The Portland daily press., 1884-08-23
THE REPUsLrcAN RALLv.
Hon. Eugene Hale Speaks at City Hall
A COgent and Powerful Address.

1 AuoI0 10 uo ldCh VI water Gn1S summer ana
the benefits to be derived therefrom the Re-
publicans are evidently enjoying for thus far
the most unpropitious weather has been &C.
corded them for thesr rallies and flag-raisings
however good 1t may have been for a second
| crop OF grass. Yet, to show how earnest the
Republicans ara and how little they care for
the rain, they gathered in large mum hers--lad-
les as well as gentlemen-at City Hall last eve
| ming and remained, for the most part, inter-
| ested in and enthusiastic over the cogent and
| powerful speech of Senator Hale while they
received and applauded Ger Mattocks most
| warmly.
Prior to the speaking Chaudler's band gave
a charming concert, and when the speakers
filed on the stage at $40 p m. they were re-
ceived with the strongest demonstrations of
applause. Among the gentlemen on the plat
form were Hor. George P. Wescott, Hon. F.
j. Rollins, Mayor King and Chairman Water
erhouse with the members of the City Commit
| tee. Senator Hale and Gen. Mattocks were
received with long continued applause.
After the baad fnished its selection Chair
| man Waierhouse said.
Ladies and GentIemen-I feel assured you will be
1 pleased to hear glee from the Blaine and Logan
/ Glee Club
| The club which was located in the right
hand gallery then sang campaign glee so well
that an encore was authorisatvely demanded
and acceded to. Tue club looked remarkably
| well in their new uniforms, white shirts with
blue trimmings, blue trousers with silver stripe
aud red belt, and red chapeaux with white
| plumes.
| Chairman Waterhouse then introduced that
| well known citizen and noble soldier, GER. G.
| P. MaUtochs presiding officer, who was
greeted with loud applause. The following is
| an abstract of his address.
GEN. MATTocKs' REMARKS.
| He co menced by saying that the political cam
pagn In any State especially one preceding Pres
denta election excteS great interest in the minds
| of the people. Maine by her geographical position
and the season of her election is such that have
become by force OF circumstances a great political
| thermometer which indicates every four years
whether the stewardship of the party in power has
been satisfactory to the people of the country and
whether the positions taken by the respective par
| ties are appreciated by the country at large When
the Democratic party in 1860 opposed the abolition
of slavery; when in 1854 it declared the war fail
\ ure the mercury in the political thermometer in
Maine rose and led of with large majorities in fav
| or of the Republican party. When later the State
well nigh fell into the power of the Democratic
party through the unjustiied attempt at stealing
/ the sacred rights for which fathers fought a
right sacred to us and which the Democratic party
had declared invoilable, the right of ballot. the
| thermometer again rose and the people of Maine
said to the country that though they Temporal
rily crushed the right to vote should and could
| not be taken from them by the party who at the
| time had apparently the control of the State.
| Gen. Mattocks then recounted the part that Sem
ator Hale took IN the attempted count-out and said
it was through his efforts in great that
the State delivered from the attempt to deprive
her of one of our most sacred rights. q pplause)
In introducing Senator Hale Gen. Mattocks said
that MIR. Hale we'll fitted to discuss the issues
/ of the times as any man in New England, perhaps
in the country.
Senator Hale was received with round after
round of applause. He spoke for an hour and
| three-luarters and scarcely person left the
| hail until the conclusion. OF course the late
ness of the hour fcrbids anything but brief
| abstract of his able exposition of the Issues of
| the day.
SENATOR HALE's REMARKS.
| Judge Redman, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, said here Wednesday last that the peo-
| pie of the United States demanded change. i do
not fail to zee in that the underlying hope Of the
Democratic party OF today. do not fail to receg-
nize the fact that the people demand changes from
time to time; that it is the desire of change the
direction of progress and advancement that keeps
people contented, and am entirely sure that any
party which expects hold power with an lntelli-
gent people for long time must recognize and re-
spect the disposition the part of the people in
/ favor of change l do not suppose that the demo-
cratic party beaten broken, dispersed and routed as
form its columns and present itself in formidable
array but for Its amending and never dying hope
American people will at last install that party in
| power again. l do not advise, Mr.. Chairman, any
thoughtful Republican to forget that the people
mand changes from time to time and when the Re-
publican party forgets the disposition the part of
intelligent people 10 constantly come forward and
| take up new duties as new occasions demand then
the Republican party Will to hold itself firm in
the affection and respect of the people, (Applause9
It is the merit OF the Republican party that as
fast as it has accomplished any great good for the
people it has filed that accomplished task away it
has docketed it among the archives of the republic
hQC re i0hf HMM a.
beckoniDg-on demand for new duty; and when it
ceases to this it goes to ruin and another party
is established in its place. (applause)
Look for moment at some of the things it has
o Glad that m rs t3sag to nd nan that is
party addressed itself the task OF saving the viz
gin country Of the West for freedom, and to
snatchng it from the ruthless hand of slavery ZAP
plause). When that was done the party laid it
| oside as an accomplished task and went on. When
| that superhuman task confronted it, when it de-
voved upon theRepubican party to guide and direct
til affairs ofthe republic during of the greatest
rebellions of modern days, rebellion that swept
one-half of the country into its abyss. When the
Republican party confronted that it took upon it
present duty, duey of the day. There isn't man
today Democrat or Republican that isn't glad that
/ the republic was saved. When that was done the
Republican party laid that aside accomplished
task, and addressed itself to what was inviting it
onward. 1t took hold of all the great questions
that confronted it at the end of the war a debt
that was so large it affrighted the world and gave
rise to the prediction that there was nothing for the
American people but bankruptcy, with a currency
degraded and debased, with the bonds of the gov
eminent at a discount, and the republic paying in
the markets OF the world six and seven and three
tenths per cent interest. That the great pres
ent task that confronted the Republican party and
with the things that laid before it it invited the
people to the new task to change, and went reso
lutely to work and accomplished it. 1t brought the
| American credit up where it u.s. higher than that
of any other country on the globe. 1t has paid one
half of the national debt, reduced it can float
long bond at per ceIt, with no end of takers.
(Applause) 1t took the currency that was worth
but forty cents the dollar and brought it gradu
ally up until long ago the United States greenback
and national bank note all over the world wherever
men transact business are just as good as bright,
shining gold (Applause). And every one OF these
things that the Republican party has done, has
been DONE not easily, but with travail and labor,
and sometimes, when the battle on the great issues
hung in even balance and almost tipped toward de-
| feat And at last when every one of these things
had been accomplished, we found that it had been
done over the PROSTATE body of the opposing Demo
cratic party; Was it not so? lCries OF yes).
Fortunately every now and then we are given an
opportunity of contrasting the two parties, not
upon the past but u on the present. by seeing the
Democratic party partially installed in power aud
we can look at them not as a promising party but
as performing party. Politics not unlike bust
ness. The merchant does not trust the ne clerk
merely upon his promises to do well, not until he
has had him and proved his honesty. The Iedit of
man in the market does not depend upon his
facility to give notes, but to pay them at the bank
when due
Now. as said, we have an opportunity once in a
while to view the Democratic party as performing
party, and it is that which keeps the Republican on
an even keel. doubt very much whether the Re-
publicans would have carried the national election
IL Aoto IL bWO years USloI0 p6Up0 udu QOJ IOr-
gotten their vigilance and let the Democratic
party into partial power in giving them control of
the House of Representatives. That saved the
Presidential election in 1876. / very much doubt
whether Gen. Garfield, great as he was, with his
heart beating in accord with public sentiment, the
favorIte of the American people (applause) could
have been elected in $780, if in 1873, the whole
country had not apparently gone into the embraces
of the Democratic party. and set them up in power
in the House of Representatives. So when two
years ago OF these swept the country
and the people entrusted the Democratic party with
power, temporarily, partially, and gave them a
majority OF seventy, was not whit disturbed for
knew 1t would give us the opportunity we de-
manded to see the party as performing party and
not as promising party and just as long as these
tidal waves occur In odd years, you need have no
fear of the Democrats carrying the Presidential
election. Applause and laughter)
Senator Hale then reviewed the action of the
Democrats in the last House upon the question of
protection of American labor which he said was a
question the American people getting more and
more interested in and giving more and more atten-
ton to. 1t is an aggressive question: and as the
issues die away think of those things that
affect their household and their families. The
Democrats upon this matter have platform that
reads either way. He delineated the light between
the Randall and Carlisle factions in the election of
the speaker. He showed how meaningless were the