Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-08

Given Magnificent Ovation in
Music Hall, Boston.
He Responds By Giving Them One Of
the Grandest Of Speeches.
Pricks the Free Silver Bubble Showing Utter
Folly Of It's Theories.

Boston, Oct. IA grander publif
meeting was never held in Boston thar
that which greeted Thomas 3. Reed In
Music hall, tonight. Not only was ev-
cry seat in the great house taken LONG
before O'Clock. but the aisles were oc-
cupied as much as the police would
permit. The occasion of this demon
stration was the ratification of the Re-
publican national and state tickets
Speaker Reed. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge and Acting Governor Wolcott
being the speakers announced
The grand hall was tastefully deco
rated, tri-colored bunting everywhere
prevailing, and several thousand small
sized American flags being distributed
among the audience. AS Baldwin's
Band played various well-known pop
! ular patriotic airs, these flags were
waved in unison. At SIS. as the band
played Hail to the Chief" the distin-
Suished party came upon the stage.
amid the echeers and plaudits of the
vast audience, the waving of the flags
adding splendor and patriotic glow
to the never-to- be- forgotten scene
Mr.. George II. Lyman. chairman of
sets member OF the national commit
| tee. called the meeting to order. and
in very neat speech introduced as the
1 presiding officer of the evening. Hon,
| VIM. c. Lowering of Taunton. who is
to be the successor of Hon. Elijah A.
| Morse as Congressman from the 18th
district. Mr. Lowering was given n
great round of applause as he rose to
| speak, for while he Is not very gener-
| ally known to the people he has pre-
sided over Republican state conven-
| lions in the past, and was well-known
to all present by reputation. He intro
| duced as the first regular speaker of
the evening. Acting Governor Wolcott.
| In the course of his speech Gov
Wolcott said: THAT man would show
| himself possessed of reckless audacity.
or else he must be insensible to the
| magnetism of this hall. who ventured
| long to interpose his personality be-
tween this great audience and Thomas
| y. Reed of Maine. Great applause
| say to him. and he will agree with
me. that it is no small thing for any
man to possess the confidence and ad-
miration of the people of Massachu-
|
accorded to him. The people of this
state and the people of the nation
judge fairly the great service he has
| rendered to this country, and those
| services We're never more Loyalty or
more efficiently rendered than they are
i'll the present campaign" applause
| Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was the
next speaker. and when he rose was
| given a great reception. He humor-
| ously reviewed the many Guberna-
| torial nominations rendered George
Fred Williams. this fall. and called at
| tention to the manner in which the
| Democratic national and the New York
| state tickets We're nominated He said
that he was present to join in the
greeting TO Mr.. Reed. giving him re-
| ception which shall only testify again
| the affectionate admiration which
| Massachusetts has already shown for
him in other places and on other fields.
He eulosized Mr.. Reeds administra-
| ton of the office of Speaker in Con-
| Sress. Thomas Il. Reed was the last
| speaker After thanking the audience
/ for the hearty reception accorded him.
he said, in part:
ton, for this country by three cleo
tons, each more decisive than the
other, has practically determined that
question. but if we can by judicious
action secure such tariff. founded on
business principles, as will give us suf-
| ticient revenue, give us an American
| market and thereby set business in
| motion, / am sure the business man,
whether he be Democrat or Republic
can. will have no cause for sorrow. The
main question now before us is the sill
Yer question. Even Mr.. Bryan calls a
truce on the tariff, though he earnestly
desired and vigorously fought for a
worse one than we now have. This dis
cussion we are now having is born and
bred of the depressed condition of pub
lie and private affairs. 1t has come
upon us like the greenback agitation
OF 1878. 1t has the same causes, and in
my judgment will have the same fate.
When this election is over and business
| revives, this question of the free coin
age of silver by the United States sin
gle-handed and alone will disappear
from public and private discussion.
Nor is the question, today. half as
DIS tHc lueSliOIl III 1910. One-
half the argument of the question of
today is to understand what it is and
what it is not. 1t is certainly not BIZ
metallism. Bimetallism means the
use of both metals and not of one.
Bimetallism means even more than
that. 1t means the use of both metals
by all of the civilized world. at least.
At this bimetallism Mr.. Bryan sneers.
He says that is establishing system
in America with "the consent of Eu-
rope. as IL we were vessels" Had he
stod agreement" as does the Repub-
lican platform, he would have recog-
| nized both the individuality Of other
nations and their equality. But he
wanted to appeal to the pride of Amer
lea. Well, the pride of America is well
enough, but the greater we get to be.
the less we have of that kind of pride.
Longer than most of us have lived.
the present standard has Drevailad