The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-20
SPEECHES BY II. ID. REED.
Names Man Talks Twice with Diff
Guilty at ChicnUO

CHICAGO, Oct 49, - Thomas E. Reed
spoke in the Auditorium this afternoon to
an audience which occupied every avaia-
bic inch of standing rooom. He was intro
duced by George r. Peck, of Chicago, and
was wildly cheered as he arose to speak.
He spoke for about half an hour, dwelling
particularly the currency and tariff
questions. He again spoke at night in
the Republican tent, at Fifty-hfth and Pc
oria streets. The tent was filled to it's ut
most capacity, but the audience was doomed
to a great disappointment, for Mr.. Reed
was able to speak only few minutes. His
throat has been troubling him seriously,
and he could only speak with great diff
Guilty tonight His address was as fol-
lows:
"Fellow,,citizens-I cannot expect TO be
heard unless you are entirely silent. In
that sense il will take all of us to make
the very short speech which l intend to
havior of this multitude that the case of
Nc ninley VS.. Bryan has been arguing
since 1892 that you proceed to discuss the
question from your own standpoint. You
can realize very little, perhaps, what is
involved in the principles of either
rency or tarff-at least there are as many
orators upon the one side az there are upon
stand that in 1899 we were reasonably pros
perCus, and that in 1896 we are unreason-
ably unprosperous. Your memories are not
so short that you cannot recall the fact
that the men who, in 1892, promised you if
you would go wrong that you would have
that very same men who told you this arc
now telling you that If you will follow
In other words, when the Democratic party
was all together, and had some good and
sensible men in 1t, we were led by the ma
jority of them into a swamp and quagmire,
and now. the best ones having left it. they
tell us that they will lead US to the land
of promise and. that the heavenly Jerusa-
lem will descend. Certainly If II reaches
anywhere they are Ii will descend very
heavily Therefore, l say that this case
If these men have been wrong upon a
subject which has been discussed for about
they be right on question that has not
been discussed until after the dreadful
one hundred years of education. what will
1T be after twenty years? After ALL for
most of us, that covers the great part of
the question. You know this is a country
that contains about ten millions of voters
Every one of them is entitled to have his
way, if he can get it, And every one
of them can have his own opinions, if he
can coax other people into the belief of
them. Now, we have got to settle down
upon something which means the judgment
of US all and two years ago we squarely
settled down on the subject of protection.
that we were in favor of it, and We're
only waiting for the time to get rid of
these men who had imposed upon u.s.
You want not only to do what you ord-
narily do-register and vote and talk to
your neighborS; you want to talk to the
fellows in the next ward, too; to the fell
lows in the next congressional district; and
you want to make it warm for the com
munity: and as far as / can Judge YOU do
not need my advice to that effect. / tell
that we not only want victory, which,
SO far as can Judge in travelling across the
country, we are sure to have, but want
a victory so transcendent that this thing
will disappear and be buried alongside
Grenbackism and all other absurdities with
which our people have been tempted. Our
people are brave and true and honest and
high-minded and they need to go farWard
in riches and in civilization; and | say
heaven help you TO help yourselves