The sun., 1896-10-10
TOM REED AT MORRIST0WN
FIVE rho oUsAND JERSETMEN TURN
OUT TO NEAR HIM SPEAK.


OUT TO HEAR HIM SPEAK.
ne Pats In n Plea for ConErsssrnan Pitney
and Then Gees nt the Question OF Wages
Under a. Deprcctnted CurrencY-A Vet
ernu walks go Miles TO Hear che Speech.
Tho Republicans OF New Jersey had field
day yesterday. The Hon. Thomas B. Reed was
scheduled to discuss the issues OF the campaign
Mt Norristown, and 5000 persons. from all
PARTS of the State and from this city, gathered
on the Morristown green to hear the address,
Tho number OF those who heard tho man from
Maine was considered unusually large. from the
fact that the New Jersey State Committee had
only two days in which to advertise the meet
ing. 1t was not until two days ago that Mr..
Reed wns able to say definitely when he could
speak in New Jersey.
Excursion trains were run from towns further
along the line OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroad.
Mr.. Reed was particularly desirous OF speak
ing at Morristown, the largest town in the
Fourth New Jersey Congress district, that he
might say q good word for his young friend the
Hon. Mahlon Pitney. the representative OF the
district In the Fifty fourth Congress, and who
is q candidate for reelection. Morristown was
brilliant with tho national colors. There was
hardly house that did not have displayed over
or near It AN American flag. and many were
most elaborately decorated. The business part
of the town was one mass OF color. The owners
OF horses and wagons decorated both with
American flags.
In the centre OF tho green big tent had been
set up. capable Of holding about 1000 persona.
The flaps of this tent at either side and at either
end were rolled up. and about II the rest Of the
crowd packed themselves. In the crowd was
George w. Lurk. SO years old. of Mt. Arlington.
N. j. Mr.. Lurk is tall and spare. with q
hear I'd lonU thin white hair
He wore yesterday a sort OF pea-green frock
coat and broad brmmed straw hat. and carried
an umbrella and staff, called by some people an
alpenstock. Mr.. Lurk has lived in Now Jersey
all of his sixty-six years. enlisted on the Norris
town green when Lincoln issued his first call
for volunteers, fought through the. war. was
war was over returned to his New Jersey farm.
With the exception OF the times when he went
never ridden on railroad, He walked the
twenty miles from Mt. Arlington to Morris
sod Sr WoSa Vailed
rather than miss hearing Mr. Reed He cast his
he wouid mo- not i've long enough to regret IL. Al
the very next election he voted the Republican
ticket. and he has voted that ticket ever since.
He says that he Is easily able to walk twenty
miles u day. and he would much rather walk
than ride on the cars, as the pesky things"
bronchitis, and travelling on the cars chokes
him.
the tent. from which the speaking was done.
The platform was, filled with prominsnt Re-
franklin Murphy. Chairman of the Republican
State Committee presided. and IN short
said that Mr., Pitney is somewhat over 30 years
old. He looks nearly ten years younger: He
sas ney wsS
minute: "a R: at the end OF which time he introduced
The cheering. when Mr.. Reed arose. was SO yo-
ciferous and 80 long that the band finally had to
face. and stopped from sheer exhaustion Then
Mr. Reed raised his hsnds for p4f the
cheers to stop. When he got a chance, he sailed
tribute to Mr.. Pitnsy and telling his hearers
that IL they wanted to confer an honor ON their
% see that he was returned to the Fifty yfifth Con.
gress by an overwhelming majority, Mr. Reed
Seventy per cent. of the people of the
United States belong to the salary and wage
EARNING classes. and this 70 per cent. constitute
thing that is made BY the manufacturing In
forests of this country. and unfortunately in
ests of Great Britain. As wages increase. it
follows that there is larger demand for the
larger demand for labor, so that the demand
for products and the demand for labor act and
upsn ls e%s %e bad 9she gold at premium rba.
was the case until 1865. What ,yas the effect
1t had on the. .laboring mans wages, and on the
oommodities the laboring man bought? Why,
cent. How mEch did labor go up? 1t went up
46 per cent. The conseq Ience was that the la
boring man during these years upon an aver
age lost 36 per cent of the available power and
something that I saw to you, but something
that You can find indisputably proved by the ex-
perience OF men in this vast multitude.
ut is not only history. but common sense.
s1deratun was lower prices. Well, they got
them, and now the same men in the same tone
ara clamorng for higher prices. They told
you you were going to be helped by low prices,
higher p!cesand hope you Won't get them ex-
copt to- n certain extent | believe in low
prices. but with this limit that they consist
ent with fair profit and a living wage. II
IT theysre higher than that don't want them.
well. they tell us that we had a crime COM
mitted Ia 1873, or rather they have fallen
strangely silent about the crime OF 1873. They
that the men who are occupied the chief
engineers in this new movement the two
Senators from Nevada. were the very fellows
who engineer ed the crime Of 1878. But, they
three years, and as that is the cause Of your
trouble. why have it any longer? Now. l
want TO say 70 you that we have had some ex-
perience ON that subject. From 1851 to 1859
YER was only at n very small discount. Since
that ti ne we have bought over six hundred
millions of dollars of silver, and silver has
gone down to 30 cents on the dollar. II We
Until you have answerei that question. my
Populisttc friends don't you undertake any
talk on this subject. When you have an
At the conclusion OF his speech Mr. Reed
was overwhelmed with congratulations. and