The Portland daily press., 1884-08-23

built the Clyde. Does he know that TODAY over
production has overstocked the British wharyes,
ports and yards and that hundreds of British ships
stand ready to be launched upon our markets IL
we only let them in free? Our shipyards would be
given to the owls and bats and hundreds and fho-
sands OF competent men would be driven from en-
ployment 1t would only benefit the capitalist and
not the laboring man. Not a man engaged in
building ships would get an hours benefit from it.
And yet the Democratic party under the lead of
Mr.sCox swept it through by a party vote When
the bill came to the Senate the Republican Senate
struck off the free ship clause The House Insisted
A committee OF conference was appointed and nv
yielding some of the important points the House
was obliged to retraet and give up free ships and
for the time being that question was saved fo the
shipbulding interests but it will be up again If the
Democratic party ever gets into power
MIR. Hale then contrasted the action of the two
parties in Congress upon the consular appropriation
bill and the Morrison tariff bill.
Somebody, he said asks why it is the Democrats
so much in favor of face trade; they say they
the friend of the American laborer. Is the Re
publican party honestly in favor of protection?
Why my friends it Is Irresistible; the spirit and
education and tradition of the two parties are
radically opposed. The Republican party believes
in labor 1t was born of the demand of labor Robert
Toombs threatened to call the roll of his slaves on
the top OF Bunker Hill and labor sprung to ms to
prevent it. The Republican party rests upon labor
as its bed rock. Mr. Hale after contrasting the
home of the laboring in England who goes
home to his poor cat. his pipe and his mug with
nothing higher or beyond that with the comfortable
homes, the luxuries and all the higher aims and
possibilities OF citizenship that this country affords
the rebellion lay in this that it was the dream of
the great lighting confederacy that white men
should DO the governing and fighting and voting
and black men should do the work. And free trade
follows irresistibly from that. Their few great
products, cotton rice and tobacco were to be ship
ped abroad and the foreign manufactures shipped
back IN return. All the Democratic leaders were
brought up and sucked to that doctrine and to-
day they are permeated with it.
After paying glowing tribute to the candidates
during which there was the most vociferous and
long continued applause the Senator closed as fol-
lows:
Now, my friends, in leaving you, and thanking
Portland for this audience and their attention
have only few practical words to say: The ewes
of the whole country upon Maine. Its candi-
date is here and the people look to see what will be
the verdict of Maine in September. Remember that
every vote that is added to the majority of that
sound and faithful chief magistrate Gov Robe
(cheers sends joy to the hearts of the Republicans
in every State of the Union Every vote that is adj
ded TO ten thousand rounded up majority for Robie
is worth 100 votes in other States and It is the d-
ty of Portland to to it that she contributes to
that result and strengthens the hearts of Republ-
cans elsewhere. Look to it, also that your ticket
is elected; that out of this contest Maine does
not lose congressional district. (Applause). MY
friends if all this is done if Names voice is heard
with no uncertain sound and it is that the pop
ular current has started here we may be assur.
ed that the voice of the people that spoke so loudly
at Chicago in June will increase in its rolling force
until at last it is heard with roar that browns all
dissentious voices when the great day in November
comes. (Great applause).