The Portland daily press., 1880-09-10
REPUBLICAN MEETING.
Hon. R. q. Horr at City Hall.


Hon. R. q. Horr at City Hall.
The Hon. r. G. Horr of Michigan, addressed
q large audience at City Hall last night. Con-
sidering the great outside attraction the size Of
the audience was remarkable. Hon. George
W. Woodman presided.
Over three weeks ago Mr.. Horr, of Mich
igan, struck the State of Maine compare
lively stranger to us all. Before he had
made half dozen speeches his fame as CAM
paign talker was ON the lips of every one. The
committee inform us that no man from abroad
was ever more sought after than Mr.. Horr.
His praise is in everybody's mouth. and he has
certainly done splendid work in this Congress
sional district. For twenty meetings he has
spoken to immense crowds of people, and the
universal verdict of all is that no man in the
State can entertain an audience better or in
struct them more ably. His success in reach
ing the large audience at City Hall last
night was only another evidence of his power
as public speaker. He is one of those men
whom you have to hear to appreciate. No con-
densed report can give any adequate idea of
his control over his hearers
He opened his speech last evening by refer
ring to the fact that he came before them as a
Republican; that he is proud to belong to a
party that has such record, and that has done
SO much for this country, stating that it is a
party of IDEAS of principles, of progress;
party that always keeps pace with the advanced
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to meet the immediate wants of the people.
No party in this or any other country was ever
more entitled to the confidence of good men
than the party which has arrayed ag ainst it to
day all the rebels of this country and all the
rebel sympathizers in this broad land Take
from the Democratic party all the men who
went into the rebellion and all those who svm.
pathized with the South in that Struggle y and
they cannot elect even constable in this en-
tire country. The great prosperity that now
rejoices the hearts of SO many of our citizens
giving remunerative wages to the laboring man
throughout this nation is the direct result of
Republican courage, wisdom and patriotism
The questions OF finance, which have so asi-
tated the country for two years past, seem to
have been answered by the logic of passing
events The inhationists of the country pre-.
dicted two years ago that if the principles and
pohcy OF the Republican party prevailed and
we returned to specie payments, that we would
ruin the business interests of the country. Re-
sumption came all the same, and the ruin came
to the infiationists and not to the country. The
Republican party originated the greenback
amidst the revilings OF the Democracy. Thew
stood by it through good repute and bad re.
pute, and to them is due the credit that to day
all over this wide world they are good as gold
The hard times through which we have passed
always follow great war in any country
which is compelled to prosecute that war by
resorting 10 a deprecated currency We are
now out of the trouble, are doing business on
firm and solid basis. Than let as stay where
we are.
One reason why the speaker could not be
Democrat was that the party was so constitu-
were in trouble. It was the Democratic party
that during. the war could always increase
their vote in case the federal troops met a
reverse in the field and Union success al
ways gave courage and strength to the Repub-
licans and enabled them to carry an election
with an increased majority. So during the
hard times it was the Democrats who did not
want prosperity to come until after the elec-
ton. Good times they knew would take
from them all show of success. So it is, Demo-
cracy hourishes best when the calamities of
the people are the most severe. The best
thing possible is to get out of such party and
get into one which flourishes best when plenty
is abroad in the land, and which grows strong
wheu the people are prosperous and happy.
Again the speaker did not like the source
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starts off claiming the entire solid South.
Without that section solid, which cost this
country so many precious lives and such vast
sums OF money, they claim no show of sue
cess. 1t is a simple attempt of the Southern
brlgadiers to gain by the ballot what they lost
by the sword. You elect Democratic
president and the Democratic party will con-
troll the country, the Southern wing of that
party controls the Democracy and hence Won
simply transfer the nation into the hands of
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and destroy it. The great question is which of
these two classes had better govern this nation.
the men who have always loved and sustained
it or those who not long ago hated and des-
pissed 1t, for blink it as you may, electing Ham
cock as president of the United States, is
simply putting the nation under the entire
and absolute control of the very men who a
little while ago had their hands upon its
throat and were desperate in their efforts to
strangle it to DEATH
persist in sailing under false colors When
they nominated Greeley in 1872, was it be-
cause they believed in him? No. Was it be-
cause they liked him? No. Why he had
spent more time telling the truth about them
than any man living, and had succeeded ad-
mirably. They all hated him; then why did
they nominate him?. Simply because they
thought to cheat the American people. hoping
that the people would see only Mr.. Greeley
and would lose sight of the crowd that were
following him. The ticket did not work. In
1876 they started out on claim of being re-
formers. The old Bourbon Democrats of this
country turned religious and tried to make the
people believe that they were in favor of mo-
ral1ty and general reformation. But the
cheat was too apparent, and then this year they
cold" 'We want the offices in this country
terribly. "What can we do?'' The people
think our party was a little disloyal from Isl to
DO, that we did not stand by the country just
as we should during the war. Now we have
always preached against soldiers being in the
Presidential chair. Our men have national
dislike to Union officers, but it is our only
chance, so we will put up Union general and
see II we cannot get the attention of the people
rivetted on him, and while he is going into the
glory we will slip into place and power unob-
served. We will try and fix the gaze of the
people on Gettysburg, and while they are
thinking OF that we will place the government
in the hands of the heroes of Fort Pillow and
Andersonville. So Hancock was Nominated.
not because Tombs and the Chalmers. and
Ben Hill and Hampton love Union soldiers,
but simply as decoy duck to deceive the peo-
pie. It won't work. AS we say out West it is
too thin.
The speaker also showed that the Democrat
lc party OF the country is, with few excep-
tlons, arrayed against the industries of the
country. How at the last session thew made
attack after attack upon the salt production of
MS own district. every time the Democracy
voting almost solid to break down that great
enterprise. That finally, just before the ad-
Journment they attempted to pass bill that
would have ruined the great woolen mills of
Maine, and would have shut up the machine
shops and iron works of this great State. In
deed, the party seemed to have consti tutional
objection to everything which builds up a
country. either materially, morally or inteliec-
tuaily, while the Republican party has stood
in the past and pledges itself that it will stand
IN the future, solidly in favor of protecting
home industries and sustaining intellectual
and moral growth.
The speaker paid glowing tribute to Gen.
Garfield, whom he has personally known for
many years, at the same time showing his high
appreciation for our own Senator Blaine.
He closed with an appeal to his audience
that they should give next Monday to their
country, and see to it that Maine is placed back
again where she naturally belongs, in the front
ranks OF the Republican States of this Union.
One of Mr.. Nye's Falsehoods Nailed,
The editor of the Lewiston Journal having
written to Hon. E. F. Webb of Waterville.
inquiring about Mr.. Nye's statements that 119
liquor cases were mol pressed or held over in
Kennebec county last year in consideration of