The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-02
POLITICAL.
Speaker Elaine at Sprin.fieId.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass Nov 1.-Speaker Blaine
addressed large audience of Republicans at
City Hall last night, urging the claims of the
Republican party on tho ground that the Dem
ocrats do not heartily support the constitutional
amendments. Mr.. Blaine having been report
ed as saying in q speech at Worcester that
s'there has never been in any convention of the
Democratic party, national, state, county or
district, single declaration agreeing to abide
by that (the 14th) amendment" the Spring
field Republican of yesterday called his atten-
ton to the fact that the last Democratic Ma
tional Convention, by vote of 6G2 to 20 adopt
ed platform containing this plank: I'VE
pledge ourselves to maintain the union of these
States, emancipation and enfranchisement, and
to oppose any reopening of the questions set
ted by the 18th, 14th and 10Th amendments of
the constitutions"
Mr.. Blaine said with reference to this: Il
have said thatino Democratic convention that
was true exponent of the party and speaking
its spirit, has by single declaration agreed to
stand by the 18th amendment l am reminded
by the Springfield Republican that that the
Baltimore convention of 1872 did So / say
that that convention was not an exponent of
the Democratic party at all. They agreed to
take Mr.. Greeley, the nominee of the Cincin-
natl convention, on his own confession of faith
He was committed to support that amend
ment and they took him as man takes farm
with the membranes. He was disastrously
defeated, and the moment the Greeley restric-
ton was taken off they went back to their old
principles. Show me any Democratic platform
of 1878 or 1874 that supports the principles of
ocratic convention, pure and simple, has ex-
pressed an intention to abide by these amend
ments."
Mr.. Blaine closed by again declaring that he
could mention ten Democrats in the North who
might, if they rise equal to the occasion, speak
peace to the South and peace to the nation on
this question.
ADesperate Fight.
New YORK, Oct. 31.-A Wilmington, Della
ware, despatch states that the negroes in atten-
dance at a Republican meeting there, Thursday
night, were assaulted on their way home.
There was quite desperate street fight, in
which guns pistols, bludgeons bricks and
knives were used. One was fatally,and large
number of others seriously wounded. There
was similar row in Trenton last night.
Senator CoukIing on the Western EIec.
lions.
Senator Roscoe Conkling delivered an ad-
dress to the Republican mass meeting in the
Brooklyn Academy of Music last night. In
the course of his remarks he said that the elec-
tlons in Ohio and Indiana were recently carried
by the rant and din and roar of suspicion
against the authorities, and the uneasy dis
trust which carps and signs for change.
These two states have been made to declare
cy, but for repudiating the nations obligations
and dishOnoring the nations plighted faith,
cheating the public creditors out and out.
This has gone over to Europe to every money
centre on the globe, as the real purpose of a
great body of the American people; and this,
too at time when we are borrowers in the
markets of the world, seeking to negotiate our
obligations at a lower rate of interest so as to
refund our debt. Such is the base and brazen
message which the men in Ohio and Indiana
sent greeting to the east. What does the De-
mocracy of New York say to it? Cannon
thunder their applause. A hundred guns have
been fired for this inglorious achievement wher-
ever Democrats could get trusted for the pow
der. The country is to pay an increased rate of
interest for these victories, as we have paid
heretofore for the evangel Of reputation, de-
clared in Democratic conventions.