The Portland daily press., 1870-03-07

TO Lewis B. Smith, Chairman Republican Com
mittee:
It is impossible for me to get back tonight
in season to speak at the Rally for Judge
| Kingsbury, as L promised your committee
The best way left for me to express my wishes
for the Judges success is to vote for him.
have always noticed that in an election votes
count more than speeches.
A. A. STRoUT.
The chairman then said he thought the au
bearer, and Mr.. L. B. Smith was appointed te
wait on Judge Kingsbury and bring him in.
The chairman next introduced the
HON. MR. HUME. OF cHERRYFIELD.
| Mr.. Hume said he had not intended to speak,
but when he heard it said that the Republican
party was going to pieces he was glad to be
able to say word. He was not willing to de-
sert party that came into power to resist
Slaveocracy and to fight for down-trodden
man. A party that cheered the gallant soldier
who fought SO bravely at Shiloh and at Don.
aldsonville, and followed Hooker up the steer
ascent of Lookout Mountain that stood by the
hero of Round Top and followed Sherman
down to the sea, that has burst asupder the
shackles of the negro, placed the ballot in his
| hands and made him equal with his OppressOrs
in the eve of the Lord. If men were corrupt
in the Republican party then root them out
| The principles of the party are economy and
| justice, and on these principles they mean to
| Hdf6 tuc OOVcFuu6uC dumllISLeroQ. lie be.
| lieved it the duty of every Republican to come
| up to the polls on next Monday and let the
wires on next Monday night flash the news
over the country that Portland is all right.
The Chairman next introduced
HON. NATHAN WEBB.
Mr.. Webb said he was so unfortunate as to
| hold an Office in this hour when appeals are
made to the public that their interests were
| swallowed up in official selfishness and thew
| fhQrQfnrQ caf INIT fnr III o,r1o ~
| cause they were considered competent to do
| the work assigned them by large number of
their fellow-citzens. Why do the citizens try
to spoil good man like w. L. Putnam by
him. We have an idea that the people are rep
resented by the majority; how dare the mi
| nority then to usurp the name of citizens ?
Does the Mayor constitute the whole City
Government? Have these citizens called eau
cuses for ward officers? It's the old story of
Esau's hand but Jacobs voice. Put your
hand on it and it is like Esaus, but when the
time comes you will hear Jacobs voice. They
| say their candidate is gentleman-so is ours !;
| that theirs has taken a lively interest in the
| city matters-so has ours for twice as long
Nothing can be said of theirs that cannot be
| said of ours, except that he is a Dem ocrat, and
Heaven forfend we should ever say that of
ours. AT least give us reason for our course
looking our fellow-citizens in the face. have
waited in vain. They speak of economy-so
do we, and we have always practiced it. 1t
was very easy for this City Government to say
they would be economical when they had no
fire of 1866 to look out for. In the war how
was it under Capt. Mcclellan when a set Of
men tried to thwart the attempts to send rein
forcements to your armies in the field? The
Aduerttser says the Wednesday meeting
flowed on like coal molasses from a bups:
hole" He should rather say like coal tar. I
tell you, my friends, you can't touch pitch and
not be defiied.
At the close of Mr.. Webb's remarks Judge
Kingsbury assembled the platform accompanied
by Mr.. Smith, the Band playing "Hail to the
Chief and the audience rising and making
the hall ring with cheer upon cheer. 1t is in
striking contrast to last Wednesday evening
m Getting that last Saturday night the .candi-
date appeared when he was sent for.
The Chairman introduced Mr.. Henry C.
Peabody as the next speaker, who made some
telling Shots and at the close of his remarks
the Chairman brought forward
HON. BENJAMIN KINGsBuRY, JR,
as the gentleman from the purlieus who is to
| be our next Chief Magistrate, who has set
| quietly in his chair down stairs and day after
day sent up some of his Democratic friends,
and will on Monday send them all up.
As Judge Kingsbury took the stand the
cheers and applause became almost deafening,
and it was some time before the Judge. could
be heard Then slowing raising glass of
water, he said:
81 INTEND If elected, to run the adnainistrd-
ton of the city affairs on cold aodter principle"
feel to. night, as l look upon this magnificent
audience, as if six years had been taken from
my life and was once more gazing upon one
of the audiences that gathered in this noble
nU no Ia MO mn oh arvrdf for
a man to stand here and advocate his own
claims; but there is no controversy between
Mr.. Putnam and myself We are pc rsonal
friends, and if he wants the Office and the
honor of it he may have it as far as am con-
cerned. am here to represent a principle
| that took the field in the fall of 1850, and
which is still principle in 1870,-a principle
for which have always stood up. When the
Democratic p'rry tried to repudiate the prin-
ciples learned in my boyhood left them, and
I have represented no party since but the
Union party. 1 represent the Constitution,
| and ask no votes on any other ground. 1t
may be misfortune to have only one party at
my back while my opponent has two. One of
| these parties was born but day or two ago,
| and next Monday evening it will have ceased
to live, and over its little grave we shall place
little stone bearing the eptah, "Since was
to be so soon done for I don't see what was
begun for" The double headed party reminds
me of the two headed girl; seen at one angle
it has but one head inscribed Democratic
ticket" but when you get another view OF 1t
you see on the other head inscribed "Citizens
ticket" 1t reminds me also of Mark Twain's
story of the fat girl he courted. He sat down
on one side of her, squeezed her hand, poured
soft sayings into her ears and did all the fool
| ish things lovers do, when he heard strange
buzzrg sound and taking his cane he walked
| round on the other side Of her where he found
another fellow doing the same style OF court
| ing.
am not to be considered in this election.
You have elected me your standard bearer,
and cannot tell you the gratitude feel for
honored me with 1 have endeavored to do my
duty, and shall endeavor to do SO in the fu-
| ture. shall consider myself as representing
the interests of this beautiful city, sitting
like a queen on her twin hills, and out OF
which are spreading railroad webs in every di-
rection, bringing in rich stores from every
quarter of the land. 1 believe in Portland; 1
have seen all the great cities of the continent
but l have come back, having seen nothing
that will compare with her. We are destined
to become great am an economist. shall
guard the purse strings of the city carefully,
but if necessary shall spend dollar to get
two in return. shall not be nj sgarly. What,
ever l do I'll stand by the principles of the
years exception, we have p, esented an I'M
broken front. A little fellow said the other
night he would put out the Drummond light
meet my Democratic friends below, and
mceG Gudt lltbi6 IelIOW, WHO geCS DIS DreaO auO
butter from me. IF am defeated next Mon
day night I'll help my little friend along yea
more. If appointed to a higher Court II
hand him over to my successor. thank 20!
all from the bottom of my heart for the nomi
nation which you have honored me with.
hone YOU will suffer no detrment on accOun
| of it, and if elected on Monday next will as
sist in officiating as corpse bearer at the tn
neral of the Citizens Democratic ticket.
1t the close of the Judge Kingsburys re
marks the vast audience adjourned with thre
times three cheers for their candidate, to NEE
at the polls to-day and their give in their vote
for true Republican candidate.
|
POLICE. Last Saturday Bridget Rooney
who has been at work at Mr.. Hanpafords il
Cape Elizabeth, decamped with a lot of clothe
and wearing apparel belonging to the tamil
? valued at about S75. She also stole from anc
Their family couple of dresses of about $40 il
value. Mr.. Hannaford met her, as he was goin
out, ON the bridge, but thought nothing of
: till he got home and found out what had hal
pened. Offices Haskell found out that she ha
missed the train for Boston and taken the DO:
/? so telegram was sent to the authorities
Boston, and she was arrested there yesterda
. morning.
/ Five men were arrested Saturday on susp
f cion of being concerned in the recent bur-
y laries.
. Two or three DRINKS and one or two lodger
|