Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-09-04
hackers present In the meeting, both speak
ers confined themselves entirely 10 the H.
nancial question.

about the state. I doubt whether Blaine
himself could do better. A plain, familiar,
good natured. logical. sensible talk on the
finances is what suits a Maine audience
best thus wear. and that Is what Mr.. Hale
gives them. He introduced the evidence
OF improving times with great effect. aud at
the same time made sport OF the Green
hackers doleful predictions in . way that
would not give offence. lie told OF one
Republican speaker who informed his au-
dience, In river town. that there Was
| work enough for everybody, and 10 there
| were any persons present who had not en-
poyment and wanted Il he would give IL to
them. Two Greenbackers walked up to
the stand. and said they would like work.
| The speaker at once wrote out An order
| prov iding them with work at the Ice
houses OF the river, and the two men dis
| appeared and have not been seen since.
lie also read from the editorial pages Of
the Bangor Commercidi a lot OF greenback
rot" and then amused his audience very
! much reading Item afer item from the
news column OF the same issue OF the pa
per. showing improving business In every
! part OF the state Of Maine, as well as 10
various other parts OF the country. II Il
very evident that the revivsl of business,
which has followed specie paymcu, iur-
nishes the Republican speakers with their
! tkIVhstrt hTNuHifbht. euu bIfiE tuorA wiz
ing fact. aud illustrations. Mr.. Hale gave
I Tue
SOME INTERESTING IMPORTATION
about the conduct and progress OF the cam
paign. lie said: Taking the vote Of
last year, and taking our siay-at-homes OF
| last year. aud ! think We shall give Davis
/ at least 20 90 votes. There were souc
/ things that We did last year that put Us 10
I good position To know about this cam
/ psign. We had last fall just a. accurate
| q census as Walker can ever take OF the
/ Republicans that stayed at home, and there
+ were ll.oo0 OF them; and we had an ac-
euraie census OF every Republican who
voted the GreenbacA ticket, and there were
! a little over 5000 OF them. We got the
| lists Of them. We threw last year. In
| round numbers. 5000 votes. Now. to
! bring that mp to 10000. we have only got
/ 10 get - 600 and We think we shall get
[ them. We have found out this year what
/ they have always found out in New Hsmp
| shire In year AMER they have lost the
/ state, and the Democrat. have come into
/ power. They always found that IL brought
out the stay -ai-homes, Who we're a. mad as
they could be. becaus. they stAid at ho.he
/ the year before. We iind that OF the stay
I E-hOmc vote of last year there will be ccr-
tAinly Goo or 700 that will vote this year.
I AAS st VIII bE
| publican Greeabackers that a:e comiuE
| back. aud from Democrats, some very
marked cases, who will vote the Ecpuoi..
can ticket this year. A good
MANY DEMOCRATS AKs GOING IT, STAY At
HOME,
aud our 70.ooO votes ior DAvi. will give
him a handsome ma iority. Since | started
/ out four week. ago | never got into any
town until / came 10 the little tosu %
Green~ ood where Idid not meet and talk
with men who could give me tn. names OF
Republican GrcenbAck.rs who wet- 90
ing TO vote with Us this ycar-in some
cases one or Two, aud la some cases
-. You cannot strike such u general
condition cf thing. a. that without is
meaning something. There Va. some
danger awhile ago tnat the small towns
would be neglected. and that there would
be too much effort put into our large towns,
bot our people are correcting that Hardly
day goes by that an not assigned 10 /
some small meeting In the small towns. la ,
addition 10 my evening meeting. ani en- :
Joy the small meetings the best"
la regard 10 the legislature. Nr. Hale /
sAid The House i pretty generally
Conceded to the Republicans. and the r.s-
son Is that We are making such undoabted
gains In the cities, that IL will give us the {
House. The bright fellows on the other /
side are admitting that the House /, ours. f.
and they are nshting for the senate. They .
want 10 get Us In the place We had them In I
last year. They want 20 control the choice .
fJr governor between the two meu WHOM I
Ne s,ud up. but II We give Dsyi. bis .0.- F.
OOO votes We cannot distribute Il In such a I
WAY that II will not give U, Il handsome Z
majority OF The Senators. 1aai number OF +.
votes will give IA
TWENTY oUT OF IuiETT-oNE SENATOR'S
Mr. Hale saws that. under the steady nre .
OF the Republican speakers, the Gfrenbacs .
.pputers are beginning to hihch. aud are
trying TO turn the attention OF their audi. .
encr to other things. aud, principally. to .
the question OF state affairs Thi, has led .
the Republicans 10 begin the discussion Of .
state affairs. Pilsbury led of the other
day In speech, saying that the campaign /.
was wholly q state affair, and now all the .
Republican speakers discuss state affairs.
But Mr.. Hale says that he iinds |. equally .
necessary 10 discuss national affairs, and I
that the audiences he addresses warm up .
10 what he says on that subject nearly as .
yell as on the financial question. AT the 4
great meeting al Auburn yesterday he de-
voted himself wholly TO national snairs,
Mr.. Dingley Of the Lewiston Journal dis
financial question. Mr.. Hale said that
while discussing the question OF state soy
ereignty, and showing how the southern
states were trying TO revive this old and |
mi. ciievous doctrine, he noticed standing /
on the edge of the crowd an Auburn man
ufacturer. who was Democrat, and who
had given some indications OF coming over
TO the Republicans this year. II occurred |
TO him that what he was saying might Of /
fend this man, and tend 10 prevent him 1
from voting the ticket, but after the meet
Ing was over the Auburn Democrat C ame
to him and
THANKED HIN FOR HIS SPEECH,
saying that ne had been for two or three
years coming around 10 the same opinions.
Mr.. Hale says: The killing Of Dixon Is
going TO hsve great effect. The number
of people who yesterday. when that thing
was spoken of, brought their teeth togeth-
er with vicious snap was good many.
II will be emphasized q good deal more
than II Dixon had been merely q Republi-
cam
The meeting at Mechanic Falls last night
was a gathering OF all the Republicans.an and
q good many Of the Greenbackers-who
are numerous In the town. The speakers
were late 10 coIning. but the audience re-
maihed until nearly ii o'clock. listening to
every word. Both Mr.. Hale and Mr.. Da-
Wis were hOarse, for they had spoken al
Lake Auburn in the afternoon. The after
noon meeting. which | also attended. WAS
Al immense affair. There must have been
over six thousand people present, because
By actual count there were over two thou
sand vehicles in the grounds bordering on |
the lake. The audience Was SO numerous /
that hundreds were unable to get near
enough to the speakers stand 70 hear
word OF what was said. Mr.. Hale re-
marked that it would be Impossible to have
got out such An attendance In county |
that WAS going against the Republicans.
Mr.. BLAINE WAS EXPECTED TO CONE
to this meeting, but was switched Oh the !!
last moment TO some other point The |
curiosity 10 see him was immense. and ev
! cry time the little steamboat from across
the lake approached the landing 10 the
| grove. three or four hundred rushed down
| to the ,dse of the water inQuiring ''ls