The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-10
THE nnmooRAox CELRRRArR,
And th Following Extracts FROM TheiI
Speeches Republicans Will BEAD.

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Speeches Republicans Will Eead.
A very large and enthusiastic audience as
sembled at City Hall on Saturday evening, the
occasion being the celebration by the Demo
Gratis of the city of their alleged victory on
Tuesday last.
The following Democrats occupied seats on
the platform:
Hon. Bion Bradbury, Hon. j. w. Deering,
Hon. L. D, M. Sweat Hon. w. L. Putnam,
Hon. @. Fl. Chase. Hon. Nathan Cleaves, Col.
A. w. Bradbury, Col. G. B. Merrill, Gen.J.J
Lynch, George +. Emery, s. G Andrews, Hoo.
Ezra Cartsr, p W. McIntyre, Elliott King
w. III. Clifford, B. f. Andrews, A. W. Laugh
lin, P. j. Larrsbee, Hon. M. P. Frank, E. b.
Winslow, Jerome Rumery, @. B. Nash, j. A.
Gallagher. David Gallagher, e. G. Willard
Geo. Means. e. s. Osgood, s. K. Dyer, F. For
syth, Geo. Tolman G. I'll. Knight, DIR. Quad
wick, Edward Payson, j. n Lord, A. ID,
Sweetser, Hon. W. G. Davis, Q. II Fling, n.
G. Garter, w. Il. Woodbury., Coz. Lyman, G.
B. Varney, S. d Hail, D. S. Murphy, Capt.
VIM. sennett, Ernesto Ponce, G. S. Wood
bury, W. FL. Sargent.
Promptly at s O'Clock, Alderman John A.
Gallagher called the meeting to ORDER and in
brief speech, which he alluded to as being
his first in that hall, in the city of his
biAshB no NoAstdbuidtcu tuo OoDOCrdblC party
upon the glorious victory just WOO, and said
that he desired to introduce as chairman for
the evening, one of the grandest,one of the no.
blest examples OF Democracy, Gen. Samuel J.
Anderson.
As Gen. Anderson stepped forward, he was
received with prolonged applause.
He said that he desired to thank bis fellow citi-
Gems for their very kind greeting and the committee
i'm La fAorf, mi
ty to preside at the meeting. He said he could
hardly find wo DIS to express his feelings; it a
most unusual occasion. For more than quarter of
9 century the Democratic party had been In the mi
nority in this country but they had met to cee-
brate its accession to power He could not say the
result was unexpected because they had felt during
the whole canvass that everything in their fa-
yor. and against the party which had long held
the reins of power The Democratic party is a ma
tional party. The Republicans have constantly at
tempted to excite the prejudice of the people Of
section OF the country against those of another
section, and have appealed to the people upon the
meaDest and lowest instincts of nature to prevail
upon them to retain all the hatred engendered by
tional party; the Democratic party national pars
ty Look at the vote. OF the 401 electoral votes.
Cleveland has 90 Blaine 49, and of the original Is
States which formed this government, Cleveland
has 8, and OF the popular vote Cleveland has
2OO. 900 more than Blaine. Which is the sectional
party? The Democratic party has is votes and lis
States In the South and its votes and its States in
the North.
Gen. Anderson said that while they might be par
doned some exulraton at this glorious victory
1t seemed to him that ther was great deal
that was most serious aye, solemn in the
fact that upon every of the Democratic
party. devolves the honor and credit of the new
administration now coming into power. With the
accession OF power comes the responsibility of
exercising that power to promote the best good
of the whole people of the country.
After discussing at considerable length the duties
dev0lving upon the Democratic party at this time,
and referring to the Independents of New York and
Massachusetts at whose earnest solicitation The
M III ms ia of Can
Anderson continued. My friends, there has been
much in the papers which has excited within the
last few days. do no. propose to cay anything
which shall urge on make more intense that ex-
element, but we know that there is vet feeling
that there may be claim made that the Republican
party have still majority of the electoral votes If
they can show that honestly, we, as Democrats as
law abiding citizens submit but say 10 you as We
all will say; that we will have never again the act
of 1875 repeated. Great applause.) We submitted
at that me not because we did not know that bad
eleced our ticket but because it would have been,
as we believed at the expense of civil war il we
had sscertaned and maintained our rights, and we
believed that it better to give up four of
the administration rather than to prof ct this
| try again into civil war, but there may come
tine when II this thing is to be repeater
| again and again, If we think We are to be
deprived of our rights. which honestly belong to
us, that we should be anything but freemen if we
| did not maintain those rights. (Great applause1
Never again. the Democratic party submit to be
deprived of the just fruits of its labor and victory
have but word more to say, and it is that we
should bear ourselves in this day of victory as we
have always been law-abidiDg citizens; we have
stood by the country and by the administration in
its general acs so far they could be sustained in
honor, and in justice and now that we in con-
troll of the administration let us act with forbear-
ancs to our enemies. believing and recognizing the
| fact that we are al equal under the government.
and that the administration is for the whole people,
| and not of party; and that we should recognize
the rights of the minority not as our rights have
been recognized, but as honorable and magnanimous
men, recognizing the rights OF defeated party.
| General Anderson then introduced Hon.
w. L. Putnam, who was received with great
applause. Mr.. Putnam said:
| Fellow Citizens: Democrats. independents and
Republicans, who desire good government, 1 ask
you to rel ice with us tonight upon the results of
: this great election which has been conducted so
| peaceably throughout This country, and which 1
believe and trust will be conducted peacefully its
close. come here tonight at the request of the
city committee to unite with you in rejoicing at the
election which has been accomplished far as The
action of the people is The great fraud
of 1876, the father of all frauds (applause) has
created an excitement and alarm among people
which trust and believe will prove to have been
wholly Unnecessary m S At any rate being warned
State of New York has hung very evenly In the
balance. Fortunately, the returns Of the great
cities of New York and Brooklyn have been
examined under the careful scrutiny of some of the
most experienced and able legal minds of the city
great cities are concerned is put beyond doubt, and
believe that the result SO far the State is
ceraed, will also pe put besond doubt. peaceaby,
i SoaASos
about In such way % peaceably, quietly and reg
ulary, inasmuch as the eyes of the nation upon
the counting of the vote, and inasmuch being
/ forewa ned we are forearmed that tho result Ii
be declared The satisf 4clion Of all good and law
abiding ciiizens of this great country. applause
Inasmuch as the people have been aroused, and
their attention called to this matter, and inasmuch
the great mass of both parties including the Re-
publican party itself. do not desire to see repeti-
| tion of the act of 1876, suspicion OF the
repetition of that ac fear not that this result will
be declared honestly and fairly, and with good
mi fhuall rar t IF oil f,arf
cd. That is my belief; that is my faith, so come
here tonight not W tn alarm for the future but
simply with feeling OF qualification for what took
place on Tuesday last.
Mr.. Putnam then said that he desired to call at
tenton to some of the issues which had been before
the people in this campaign. 1t IS time now when
the people can understand those issues; they are
fresh in the minds of all, the excitement of the
campaign has died away, and it is time when they
can understand them better, and appreciate them
more forcibly than they could possibly understand
them at any other time We were tod that Grover
Cleveland was young man, without experience in
the affairs of this country. We were to d that by
whom? BY party who first put III nomination and
voted for q man whose only experience had been
that he followed Indian trail across the country
who put in nomination and elected a second candi-
date whose only experience at that time, although
| he afterwards had sufficiently severe and bitter
experience, was that he had served through one
Congress, an obscure member upon an obscure
committee of the house of representatives. who had
| put in nomination distinguished officer of the
army who, until that time, Lad been entirely with
out experience in public affairs. That is the party
which criticises us for putting in nomination an
| officer and gentleman, young man TO be sure
but not young that he had not presided the
ecutive officer of more people than the whole OF
the United States contained during the presidences
| OF Washington and Adams, aud during the first
| term of Jefferson, Mr. Putnam said he willing
| to put the experience of Cleveland against the
perience of the first three candidates of the Repub
lican party. 1t of the singular things in his
| tory that whenever there comes a great crisis
needing some great mind to meet it like ths present
one. Pr. violence always raises up some one unex
| pected, from some unexpected quarter.
| Mr.. Putnam referred 10 the speech of Mr.. BlaD,
| in Boston at the close of the campaign, and crit
eized very sharply bis statement that "our grea
| system of government has grown of the civi
| scruggle." Grover Clevea has behind him hi
| great party, united and harmonious, as they hav
| been before united anu harmonious and he ha
| with him the flower Of the intelligence and virtu
of the Republican party. He has by his side, he ha
| at his hand, be, ond that of any man who has eve
taken the seat which he is about to take, materia
| from which o select his Cabinet. Let me nam
| some of them: Thomas Il. Bayard, George B. Me
| LeIlsn Samuel j. Randall, Joseph b. Mcdonald
| and Allen q. Thurman. He believed that Mr.
| Cleveland would give the country administrator
| which would satisfy the honest and patriotic mel
| Of all parties,
William 81. Clifford, Esq, was then intro
daced. He was received with cheers.
| Mr.Clitford said that he congratulated the peopl
in these closing hours of the twenty tour years
Republican domination and msrule, and at tn