Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-06

country TO return the republican party to
power in 1888 lApplause He showed
concluslvelv that IN six states, North and
South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Missis-
slppi, and Louisiana. many thousands of re-
publican votes had been driven away from
/ the polls by outrage and violence and If
there had been fair expression at the ballot
box the republicans would have carried
several, if not all of these States. Let us see
my friends. Indiana is a democratic north
ern State and has population of LIS. 900:
Georgia is a southern State with !. $40. oSO
people. At the last State election there were
494, ia votes cast in Indiana and only les .97S
in dear Georgia. New jersey has a popula
ton l,l3l.li6; Mississippi about the same.
At the last election 262, ia votes were put
into the ballot boxes in the former State and
bur 10000 in the latter. Here we have
l42,l14 voters driven away from the polls !,
zen Kennedy cited the fact that in several
OF the States there was an excess of colored
population, yet there were large democratic
msjorities, very singular circumstance.
Again, voters ballot in Georgia was with
flve times as much as that of many Northern
men. For instance, in his own and Mr.
Reeds district some 30, 900 votes were cast.
In the South, in large number
of districts there were only about
1000 votes, only one-ffth as many. Figures
on the number of votes cast in several South
ern districts were presented In one were
922, in another Z 1928, in a third 1924. etc.
l don't believe, he said, in this idea, vet YOU
are asked TO endorse this robbing of the ballot
boxes, asked to place five of your men against
one IN the South The republican party pro-
pose to stay until every man can 90 to the
ballot box and vote and have his ballot count.
ed. But after all, our triumph was not so
great during the war. The freeing of the
slaves was great achievement but by it we
placed IN power the same men whom we
whipped. When slavery existed three ffths of
the coiored vote was given the southern
States; when freedom came they obtained all
BY the electoral votes gained Grover Cleve-
land was placed in the presidential chair.
The democratic treatment of John Roach
was referred to. The democrats, instead of
building up the navy. had destroyed one of
| the greatest ship yards in the country and
thrown POO men out of employment. But
they didn't like him because he was on
Irish republican. l saw Mr.. Roach, contin-
ued the speaker, the day the bids were
opened and he obtained the contract, his
figures being SALE, 900 less than other bid.
ders. He told me then that for three or
four years coming it looked like hard times,
and he wanted to keep his men at work, a.
he should make nothing on the contract.
| The tariff question vas discussed. He had
heard the democrats say that nnder free
trade, while wages might be lower. the pur-
chasing prices of commodities would be cor
responingly cheaper. Alexander Hamilton
had said, protect your industries until they
are on firm basis, and competition at home
would reduce purch sing prices to
minimum. This statement had been
fulfilled here. He defed any demo-
crat to show an article of commerce
which he could not buy cheaper now than
when We had free trade. Under free trade
English rails cost 1924 per ton; now with
protection they can be purchased at $40 and
S2S. In 1916 our iron mills started up and
prices of iron were reduced to $50 a ton
What happened? The democrats enacted the
low tariff law and $4,000 tons of English
iron came in at $40 a ton. The consequence
was the American iron mills were shut up
Did you continue to get your iron as low !?
No; as soon as the American manufactures
had been disposed of iron went up to S75 a
/ ton.
The speaker closed with an eloquent peror-
alton and gave some excellent advice to
the young mon, warning him whatever party
he should choose. never to be democrat.