Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-26
Principal Speaker mt n Grand hahs
ut Old Orchard, Me.-Tells OF
the Good Time Coming.

Old Orchard, Me-, Aug. 25.-The Repuo-
licans of Maine. according to CUSTOM heia
a grand rally here this afternoon at which
were gathered thousands of auditors from
all over the state as we'll as from other
parts of New England. The speakers were
Hon. Thomas b. Reed, Hon. Lee fairchild
and others. Mr.. Reeds speech h,.o%a.t.a was
upon the financial question.
After reviewing the cause and effects OF
the panics which have swept over TINS
dred years, charging them all to lack OF
confidence, he said:
1--WE must restore confidence How can
we restore confidence? First by putting
anarchy down and all manner of disturb
ance. Peace and a stable government are
the first necessity. This is borrowing
nunciation of money lenders. no wild talk
about Wall street, which. by the way, Is
the greatest money borrower in the world.
will ever put down that fact. Enterprises
are carried on by the united confidence of
men of money and men of brains. Bring
this thing home to yourselves and then
you will understand it; If you had money
or any other capital that. you had earned
yourself or your father had left you, or
even if you had won in the luck of the
earth who was liable to give you back
only half Of it and want to call it square?
If you were business man would you
make things on gold basis and sell them
on credit to a people who were trying to
see if they could not pay you on silver
basis?
Sewall combination will come certainty of
the repayment of capital borrowed at home
and abroad, certainty that business enter
prises will have a firm foundation and
1897. with its attendant years of success,
will lift us to another height of prosperity
where perhaps another set of misguided
us and we shall have to beat them again.
Remember that this contest to-day is
not between bimetallism and monometal-
lism.' That subject would bear discussion.
This contest is between silver monometal-
lism, which We have not, and gold mono
metallism, which we have. That subject
will not bear candid discussion. This con-
test also is not between the East and the
West. There can be no such contest. Our
interests are identical. With their growth
comes our growth. We cannot go on
our money is there. No misfortune can
happen to them that does not happen to
US. We here have full esteem for the pio-
neers Of the West and rejoice in their
prosperity. Every wise man agrees that
beyond the. mississippi lies the great
wealth Of the daysSto come. In the de-
velopment of this wealth We are all in
terested, and We. in the East, are not the
unwise men to believe that we are not
concerned in the progress and future of
the West. Unfounded sectional differences
are without excuse, and it will be woe to
those who try to foment them.
THE West is too vigorous not to seek
follow it when found. What the West
needs is loanable capital which will de-
velop its resources. No part of this
Union is so concerned in restoring conf
dence as the undeveloped territory.
The South. too, has a similar interest.
But they are too busy down there just
now asserting their rights and keeping
down the negro. If they could be per-
suaded to look after their interests what
happy country this might be-"
In conclusion. Mr.. Reed said
"Be not deceived by false prophets In
the West they tell the people that Maine
is faltering. You and T know that she
was never SO steadfast. Here in the East
they tell us the West is blazing with sill
yer crosses and is crowned with silver
thorns.' but when the tug of battle comes
the gallant West. peopled by our children
will show the world that brothers. true and
tried: who have fought many fights
shoulder to shoulder. in the great conflict
Of human progress. will never be separat-
ed from each other or from that great
party around which clusters all the glories
Of thirty of the most illustrious years Of
this country's history"