Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-27

democrat would pronounce that it sounded
Ike four thousand millions. | heard Mr..
Hendricks himself once make a speech, and
certainly can never forget the way he pro-
nounced four hundred millions of dollars we
were guilty of keeping idle. The republicans
had kept 1t locked up for some very corrupt
purposes; no other purpose could possibly be
IN view. Why should anybody keep four
hundred millions in the treasury of the
United States idle when the people outside
were yearning for money to do business with? |?
Why, the statement of the case was to con-
meet the party, and am not at all sure that
| the republicans did not lose Indiana on that
issue.
! General Gibson says that they had assured
the people all throughout Ohio and many
other parts of the West, that their should be
general diversion in which each man
was to receive 80 46. TGreat Laughter At
all events it had its day and everybody ex-
pected when the new administration came in
that something would be done to put that
five hundred millions in circulation among
the people, and there was disposition to
give the President at least week to do it.
He was inadequate on the fourth of March,
and there was disposition among Mr.. Hen
dricks friends in the West to let him have
till the twelfth or fifteenth, but it did not
come. April came and we did not hear
dollar OF 1t Jingle outside of the treasury, and
JuLe, July, September and November and
| finally the new year and we had not heard a
word of any of it. But meanwhile they had
appointed very able man, let me speak
well of him, for treasurer of the United
States, he was cashier of Mr.. Tilden's bank
Mr. Conrad b. Jordan, he is an able man,
and always respect ability wherever it is
found. He said in effect that these republi-
cans are little too frank in their way of
bookkeeping Why did they put it right out
thet they had four hundred millions there?
That was not skillful. Why did they not
put downthat they had one hundred millions
to redeem the greenbacks with. another
large sum to redeem the silver certificates
with, and another large amount to redeem
| the gold certificates with? For in effect all
this four hundred millions that the democrats
| accused us of boarding was already in circu-
iation in the shape of paper that represented
it and they charged it all off to the funds to
which it belonged. They had eight millions
left for surplus and then they were fright
ened and seid, what reckless set of fellow.
those republicans are to try to run the treas
ury on so little money as they have. Why the
first thing we must do is to increase it, and
they went on until they added seventy-two
millions to it on top of all that we had
| -" HSu tuey Rut up W tIRutN tuliious Tue
western democrats in the House became
frightened just before adjournment and brought
in resolution imperatively directing the
President to have that money paid out
When the resolution came to President
Clevelnnd he put it in his pocket and said,
| Good morning, gentlemen" Laughter |
And yet large number of democrats in this
land were made to believe that we had that
four hundred millions for corruption.
Now | ask them, or | should ask them If
were PLAYING me partisan game, what are
you doing with that four hundred and eighty
millions? You put seventy-two on the top
of ours. l do not criticse at all for putting
the seventy-tw) millions there. | am not
criticisng them as a matter of policy for do
| ing it, but am criticising them that they
accused us dishonesty of doing this thing
which since they had the opportunity to do
they did still more. 1t was wise, prudent
forecast that said to every man in the United
States you NAV take greenback. you may
take gold certificate, you may take silver
certificate with all confidence that when you
present it at the treasury counter for the coin
it will be there. That is all that policy
meant. am glad that the President had
the good sound discretion to appoint Mr.
jordan. | am glad that he followed repub
ican precedents, nevertheless do not ink
it excuses the demogagory and the lack of
candor, and if | must say it the downright
dishonesty by which that issue was raised two
years ago.
| In speaking of the republican candidate for
| Governor, Mr. Blaine said: For Governor
of Maine you do not have a politician, you
do not have an orator, you do not have a
lawyer and you do not have a banker, so /
| think my friends of the labor organizations
will find that he responds to all their require
ment. You have man that has worked his
worked his way up from the time that he
went out as an apprentice at eight years of
age. man that has tasted poverty in about
as strong form as anybody in New Eng
land ever does, and man who under the
blessed freedom of New England skies and
the privileges of New England enterprise
has fought his way up to independence and
to wealty and in doing that he has done as
much to develope the material interests of
Maine. Let me be modest, | do not want to
say too much, but as much | think as any
man on its soil today. Applause think
Mr.. Bodwell has brought within this State
and paid out the greater part of it to labor
ing men within the last twenty-five years
mauv hundred thousand dollars per annual
and in the aggregate many millions and be
introduced into the markets of the United
States and established its value as building
material the granite of Maine and has given
it a currency in building circles which it
never had before. You go all through the
west 25 or 30 ago years ago and you happen
to see granite building, it was Quincy gran
te. They did not know any other kind
Now go see some of the great buildings in
Chicago, in St. Paul and in Cincinnati and
! you will be told that it is Maine granite and
that it was brought there by man named
Bodwell | want TO say when | go west next
that Maine understands that fact as we'll as
they do and that in September we are going
to make Governor man named Bodwell.
Great applause
OF Congressman Dingley, he said; You
have the pleasant duty of returning 8 thor.
ough protectionist. do not know whether
he is a temperance man or not. Laughter.
see they are nominating prohibition man
against him. l had in my ignorance sup
posed that Nelson Dingley had done about as
much for the cause of temperance and prohi-
bition as any man in the State. But he does
not perhaps come up to the work of the high
calling set for the old third party prohibition
candidates. | am looking at him in his ma
tional character, ant know the work he has
done has been such, in all its details, as TO
commend him in the highest degree to the
confidence and support of all his constituents.
He has done his district. his State, his party
and himself great honor by his service in
Congress. GGreat applause.
| At the close of Mr.. Blaine's remarks, Gen.