Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-07-31
GRAND REPUBLICAN RALLY AT
GARDINER.
Flag Raising on Water Street,
JOHNSON HALL CROWDED TO
OVERLOOKING.
Speeches by Hon. Daniel F. Davis
and Hon. Thomas B. Reed.


Hon. ID. +. Davis and Hon. r. b. Reed The
Young MEMS Republican Club, jus: prior to
the meeting in the hall, flung beautiful ban
ncr to the breeze, bearing on its top the hon
orabic name of Daniel F. Davis. The Gar
diner Band furnished excellent music for the
occasion, and an immense crowd upon the
sidewalks and streets witnessed the unfolding
of the flag. Three hearty cheers were given
for the standard and its bearer.
A rush was then made for the hall which
was Immediately filed, and several hundred
persons who desired to enter were unable to
gain admission. The meeting was called to
order by o. b. Clason, Esq, President of
the republican club, who introduced Henry
5. Webster, Esq, as chairman. He spoke
briefly of the importance of the campaign,
and said it was interesting from the fact that
it was the twenty-ffth anniversary of the or
ganization Of the republican party in Maine.
twenty-five years ago Gardiner threw seven
ty-seven republican majority for Hon. A. p.
| Morrill,. The next year it threw four hun
clred and sixty majority for Hon. Hannibal
Hamlin, and every year since has thrown re-
publican najorities varying from l26 to 4s9.
This year Gardiner will not 20 back on her
record.
Hon. Daniel +. Davis was then introduced,
and received with extended applause. His
speech was clear, logical and interesting. and
held the undivided attention of his audience
for the hour that he spoke. He prefaced it
by saying that the great crowd which he
saw before him, and the enthusiasm which
was manifested was but a repetition of the
interest displayed in every town and city
where he had spoken. His address was sub
| stantially the same that delivered at Hal
| lowell. Monday evening, which was published
in full in Tuesdays journal, that even a
brief report of il is not required. Suffice it to
say that everybody was delighted with him
I and his speech and he may count on IA large
old fashioned majority in this city in Septem-
g., Der.
| Hon. r. b. Reed, of Portland, follow ed
with speech which was unique and brist-
! ling with sharp points and sparkling with
scintillations of wit. This splendid wide
awake assembly showed that though the re-
puhlcans were taken by surprise last wear
/ they didn't mean to be this year. Every
where throughout the State people crowd
republican meetings and stay away from
green5ack gatherings. lie had listened to
the calm candid, and most excellent ad-
dress of the republican candidate for Gov
ernor, giving his views, and the query arose
in his mind, Why didn't the democrats bring
out their candidate for Governor last year?
He saw him once upon platform, but he
was dumb as an oyster. He wanted to be
| understood that by the democratic candidate
| he meant Joseph J.. Smith, not Garcelon.
The latter was put forward only as a stalk
ing horse: the object of bringing him out
4 was To keep few thousand honest money
democrats from voting with the only honest
party there is, - the republicans. If we
looked for the principles of the greenback
party they had none. Last year their orators
were going up and down the State, and with
lachrymose speeches were CRYING for the paw
ment Of the bonds with greenbacks, and
government has this year paid eight
hundred millions of dollars worth of
bonds with greenbacks. They sighed
for the payment of duties in green
backs, and to-day greenbacks are taken at
the receipt of customs. Everything that
they wept for last year has been done, and
with good honest money, too. Last year the
greenbackers declared for fiat money; this
year they ask for a currency of gold and sill
Yer supplemented with greenbacks, and,
bless their dear souls, they have it. These
financial problems last year seemed to puz-
/le everybody out tle progress OF events mas
this year solved them all Last year we
went into kind of greenback sleep; this
year we wake up knowing something. The
astounding declaration is made by the new
apostles of finance that we ought to be
ashamed Of our financial record. We had
to borrow money to put down the rebellion,
! and we are not ashamed that we did it.
The speaker complimented Mr.. Sherman
for his wonderful success in making re-
sumption an accomplished fact, and for
reftInding so large a portion of the bonded
debt at much lower rate of interest Elev-
en- years before, greater man than Sec y
Sherman had prefgured what is now done.
Hon VIM. Pitt Fessenden originated the finan-
cial scheme which has been so grandly sue
cessful in this country. and not the shylocks,
as the greenback orators would have us be-
lieve. Never since the world began has a
financial victory like ours been achieved.
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