The Portland daily press., 1886-09-10
THE DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
Speeches by MIR. clifford and Calvin
Frost Of New York.

The Democratic rally at City Hall last
night was well attended Chambers Band
was in attendance and rendered number of
their fine selections before the meeting was
called to order by P. j. Larrabee, chairman
of the city committee, who proposed Hon.
NJ P. Frank as the chairman. Mr.. Frank
spoke for some time of the progress of the
country and said that the middle classes of
the people were disappearing, leaving only
the independent and dependent classes. He
then introduced Hon. w. III. Clifford as the
first speaker of the evening Mr.. Clifford
was greeted with applause and spoke for
Learly an hour.
Mr.. Clifford spoke for nearly fifteen min
utes on the pleasure he felt at being intro
duced as Democrat after the accusation
under which he had lived for the past few
days. He said that no one could say any
thing to alter the pleasant relations which
exist between himself and the people of
Portland. Later in his remarks Mr.. Cliff
ford several times called himself member
of the lower classes.
-Mr. Clifford said that he thought there
were three noticeable things in this cam
paign in the First District. The first is the
action of a number Of laboring men, the sec
ond the course taken by the Prohibitionists,
and the third the prominence of Mr. Blaine
in the canvass. Considerable time was de-
voted to remarks regarding Mr.. Blaine, who
according to the speaker, had attempted to
dictate to the voters of the district who they
should elect as their representative to Con-
gress. The greater part of the speech, how
ever, was in reply to speeches delivered by
Mr.. Reed. The Republicans, Mr.. Clifford
said had in twenty years passed numerous
resolutions against MormoniSm, and now the
| Democratic party, with majority in the
| House, and having had control of the execu-
| tive for period of about sixteen months, are
arraigned for not suppressing Mormonism.
| The Republican speakers, first announcing
| that the House of Representatives has been
Democratic since 1875, with the exception of
| the 47th Congress- call the Democratic party
to account for not building navy; but in
1882, when the Republicans controlled all
three branches of the national government,
large amount Of money was spent, and at
the end of the year there was no navy. The
fact that the House of Representatives had
been Democratic since 1874, was claimed by
MT. ClllorO rs PROOF Oh the commence OIL
the country in the party, expressed by plac-
ing for SO long time in the hands of the
Democrats the power to control the disburse-
ments for the nation.
Again quoting from Mr.. Reeds speeches,
the speaker referred at some length to the
action of the last House forfeiting public
land granted in aid of railroad construction,
claiming the credit of legislation upon this
motion for the Democratic party.
Before closing, Mr. Clifford alluded to
President Cleveland as the only honest
President the country has had in the past
twenty years. he then apologized to the
chairman for taking his duty away from
him. and introduced Calvin Frost, Esq, of
New York, as the next speaker.
Mr.. Frost spoke for about half an hour,
advocating the candidacy of Col Edwards
for governor, because as farmer he would
be likely to endeavor to reduce the taxes on
land by increasing those on personal proper
ty. He told why he thought the Republican
party would not be again successful and re-
ferred to Mr.. Blaine's remarks on the tariff.
The meeting then adjourned. There was
a good deal of applause during the evening.