Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-12-01
AT THE PORTLAND CUB.
Speeches of Congressman Dingley A p
Wilder and r s Partridge

and X. :. Partridge, which wer
delivered a, the Portland Gu
meeting Tuesday evening, and which owinl
10 the lateness of the hoar Ne we're uuabl
TO give "Wednesday morning. Believing
them altogether too good to be lost v,
have had our stcnographer write them Gu
for this issue.
Mr.. Dingley said ;-
I NJ PrssidsHi. am sorry that you hav,
broken your pledge % me AZ this stage ia n,
meeting for | came here Tonight. As | uu
derstood. With the express understanding ths
( should be slluSe to listen aud not to SPEAK
having spoken here only two or thTcc week,
ago But | remember, MIR. President. that
7 on that evening | appeared ia the role OF .
! prophet Ii Was just before the eiecto1
I didn't know as the result would be of a
character sufficient 10 justify my re-appcar-
ance here fortnight, but think that YOU will
bear witness 10 the fact that | was indeed a
prophet ON that occasion Ii | remember
correctly predicted, looking into the future.
and predicted it. and thought then, intrli-
gently and candidly -hrst, that we should
carry New York Ia the approaching election .
/ secondly that We should carry Indiana
thirdly. sand that thought We should come
very near carrying West Virginia re-
member also that | added that having been
down IN the valley of Virginia. while I
could not of course, hold ont the promise Of
success vet you would all b. surprised at
the extent of RrpuhNctuism mamt, So &
there Now having been such prophet a.
that, Of course am willing tonight to come
in for little glory, The truth a that in
acting tn, role of a prophet at that time,
banked largely on my friends at the right
and at the left who had been
speaking ia various parts of the
country, and ON our National Committee.
Let me congratulate YOU, my republican
friends, upon the great victory which we
have achieved As my friend who has ai-
ready addressed yuu has SAID, 1t was victory
achieved under most discourag,ng uhstAcl,s.
need not point them out, because You who
are here understand them we'll anl it could
not have been achieved had not our cause
been SO grand aud So glnriou. and, secondly.
had not every Republican from one end Of
This country To the other come up aud louc
his full duty. Nothing Afforded me greater
satisfaction than 10 notice, after the victor,
was won, when friends in Philadelphia pro-
posed to give the chairman of the Rrpuhh-
can National Committee a reception iu honor
OF the victory he had won, that he mult-th
declined, SAYING that 1t was not q victory of
the National Committee. or of any leader
but 1t was the victory of every member of
the republican party applause Now my
friends, while in the contest through which
We nave just passed We hal good leadership
and We had good advocacy, vet We on sim
ply because the Republican party was united
and every man did his full duty aud ever,
woman, too, for, my friends, To my certain
know ledge, the women of this Land did us
great service A gentleman, speaking about
that, saii that just before the election, when
it was necessary to have some funds he
called upon a good republican lady in this
city thinking he might get ten dollar. OF So
and that good republican lady pulled out tity
collars aud gave hiui As her contribution
towards this camps gu. Well nov that
shows the spirit which catered into this fight
While, my friends, it ia the time for con
graduation, and We may we'll rejoice over
the sctory that We have won ii is the time
also for sober, candid thoughtfulnrss NJ to
how the victory which W. have won shall be-
eHpluycd Nov | believe that IL isnVlc or,
not simrl, for today moi sinpn for four
years, but II is victory which. il wisely en-
pl0yod, Will be followed by q succession Of
Republican victories in he years y h.rh are
befor- Us II, | say. the victory ~ wisely
used Now it is for the sober intp.l gent
Republicans of this country To candidly con
slider the situation, and for each one 10 ask
hims, If, " hat can do to make the victory
of the highest usoiulnossf am not going
to detHn You at his tine with reference to|
that pohltm because there - not time for TO-
but SIMPLY suggest TO you th" Importance
OF that consideration. aud leaF" you 10 think
OF It 80 the future
\ popular government cannot live unless
every duly qualified ctz"n shall hp per
mittcl 10 cast one ballot and only pne
aud to have that ballot fairly counted II
Is the foundation stone OF the Republican
form oi government ami when the ru'" nl
the majority shtl hc recognized a. y should
he, theh the minority should ana "lll grace
iuilN submit NOW my ff"ud'' h'rr ~"
'arlous steps when concern us a hcpuhl-
cans that would be glad to Grgv "ith
reference to the future, but You ip not dr-
sirt To be detained here tonight ~onId
desire SIMPLY IN Closing to cmphasi/r all
That when has been 80 clearly presented 10y my
colleague Mr. Reed, that you as k.publl-
cans should remember that You have only
begun TINS contest II tie victory which We
nave won iS 70 secure TO US the results vhich
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