The record-union., 1896-10-29
His Los Angeles
Speech.
Chicago Platform Torn
to Pieces.
Great Enthusiasm in the
South.
The Orator From Down East
at His Best.
He Makes q Powerful Argument for
the Principles Of the Re-
The Orator From Down East
at His Best.
He Makes q Powerful Argument for
the Principles Of the Re-
publican Party.


LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2S.-Tom Reed
addressed an audience of at least ~,
600 people here yesterday, and was
most enthusiasticall received. There
was a great demonstration, despite the
threatening weather, the whole OF
Southern California contributed to the
outpouring.
Mr.. Reed was introduced by Con-
greSsman McLachlan, and said:
Fellow-citiZens: For the first time
in my life l find myself facing a multi
tude so great that it seems to me abso-
1utely hopeless to expect to reach one
half of them. Your presence here to-
Gay is much greater speech than !
can make. (Applause)
1t shows your determination; it shows
that the cause of righteousness has
found a secure foothold upon the Pa
cific Coast The Pacific Coast has in
the future before it the greatest en-
pire on this continent California of
itself IS a great country. I told the
people Of New York eight years ago
that if their State We're three times
embroidered on the map of California
you could put Pennsylvania there also
and only have it project a few feet
over the Pacific. daughter and ap-
plause)
But great as California is in it's su-
perfcial area, it is greater still in its
resources and in its future wealth
You have now twelve or thirteen hun
dred thousand inhabitants. The time
will come when your population will
stagger the belief of the East for you
have riches capable of giving susie
rance and wealth to almost uncounted
millions. Nevertheless, you labor un-
Ger some disadvantages. You are sep
arated from the great markets of the
world by a very great ocean on one
side which bridges the way to a popu-
lation with which you desire to have
no connection. (Applause.) You are
separated on the other side by thou
sand miles of what used to be called
desert, but which 1 refuse to believe
viii always remain a desert But al
present you are far off from your mar
ket
You ought to be willing and anxious
that that market, notwithstanding its
distance, should be secured to you
That Is one of the issues of the present
campaign: whether the magnificent
production Of California shall find a
corresponding magnificent market ir
the United States of America. But or
that point do not now insist. That
is for you to consider among your
selves
There is another point upon which
we are all agreed. I say all agreed
for it doesn't seem to me very many
people were left out of this gathering
applause and laughter) But I pri-
marily mean both Democrats and Re
publfcans and once in my life l have
an opportunity to say words in common
praise of honest Democrats. applause
and seized upon the occasion TO dc
1t in Maine before election, and / do il
here In your presence after the Maine
election-the blessed election which
shows that there is a great sense in
the northeast corner of the United
States Of America. (Applause) And
can say to those assembled here that
there is as great sense in the south
western corner as there is there CAP
plause)
It is showing what a little sound ar
gument viii do with the people We
have been dallying and doddling with
the silver question for years. But we
have had now a full, free and frank
discussion of it. daughter and ap-
plause) / hardly know how TO ap-
proach it; I hardly know how to dis
cuss it here, unless l discuss II here
in California just as I did in the State
of Maine
4 voice-All right
Mr.. Reed-That is to say, upon a basis
Of common sense. And / want 10 say tc
this audience that 1 do not pretend tc
have any great amount Of knowledge OF
Intelligence. think know a little more
than some Of the people l heard shout
ing on the streets to-day daughter.
Blu; whatever / say to you is not of con.
sequence. because / or any other mar
says it, unless il meets with "a response
fn your bosom. It is OF no human use.
This world is governed not by superior
men. but by the common sense of the
average citizen of the United States
tApplause) And unless / can present
arguments which will be satisfactory
to him / talk In vain, and I ought to tall
I'm vain. for no people ought TO have any
better government than they have got
sense to have. The people Of 1892 die
not deserve anything but what they
have got these last three years Zap
plause), and I suppose that in the provi-
dence of God this heavy punishment
has been inflicted upon us as warnine