Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09

son bills passed by Congress for the
Our fishermen in Canadian ports and waters
have been shsniefuly treated and the ad-
mnisiration has done nothing 10 rectif,
their wrongs. Indeed the policy Of Secre-
tary Baysrd seems to be III England
sauces US much more, we will give Mexico
terrible hcking'" Judge Wiswell closed by
expressing himself as most warmly and
acti,el, in sympathy with the iaboTing men
Of the country. and strongly in favor of ali
the rights and privileges TO which they are
entitled.
Mr.. HoRR'> SPEECH.
For tweniy-four wears the democratic
party Of this nation has been telling our
people wha, wonderful things they would Dc
If We would give them the chance Two
years ago they 60, the chance. Now for q
little while want 10 call your attention to
some Of the specific things which they laid
they would do, and then ! want TO call your
attention to VIA, they have done. and then
| want to show YOU how they are pann.ng
out. In the campaign Of TWO years ago our
good democratic speakers were telling Us
that the reason why We should change this
government from the hands Of the republ-
can party 10 the hands Of tn. democratic
party. the fact, as they said. that the
epublicans had been in power long that
they certainly must have become terribly
corru., and they sad il was best TO put Il
new party in power tina, they might look
over the books that if We would give them
the chance lie look oler the books and foot
up the accounts they would show the people
Of the United States What a set Of .coun-
drels had been running The government for
the past twenty four wears. Well, they got
'nio power, and their Secretary OF the Trea-
,ury, Mr.. Manning did examine the books
He sent to The great state Of New York and
got one Of the most accurate democratic
book-keepers be could find in the Empire
Safe, and ihes gave him a large number Of
clerks TO help him. and week IN and week
out they worked 10 find out the balance We
republican, had in the treasury And
finally il was announced that there ough, TO
be four hundred and forty odd millions Of
dollars. They got il down 10 a cent, and
then SAID, Where Is your money" The
republicans in charge said, "All right
your accountant Is good one his account
~ o. u
and if you can find a democra, who can
count, bring him on and let him count the
money They brought in and set to work
another corps Of men, and week in and week
oul they counted, and they finally announced
that out Of the four hundred and odd mil
Hons Of dollars there was two cents de-
fcieney, and that they found next morning
upon the floor, where a democrat had drop
ped il IN counting. After iwenty-four years
Of stewardship by the republican party,
when called upon to surrender TO their sue
cessors the vast sums of money which they
had collected. they delivered every cent 10
the American people. SO that instead Of
proving, as they said they would, that the
republicans were set Of thieves, they did
prove that no nation on the face Of the earth
had ever been managed more honestly and
ably.
Again. the democrats tell US that they are
good friends to the soldier. They talked
that here in Maine, and made some of the
so.dierboys believe il too. But knew that
way back the democratic party, as a party,
did not quite toe the mark on the soldier
3 business. Laughter and applause.) And /
! SAID to myself. At has been twenty wears
since the war, and it generally takes dem
oerat twenty years to get round to any
thing. and now let US hope that is true, that
thls great party is the friend of the bows
who fought tina, the government might live"
They said If you will put US in power, we
will give the soldiers the preferences in the
Offices Of the country, for their services to
the country eniltle them 10 considerations"
Instead Of favoring the boys who saved this
nation, from one end of this land 10 the
the crippled and disabled soldiers have been
removed from the little Offices they held TO
make room for the Democratic partisan and
eN-Confederate soldier.
The treatment Of the soldiers TO-DAY a.
the hands Of the Democratic President shows
conclusively that that party has no sympathy
for the soldiers of the Union. The President
has thus far vetoed one hundred pension
bills, the total amount of which would no,
exceed $50 900 year. Congress has power
to pass such bills, but the President ha. no
more right to vetoe them than he has to
vetoe any ordinary pension bills. No Re-
publican President ever took it upon him
self 10 take such matters out of the hands of
Congress.
do not believe the soldiers of this coun-
try are proud Of the Democratic party up to
date. That is my idea about it, andwhen these
boys have the chance to express their opinion
at the polls, you will find how they feel
upon the subject. (Applause)
The speaker said tn at he had not the time
nor the inclination to discuss the great ques-
ton of protection, but be would say that the
best friend of the laboring man in this coun-
try to-day is the law which protects the
workmen of this nation from the pauper
labor Of the old world. And he would hope
that some day We may have an administra-
ton in this country imbued with the spirit Of
true Americanism. Is the present admins
tration so imbued? Look at the fishery
question; question touching SO nearly the
people of New England. Here was great
industry being stricken down. Here was
England at her old game Of attempting to