Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-13

wouId De an encruachmens on vorr o~ns,,.;-
.nu pstience; yeti cannot refrain from
hp -. my gratitude for the high honor
'ca mas been rendered me by the republi.
81. party, In proderiBg me the nomination
III VIII say that if elected. a. 1 expect to be
oa. .Iec,eo without pledges of any kind ex
cept what is contained in nv Ietta, of go,
ance, shall act in manl-
~hich may seem to me ins,. and 70, 81.
greatest good to the greatest number. "a
n'e no other object in view. than to have an
III which shall be satisfactory IN
vdh'id and reasonable men, and one thar
who elected me. ~ '"e people
ifus'ihg that on Monday next an old time
majority VIII be won, and that Maine will
s'and as she has for twenty-five wears "a
puoiicah Stat, advocating and enforcing
principles which she has reason to be pr,ud
~, ana thanking you for the high honors
"ich nave been conferred upon me, thank
.ne people with whom | have dealt so
sey ior their frie ndship and kindly treat.
support l await the result of YOUR delibera-
'ions on Monday next. applause
iou' James IT, Blaine was the last speaker
anu MS presentation to the audience vas the
signal for an enthusiastic burst of apnlause
from the platform to the rear of the hall
men waving their hats aloft and cheered for
several minutes. When the demo stration
mad subsidized, Mr.. Blaine spoke, occupying
thirty-five minutes.
Hon. James G. Blaine,
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Blaine
sara 1T Is worth while in this last hour for
discussion, standing as we are, on the eve of
'he erection. to recall the peculiarties of this
campaign' tor certainly the general argument
submitted 10 the people has been, on the side
Vi tne opposition. completely filled with con-
"auictions, not TO cay absurdities.
The democrats have apparently been ma
ale to define their position on any question.
On the leading national issue of protection.
tney nave been timid and irresolute occa
sionaiiy putting forward . rank free trade
argument through some one of their speak
era, ana recalling or qualifying il In one of
.neir ieaalhg organs, on the succeeding day,
tnen' again arguing, in the main, for the
Morrlson tariff bill, as q whole, and vet afraid
TO touch any one of the many features of that
Dill IN which the commercial and agricultural
ana manufacturing interests of Maine are
injured or destroyed. (Applause) The
u'ost learned doctor Of Salamanca would be
unable to find any thread of consistency, any
line of logic, any dash of common sense in the
'noue IN which the democratic party has con-
Quoted its campaign on that great issue.
They seemed, indeed, to have kept up mere
show of fight on behalf of their own party
while depending, in reality, for any possible
cnance OF victory upon the diversion and
distraction caused by the third party. And
the third party in turn has exhibited as strik-
ing peculiarities as the democrats themselves
IN their mode of conducting the Campaign
General Neal Dow, who has for the last quar-
ter of century stood for two continents as
the great witness of the value and effective
ness CT prohibition, now declares that tor
thirty years it has not done one bit of good
in the suppression of the liquor traffic of
Maine daughter General Dow has thus
apparently been willing to set at naught his
own testimony throughout this long period,
IN order to achieve a victory against the re-
publicans. His imported agents, the men
who speak at $50 night, cash in advance.
all echo the declarations of Mr.. Dow, and all
united announce to the world, and apparently
prove, that prohibition in Maine has been a
dead failure. When they begin their labors
for prohibition in other States the probable
question that will be addressed to them will
naturally be, 'Why do you commend prohi-
bitlon to US when you say that in years it has
done no good in Maine? These men do not
seem conscious that they have been cutting
their own fingers, treading on their own toes
at every step of their argument, and have
been piling Ossa upon Pelion of misrepresen-
tation for purpose here that will prove sorry
stumbling blocks to them in other fields of
work. (Cheers.)
beg to say, on behalf of the Republican
party, that their statements are misrepresen-
tations, and that Mr.. BOWS testimony, as a
member of the Republican party is tar more
valuable on the temperance question than his
testimony since be became a willing aid to
the democratic party in Maine. From out
side the State the criticism of the press has
also been peculiar. 1t has been especially
noticeable on the part of the deserters from
the republican party who have not yet recov-
cred from the shame of their transactions
They desire to prove that there is no differ
ence between the two partes-that it is a
mere personal SOU tbble." All that no mat.
ter which side prevailed, prohibition would
remain the same in Maine and protr ction the
same in the country. This is the natural de-
fence of those who wish to justify an unjusti-
fable act. (Cheers.)
The democratic papers in other states have
been violently sustaining the third party in
Maine. and have been walking the narrow
line that divides their apparent support of
prohibition in Maize, with their outspoken
support of the liquor traffic at their own doors.
70 support prohibition in one State and eager.
ly assist the liquor interest in another, NAV
not be altogether consistent course of action,
but some papers that circulate in Maine have
attempted that feat daughter and applause)
with success, | think, not quite SC brilliant
as they may have imagined The pc.
culisrity of the third party in this
State, while protesting devotion to pro-
hibition has been it's malignant hostility
to every republican candidate, regardless of
that candidates course on the prohibition
question. For instance, here is Hon. Nelson
Dingley, Jr., whose whole life has been de-
voted to the temperance cause. They assail
him unkindly as they would republican can
didate who had been indifferent to prohibition
T" belong to the party which has given prohi
bition to Maine is the one unforgivenable Of
fence in the faction-or fragment of party
which Mr.. Dow and the imported $50
agents are now leading. (Applause) On
the contrary, they evidently seek to promote
the political fortunes of the democrats, re-
gardless of their lifelong hostility t. prohi.
bition, making the Inconsistency so glaring as
to be incredible almost unintellig ible-but