The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-02
CONGRESSMAN MOODY.

Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
l must confess to you that / feel a
great reluctance in addressing the peo-
pie of Worcester upon political issues,
especially succeeding as 1 do, one who
is considered by common consent the
first citizen of the commonwealth to
whose words tonight you have listened
with intense interest Those words
are spoken not alone to the people of
his own state, but to the nation as well,
and the press of the country tomorrow
morning will be filled with his utter
ances from San Francisco to Bos-
ton
am glad to see among this vast au-
dience so many ladies, for it gives me
confidence in speaking. 1t is said that
every woman controls at least one vote
and if she happens to be young and
handsome and at the same time I'M
married, she probably controls two or
three votes. 1 know this to be a fact
from experience, for l have the misfor-
tune to be an unmarried man.
This is state campaign, and in this
campaign this commonwealth presents
to the world a government without Bit
terness. Her government is a model
to be emulated by her sister states.
am going to discuss rather the ma
tional issues in this campaign.
/ desire first of all, to all to say a
word in behalf of my colleague in the
fifty-tifth congress, who is a candi-
date for reelection. There is opposed
to him a man of whom you all have
a most excellent opinion. Our oppo-
nents declare that although he was
nominated by his party. he is really in
favor of the principles that we espouse.
If such be the case, then we shall be
glad in time to welcome him into the
councils of the just. When he comes
| however, he will have to take d back
seat for time, until he has been tried
and proved his faithfulness.
Many of you are doubtless saying,
Why not give him a vote? He believes
as l do?' l say to you that if he is not
of our party, he viii not sustain the
gold standard and protection when the
crucial time comes to decide If, by
any chance, he should be elected, on
| the very day that he takes his seat he
viii be called upon to cast his vote for
a speaker. He will either assist in re-
tanning in power Thomas 3. Reed of
Maine, a man who has proved his
power as ruler of men, or he will vote
with his party for Bailey of Texas. or
he will flock all alone by himself.
Your present representative has sue
ceeded wen in congress. The secretary
| OF the treasury paid him u disguised
compliment, when he said that he was
a very excellent critic of financial mat
tiers. No man in congress today has
had more to do with shaping currency
legislation than has Joseph H. Walker.
No one man has had more to do with
bringing up the public faith and credit
of the country than has Mr.. Walker.
| He has had ever in mind the promotion
OF legislation in the interests of your
district. The mistake we make is in
this, that we do not continue men dn
office when they have proved their
worth. Look at the state of Iowa.
What has made her the power that
she is today? 1t is largely due to the
fact that she has been wise and kept
her public men in office. She has today
more Influence in legislative affairs
than our own state of Massachusetts.
1t is the same case with Maine Her
power also lies in the fact that she
prolongs the term of service of her
public men. Maine today exercises
the greatest authority in the sisterhood
of states l viii admit that Mr.. Walk
er is not always gentle on the outside
but do know that inside that rough
husk there is q warm heart You can
do no better than to send him back
He is the dean of the Massachusetts
delegation.
Returning to national politics and ma
tional legislation, you will remark that
one never hears the democratic orator