The herald., 1896-10-29
experienced congressman at Washing


ton.
Speaker Reed occupied position in
the central portion of the front of the
improvised platform. He clasped his
hands behind him and as he spoke
swayed backward and forward in an
easy manner. His gestures were few
and he seemed displeased little when
the applause of the people made him
await their pleasure before proceeding
with what he had to say.
He declared that nowhere before and
never before had he seen such outpour-
ings Of people to attend gatherings of
political nature. He considered 1t an
augur of success to the Republican
party and while he rejoiced that so
many had come out, he Knew shat the
compliment was not for him but for the
principles which he represented and
while he was glad that these principles
and the love of them brought out so
large concourse of people he was sor-
ry he would not be able to make them
all hear what he had to say. His state
ment proved true and the large audi
ence which filled every corner of the
great pavilion when he commenced to
were beyond the range of his voice.
The country, he said, was on the verge
of an important decision. It was impos-
sible for him to talk rhetoric to the peo-
pie in this issue. 1t was the simple busi-
ness facts that were wanted. 1t was not
the first time that the people of this
country had been invited into the wild
erness Of bad money. During the war
of the rebellion the United States issued
an immense number of greenbacks MAX
ing the war cost so per cent more than 1t
otherwise would. The speaker remem-
bered the time well and it was to him,
coming from the east. matter of much
astonishment that the people of Cali
fornia looked so complacently on the
emergency. Then the man who thought
to pay debt with a f1fty-cent piece Of
money was frowned down. Then Cali
fornians above all others stood up like
men and when they owed money they
paid it in gold coin or it's equivalent and
never faltered. Then the immense i'm
portance Of capital to the state of Cali
fornia was realized. It was realized
then as it will soon be realized again
that the best hold in the world is not a
chance for reputation but chance to
borrow.
The Democracy promised millennium
but they did not undertake to prove
anything They suddenly become inter-
ested in history. They want us to try the
prosperity Of Mexico. That country is
prospering certainly and the speaker
rejoiced that it was, but he declared that
the United States had passed Mexico
| long years ago and had passed her for
ever. They want the people to take
lesson from China and yet the time
was, and not so very long ago, that the
people of California believed that China
could give her no lesson in anything.
| The speaker appealed to the people
| to leave foreign history alone and re-
| turn to the history of America. There
was enough of it in the hundred years
of the life of the nation. 1t was only
| necessary for one to go back four years
in search of that history and history
then tells that the very men that are
now promising to show the country the
way to prosperity are the same men
lacking a few who have reformed, who
then promised by an entirely different
road to lead the people to prosperity
and had led them into the greatest qug-
mire of business lethargy that the coun-
try has ever known. These men have
been beaten out of their position on free
trade and in absolute desperation they
have taken up the song Of 16 to and are
singing it to all sorts of tunes.