The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-30
REED IN CALIFORNIA.
Is He Making Votes or Is He
asting Time2
WHAT DOES He TA'Nk'
Read His straight-Out. Common
Place Talk to COmmOn-Place
in Regard To the Street-COrner
Politicians and Their Arguments.

San Jose, Cal, Oct. e3.-The largest audi
ence which has greeted speaker here
in this campaign. greeted Hon. Thomas b.
Reed tonight. In fact, the Auditorium
theater and big hall. where an overnow
meeting was held, could by no means ac-
commcdate those who sought TO near ihe
gentleman. He was met at Niles py
committee and escorted TO the city.
On his arrival here he was taken TO the
Nendome hotel where lunch was served.
During the afternoon he and his daughter
were the recipients of marked attention.
lie was escorted from rhe hotel 10 the
speaking place by a hambeau club. and
the crowds on the streets gave him
hearty greeting. II was several seconds
after Mr.. Reed faced the great audience
before he could commence TO speak. The
cheers were continuous and enthusiastic
He began his remarks by saying that he
was thankful for such a cordial greeting.
He said that he made his first politicai
speech thiriy-two years ago in santa
Clara county 10 an audience OF about fifty
people .sThe country has grown some
since them" he dryly remarked. IL there
Is a richer or more beautiful valley in me
world I have never seen It." daughter
and cheers)
Turning then TO more serious thoughts.
he SAID THAI all the word was seeking an
increase of wealth. Happiness depends on
the increase of wealth. and an increase OF
wealth fairly and honestly distributed.
Wealth Is that which adds TO human COM
fort and happiness, whether a coat. pair
OF shoes or a home. There had been vast
Increase In wealth Tn recent years.
s'In crossing the continent one sees adobe
hafts which were once used for homes. In
fact at one time man used cave and
holes en the ground for homes. buS they
have become too rich for these no~, and
- ~ r>zzn fzf-
lows who wifi want them after the Sd OK
November. uaughter)
I'm the time of the crusade there was
not wealth sufficient IN all Europe 10 sup
port the railroads for one decade. Wealth
id not exist. and what there was was IN
the hands Of the castle owner and gentry.
Our great railroads of today are due 20
wealth and the great distribution of
wealth. They are not sbe result OF the
wealth OF any one man. but OF the dis
tr.butson of wealth among ali people. The
Bell telephone would not have been as i'm
possible 100 years ago as il would have been
1eeoa years ago. for there was no general
wealth among the people.
"you hear lots OF fellows deciaiming
about money and per capita, and the
good that will result from this policy or
that which they noisiiy advocate on
street corners. but II does not follow that
all who claim 10 be prophets are such.
Because men may believe a thing does
not make II so. Belief does not make II
So Belief does not make q thing true.
You don't have to call for cheers for
Bryan when you see those fellows stand
ing on the corner, because You know who
they will cheer for by their looks and
general appearance We are told now
that the tariff question Is settled Well.
this is probably true. for the people set
tied il in 1884,
In regard 10 silver. Mr.. Reed said that
there were lot OF loose notions floating
around that free silver coinage was a
pauacea for all things. This was that
same street corner talk. Years ago the
same sort of idea infested the country.
and the fellows then constantly referred
TO France as a beautiful example OF what
could be done Yet France never had a
grsenhack. or anything akin 10 IL.
.-ssorae os these fellows go clean hack TO
the middle ages for their object lessons =
he said Well. that is where they be-
ior~~ G@sagiter.;
THE gentlemen spoke of howl In 1s-s.
and OF the grecnback craze He believed