The Portland daily press., 1884-06-23

Congress, and expect, ladies and gentle
lnell, ne VIII nave an associate or two on the
same SIDE from Mississippi And now let
me say to you that Mississippi, the State for
winch l speak, is for James G. Blaine. ZAP
pause and cries of "Good." Perhaps | can
not say that my State will be as yours when
II comes to the counting, though | hope and
trust it will be. The State is for Blaine and
Logan, and we will do the best we can, and
you need not be surprised if we give you
some electoral votes. A good deal will de-
pe9d upon what you do here. If you set a
e ea9 example, we have got some men that will
IonoW 1t. Ii you set good examples, we have
larger number that will follow them. My
prediction is that as Maine votes in Septem-
per SO VIII the country vote in November
| (Applause)
we are proud of the Hon. James G. Blaine,
and you should be sufficiently proud of him
| ana the cause he represents to give no dis
appointment to us down South. (Applause)
per next you poll Republican vote of less
IMAM 10000 majority. Now, fellow citizens, |
| 90 not intend to make a speech tonight be-
cause there are too many eloquent, able and
Iorclple gentlemen here who can speak to
| you and interest you better than | can
only appeared before you to let you see me.
| (Applause and laughter) | knew many of
| you had curiosity to see me especially after
the chicago convention. | know many of
| you did not like it when that convention. so
unexpectedly to me and contrary to nv in
| cnnatl0n, made me its temporary chairman.
| 1or you were fearful the result would be dis
appointment, but hope you all feel now
T pls4 no naTm grew out of it. (Applause)
But before set down let me say in regard to
our ucket, the ticket that must the ticket
| that will, the ticket that l am sure you are
determined shall be elected, that / believe it
to be the strongest ticket the Republican
| party has put forth since 1872. We are told
| by some gentlemen that we are to have de-
tenSlve campaign. Well my candid opinion
is that the American people desire to have
some man for President who is known to
| the country; positive and not a negative
| man. (Applause) | would rather have a
man to defend than to have one whom no
body knows anything about, good or bad.
But we shall have no defense to make
EIveryoo@dyn IN this country knows that with
James G: Blaine in the presidential chair
there Will be no speculation, no doubt and no
guess work as to what is going to be DONE
tAppllause) Every intelligent man and wo-
man IN the country knows that with James
q: Blaine in the chair we shall have a policy
which will cause the lawbreakers of this
country and especially of the South to feel
that they have somebody they will be afraid
OF; we shall have a revenue system which
will not only be sufficient to raise the neces-
sary money to carry on the government, but
which will be sufficient to protect every
American citizen in his industry in his labor
and IN his capital; that we shall have sys-
| TEN of civil service reform that nobody who
is honestly in favor of civil service can object
to. We all know that Mr.. Blaine was nom
| mated without the aid or support of the fed
eral ofice-holders but with the greater
part OF It mildly against him. He was the
cnolce OF the American people. (Applause)
AND he Will go into the presidential chair
with his hands entirely clean so far as pat
| ronage is concerned, and therefore will be OBJ
hgated TO nobody but the people, (Applause)
CHAIRMAN REED.
Fellow Citizens:-I have the pleasure of
next introducing to you a gentleman who has
been distinguished in many fields of political
success, but who has never had any higher
honor conferred upon him, nor can any man.
than that Of having been the permanent
chairman of the National Republican Con-
yention, and now introduce to you the Hon.
John B. Henderson of Missouri.
SPEECH OF MIR. HENDERSON
Ladies and Gentlemen-This ia my first visit
to Maine, and yet feel almost at home One
OF the dearest friends [ ever had in nv life
lived in this city. / met him when almost a
boy in public life and found him to be one of
natures noblemen He was a true friend of
mine, and learned to love him as a statesman
as an orator, and rs one of the purest and best
men ever knew in private or public life /
ailude to William Pitt Fessenden. Applause
The truth OF the matter is that we In the West
have been Taught from boyhood to regard
Maine as very sterile state. | do not know
now 1t produces its cereals, but do know that
IL produces magnificent crops of men. have
sort OF liking for the people of Maine be-
cause you seem to honor your good and great
men, and you keep them in public life until
they become experienced and know what to do
hence suggest to you to keep sending Thom-
as b. Reed to Congress. Applause and cries
OF Well do it In an evening paper in your
city discover that am classed as having yot-
ed in 1872 for Horace Greeley This Is the
nist campaign lie: [Laughterl. Now I never
B.. -
dreamed of such a thing. The truth of the
matter is that in 1872 1 was candidate for gov
ernor OF Missouri, and although much the bet
Yer man OF the two | was showed under by
thlrty-hve thousand. [Laughterl Our good
men in Missouri are always defeated: in fact
you may know good man in Missouri by the
fact that he is defeated. was candidate for
governor that year land made as good canvass
as was capable OF making in favor of Gen.
Grant, although was never an especial friend
OF Gen. Grant after his first election in 1868.
But this newspaper says that have been in
and out OF the party. am rather free
thinking man. was once Democrat, and in
1901 voted for Stephen A. Douglas, who at |
that time was regarded in Missouri as an ADOLF
ZIONIST, Breckenridge, at that time, represent
ing the secession element of Missouri In
1864, voted for Abraham Lincoln. APP
plausel. In 1864 had the pleasure of offer
ing in the Senate the thirteenth amendment
TO tne constitution, which made every negro
IN this land freeman. ApDlsusel In 1868
voted d Tor Gen; Grant; in 1872 for Gen. Grant;
in 1876 for Mr.. Hayes: in 1880 for Gem. Car.
field; and in 1884 ! shall be equally successful
In voting for the President Of the United
States, James G. Blaine. TGreat applausel
Now that isn't very bad record, is il? |
LLaugnterI. MY friend Lynch says, we are
not going 10 fight defensive campaign Now
what IS the use of defensive campaign?
What are the charges already produced
against Mr.. Blaine? If they can lie SO about
SO inconsidera6le an individual as [ am how
w hn cfo Tod III ~
out in my country where the people like to
take drink once in while. heard it charg-
ed that Blaine was prohibitionist. We'll,
what II he is; don't suppose he would get
along very well In Maine unless he was. Mr..
Blaine came here about twenty six or seven
years ago, and therefore did not inaugurate
prohibition, for, according to nv recollection.
Maine had got sober before Blaine came to the
state; laughter. She had been drunk be-
lore that time, but she had sobered off, and
has kept straight ever since. They also saw
MIR. Blaine is Catholic. What il he is? /
am not, but if [ were good Catholic, ex-
pect should be great deal better man. Mr..
Blaine is not a Catholic, and yet they say he
was born one; but that is something over
which he had no control. Laughterl Posi-
bly, he was born bow-legged but I can assure
you II such was the fact he is standing perfect
ly erect today. Perhaps he was born CRYING:
II SO, he and his friends will be laughing In
November, and the other people will take m
the job OF crying. [Applause1
FelloW citizens, what is the use of nv
talking to Maine audience about the elect
ion now pending. You know your duty and
know how to perform it. There are other
fields OF labor where good can be done. but
here you will give the ticket an immense ma
lority in November. Nothing can prevent if.
You business men know perfectly well that
Mr.. Blaine is safe man. Conscientious
man, statesman of ability aud man Of the
highest and purest moral character and there
lore why should you hesitate You will be
told there is danger of war if Blaine is elect
ed. War about that? What did he ever do
to induce that belief? When he was in Con-
gress two OF our naturalized citizens went
over to England or rather to Ireland, where
they were arrested by the English govern
ment, tried and convicted for treaSonabIe
language spoken in the city of New York,
Mr.. Blaine declared those citizens ought to
be released and inaugurated a movement in
Congress which ultimately ended in their re-
lease 1t was the same old claim made by
England impressing our seamen which led to
the war of 1872, but through the influence
ana intervention of James G. Blaine, these
men had to be released and short time af
ter the policy which he represented was in
corporated in the treaty Of Washington, in
clause. stating that England would never
again Interfere with tho RIGHTS Of Apoo,;ao,.