Ellsworth American., 1882-06-22
Senator Hale's Speech.

hl ibf d sltSCHs MS name was ItctlNtu Win
loud applause, and the gentleman himself,
with rounds Of applause. He spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen Of the ConreHfioB-One OF
the largest conventions ever held in the
State, attended BY the earnest men whom
now see before me, attests TO the strength
of spirit, the undying vignr Of the Re
publican parry OF Maine. These delegations,
representing every nrighborhood IN the
Stats. walked into this room With the TRAD
Of veterans, aud well they might so walk.
for the State Of Name siuoe l-76 has been
a hattlefcd-the Belgium of America.
And now before me are assembled the men
Who have taken upon themselves TO see 10
Il that TINS campaign shall end the war.
[applauSe and that for ten wears 20 come
there shall be no more doubt about the
/ RepUbllcanism Of the State of Maine
than there Is about Vermont or Iowa.
These last six wears, nv friends, have
done Us no real harm No man. no organ
izstion Is worth ANYTHING until be OF it has
been purified by gong through adversely.
+ Broken and defeated a. We were in 1873, We
! yet trlumphed anew IN the next year. We
drove out from the State government the
! spoilers who had intrenched themselves
I there, and ever since, as be-
EcNe, IN the sober thought of the people
of Name, We have been steadily gaining the
ground that We had lost
! 1t will be a battle, gentlemen, worth the
winning. The Governor OF the State a
large portion Of the county officials, Legis-
laiore that shall elect United States
/ Senator for six years. a delegation Of four
members in the House Of Representative
/ IN the National Congress. Does anY man
here fail to appreciate that2 DO YOU want
the man whom this convention shall nomi-
nate to-day for Governor, or do YOU want
/ two years more Of inhiciion Of Gov.
/ Plaisted DO YOU want Plaisicd or another
/ like him as United States Senator No
q hundred times, no But what YOU do
/ want, my friends. i, lha, my able and
4 eloquent colleague, Mr.. FRYE, who sits in
/ the high place to which YOU have called him,
shall st there FOR siX wears more. Ap-
I plause.
! DO YOU want a delegation in the House of
/ Representatives iha, shall uphold the hands
+ Of the obstructive and revolutionary
{ Democracy. or will YOU have four men there
I that shall help the Republican party in the
work that yet remains for i, 10 do ? Does
any man here doubt the Importance Of that
Snrk or believe that the mission Of the
! Republican party is ended or that tired Of
lighting II may move out Of the battle
Let Us glance in the brlefest way at the
record nov being made in Congress Ger
tain things the Republican party is trying 10
I DO, In all Of these things which il seeks TO
( do for the benefit Of the industries and the
( people Of this country II finds Itself con-
ironied by solid or almost solid Democ- /
racy.
II has upon It's hands in Congress the
great question Of the currency OF the peo-
pie, that question which i 50 Iutcr!aoc4 with /
business and with all enterprises that It Is of
hrsi Importance. 1t has prepared and elab- !
GRATED measures in the direction Of keeping
alive the best currency the .un ever shour
upon. and i VAS mc; by the opposition Of
Almost the entire Democratic party
10 the Republican party j. entrusted the
protection Of Amrri--rl labor. to see that
the labor Of our fellow citizens here -
protected when Il j. thrown INTO competition
v,ih cheap labor abroad. and 70 see that the /
provisions Of the tariff under which We h,c .
winch need revision and changes that have f.
been made necessary by time IN the time (
sAa.. te read listed 20 present needs. and up .
on ,a.s issue the Republican party has me,
the s!mo,, solid wall Of the democratic par /
.ngtou that after a commission has been ap-
pointed By the President. combining all .
sEatc' u opinion. Nisr men who shall ~ IN
tie months u! the vacation and elaborate a
plan for tsr.t' revision 80 that II ,hal! bear .
equally upon the burdens Of the people. the
~ comes that The rev vo.uiionary Drmolra- .
cy have determined in the Senate TO proven,
the confirmation Of the commission anu 50 .
prevent an, action upon tins question.
axe the question that has come up, not T
po.i;IcA! only, but involving sentiments COM 4
mon To mankind. the question Of poly gAmy
he democrats tlIb4sicred and obstructed +
olsincs, for hours and DAYS rather than a I
d.. pass 20 eNurpa,e that foul crime. twin I.
SISTER 10 slavery, IN the western territories. /
Take the great question nov looming IN /
Congress, the whlskey monopoly, which i,
backed by a capita! Of millions Of dollars, {
aad which. under the lead Of Senator Beck. I.
III. push for recognition and demand legis- /
!a;lon IN the way Of reduced taxation. And I
Senator Beck Will be followed and supported /
by the Democratic party
Take the question Of expenditures. and |
every man whom We are fighting Wili be /.
found IN favor Of appropriations Of millions /
FOR the Mississippi rlyer and for the improve I
meni Of southern rivers and harbors-wh .
~e have made a U.S. aud wise bill, disiribu- /
ting millions o. dollars IN the treasury 10 I
The actual losers by the Alabama and other I.
Confederate cruisers and when the vote (
vas taken IN the House Of Representatives !
every vote but two found against that meas /
are was from the Democratic party
lake the greatest question Of all.-the |
sanct!ty Of the ba.lot-ihat sacred right Of |
/ free men, which the Republican party for I
/ wears has been engaged in protecting. and 1
when the House Of Representatives sought /
I u purge the floor and 10 drive out men v no |
we're there with nothing but paper creden- |
| ilals, and TO seat competitors who had ihous- /
ands and tens Of thousands Of majority votes. |
/ the Democracy served notice that they would
st day and night obsiruciively 10 prevent il. |
I and II was only at last under the lead Of the /
/ distinguished representative from Maine |
I the representative Of the Portland district.
/ Mr.. Reed, that the Republican party took
| this great matter into its own hands and to-
/ day, there is rule in the House Of repre-
sentailves dominated by Republican inhu-
enees, passed by Republican votes, under
which any Democrat, Republican or Green
| backer who has been elected 10 a seat in
/ Congress, may be admitted to his seat and
stand up before the speaker and in the name
| oI uou swear MS allegiance 10 the republic
and no man shall hinder him. Applause
These things are all seen and known Of
men, and il is because Of these things and
the interest that the people have in them
that this great assemblage comes together
here today, an assemblage that surprises and
delights our friends and confounds our enc
| mics.
And, my friends, the omens are good
throughout the State of Maine The peo-
pie are tired to begin with, Of a governor
whose atmosphere is strife. and who. if he
cannot quarrel with his council about
judge Of the Supreme Court, will quarrel
about messenger-and they are determined
that there shall be at last a complete and
united administration in the State OF Maine.
where no conflict shall again arise between
executive and legislative or other powers Of
the State.
They are determined that the integrity of
the judiciary Of the State shall be preserved,
and that when one man upon the bench
stands up and delivers an opinion that sub
jects him to reproach from his party. that
man, Democrat, Republican or Greenhaeser
shall be stood by for conscience sake