The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-15
REPUBLICAN ORATORS
Who Will Speak With Mr.. Blaine at
the New York Meeting.

NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-It has been settled
that the big meeting which is to be held in
this city on September 30, and addressed by
James G. Blaine, will be at the Polo
Grounds, which were secured yesterday.
The precaution has been taken to insure the
success of the meeting in case of rain, to hire
the Coliseum at Fourth avenue, and One
undred-an1-eighth-st. one of the largest
buildings in the city. The Harlem Republi-
can club has taken charge of the meeting and
circular letter to that effect was sent out
yesterday to all the organizations in this and
neighboring cities.
The speakers who have been invited, and
have been promised to be present besides
James G. Blaine are Chauncey M. Depew,
Governor j. B. Foraker, of Ohio; Congress-
man William Mckinley, of Ohio; John Fin
nerty. of Illinois; b. X. Bruce. of Missis-
sippi; General Adam e. King, of Maryland /;
General Stewart l.. Woodford, of Brooklyn !;
benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio; W. G.
Plummer, Dakota; Congressman W. E. Ma
son, OF Illinois. and James P. Foster, presi-
dent of the Republican National League.
platform will be erected in front of the
grand stand where Mr. Blaine and other
be built and placed far enough from the
Blaine stand to prevent the orators from
interfering with one another. Before the
speaking there will be a parade through
SO me OF Harlem's principal streets.
Senator Hale on the Letter.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Gen. Harrison's
lett er of acceptance was heartily praised by
Republicans in this city yesterday as mas
terly document and not few Democrats
spoke of it in the same way.
Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine, said /:
'Gen. Harrison's letter is earnest, compre-
hensive and forcible. 1t goes directly to the
point and there is no waste of words. He
states the issue in potent way when he
says, referring to the Presidents message,
the Mills bill and the platform and policy of
the Democratic party; 'Tbe assault upon
our protective system is open and defined.
Protection is assailed as unconstitutional in
law or as vicious is principle, and those who
hold such views surely cannot cannot stop
short Of an absolute elimination from our
tariff laws of the principle of protection
The fight in Maine was made simply
upon the tariff question, was it not?"
Yes" said Senator Hale, the tariff ques-
ton was the main issue and we talked about
the fisheries some. The victory in Maine
was greater one than it was in 1884 for the
reason that the Democrats made great efforts
to poll large vote. They had in the field a
popular ticket, their candidate for governor
was man above criticism, and there was
apparently every reason to think that he
would command the full Democratic vote,
but he did not. The people understood that
they were voting for the Endorsement of free
trade or protection, and the Republicans
gained large number of Democratic votes
A majority of 5000 under the circumstances
would have been considered decisive vic
tory for the Republicans. Four years ago
the Democrats practically made no fight and
let the State go by default. But this year
they left nothing undone, and in Maine they
do not attempt to conceal their chagrin over
the vesult."