Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-09-06
Senator Harrison of Indiana Speaks
on the Issues of the Hour.
A Mastery Address Which Capt..
Yates His Auditors.
Augusta Getting Ready to Roll up an I'm.
msnse Majority Next Monday.

constituents the audience will compare fave
ably with any which ever assembled within
those historic walls. Floor and galleries
were crowded with listening, thinking. in.
telligent multitude, and frequent applause
showed how they appreciated the strong ar.
guments ofthe distinguished speaker. Music
was furnished by the Augusta Band. Before
presenting the orator of the evening
DIR. Geo. f. Brickett. president of the ROBBIE
club, made few telling remarks, which were
loudly applauded, predicting sweeping vic
tory at the polls next Monday. He then in.
descendent of long line of noble ancestors
and the grandson of old Tippocanoe, the
ninth President of the United States. Sena-
tor Harrison was warmly received,
himself at home among Maine
audience. In stature Senator Harrison is a
man of little more than medium size, with a
good physique, and the face and head of a
scholar and thinker. He is good speaker,
appealing to the intellect rather than to the
emotions, and his candid discussion and euci-
dation of republican tenets and principles
pleasing and complimenting the audience.
His speech was in substance as follows:
feel as though some explanation was due
to you from me, coming as | do from the
State of Indiana. In some of our great
struggles there to maintain republican ascend
ancy, we have had help from your State, from
.,l.., To- Ia, r I
On several other occasions your two honored
senator's, VIM. p. Frye and Eugene Hale, have
also aided us in our fight against the democ-
racy. Because we owed you great debt, /
am here tonight to render some small return.
[ have some personal interest in this
canvass. I should feel bad if VIM. p. Frye
was not returned to the United States Senate.
| have another interest, because it will have
some influence on the present struggle in In
diana. As your regiments in the war held the
enemy at bav so shall we expect you to hold
the fusionsts in check in this campaign.
The last election you really helped us in an
other way am not here to solicit aid of
that kind tonight. Laughter. | am not
here to hold rush light in that city where
dwells that magnificent statesman, James G..
Blaine. [Applause. / shall not undertake
to talk on matters of local interest
The speaker then went on to consider the
financial question at considerable length,
urging that the dollar should represent a
fixed and unvarying value; presenting rea-
sons against the free coinage of silver. and
asserting that the cry against monopolies was
unfounded, as banking, rairoading, and all
such great undertakings were open to all who
have the means or the inclination to engage
in them.
Bring your boy to me, and, let me tell you
about his prospects tonight. You say that
YOU are unable to educate him, and that he
will be illiterate. The public schools will
equip him for the battle of life without ex
pense. aud if he desires to advance farther up
the hill of knowledge the muniticence of the
rich will unlock the portals of the higher in
stitutions of learning. The law places nc
impediment between your son and any goal
of ambition he may set before his
youthful ewes. Will he succeedy l cannot
tell. His future depends upon himself.
Has the republican party done anything to
help him after he reaches mans estate! Yes
n abolished slavery. and removed from hon
est labor the odium which attached to II
among the aristocrats of the South. Over
the protests of Southern democrats, who
called Northern laborers ''mudsills." the re-
publican party gave your son clear title to
| l6O acres of land in the public domain
| Anything else?
Yes: we have stirred your boys patriotism
by showing him the fidelity of men 10 flag
and constitution in the most fearful
struggle through which n nation ever walked
| TAppause.1 We have erected in every city
monuments in memory of the valiant dead
| who gave their lives for principles which they
loved. We have stirred his conscience by
showing him how men can be faithful and
honest under the pressure Of debt against all
whispers of the tempter. We have given hin
free soil on which to settle. We have set be
| fore him to kindle his patriotism and aspira
,;sns the lives of Lincoln and Garfield. Ap
piause.
The speaker then proceeded to consider
the question of taxation, first explaining how
the debt was contracted which makes it neces
| sarv to raise such enormous revenues. W.
have reduced our Indebtedness to such an ex
| tent that we can now lift some of these bur
dens off the backs of the people, by remov
inc the tax on the articles where it still rests
what are they? First, whiskey. don
know as YOU have whiskey in Maine
| TI.auShter.1 The tax rests on whiskey beer
tobacco, banks, matches, patent medicines ant
perfumery. As you see, there are out ie"
4 articles left on which there is any tax to TAKE
of. Which shall be taken OF nrst! l say
that the tax on tobacco and splrituous iiquor.
shonld be the last one to come of. Applause
Now we have left q revenue tax on banks
matches. patent medicines and perfumery
We have more money than We need; we hav'
an overaowing treasury. Last year We pais
al50. coo. 600 of the public debt, and sooi
there will be no matured bonds which we cal
nav. We ought to reduce taxation. "her'
shall we begin
At the last session OF congress the 1epuo
lican House passed bills reducink MAe
sao noo 00O annually. The democrats hav'
~ control Of Congress for six years. VIII.
s;s,., thew reduce taxese For six years the.
! have been looking the subjects Of tarin re
form and internal revenue reduction in tn