The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-05
AT SEBAGO LAKE.
-Four Thousand Republicans Gath
cred Together.
BATTLING SPEECHES BY CON
GREssmEN REED AND HIsCOCR
AND EX-GOVERNOR LONG.
Special to the Press. }

Special to the Press)
LAKE SEBAGo, Sept. 4.-The Republicans
have had splendid rally at the Lake today,
Special trains brought goodly number OF peo-
pie in the mcrning, aud still larger number
drove in teams to the lake from all the neigh
boring towns. The attendance constantly in
creased, and whsn, at two o'clock, the last
train cut from Portland, bearing the speakers
aud the Portland Blaine and Logan Glee
Club had come, perhaps four thousand people
had assembled in the grove. There were
| bands present from Fryeburg and Stow, which
rendered very acceptable music, aud glee
| club from Bridgton of thirty voices. The
| Bridgton club bore al old banner which has
| done service since 1860 On one side OF it was
the name of an old time organic alton, ere
| publican Wide Awakes OF Bridgton, 1906"
| and on the other were the words, "More Helm
| ers fer the Crisis" The t Ro clubs were drawn
up in line on the rairca platform to meet the
| speakers, and preceded by the two bands pro.
cession was formed and the orators escorted to
the grove Il WAS feartully hot in the sun,
and decidedly warm in the grove. The people
had come on business, however, and for over
three hours the great audience listened to the
| brilliant orators who addressed them. 1t was
| emphatically a Read meeting. Every men
tion of his name evoked instant aud prolonged
| applause, and several times he was honored
| with ringing cheers. The two eloquent speak.
| ers who followed Mr.. Reed, held the close at
tention of the people, but no time so plainly as
| when utsering the glowing words o: commen.
| dation which they both seemed happy to say
about the ability and services OF MIR. Rsed.
The Bridgton club sang finely at the opening
OF the meeting, aud the Portland club sus.
tanned its good reputation by rendering two
| songs during the meeting, which met with the
most hearty applause. The speech of Mr.,
| Reed contrasted the two parties, Mr.. Hiscock
| treated the t1riff, aud ex-Gov. Long devoted
himself to the Independent voter and to young
men. The audience was quick to catch the
goo1 points made by the SPEAKERS, and APP
plauded them to the echo at every oppor; unity.
At $40 tho speaking gas concluded, an most
of the crowd left en- tho special trains, but
many remained until evening. It was high
| ly successful meeting.
MIR. REEDS SPEECH
Isaac W. Dyer, Esq, called the meeting to
OAOOl anu lDUtOuuCSO aUus LQOmdS b. h6oQ
as Chairman. Mr.. Reed was received with
three cheers He EXPIRE sed his pleasure at
seeing so maol in the audience as it indicated
| disposition to give thoughtful consideration
| to the issues before the people. We are not
| here to indulge in any filings against our op-
ponents, nor TO discuss any personal question
| OF candidates 70 tue issues of the campaign
rise far above any matter purely personal. In
November when we vote new line of divi.
| AtOl will hA tn hQVA likQ q N uoh.
| share through the two old parties, for the
| issues have become the old homely ones again.
| and II we lose few woes of men who come
here for their income and go abroad for their
| ideas and gain in their stead an equal number
| of workingmeD, we will be glad of the ex-
| change. Your prosperity depends upon that
| of the people. To vote the Republican ticket
is not panacea for all evils, but casting vote
for it will be to give every man in the Republic
| whiteman's chance. The figures certainly
| show favorable condition of things in this
country for the past twenty years as The &C.
| counting proves. The wonderful progress the
country has made in every material interest
under the favorng policy of the Republican
| party was then CONNECTED upon at consider
| able length, and the tariff treated in few
| very vigorous sentences. The speaker said
| that IN his opinion the trouble with the Demo-
cratic party was that it had not q single princi-
| pie OF general acceptation to all who composed
| it. You cannot tell where in the world they
| are on the tariff. One of the candidates of
that party in this district said the other day in
neighbering city that he was for the Morri-
| son bill and yet wouldn't vote for anything
which would st)pa spindle in their beautiful
| city. Ii any man could explain that sentence
| he would be pleased to have him. Their
| single adhesive point of doctrine is that the
| Republican party should be turned out. This
| Democratic party is queer compound made
| up from every source, and with some singular
| people. In this region We notice that when
man has been in Republican Office for twenty
or thirt7 years End gets turned out the
| chances are that he will begin to edit the
| Eastern Argus anonymously. Continuing for
few moments longer Mr.. Reed gave way to
| the next speaker the Hon. Frank Hiscock of
| New York.
SPEECH OF MR.. HlsCoCK.
The speaker said that there was no mistak-
| ing the attitude of the two parties upon the
| tariff question. The Republican party is in
favor OF only collecting enough by taxation to
| pay the interest on the debt, some of its prin-
| cipal, pensions and tho expenses of govern
ment. The Democratic party assents. But
| the Democratic party says these shall be levied
| without reference to the protection of Amer
| lean interests and labor, aud the Republican
| party says they shall be levied with reference
| to American interests 1t is not possible to
| disguise the issue and yet many OF the opposi-
ton would be glad to do so. Mr.. Hiscock
| quoted from the Argus Paragraph asserting
| that Mr.. Reed bad voted against every at
| tempt to reduce taxation, and denied its
| bru1u ny d SldI6Hout OF Inc IaCU} IN Gl0 case.
Continuing, he said an attempt was being
made to array the farmers against the manu-
| facturers by saying that taxes are for the beu-
| eft Of the latter solely. The reason of it is
plain. The Solid South is in favor of free
| trade because she has monopoly in certain
products. The South gives 1852 electoral votes
to the Democratic candidate, hence the party
| must DO as it wishes or lose all hope of success
| You have in this State $1,000 farmers and
| perhaps an equal number of mechanics as
4 0o q mn nhor of -,
| other and related employments. Strike down
these interests and what are these men to do
You have land enough to turn them all to the
soil. Do it. From that moment they become
| ply themselves and to that extent
| shut off your former market. And
instead OF selling to people at your doors you
must go far away for a market They tell you
| Europe will take the surplus. This may some
| time be true, but ordinarily Europe will sup
ply herself, and you violate one of the sound
est maxims in polite ii economy when you for
| Sake or close a home market. Yet the Demo-
Gratis insist that this must become an agricul-
| tural people and that our splendid protective
| system should be destroyed. II you do it, the
artisan will go from the shop to the farm,
| cheapening its value and prodacts and weak
ening hamlet aud city by his departure. Pass
| ing from the tariff the speaker said he had no
| intention of extolipg Mr.. Blaine or character
| izing Cleveland. He was from the same
state as the latter, lived within ten miles of
the neighborhood where Mr. Cleveland was
brought up, belonged to the same profession
and should have practiced in the same courts,
and yet until 1882, he had never heard of such
man as Grover Cleveland. AS sheriff of
Erie county he had hung two men, he believed.
A hangman for PRESIDENT No monument to
his sagacity while he was Mayor of Buffalo
remained, and as Governor of New York he
had thus far developed no policy. He would
say this much. Today the Democratic party
OF New York is divided aud Blaine was almost
sure to carry the state. Mr.. Hiscock then
touched upon the matter of representative
and said he would say something which would
be easier to say if Mr.. Reed were not present.
1t would be dishonor to the people of this
district and wrong to the American people
net to send MIR Reed back to Congress BY an
overwhelming majority. Do you appreciate
who he Is? Not Democrat or Republican in
the House today. but believes T. B. Reed
stands in the front rank of them all. He would
not speak as friend but as citizen of COM
mon country iu saying thai not a Democrat in
the House wouldissy aught other than that a
grave, serious, an objectionable mistake had
been made if Mr.. Reed should be defeated.
Carlisle, Randall or Morrison would tell you it
would be national disaster not to have him
enthusiastically returned II he were Demo-
cratic voter and the Republicans had nomina-
ted man of such experience, and integrity as
Mr.. Re ed he would vote for him in preference