The Portland daily press., 1884-08-20

sell it to men that were getting dollar day in
stead OF to our men who are getting dollar and
sixty cents day. Would that be wisdom or nom
sense? (Applause)
why no, it is for the interest of our farmers that
they should feed our people here and not solely the
people of another land.
Every man who has watched the progress of this
country knows that the presence of great manufac-
turing establishments raise the price of every acre
in town. Take the town of Westbrook which YOU
are all familiar with. Do you learn and understand
the marvellous growth of that town? What is it duo
to? 1t is due to the system of protection of Ameri
can industry and look forward to the time when it
may increase to such vast size that we who shall
be living then will be astonished that out of Saeear
appa and Cumberland Mills has such great city
grown. (ApplauseD
''oh!' but they say to us. "You Republicans have
destroyed all the sailing vessels of the United
States; you have ruined our navigation" If I felt
disposed to be critical | might ask them who IL
was that built the Confederate cruisers that first
began to drive our commerce from the seas but that
would not be fair argument. because the fact is
that after the cruisers went away We would have
built it up but for one simple fact What is that?
Is it because we have not got free trade? Is it be-
cause we do not export or import? Why today our
exports ana Imports are twice as large as when our
sailing fleet was at its zenith. Look at the great
Cunard steamship line, the most magnificent line
that ever steamed across the ocean! What do thew
pay? Less than two and half per cent and this
year they skipped dividend. Do you want to 90
into this speculation? shipowner told me what
the real secret of it was. People have gone from
the sea because they can make more money on the
land the protection system of American industry
has rendered our capital and our labor so yaua bic
that we can make more money ashore than we can
by going to sea. Bye and bye when we have ex-
hausted the land then we can try the resources of
the sea.
The next complaint they make is: ''Why do we
have hard times? 1t is because of protection" l
ask you this question, "Why are there hard times
in Great Britain? Why is IT that they nave hard
times in that land of free trader" Hard times
come not Ofiprotection of free trade 1t is be-
cause that when industry is profitable scores 90 in
to 1t when dozens ought to go and the consequence
is oVerproduction and the result is depression But
after depression good times is as sure to follow as
depression is to follow good times.
The next fallacy that they indulge in is the cutlery
about the surplus of revenue. Why, Gays one Dem
ocratic orator, leave one hundred millions lying
idle in the treasury How much he knows about it!
We never had one hundred millions living idle in
the treasury. Whenever there is a surplus which
would lie Idle, it is taken to pay the national debt
the national debt that have described to Won WHY
not go on and pay it? The Democratic party will
tell you that the difficulty of paying off the national
debt is that it undermines the national banks why
didn't they remedy that in the last Congress? They
mad seventy majority majority which gave them
all the power and all the responsibility of this mat
ter Mr. Potter, an eminent Democrat from the
State OF New York, proposed bill by which the
debt or this country might have been paid off and
the banks not disturbed for fifteen twenty years
and yet they could not get the bill out of the
mittee of ways and means, even to be considered by
thBt House of seventy Democratic majority. And
YET tney are winning and piping about the country
because the surplus revenue is not lowered, WHY
didn't they do it? There are two ways of doing it,
One is the taking off of the internal revenue tax
which the whiskey dealers of Kentucky don want
done, and another is to raise the tariff of protection
OF American industry and give to labor it's birth
right In this land. Why do these men pirate about
the Morrison bill as reducing the revenue? 1t cut
down the tariff, or professed to do it, twenty per
cent. What was that for? In order that more for
elgn goods might be introduced into this country;
and II one-ffth more was introduced the revenue
would be the same. And men that know what they
are talking about say that the result would be an
Increase OF revenue instead of a decrease.
YOU are called upon to turn ont of the govern
ment OF the country party which has for tour and
q Cr1n RanNn Afo1
what for? To put in party that makes promises.
It is easy to make promises but it is hard to fulfil
tLem: The Democratic party has always made
promises, but there has never been any assets
found (Applause and laughter) Has there been
any growth in grace in them du ing the last four
years? They had Congress seventy strong during
the last year. What did they do? You can count
every achievement upon one hand if you only have
one finger and asstump. HThe finger would be for
the D1ngley BILL which was Republican measure,
and the other would be for the agricultural bill,
which was passed by solid Republican vote the
majority OF the Democrats vot ng against it think
But Gney dld one other thiDg-they passed the APP
preparation bill. Uaughter) And as some body
SAID IN crowd the other day, they only did that so
that they could get away and go home (Laughter.)
we sweltered for seven months in Washington and
the total result produced by the Democratic party
was theselbills and the appropriation bills.
What arguments do they urge? They say there
has been rascality in the Republican party, that
there has been Star route thieves and whiskey
that went wrong. My friends, do you know if you
want to find parallel of that among the Dem
ocraey you have got to go back four and twenty
years.. Why? Because it las been four and twenty
year since the people OF the United States have
allowed Democrat to get within reaching distance
OF the treasury. daughter and applause.)
Suppose should go and tell you of Floyd who
stole the muskets of Toucey who stole the money of
isaac Ihomps on, who stole the Indian bonds would
that be argument They stole not because they
were Democrats, but because they were men.
Now, my friends, if l was a Democrat that is the
best argument should use for should expect
that some one would reply, ''what you say may be
true, but nevertheless for four and twenty years
the Republican party has done so much better than
you would have done and had SO much better
character that the people have elected them every
time. (Applause)
There is the whole argument or at least SO much
OF it. as have the voice the strength to present
tonight. am aware that have presented it I'M
der the disadvantages of this place and time, but
know that you have cOmprehended and appreciated
II. say to you that have redeemed my promise
to appeal to your reason, to your sound sense and
70 your Judgment and with one single sentence
VIII close. Do you as intelligent men after four and
twenty years of the brightest prosperity mean TO
give up that certainty for the sake of the promises
applause)
AT the close of Mr.. Reeds speech, three
cheers were given for 'Blaine aad Logan and
the old flag" and for Hon. Thomas b. Reed.
Then followed song by the Glee Club. After
this the procession was reformed and proceed
ed down Grove street to Portland and from
thence to ST. John street, where opposite the
residences of Messrs CHI. Hobson: and T. Heff-
ron, the Stars and Stripes were again unfurled
amid the cheers of hundreds, while the band
played Hail Columbia
The west end citizens who raised the flag
were all alive with enthusiasm. Camp fires
were lighted, fire works exploded, pictures of
Blaine and Logan we're displayed and flags,
Chinese lanterns and bunting could be seen
everywhere. At the conclusion of the cere-
monies here, tubs of lemonade, and other re-
freshments were placed before the companies
by the citizsne. The line of march was then
taken up for the armories.