The sun., 1896-10-09
THUNDER FROM TOM REED.
THE NAME NAV SPEAKS TO 4
THRONG Nv BRIDGEPORT.

The Speaker Says the silver Craze 4. stu'-
ply y Disease-The Way to Get Out OF
Hard Times Is to Work Out or Them
No Instant Cure for the Amietion.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Oct. s.-The greatest
political Demonstration ever witnessed In the
city was the reception accorded Thomas B.
Reed tonight Five thousand men crowded
into the state Armory to hear the man from
Maine, aud over 2,cCo more attended the over
dow meeting in Sailors Hall. ..
Speaker Reed the guest OF William D.
Bishou, lifelong Democrat and rx-ConRress-
man from this district. and Mr. Bishop was one
OF the speakers at the great sound money meet
ing. While Speaker Reed was addressing the
Armory meeting, Senators Joseph r. Hawley
and Orvilo H. Plat were talking at the Sailors
Hall meeting.
The platform In tho armory was crowded
with prominent Republicans. The demonstra-
tion when Mr.. Reed mounted the platform was
one of pandemonium. and after his introduce
tion 1t was many minutes before he could get
chance to begin.
| His address was devoted entirely to the
money question. After endorsing the candi-
| dacy of h. J. Hill for Congress- from tho Fourth
| district. MIR. Reed said:
The Republican party moves as the earth
moves. 1t gets more sense day by day. No one
knows all about the currency question. When
| Adam was aloIe on this earth there was not
| much complication to society. Things were
uncommouly simple. II there had been
| railroads he could have gone forth,
made innumerable speeches and como home
| unanimous on the subject. When Eve was pre-.
sented there was complication at once. and from
| that time to the present affairs Of society life
have become more complicated.
1T is not necessary to imply that nobody
knows anything about this subject. however.
| Nobody knows all about the ocean. but men Of
| good sense keep out of the middle of It.
| the currency question in this country. Some
N
live IN that they entirely ignore the history and
sss Of sF Tsese hes wsnd
| nations Of Mexico. China and the far East As
for NC, ! prefer to look at home and Judge
| III there is anything in this silver question ie
is because it is a disease on the whole world. If
| II is a disease, II is world disease. defy any
TO the United States that does not also apply to
country aud should go it alone We are a great
! bnt not a boasting people. A boastine nation is
OF night. It's not because he is cheerful. but
| scared These orators appeal to rride; they
have but contempt for such. for want to take
lessons from anybody who can teach me any
This proposition to shoulder it alone they
make because they say that they believe IL we
/ Should undertake the Tree and tied coinage
OF silver it weqid 1T nil the silver in the world
as high as gold and there wou dn't be ripple.
Isy DO no: NY wa the Is for
to initiate the civilized nation Of Mexico. whose
silver dollar is bigger than ours aud worth one
II nave no faith in the argument that silver
T nS meet gold and REoducs ,ba1 maF5sEe f5 OF
ceive one dollar for what IS worth fifty
lahoring mans pocEe. its value will be but half
dollar. II this particular form of grief should
come. the silver mine owner will be the
the sHd would :. .no....,n, :, ~. Who'll.
world banded together IN bmetall ism is a great
question FOR future settlement- In 1873 there
except As a curiosity or a hoard. Since then we
have coined or stored for coinage $500 100000.
lifted lit Ii it up. s 1t vent down. 1t IS Ike every:
thing else, increased demand means increased
resi- Of the silver OF the world will we do any
better? You are simply fooling with your own
Man may tamper aud waste the profits OF
Others but do not dare use the descriptive ex-
w3h TO hm MsD, whG TSpd oW rsn
but never So low as to 6e inconsistent With fair
pace without re!,sona bic requirements.
" never saw a ulestion discussed in politics
during my twenty years thar seemed TO have
less foundation than the main proposition on
WI hich this election turns-a proposition to So 3;
stitute inctuatins currency which @ VIII VIII
people. for that proportion are salary or wage
earners. The truth is. We are so blended to-
gether that it is impossible to iniure ono set
without iniuring all.
Frankly say do, not believe there is any
! balsam or med cine that is a sure cure. Men
get in hard time. and the nrst thought ie to dis
cover some remedy that will cure at once.
These are not the only hard times We have
had. There have been a series OF depressions
and elevations, but In each We pass TO Q higher
in 1873. The human race will go marching on
In the endless procession of progress and civil
iZation"