Of ths last four years you
have been paying high price. You
are paying the penalty of your own folly,
and it is right and just that you should.
Have you had education enoughP
-Four years ago you followed advice,
| low the advice of the same people this
| time? If you do, you know where you'll
| be at the end Of 1.-The next four years.
Upon the increase of wealth, properly
distributed, depends the prosperity of
a country. When any one talks to you
about country where wealth accumu-
lates and men decay, remember he is
only poet, not prophet.
"You want first of all to get into your
minds what wealth ia. Wealth Is any
thing that contributes to human happI-
ness. Whatever increases wealth, proper
ly distributed, increases also happiness.
When we consider the increase of wealth,
| we consider happiness and the progress
of the world. An empty stomach is no
basis for full brain.
"You recollect how we started in life
without even layer of clothing. Adam
started that way, and for a long time
the human race stayed that way.
'tBut we went on, adding comfort to
| comfort, until those whom We call poor
are richer than gentry and princes of 500
years ago. There's not man here-not
even if one of those Bryan shoutels has
got in-who would live as noble lived
300 years ago. How would you like to
Lave dining room rooted with PUSHES,
carpeted with dogs, swept out once q
week9 Why, such thing would not be
tolerated even in the district that gave
| the largest Democratic majority.
wealth has increased in its volume
year by year and day by day. II you
could look back 800 years, which am
glad you can't, you would see that when
any one travelled he travelled by horace
back, like cowboy, without the advant-
age Of living on a plain. Railroads were
absolutely impossible until there were
enough people rich enough to pay rail-
road fares. 1t has all been due to ths
distribution of wealth among the people.
| "Our great comforts come to us and
are possible by reason of the distribution
of wealth. There are the great markets
OF america, which we SO foolishly brew
away four years ago. They have their
origin in the wealth rof the American
pc ople. What we want to do is to ap-
ply our common, business senAe.
lMr. Reed then went on to discuss the
silver question. When the speaker uon-
cluded the band struck up the "Star-
Spangled Banner and the vast audience
rose to it's feet to give mighty cheer to
the man of Maine. The guard of honor,
detailed by Captain Gaskill of the Oak
land Alliance, consisting of Marston
Campbell, F. W. Frost, Captain Webb
and L. p. Koscialowski, escorted Reed
to his carriage, and the big Republican