The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-31
plaisted Meeting.


City Hall was comfortably filled last night
at the Fusion rally, there being about 1000
people of both sexes including children, and it
would have been very strange If there had not
been large audience to hear Emperor Pialsted
attempt to avoid the overwhelming argu-
ments recently presented by Mr.. Blaine. Gen.
j. j. Lynch presented Gen. Samuel j. Ander-
son as president of the meeting.
Gen. Anderson criticised the war record OF
the Republicans, and claimed that it was false
that the Republicans alone put down the war,
and that the Democrats aided the rebellion. On
the contrary the Democrats believed that the
rebellion could be put down with
out the loss of drop OF blood.
The whole difficulty could have been put down
without the expenditure of SO much
money, for 100000 would have bought
the whole slave population and that would
have averted the great and enormous losses
which was not edifying to the Republican
Greenbackers in the audience,but all of which
the well known Democrats on the platform ap-
plauded to the echo. He then introduced
Governor Plaisted, who was greeted with pro-
longed applause and three cheers. The Gov
ernor said the whole conflict between him and
the Council has grown out OF the claim by the
Council that it was coordinate part of the
Executive He then proceeded to make
weak reply to Mr.. Blaine's strong arraignment
of his course.
School he claimed he was not satisfied with
that institution and wanted to make change,
hut the council refused to make this change.
He went to the Reform School without notice,
and found the boys at dinner, and felt that it
was a States Prison for boys. The superin-
tendent wanted him to grant requisition to
the governor of Massachusetts to bring back a
how from that State who had been guilty of
Stealing two quarts of peas, but he refused to
do it.
At the Reform School, he found boys at din
ner. and one boy against the wall crying, who
had lost his dinner for not keeping in line. The
dav before seven boys lost their dinners. Went
tn several bows, all said the same.
Then went to tie other table and
boys said the same, one saying
four meals. Went to the boy who was stand
ing up. and he said he had lost his dinner for
not keeping in line. The boys went out in the
ward, In the house were several boys who had
bsen vaccinated, and could not go out. Said
they had been punished by hogging, and acted
as though used to it. Then went into the SICK
room found boy burning up with raging
fever. no one in there, and no nurse. Went to
the bow and took him by the hand, but he
knew nothing, and kept rolling about. ne is
now dead, got through. But ne died OF con
sumption, which the Governor forgot to state
There are ten graduates of the Reform School
in State Prison at Thomaston, and they are the
hardest customers the warden has. Laid TINS
whole matter before the Council at their next
meeting. and they refused to make change in
the board of trustees: could not afford to take
it out of politics.
The Governor then took up the Council fight
and tediously discussed it.
Mr.. Chittenden of New York, was the next
speaker, and made a stirring Democratic
M. Chitienden desired to be representa-
tive of the anti-monopoly league, and lived up
to his claims.
Before Governor Plaisted finished large
number of the audience had left the hall, and
before the last speaker, Mr.. Gary, had closed,
the empty benches were conspicuous. From
success-Good Democratic speeches and an
enthusiastic audience.