The Montgomery tribune., 1910-10-21
JAMES A. REED R0ARS
i AM A DEMOCRAT"
Small Crowd Hears Reed Tuesday.
No Enthusiasm For Brilliant Ora
tor. People Doubt Sincerity.


seven Democratic candidates for
the United States Senate address
ed small but not enthu usiastic
audience at the Airdome in this
city.
Mr.. Reed is a brilliant, enter
tanning orator. When that is said
in his favor there is not much
more favorable comment to make.
He opened. his speech by an
nouncing, with a great flourish,
81 am Democrat" Well no one
ever suspected him of being a
Prohibitionist, or anything like
that. During the entire length of
his address-which lasted two
mortal hours-he quite frequently
reverted to his first announcement
of his dyed-in-the-wool democracy
We wondered why. After return
ing to the Office, we found the
reason. Mr.. Reed had undoubt-
edly read the Republic of that day
before going to the meeting. In
that days issue of the St. Louis
Republic-the Democratic organ
of Missouri--in the news columns,
under a Kansas City date we
found the following "news'
Deserted The Party.
Reed refused to speak for one
Democratic county ticker, made
| factional speeches against Dem
ocratic city ticket and on another
occasion his law partner hired
halls in which to attack the then
Democratic ticket His principal
trouble, however, is the fact that
for the last three years Reed has
been on the pay roll of a
S43, ,000, 900 corporation here, re-
signing his position paying $1,000
a, month only in May, just before
he fled his name as candidate
for the senatorial nomination
In view of the above statements
made in the leading Democratic
newspaper of the state, one is in
clined to take MIR. Reeds howery
denunciation of great corporations
and "big business with several
grains of salt. MIR. Reed seemed
to think it great crime against
the people for any Republican who
had ever been an employee OF a
great corporation to hold a high
political office. Does Reeds being
a Democrat exempt him from the
rule. Are Democratic corporation
employees any more likely to
serve the people sincerely than
Republican corporation employees
! We think not. Reed thinks not
too. Did he not say so when he
referred to Bailey of Texas, as
being smeared with petroleum.
The truth of the matter is neither
Reed or Francis,-both men iden-
titled with "big business" should
be sent to the senate. It's time
the voters wake up No man, Demo
crat or Republican, however
worthy otherwise, who is known
to be in any way connected with,
interested in, or identified with
any one of the big corporation that
are engaged in restraint of trade
or controlling prices should be
elected to the Senate. In the
Democratic bible of Missouri-th
st. Louis Republican the same
article from which we first quoted
in this article we find the follow
ing statements about Mr.. Reed.
Facts Not Theories, needed.
"Theories do not 60 in business,
1t takes solid facts and material.
And it is the same thing in run
ming the country. We have had
about all the dreamers we can
stand for little while.
THE country Democrat is slow
to forgive. and even the young
ones rem ember that four years ago
the Democratic County Committee
sent Reeds subscription of S5C
! back to him because of offenses he
had publicly given the party and
Democratic candidates that fall
No wonder Reed kept roaring 81
J am a Democrat" ''a guilty con.
science need no accuser."
No wonder Reed Roasted cor
poratlon employees. "a guilty
i conscience needs no.accuser.
\, Will Reed be elected to the
United States Senate from Mis-
souri,?
J, Well, hardly