Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-16

Mr.. De La Matyr of Indiana, who is
now speaking in this State for the III
sion ticket, is well known by the crazy
schemes which he introduced in Congress.
One Of these was contained in n bill for
building levees along the Mississippi river
and its tributaries. There were seven
sections i'm this bill, one of which alone
called for the expenditure of So 100000.
10 be paid ont of the greenback curren-
cy account" to build levees wherever the
Board of Mississippi Levee Commission
ers" may think proper. There could he
nothing more liberal than this. or more
wild, unless it be some of The other schemes
Of Mr.. De La Matyr.
Another scheme OF the Hoosier states
man was comprised in "a bill to provide
for greenback currency. and to relieve
financial distress by granting ail to GER
tain companies incorporated by State ail-
thorities, for works of internal improve
meht.' This bill only called for 3 .000.-
100000, a sum more than half a large as
the entire national debt, but nothing what
ever in the eye Of a greenback statesman,
big with plans for loading the people with
debt, and launching the government into
the building of cotton mills rs well rs
leyees, or any other sort of internal i'm
provement that enterprisng grcenhack
bureaus in any of the States might sug
gest. The following named companies
were to receive the amounts specified, "ol
any less sum should they desire it,
The James River and Kanawha Canal
Company, $50 000, Oh
The Atlantic and Great Western
Canal Company so 000,0 N
The Florida Coast Canal Company, l200p,Ua
The Fort saint Phillip Canal Company, lO,00oOpl
The Rock Island, Hennepin and Chica-
70 Canal Company. l3OoOOp
The Oswego Canal Company, 26 0D0.0B
The Niagara Ship Canal Company, liOo0,UW
The Lexington and Big SANDY Railroad
Company. 5OOo,GE
Ing the waters OF the Mississippi with
the Pacific Coast) blank million dol
lars.
Leaving out the blank appropriation t,
the Blank Railroad Company. and adding
in the 500. 100000 appropriated by til,
Levee Ill, we have a total of Sl5i,000.
900.
Ii is singular that after De La Matyl
had shown himself so liberal in his meas
ures for corporations, those big bloatct
monopolies, he did not Introduce SOME
measure appropriating four or five billion.
of dollars for the relief of individual in
debtedness and to hel p the poor fellows VIII,
are clamoring Tor more greenbacks, bu
don't see how they can get them withou
working for them as other people ar,
obliged to do. Why pampcr soulless cor
porations with hundreds of millions Of dol
lars and give nothing to the poor down
trodden greenbacker, ground down int
the earth by John Sherman and the Ro-th
childs? Let Mr.. De La Martyr answer
This when he addresses Maine audiences
We think our Hooser friend and preach
er has got into the wrong circuit by com
ing down to Maine. Here the greenbacl,
crs and the affiliated democrats are below
ing loudly for retrenchment, reform. fol
cutting down expenses, for boring with ;
very small auger. They want no leyee
built in Maine. no canals built, and NJ
failroads--since the Maine Central will car
ny them to conventions for little or moth
ing. in consideration that it shall not b.
taxed-therefore what do they want Of d
La Martyr with his magnificent project 70
spending money along the Mississippi an'
upon other Southern and Western river,
Scion Chase and them steers, and hi
poor wife making butter at ninepence I
pound, represents about the calibre o
Maine greenbackism. If MIR. DE L;
Matyr. cannot bring his ideas down tt
them steers" and mount a platform that
has the ring of free coinage of gold and