Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-26

power democratic administration through
out and they repeal the prohibition laws of
this State what good will the article in your
constitution do. There is no penalty pre-
scribed, there is nothing done, and desired
10 assure my prohibition friend if he thinks
he can take a vacation on that subject be-
cause it is in the constitution of the State he
Is laboring under a tremendous error and as
took occasion TO say yesterday l do not
know anything in the shape of Inconsistency,
and, if | NAV be pardoned for a stronger
phrase, ingratitude than that having asked
the republican party and the republican
party having responded in thirty different
instances in its legislature and finally in an
amendment TO the constitution. No sooner
is that legislation complete than certain gem
tlsmen say-we propose to have an indie
pendent prohibitory law and we intend to
beat your Governor and we propose to have
an independent prohibition member OF Con-
gress and We intend to beat Mr.. Reed. Well
they don't think they are going to elect Mr.
Eustis and they don't think they are going to
elect your respected citizen of this town,
Mr.. Hussey) but they think they may elect
Mr. Edwards governor and Mr. Clifford as
| representative.
! Is there any man in this assemblage, or in
any other, that can be called together on the
/ soil of Maine in this year 1886 who has been
honestly for prohibition that desires to rise in
any assemblage and say that is wise course
OF action! Is there any gentleman here that
is willing to take the responsibility of saving
that in his judgment that promotes the cause
of prohibition? Or is there any gentle
man, if put it only on the ground of
State pride, is there any gentleman
in the first Congressional district of this
State. and l address that especially to this
| io nt
principles in the first Congressional district
that is willing to strike down the brilliant
leader of the House who now represents this
district. Great applause]. Then we have
another diversion for labor party. Is there
any member of labor organization, here or
elsewhere in Maine, that is willing to saw
that the cause of labor is to be promoted by
sending Mr.. Clifford to Congress instead of
Mr.. Reed, or the elt ction of Mr.. Edwards as
Governor instead of Mr.. Bodwell. Are you
willing, gentlemen. either of the prohibition
party or of the labor party, to throw your
votes away? Are you willing, in the contest
that involves great principles, to play the
part of neutral, and allow the Maine fight to
go on between the republican and democratic
armies that stand over against each other,
and divided by distinctly announced and
everywhere understood principles? Are you
willing to count yourself neutral in that
fight?
had occasion yesterday at some length in
another part of the State to speak of a
question of peculiar interest to many people
of Maine. the question of fisheries. That
question leads directly to another which is
foreshadowed in the last annual message of
the President of the United States, and that
the fishery question shall be so used as to
bring about another so-called reciprocity
treaty with Canada. Canada is in avery
peculiar position. She wants to enjoy the
pride and sentiment of belonging to the
British Empire and pocket the profit and the
advantage of having the American markets
at the same time. [Great applause
We don't think that fair. A voice-"No,
sir."l We have not the remotest possible
objection to her remaining part of the
British Empire; that's her right if she
chooses. | don't think there is a human be-
ing in the United States that would raise a
| hand to DESTROY that connection, and certain
| ly any one who would attempt it would be
unwise, Let her enjoy it. She's member
of an illustrious government, that is known
upon all the continents, aad whose prestige is
felt upon all the seas. If she thinks that
pride can be coined into good solid income
Ter her take it, but while she's enjoying it
don't think she should turn round to US
and say, "We are cultivating our sentiment
in the direction of British loyalty and we
want you to help US cultivate our pockets IN
the direction of free access to your markets
| am for one opposed to having the fishery in
terest used to force upon this country another
treaty of so-called reciprocity with Canada.
took occasion before leaving my home to
turn to book of treaties of the United
States to see exactly what the last reciporicity
| agreement with Canada was, and | want to
show you the Canadian idea of reciprocity
which is that we give all and take none.
| Laughter | have it here, it is not very
long list. Every article of commerce that
was included in the last reciprocity treaty
with Canada and as read them | want this
intelligent audience, large proportion of
whom are business men accustomed to weigh
business propositions, to see what we would
gain by re-establishing that treaty. The
first article is. grain, -four, bread stufs of
all kinds" They want to export them to the
United States and sell in our large markets.
They open no market for ours there. They
want this large market of 60,000,00 people
| which we have no chance whatever with
their 5000 900. That is reciprocity treaty
on one side.
Next is, "Animals of all kinds" We ex-
port none to Canada. Even against the pres
ent duty they import great many from
Canada and upon reciprocity they have an
| enormous advantage, in fact they have the
trade all one.
! Next is fish, smoked and salted meats. On
that presume the question stands just about
equal
| Next is fish of all kinds, with every pro-
duct of the sea. We know how that stands
| Laughter that stands 80 parts for Canada,
one for the United States. [Renewed laugh
teri Then take the products of the farm,
poultry and eggs, then hides. furs; nothing
in that for the United States; not a thing.
| Then take stone or marble. crude or wrought
nothing in that for the United States. Then
they come still further to the products OF the
farm, butter, cheese, tallow; nothing there.
Then they come which next to the fshin z
clause is the principal one, timber and lum-
Der of all kinds, round, hewed and sawed,
manufactured in whole or in part frew ood,
pelts and wool, fish, broom corn and bark
not thing in all for US. Now let US come
to the things which WI have liberty of taking
to them in this treaty, cotton, wool, hemp,
tobacco, dry stuffs, tar, pitch, turpentine and
ores of metals and ashes. Laughter,
| This morning went to the proper place in
Portland to look at the Canadian tariff, and
| found that in the case of every article which,
under the reciprocity treaty of 1884, we can
| import to Canada, in her new protective tariff
| has been made free. 1t was so much to her
advantage to receive articles which she al
| lowed us to import in consideration of OPEN
| incr our m kefs for all her producfs that he