Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-08-13

form he saw Stokes, who shot Jim Fisk about
difficulty in the same general direction as
Clevelsnd's. and saw this Stokes and Beecher
consulting together 10 obtain pure govern
ment, he lost courage, Laughter, In the
person of Cleveland. the democratic party
would be electe1--uumodfed. unimnroved
and unsatisted. His administration would
be no better than that Of any other democrat.
They said he had no record-he proved to
have more than they dreamed Of Laugh
ter. As for Hendricks, he represented in
himself all that was offensive and odious in
the word Copperhead. He is the most often
sive man today out of the earth. The demo.
Gratis know il they are outSpoken for free
trade the people will never put them in power
and yet they know their party to be over
whelmingly in favor of it, so they put a man
with no record on the question on platform
no one can understand. Why didn't thev
nominate Baysrd, a strorg and hone st man
with 4 wife Il child in his own house at home 2
Applause The speaker closed bv predict
ing 10000 majority in Ohio in October if
Maine was carried by large majority in
September.
Hon. Nelson Dlngley, Jr.
Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr. described the
enthusiasm for Blaine at the Chicago con.
vention. and thought he could say that no
man had ever been put in nomination for
president who has received such unmstakable
indications of popular approval as Blaine,
nor has any vice presidential nominee ever
received so many expressions of appreciation
as Logan. From the Atlantic to the Pacific.
from Canada TO the Gulf, goes up one voice
of delight. The people feel that in Blaine
they have the grandest, greatest, hroadest
and nOblest statesman Of whom this country
/ boasts. He had associated with MIR. Blaine
| for more than thirty years in all and every
circumstance that can be conceived in con
nection with public affairs as well as private.
lie dehed any man to find a statesman who
stands nearer to the people, whose heart
beats more in accord with the hearts of the
masses, and who feels that this country's
welfare rests on the individual manhood OF
every man, no matter how humble No man
who has been in the glare Of public life for
80 years has so little TO his discrcdt. Private
and public character are always one, and he
who is pure in private life is he who IN pun
lie life will be Just the same. Speaking from
a knowledge of Mr.. Blaine as great as if he
had been Mr., Blaine's brother, he would say
that no man in his private life has been
purer, clearer and more of a model to the
young men Of this land than James c.
Blaine. Mr.. Dingley referred to the
State election, saying that vote
for State officers and for Congress
men was vote for Blaine. He claimed TO-
900 majority for the republican ticket and
said that this result would mean encourage
ment to republicans in all parts of the Union
Ohio would follow with $4,000 and West
Virginia would join in. In New York for
every independent lost the votes of twenty
workingmen would be gained. In conclusion
he exhorted all present TO work as victory
depended on the individual efforts of each.
Col. W. &. PIummer Of Dakota.
lie spoke of the laboring classes and the
increase Of comforts and luxuries in the homes
of the people which he ascribed to the meas
ures Of the republican party and particularly
to the policy Of protection. He declared that
free trade means the cutting of of all but the
bare necessaries of life from the workingman
As the democracy tied themselves to the car
Of slavery so now they tie themselves to the
car of free trade, conceal it as they may. He
said the Independents had united the worst
political haTOt in this world into the temple
of liberty to purify it-and this harlot was
bourbon democracy. The speaker further
touched upon foreign matters and predicted
that Blaine if elected, would suffer no Amer
lean citizens to lie for years in Mexican jails,
as has recently happened Victory is sure
a victory that will say to the world, 1--WE are
nation. We will protect labor and the la
boring man" The republican party only
asks for another four years lease OF power to
redeem every promise in the future as it has
in the past, under the leadership of Blaine
and Logan.
Gen. John l.. Swift.
Gen. John L. Swift spoke about half an
hour. In closing he said Massachusetts
believes that this great heritage of the Amer.
ican republic is held in trust for posterity
and it is for this reason that she believes the
country is safer in the hands of James G.
Blaine than under the administration Of the
democratic party. | say that in November
Massachusetts will give the Blaine and Logan
ticket l75 900 votes and double the majority OF
Maine for the Plamed Knight, and have more
than the aggregate Of all his majorites in the
New England States. Gen. Swift clos ed
amid loud applause.
Hon. Seth l.. Milliken.
Our friends on the other side, put plank
in their platform, demanding an honest ballot
How inconsistent. In six southern state,
where the democracy rule, there il no hope
for an honest ballot Mr. Milliken discussed
the tariff question at some length. While
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America from the Old World. to better their
condition, the manufacturer remains absent
Both money and capital flow where they are
the best remunerated. Ifmoney was benefited
instead Of workmen capital would come hard
The principle Of protection, is the primary
plank in the republican platform. Compare
the peace and prosperity, the pleasant and
comfortable homes Of our workmen, with the
degradation and novels of the laborers Of Eu
rope Butler says it took 80 hours for the
committee at the last democratic national con
vention, to form their protection platform.
| Their tariff plank is 80 worded that they can
stand on both sides Of it. and the free trader.
of New York will read free trade, and the
! Pennsylvania protectiOnists, protection. We
must pay revenue to support the national
4 government. Why not raise our revenue anG
| protect American labor rather than secure Il
I By direct taxation or our farms and property
( Under free trade, direct taxes amounting e
I 81, 500 900 will be added to your tax il
I this State. You know James G. Blaine as
I large hearted, genial gentlemen, know hin
I as the most distinguished citizen of America
I The speaker compared Mr.. Blaine 10 Bis
marck and other European statesman. an,
( said that the man from Maine was head anC
Z shoulders above them all. In closing. Mr.
Miliiken eloquently reviewed the services o.
Mr.. Blaine TO the State and Nation, urginl
the citizens Of Maine to vote for him in Sep
tember, and citing the necessity of largu
majority for the republican ticket then, as
1 forerunner of success in November.