The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-08
GRANDER NEVER HELD.
Reed Meeting in Boston a Reeord
Breaker.
THE SPEAKER GIVEN A GREAT RE-
CEPTION.

THE SPEAKER GIVEN A GREAT RE
CEPTION.
| Complimentary AlIusions by Governor
Man Makes Logical: Appeal for Hon
est Money.
Boston, October IA grander public
meeting was never held in Boston than
| that which greeted Thomas B. Reed In
Music Hall tonight. Not only was every
seat in the great house taken long before
eight O'Clock, but the aisles were ooou-
pied as much as the police would per-
NIT. The occasion of this demonstration
was the ratification of the Repu blican
National and State ticket. Speaker
Reed, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Aot-
ing Governor Wolcott were the speakers
announced. Grand Hall was tastetully
decorated colorod bunting every
small sized American flags were distri-
butte d among the audience.
AS Baldwin's band played various well
known popular and patriotic airs theAe
flags were waved in unison.
| At s.15 as the band played "Hail to
the Chief, " the distinguished party came
upon the stage amid the cheers and
plaudlts of the vast audience. the wav-
ing of flags adding splendor and pa
triotlc glow to the never to- be. forgotten
scene.
| Mr.. George H.Lyman, chairman of the
State committee and the Massaoh usests
member Of the National committee, called
the meeting to order and in a very neat
speech introduced as the presiding officer
Of the evening. Hon. VIM. c. Lowering
of Taunton. who is to be the SUCCESSOR
of Hon.. Elijah Morse as Congressman
| from the 1ath district. Mr.. Lowering
was given great round of applause as
| he rose to speak, for while he Is not very
generally known to the people. he has
presided over Republican State oonven-
tion 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 Woloott.
In the course of his speech, Governor
| Wolcott said: 'fThat man would show
himself possessed of reckless audacity,
| or else he must be insensible to the mag
netism of this hall, who ventured long to
interpose his personally between this
great audience and Thos B. Reed of
Maine. (Great applause). I say to him,
and he will agree with me, that II is no
| small thing for any man to possess the
confidence and admiration of the people
of Massachusetts, in the measure IN which
uh ese are 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. Those services
wera never more Loyalty or more eff1cient-
ly rendered uhan they are In present cam
paign." (Applause).
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was the
next speaker. When no rose he was given
| great reception. He humorously re-
| tions rendered George Fred Williams, this
| fall, and called attention to the manner
| in which the Democratic National and
New York state tickets were nominated.
He said that he was present to join In
the greeting to Mr.. Reed, giving him a
reception which shall only testify again
| to the affeotionate admiration which
Massachusetts has already shown for him
| in other places, and on other fields.
He eulogized Mr.. Reeds administra-
tion of the office of speaker in Congress.
Thomas B. Reed was the last speaker
After thanking the audience for the
hearty reception accorded him he said In
part:
"We do not need to talk of protection,
for this country BY three elections each
| more decisive that the other has praoti-
oally determined that question. II we oan
W judiciOus action secure such tariff
founded on business principles as will
give us sufh cient revenue. give us the
| American market and thereby set busi-
ness III motion am sure that business
man whether he be Democrat or Republi-
can, will have no cause of sorrow. The
main question now before ux ia the sill
YER question. Even MIR. Bryan calls
truce on tho tariff though he earnestly
desired and vigorously fought for a
cussion we are now having is born and
bred Of the depressed condition OF pu bile
and private affairs. To has come upon
US like the green back agitation of 1878.
1t has the same causes and in my judg-
ment will have the same fate.
"Whsn this:eleotlon Is over and business
revives this question Of FREQ coinage of
and alone will disappear from public
and private discussion. Nor Is tie ques-
tion today half as difficult as the Dues
| tion of 1878. One half of the argument
of the question OF today is to understand
what it is and what it Is not. It il GER
tainly not bimetallism. Bime tallism
M leans the use of both metals and not
of one. Biinetsllism means even more
than that. 1t means the use of both met
ais by all of the civilized world an least.
At this bimetallism MIR. Bryan sneers.
He says that is esta bliahing system
in America with 'ths consent of Europe
as if we were vassais.'
"Had he said agreement as does the
Repu blioau platform. he would have REQ
ognized both the individuality of other
nations and their equ ais.
"But he wanted to appeal TO the pride
of America. We'll the pride of America Is
we'll enough. but the greater We got to
be, the less we will have of that kind OF
pride. Longer than most of us have
lived, the present standard has prevailed
here. Since 1884 we have had the same