Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1890 — Speaker Reed on Congressman Owen. [ARTICLE]

Speaker Reed on Congressman Owen.

Speaker Reed concluded’ his his great speech ut Logansport Monday evening, with th 6 follow-' ing allusion to Congressman Owen: “Now let me say one word about a personal .matter and I hope to have the of this great audience. I only want to say to you that if you have any sense of desert, if you have got any idea of a good thing when you se i it, if you have got any notion of being represented by a good member of Congress you want to send back by friend- Mr. Owen. There is not a more straightforward, .com< mendable fellow in the House of Representatives than he is. I say it with all my heart and you want to do more than send him back j You want to send him back ivith i his hands strengthened. You want ito send him back with the cqnj scionsheSs that he has the thorough approval ofF his district,' because’you will make him stronger for work in your behalf. Now, gentlemen, one word more which is in general, and that is: the Ref publican party, by its action in ’ the last House of Representatives, has deserved the apprbval not duly of Republicans, but of Democrats alike, and I hope to see some of these men rise above party the time being and take the sensible course —support what they know to be just and thus add strength to the cause of good government in the United States of America.”