The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-28
ed the audience TO give thf Chautauqua
salute, which! was given with a will, the
many waving white handkerchiefs pro-

ed the audience to give thf Chnu tauqua
salute, which was given with a Will, the
many waving white handkerchiefs pro-
duclng q pleasing spectacle x q.
X Dr. Reed prefaced his address with n
very,wItty anecdote, relative to the triais
OF a public speaker Then he ,branched
ot,t into hisf address, hts theme being
Good Citizenship" Every faithful
Christian man and woman, he said, is n
membcr,of two kingdoms. the heavenly
and theG earthly, and he owes certain
duties TO each. The speakersai he felt
he wasn't out, of the way In addressing
women as citizens because he. felt that
In another generation women would be
voting. 4 This statement elected great
enthnsi1sm.i AT present. the average
polling booth Is a dirty, vile place, reek-
Ing with tobacco stenches, and was not
ant place,for n woamn 10 enter, as had
been ,insthnced by those opposed to
woman's suffrage; but Dr. Reed wanted
the polling booths made more presenta-
BILE and eald II and politics would be
purified when women do vote.
The first dutyyof a otrizen. said iDr.
Reed, Is 10 understand his country's his
tory geography and resources. This
understanding would make every Amer
leans heart overflow with patriotic SEN
timent. Dr. Reed was pleased to notice
that American history is getting more
prominence in the public schools, and
that of Greece and Rome getting less.
He was, pleased to know too, that the
stars and stripes float over every ,Ameri-
can public school, and that American
pupils can repeat with little effort every
Presidents name from Washington to
Mckinley. 1t is robustness OF every
citizen to know the history. and plat
form OF thes political parties, and the
speaker. regretted that SO many Ameri-
cans didn't: know the platforms on which
the political parties competed for the
peoples votes. A citizen should know
why he votes this or that party's ticket.
Thought, not tradition, should govern
the voter. Z
A man and a, woman. also. should un-
derstand. the machinery OF government.
They should understand the relations OF
the federal government to the state. that
OF the! state to the county or city-in q
word, every citizen should be poll
tician. They should exercise the duty
of political life. DR.. Reed vigorously
scored the apathetic citizen-the man
who takes such little interest In elections
that he seldom votes.
About sIxty per cent OF the citizens
stay away from the primaries. and this
class Of men always raises the howl
about "the machine" and "the ring"
It Is necessary to have a ring, or doulin-
ating head in politics. and the ring
states" can be smashed easily II the
mass of citizens would exercise their
suffrage at the primaries. The trouble
is that there are too few politicians;
there ought TO be 1000. 600 politicians in
the United States. And statesmen
should mot be local-wise. etate-wlse. na-
tion-wlse. or continental-wise. but they
should be broad men, and be world
wise. 50 % X
DR.. Reed concluded by eulogizing the
public spirited citizen who strives 10 get
for. HIS city, public parks, public libra
ries,and humane and philanthropic insti-
tut!ons. His address was interspeHed
by many humorous illusions, and he
was warmlyJapplauded frequently. His
tribu re to Gladstone was especially elo-
Quent, as was that to America, the Coed
Samaritan. of the nations, which Is sue
corins struggling Cuba which fell
among the Spanish thieves and was
passed by by the other nations OF the
earth. This figure OF speech thrilled the
big gathering, and the: canvas tent shook
from the deafening applause 1t produced.
Applause also greeted the statement
that the United States should hold on to
the. Philippine. Islands until Christianity
and school houses should bless the ma
tives. No territory should be given to
the Spanlard whose history Is one OF ty-
ranny, degradation and slaughter. DR..
Reed urged Epworthians to stand by the
school house and the Bible, this done
America would ever be a republic and
Christian. ~ "
The audience next stood UP and sang
"My Country, It's Of Tree an appra-
PIRATE selection to follow DR.. Reeds pa
triotIc remarks.
President Schoyer then introduced
Rev: DIR. Dlnniddie, president OF the
Anti-Saloon League OF Pennsylvania,
who spoke briefly and forclbly ond the
| objects OF the league. He thought the
present an opportune time to wage war
on the saloon and said that with con-
slant agitation and work at the election
polls the temperance cause would tri-
umph.s ~