The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-08-05
Mr., MiIliken and the Workingmen.

In recent speech ON the tariff Hon. S. L..
NIillken made an earnest and able argument
for the unfolding of the dignity of labor and
the protection of the American wage-earner
against unrestricted competition with the poor
ly paid and oppressed laborers of the Old
World. He took the broad ground that Re
publican institutions cannot be maintained eX-
cept they rest upon the shoulders of Il well
paid, intelligent. comfortable class of working
men, upon the farm. in the channels of com
merce. al the mechanics bench, behind the
merchants counter, in the quarry where
forms of beauty and grand structures are
chi>cled from the solid stone. and wheresoever
men toll with hands and BRAIN
Mr.. Millfken very ably and clearly demon
>trated the utter fallacy of ga tariff for revenue
only" of which the Democratic party are expo
nent> and advocates, showing with masters
hand that if the Democratic policy should be
carried out, its certain result would be to rele-
gate our numbering interests to Canada our
fisheries to the maritime provinces of foreign
power, to destroy the avocation of our WOOL
growers. stop our cotton and wooden manufac-
tories, annihiIatc our .hip-builling industry
and defeat all legislation intended to prevent
our foreign carrying trade from utter ruin and
destruction Mr.. Milliken further demonstrate
ed that the Republican party on the contrary,
by its wise policy, protective tariff and judic-
iou> cgi>lation has ever stood between the i'll
dustreS of the country and ruin. how it has
ever been the friend of the toiling masses. aid
sibe.
As to wages Mr.. Milliken said Il have
never seen wages too hi@h there is health to
the country in the thrift of those who produce
something of value" The speech graphically
describes the ruin and despair of the people
during the free trade period of the confedera-
ton, and shows that it was the universal de-
sire of the people for Il government strong
enough to protect the industries and labor of
the country from foreign competition that
produced the Constitution and the Union, and
that he who starts in with the free trade De-
mocracy, is an enemy to the people and there
fore an enemy to the republic; that the south
cratic party and shape lis policy hate the pros
rerity of the north and seek TO overthrow it
through the instrumcntality of free trade. and
bring our northern workingmcn to the condi-
ton of their despiScd and abused eN-Slaves.'
The practices of our representative has been
in line with lis profession as above outlined.
He has stood by every proposition before Con-
%rc>> in the interest of the working people,
and has secured $4,000 appropriations for
the district. % per cent. of which viii 20 to the
laboring men. The appropriations are fol-
lows: For post office ut Augusta, Sl50,000
ditto az Belfast, $4,000; light house in French
mans tiay, S25.000-total $4,000. This is
more than has been secured for the four coun-
ties representing the present district by all
who have represented them in the past twenty
years. 1t is certainly for the interest of the
Workngmen OF the district to return to Con-
gresS the man who has been so active in their
behalf and 80 successful in his efforts. As the
Ellsworth American well says: ''To replace
Mr.. Miiiken with Mr.. Ladl would be about as
wise to remove the brave. experienced,
skllful mariner from the command of one of
our ocean steamships and fill his place with a
cowboy from the plains Of the west"