The Portland daily press., 1896-08-29

characteristic Reed speeCh-A
Great Audience and Tremendous En-
thusiasm-A Royal Greeting of Old
York to the Speaker.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.J
biddeford. August 20. - Thomas
Brhokett Reed made his campaign visit
to b1ddsford tonight and the whole town
turned out to greet him. All the early
evening the streets were crowded with
people and long before the hour of meet
ing the people begun to flock into the
Opera house where Mr.. Reed was to
speak. When the meeting began the big
hall was packed to the doors and hun
dreds OF men stood in the aisles to listen
to the words of the great son of Maine
and speaker of the national house.
Mr.. Reed arrived in Biddeford early in
the evening and took supper at Hotel
Thaoher. After supper there was a brief
reception at the rooms of the York club
where many prominent Republicans of
YORK county shook Mr.. Reed by the
hand.
When Mr.. Reed entered the Opera house
the big audience rose up and greeted him
with ringing cheers. The applause con-
ttnued after he lad taken his seat on the
platform.
Seated with him were r. n. Ford
chairman of the town com mittee, Robert
Macarthur, agent of the Pepperen and
Laconia mills, DR.. John Lord, e. II.
Banks, Hon. @. NJ. Moses, Hon. Frank
Foss, g. N. Weymouth, Hon. G. S. Ham
ilron. B. +. Cleaves, ESQ.,, Joseph N.
Burque, L. J. Rsnof, r. H. Ingerson,
Jesse Gould, DR.. s. J. Bashford.
Mr.. Ford introduced B. Il. Cleayes,
Esq, as the presiding officer of the eve
ming.
CHAIRMAN CLEAVES
said the presence Of such large audience
was evidence of the deep interest of the
public in most Important campaign.
He was glad to see SO many women
present for the influence of women in
the campaign should not be underesti-
mated. he urged the women to use their
influence for the cause, that meant peace
and prosperity to their home.
He concluded by presenting Mr.. Reed.
When the latter arose to speak he re-
ceived great ovation, the applause and
cheering being tremendous. His speech
occupied less than an hour but was full
Of strong points, witty sayings an d
"Reedisms" with the famous applica-
t1ons OF homely illustrations and simple
statements to demonstrate great prinoi =
pies.
MR.. REEDS SPEECH.
When the applause which greeted Mr
Reeds introduction was finally stilled he
said in substance:
1t seems rather hard that 1900 OF. 1900 of
us should have to spend whole evening
In trying to find out what is ths proper
course to pursue on question of simple
honesty t. after 1900 years of Christian
civilization. 1t seems as though we all
of us ought to know what real honesty
is, but such is not the fact. We nave
frequently to come together to see where
we are and what we are going to do. 1t
has al ways been so since the world be-
gan. ss
1t took Adam sometime to regulate
himself, he had to hold frequent meet
ings; then when Eve waa added To the
complications there was more trouble
"hu Ao ooo'~ 1noro lteQuoAe Heeelngs Go
settle things. Then came the tribal dis.
turbances and then little nations had
their troubles and had to meet together
to get matters on proper basis. Now
today great nation Of 10000, 600 people
have to meet together, OF rather in seu-
tions for the same purposes. 1t Is wise
ordering of Providence to keep the human
race together that we have to do these
things
Tho t, ho ci,, 10
matter, it is no W very complicated one.
some people claim to know it all, but
such people are fools.
There was a time when money merely
muant pieces of metal. 1t was once even
sheep, COWS and oxens. But metal got
too cumbersome and the world got to
using pieces of paper saying In effect that
one fellow had some money which the
other one could get by coming after 1t.
II he had the metal he was all right
and felt easy. If he had somebody's
agreement he went at once to him and
got the money unless he had perfect con-
hdence In that person. Filally We got
to issuing bank notes. Confidence is the
basis of modern businesses. This world
day by day and year by year gets to be
more honest, ami that means more conf
dence among the human race. II psople
lose confidence in each other business
SSAaoc oAAAonU W u bUhuunulli. 4tOe ohblIc-
~ for we must always eat and live, but
to large extent.
You can all remsmb Der in '93 the banks
suddenly changed their manner of busi-
ness. Before. that you could go to bank
With check on California and have it
at once passud to your credit. but when
that panic time of distrust came that was
stopped aud it was pretty difficult some
times to get money on your own check
when they knew you. 1t is singular
fact bus backed up by history that just
80 oIten when the times comes and the
olook strikes we must take an account of
STOCK and see who is good. When we have
done that and settle down on
A SOLID BASIS
business and prosperity begin to rise
again.
The best cure for any panic is to do
that and find solid basis
There never was a time when any
suddenly invented medicine has cured
the world of a disease.
l have my opinion about our disaster.
I predicted 1t and don't claim to have
known much about it either Before 1899