Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-31

guishtd We regret that oar hmNtu
space ocupels us 70 give bat = brief
abstract Of the speech, IS every word
VS. foil u wisdom;
he ,aii. in opening bis speech. Il has
bcen demonstrated by a series Of elce.
iious Coz the last thirty year, that the
Republican party contains decided ma
ior.iy % the people Of Maine. and that
IN any ,sgs ihA, il 70 be fought on, be.
tsssn he Republican and Democratic
pari.s. there i, no dagger bat the Rspub-
Ii,an patty will triumph. Hence you
vii observe within the lAs; few year.
thai every time the supremacy of the
Rel ub,.can party has been ia any degree
nsrAced. iome side issue has been iniro-
.dlod By ~hich they hope, no, 70 increase
he DemocrAiic vote. bat 10 .eAd OF some
u he RepablicAns That old familiar
piece % iae'i,s j. tried thi. year, and IN
iwo ways Flfsi, by having third
party. with prohibition a. the object. and
teen having some side issues on the labor
quesuoa. a. iholgh the Democratic party
va IN fundamentally 10 promote TEN.
puance iaughisrl. o. 20 promoie The
interests o. AmerieAn labor. ! can an.
dtr.iani The motive. and The prcieN, Of
piei,y musa every di,seniins faciiou that
- have bal IN the state. Il ! d, no'
.ympaihTs or believe with them. bat !
cauno, understand the third party Of
prohibition that j, The one that passes
ms comprehension. And will tell you
shy. Ga The 18Th Of last June, only
t~o months sgo. one o. the Temperance
alliances o. EaglAnd wrote 10 The Hoa
Neal Dow. a. one o. the Leading temper
ancs men q Maine. 20 know what bad
teen the inhienoe % prohibition IA this
S;A'e. he wrote back that IN the tfsi
place "evsry d..;illery and brewery IN
Maine h.s been suppressed. Ard we had
may % them. In The secoad place,
",hs volume % ihs liquor iisih; has o-ca
reduced by ~ least nineieea.tscntieihs
~ .ts f1fmrr sm,lni. whereby We save
a, leAs, SlO.O00.OoO annually, directly.
aai iaiircciiy nearly quite a. much
AT In iae ihifd place. ''as the result 4
tai. direct av.as IN Maias." as he puts
Il. "irom ih' poorest STATE IN the Onoa
q has become oae q The most pfosp-f-
ol.." Thea the Convention q these d..
seating sen'lcnea Wa held. aad ,hl,
resolution pa'sei
That the lm1n sslons ofth11sants %
carIt OBSERVERS la every part a. re
STATE The rtcoris OF our courts. The De-
poslts Iu thr saving hanks 90 Ms.rs. ~
compared VITA otner States. Ne proper
tou 0f tax-s collected. hy The Unitei
States a1i1orr Cor the s.ir ~ lqllrs 10
Waluc. the total destruction of s.c1aoilc
LIQUORS throughout Ia StAte Eut ta~ vssi
Increase COZ sentiment In favor % total A.
stnsure an ,rg a generation gruNlng up
co.. 1alrhot ~ iegaIfrt saloous. AT
show Inst Maine nay proatiy clAlm -
lead .n this reform AT TAT sae Is AqlAr.
fer ofa century Aheai ofthe States wni-h
license this gigantic crime.
Aeer thi. coaveniioa passed that feso-
la,.on. aud after Mr. Dow within two
molihs had sent word % EnglAnd thai
aO year. Of prohibition hsd done this. be
tgrus roaai Anl works % beat The party
,ha, passed The prohibition aei Anl has
kep, it ia order 20 BE- enfofced ior The
at 10 years | say While l can com.
pr,hsnd Why under hard times, Aad
under The pressure q seductive theory
some Gr,enbaek Organizations were FORM
"a. ~hiie eaa understand that some
unessirsss about wages. and some dlssai-
..iaci.on with labor Arrangement. might
make them look % a third Organization.
l. D.. utterly beyond my comprehension
AID understanding that Temperance mea,
havlng Ia view the svocess u The prohio-
tory .Aw. would 20 vote - % throw the
Interests ~ ,empsrarcs into the hands Of
ihe Democriic party Of M.ine. and
therefore. 90 not believe many Rspab-
licans are going % DO Il. | DO 40, BE-
heve ihA, any large proportion Of the
Republican party Of Maine, which has
has tom rs foundation made prohibition
u.s. corner stone. will DO Il. From the
~inisr. Mr.. Chairman. that You wefe
SPEAKER q the House. and bad the
pleasure q reporting your decisions from
a newspaper bench IN from, Of you, when
Arson Z. Morrill, was Governor Of the
state. when the very first foundation aud
corner stone q prohibition ~ss laid IN
the State. 10 this hour the Republican
party has never wAvered IN support Of
IL. don't care how smin,nt The gentle
men In The third party movement here have
been. I have no word OF disrcspect Tor
them. have no word % anything bat
respect Tor NJ Dow. am not going back
% him Tor The good work be has done be-
cause be Il wrong now. But | want %
raise my voice wherever can against al.
dolug tie mischief OF carrying on other
good men. and have no doubt he will be
very sorry fJr II before tx months When
a man GET little angry and excited and
flrgets 90 be level hested and cannot keep
cool. De viii 30 a great many extreme
ihlngs. bet when this summer heat has
gone BY and the cool breeres or autumn
cone upon Us. | am very sure that Mt
Dow and the gentlemen AssOciated with
him will ackrOwledge that they have been
wrong and that they they have been
mistaken.
IN referring 20 the labor question, Mr.
Blaine said Now take the other side Is
sue. NOmAn can shut bis eyes % The
fact that there have been labor disturb.
ancss In the country, and while | DO not
pretend 20 say that those labor disturb
ancs grew up because the Democrats came
iuio power In the country, yet there Is .
very suplciuu. cOntempOraneonsness
about the two. n the Democrats were
tried Tor their lives on question OF time
they would be convicted. No sooner had
the control OF The national AfAirs passed
into the hands OF the Democratic party,
with their known hostility 20 protective
tarif. and with = consequent uncertainty
OF what they might DO. than there was
disturbance thrOughOu. the length and
BREATH OF the land on this very labor
question. want % be careful DO not
pretend % say that before they bad done
anything that cause was adequate, but i
DO say that a. soon a. II had happened
the eject was visible. and leave them 10
explain why 10 WAS 50. Il there labor
Organization In the country formed be-
cause % dissatisfaction with the wages OF
which 90 no. pretend % know the cause,
nor DO I doubt the facts on which they
state II, BAT Is there Que whose evil and
whose wrong and whose expressions will
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