Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-06-30
Which Candidate Represents the
''PIain PeOpIe?"

PIa1n EeOple?
The democratic platform asserts that
1.-THE democratic party is the friend Of la
"bor and the laboring man. Let it be
judged by its acts. Where stood the
democratic party on the question of slav-
cry? Was it in favor of the poor, down
trodden colored people or in favor OF the
men who leld the blacks in bondage,
forced them to labor in the cotton and rice
fields by the lash, and sold and bought
them like cattle in the markets? The
whole world knows that the democratic
party was against the slave and on the
side Of the aristocratic, se-proud, dom
ineering slavc-master.
In regard to building up and and di-
versifying the industries of the country so
sthat working men would have better
chance for wages and work, the demo-
Gratis as party have been opposed, while
the republicans have sustained such meas
ures as would benefit American labor
Who asks for 'free ships" which would
make our ship-yards in Maine as silent as
grave yards. but the democratic party ?
And who opposes the destruction of the
shipbuilding industry but the republican
partyP
Every effort which has been made to
improve and elevate the poorer class in
this country has been made by the repub.
lican party. Better homes, better schools
for their children. better privileges in
many ways. are the result of republican
policy. courageously adopted and persist
ed in against the most strenuous opposi-
ton of the democratic party. The COM
mon school system of Maine was attack
ed as soon as the democrats came INTO
power. and only saved from destruction
by the return of the republican party to
the control OF the government.
And five judge the two parties as to
their respect for laboring men by the can
didates which they have nominated for the
highest offices in the country. the COM
parison is immensely in favor of the re-
publican party. One who knows well
'Garneid ana Hancock, Arthur and Eng
fish, speaks of them as follows:
II would be difficult to imagine contrast
more marked and clearly defined than that
which is presented by the Republican and
Democratic nominees. The one is essen
TALLY man of the people, from the people,
III" ~. Tvs e,ei! uiS.lneuon' every honor
s;n, ~, H., "T . . ~ wv P'op'e iney "'aIe
~. .n".. -, :. !. '"e u mem ne
-. . |s Poo', e'e" W Tue
... po'ey y. oa'e ,ee' anu "n empty
s,H ~. ne mas s",.e" scahy pIeaa iiter-
any W ,"c swe", vi MS orow. lie Is self
euuva'eu. ne mas suceefueu because he
w1 ,'. IoI anu deserved success. tie was
soIuier NOT .! tr"ae OUT al the cal OF his
country ne was common soldier who
Knew une wants ana hecessities OF the pri-
W. ~ VIZ hs". u. was soldier VINO tell
ns.u,aily oaeN INTO 'ne great masses OF the
peVp,e ""V eo.s'sute Tue american Republic.
ny the people ne mas been raised to high sta
tion, ana ior nearly generation his name
mas been identiaed with the affairs Of the
State. tie knows what the people want. He
cannot be imposed upon; the tricks of politi-
cians Will DC powerless against him. He has
record on all the great pubic questions
winch have agitated the country since the
war tie Is known to be safe. right
minded, conservative, practical, common
sense, deep-thinking man.
On the other hand. what is Gen. Hancock?
A soldier; no less, but certainly nothing
more. favorite Of fortune, he was ap-
pointed to the Nations Free Academy-,he
most aristocralic school in the the country.
Ever since he has been fed and housed at the
public expense. To fight durinv the war