The Portland daily press., 1880-09-06
BY TELEGRAPH.
sACo.
The !. City .Ablaze with
Enthusiasm.
ELOQUENT SPEECH BY HON.
e. H. COVE.
Addresses by Gen. King and Hon.
r. G. Horr.
Especial Despatch to the Press.l

Especial Despatch to the Press.l
SAco, Sept 4.
The Republicans have just held the grandest
meeting of the campaign here, and it is not too
much to say that Saco is ablaze with enthus-
iasm. The Republican organizations of Saco
and .Biddeford, including companies A and B,
Garfield and Arthur Guards of Saco, under
the command of COL Burbank and the Bidde-
ford battalion under the command of Major
Andrews, composed of the Guards. the French
clubs, the Irish American club "a fine looking
body and the Boys in Blue were pres
ent. Eight hundred torches were in line and
presented magnificent appearance as the
procession passed through the streets. A
squad of mounted guards also took part, and
the line officers were well mounted. The sew
eral companies have been well drilled and
marched with soldierly precision.
There had been threats made that the meet
ing would not be allowed to proceed quietly,
and there were rumors that the appearance of
tised to speak, would be the signal for hostile
demonstration, but Mr.. Cove is a gentleman
who "don't scare worth cent" and he did
appear and gave the Democratic party and
Gen. Anderson terrible arraignment for
their many past sins of commission and omis-
sion, and the fusionists were compelled to con-
fine themselves to Misses and attempts at
breaking down the speaker by constantly in
terrupting him. This, it may be added, they
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individual who attempted to hiss Mr.. Horr,
probably regretted it, as the gentleman from
Michigan settled him by saying: That's
right my fusion friend, hiss again. When 1
heard that hiss said to myself, thank God
that one fusionist is still alive and I'm hitting
him."
The street procession began at Biddeford,
and the line CT march extended through most
of our PRINCIPAL streets. At g. 80 o'clock the pro-
cession, headed by the Institute and Biddeford
cornet bands, marched to the square in front
of the Republican headquarters, which was
brilliantly lighted. The square was instantly
filled. and the streets and buildings in the i'm
mediate vicinity, as we'll as the Republican
headquarters, were absolutely crowded. 1t is
estimated tnat from six to seven thousand lis
tened to the speakers.
The desire to hear what Mr. Cove might
have to say called out the opposition and they
took up their stand in the semi-darkness out
side of the line of torches, and thus formed the
outskirts OF the vast audience, a locality from
which a malignant and snake-like hiss would
now and then come, in sharp contrast with
the applause that greeted the points made by
the speakers. Mr. Emery presided and intro
duced the Hon. Edward H. Cove of Biddeford
as the first speaker.
Mr.. Cove commenced by saying that it would
be hard work for him to speak at length. as
he was weary already, having made one ad-
dress and taken long ride to keep his ap-
pointment to address the people of Saco. He
proposed to address the Greenbackers present,
and to reply to some of the charges that had
and define his present position. There are
grave questions before the American people,
We are asked to place the Democratic party
once more in power, and by the Dem
ocratic party is meant the Solid South.
the solid South? If SO, then let it be remem-
bered that it was the solid South that, as Gen.
Weaver says, by an unfait count changed a
Greenback majority in Alabama of 10000 into
Democratic majority of more than 60, 900. 1t
was the Democrats of the solid South that
gave Mr.. Randall thirty minutee in which to
leave, and, in obedience to the commands is
sued by those same Southern Democrats, the
Greenback party of Maine has been crushed.
Mr.. Cove said that when the Democrats OBJ
tanned full control of the Greenbackers he en-
Ill,
Plaisted. Yet how could he support Gen,
Plaisted when every vote given for Gen. Plais-
ted will, in the estimation of the Democratic
leaders, count as much as three votes for Gen,
Hancock in Its effect on the country. He
could not support Gen. Plaisted on any such
ternis and it is for this reason that the Eastern
Argus is urging hard money Democrats to give
then. votes for Plaisted.
Referring to- the financial question, Mr.,
Cove said that if the present financial system
sSr1<Jf I,aaf fIr1nv al
right then the Republican party is entitled to
the honor Of it: if wrong then the Democratic
party has adopted it knowing it to be wrong,
as il right they opposed it knowing it to be
right. In any case the honesty or the sagacity
with the Republican party would be much
more natural and proper to-day than fusion
with the Democratic party.
Mr.. Cove said that he had, in respect to his
own position, word to say A dispatch was
stating that he had said, previous to the hold
ing OF the nominating convention, that if not
nominated for Congress he would bolt. The
statement was absolutely false. He had said
nothing of the kind. His position previous to
the Greenback Congressional Convention was
cDrrectly stated in dispatch published in the
Portland PRESS at that time He had ALWAYS
been willing to retire from the contest in favor
Of any straight Greenbacker. II did saw"
sad MIR. Cove, "to the men who were engaged
in t ihe work OF packing Greenback conventions
good, and that should use my influence to de-
feat Gen. Anderson
Mr.. Cove asked if the war record of Gen.
Anderson cOmmends him to the support of any
patriotic man. 1.-THE Fusionists at this home
thrust grew restive and undertook to stop him,
crying, "Shr1t up" "Sit down." oh you,
keep still" while a line of Kisses seemed to run
along the outskirts of the audience.] Gen. An
derson objects to having his war record ex-
amined, and the speaker could understand
why. 1t isn't the kind of record that will
help him to votes. The Democratic party,
Gen. Anderson and the solid South unite in
objecting to having this matter of their records
looked into, which, said Mr.. Cove, is all the
more reason why We should do it.
Mr.. Cove was followed by Gen. A. E. King,
who spoke briefly
The last speech was made by the Hon. R. G..
Horr, of Michigan, who kept the close atten-
ton of the vast audience to late hour.
BANGOR