Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-07-08
AFTERNOON.

S. ID. Arnold. Esq, of this village, escorted
! Elliot King of Portland, to the platform.
whore he remained quietly seated. Mr.. Ar
mold, with his usual good nature and pleasant
smile placed before him. upon the desk, his
| specch--a dozen or more closely written pag-
es of foolscap. His first announcement was,
| IF we rs a party are wrong in our consider
atiuns and acts, I hope we shall get beat
every time" 1t il justly due to Uncle Sam,
to say that he is an honest man, has been an
active republican, a consistent temperance
worker many years. but we think with many
other Of his old friends and former political
| associations, that he has made n sad mistake.
and we feel quite certain that his utilization
with the twin dcmo-grcenback party is not
at all congenal with his social nature or in
telligcnco. His talk was plain dcnouncing
alike the leaders of the republican and demo
cratic parties, and he made it distinctly I'M
| derstood that he wished to have nothing to do
with either. and requested that outside par
ties would severely" let the grccnbacks
alone. They could take care of themselves
without assistance. He spoke in fair terms OF
Mr. Davis, the republican nominee for gov
ernor-he is a man of ability, strength and
brains. lie considered the money power the
greatest evil in the world. Selfshncss of
office holders and politicians was a sore griev-
ance. The greehback element has opened up
new and important truths. We have asked
our Congressman for dread and they have
| given us n stone" The statement that their
party had been swallowed up by the demo-
Gratis is false. He had rather be swallowed
up by whale. Somebody has been swal-
lowed. Who? The republicans and demo-
Gratis are pretty good fellows, generally; po-
litically they are not fit to hold the rens of
government. The great question at issue to-
day is currency He heaped curses upon
the heads of republican editors, who do the
dirty work of the party.
Mr.. King followed. He thought it might
not be regarded in bad taste to celebrate the
glorious 18th witt ) political gathering. One
| hundred years ago today our forefathers as
semblcd to consider the interests of the coun-
try. He said that both republican and demo-
cratic parties had able leaders. Nature is not
to blame for the unprosperous state of the
country, as the mineral wealth and products
of the soil are abundant. But what has
brought distress? Plainly taxation, nation
al banks, national debt; laws being made to
crush the poor and benefit the rich. The
remedy is, turn out the otfce-holders and
elect true men. The entire object of the
speech was to array one class against anoth-
cr. But the people are not to be humbugged
by any such clap-trap talk
EVENING.
There were some 800 persons present in
the evening, fifty per cent of them republican
voters, the balance ladies, children and
grecndemo-backs.
VIM. Phibrook. Esq, the soreheaded re-
publican, policy democrat, greenback, bond
holder, national bank director and insurance
commissioner, accompanied by DR. Lancas-
ter and Il. H. Cove. The Doctor came for
ward with hands raised with CONSERVATION at
General Depression. decline In farm proper
ty, the suffering of hard working mechanics,
oppressed by heavy taxation. This is a war
between capital and labor. National bank
and bloated bondholders are sapping the life
blood of the people. Republican legislature
for the past twenty years has brought all these
burdens upon the people. The remedy is to
turn out these corrupt officials, place honest
greenbackers in power. Issue more legal
tender money, pay the national debt burn
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