The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-30
MR.. BLAINE SPEAKS ON THE BORDER.
He Tells Calais Citizens of Benefits
to Their Canadian NeIghbors,

to Their Canadian NeIghbors,
Contained in the Tariff Bill of Pre-
nier Mills.
Republicans of Eastern Maine Make
the Trip an Ovation.
CALAIS, Aug. 29-Mr. Blaine visited Cal
ais today to address the people on the issues
involved in the campaign and he was en-
Enthusiastically greeted by thousands. It was
his first visit to this town since 1876.
With his son, Walker, and his son-in-law.
Col. Coppinger he left Bangor at 915 a. M,
on a special train Of two cars, one of them
the special car of General Manager Cram, of
the New Brunswick railroad, and arrived
here about 2.30 p. m. The special car with
its distinguished occupant was an object of
interest at several points on the journey,
notably so at Winn and Vanceboro, where
the only demonstrations took place. AT
Winn there were music. cheers and flowers
for the Maine statesman and the party was
increased by Hon. John A. Kasson, of Iowa,
and General John L. Swift, of Boston, who
had spoken in this town on the previous
evening.
AT Vanceboro there was forty minutes
stop and the travellers lunched in the dining
room, which forms part of the depot, while
band serenaded Mr.. Blaine After
| wards Mr.. Blaine was asked to
speak and a meeting was organized
Perhaps 200 people surrounded the chief vis-
itor, the band playing Marching Through
Georgia" and then Mr.. Blaine was present
ed ey ex-Postmaster Horace Kellogg. As he
walked to the centre of the open space in the
middle of the crowd, cheers were called for
but he waved his hand deprecatingly and
said mo! No!" and they were not given.
Mr. Blaine was heartily applauded, however,
and then he said
agreed with your chairman that should
perform the very agreeable duty of intro
| duclng long, personal and practical friend
| OF mine, distinguished gentleman from the
Iar west. am sure You would rather listen
| TO him than to home folks. l will only say
that am glad once more to be on the border
| to greet you and to go through, as | am now
| doing, every county in Maine where l can
always say that have the qualification of
| being received with a cordiality which, in
| turn, feel for every man, woman and child
| within the borders of this good old State.
| Introduce to you Hon. John A. Kasson, Of
| Iowa.
Mr.. Kasson made short speech, mainly
ON tariff issues and the meeting broke up
with cheers for Kasson and Blaine.
AT ST. Stephen, N. B., the terminus, Mr..
Blaine and the other members of the party,
were greeted by reception committee of
which Mayor McKusick of Calais, was chair
man, and were escorted to the Calais side Of
the river, which is the boundary line of the
two countries here. At the American end
OF the bridge, they were received
by the Young Mems Republican Club
and hundreds of other people, with two
bands, and were escorted to the green, where
the meeting was held There elaborate ar
rangements had been made, the speakers
stand being carpeted, as well as being dec
GRATED with bunting and having plush coy-
cred chairs for furniture. Within five min
utes after the speakers arrived, the streets
were crowded with people. and every point
Of vantage was utilized. Indeed the aud
ience included people from other towns with
in an easy travelling distance, as well as
from st. Stephen. N. b., and it was various
ly estimated at from 5000 to 5000. Dr. Chas
E. Swan presided. and, with but word or
two of introduction, presented Mr.. Blaine
After cheers for Blaine and for Harrison
and Morton had been given, Mr.. Blaine
spoke as follows:
MIR. BIaine's Speech.
Mr.. Chairman and FelIotc Citizens:
am very glad to find myself once more on
the Eastern border of Maine. When l last
had the pleasure of visiting Calais, it was in
company with my distinguished friend from
Iowa, who sits beside me and whom you will
hear with as great pleasure now as you heard
him then. Since that time you have had a
very destructive fire from which you have 40
rapidly recovered that / am sure you present
lar more beautiful and more prosperous ap-
peaiance than you did before the calamity
occurred. You have overcome your adverse
fortune with characteristic energy and vet 1
feel Justified in declaring that if the revenue
laws mad been during these years Of your
struggle In the form that is proposed in the
pamphlet hold in my hand, Calais would
not have been what she is today. have an
official copy of the Mills tariff BILL as ii
passed the Democratic House and as it lies
on the table of the Republican Senate If /
were to give i a name locally beftting its |
character, should say it was "a bill for the
destruction of the material interests of
Maine. IA voice that's so" and applause
1t is bill to throw open our American mar
ket to our Canadian neighbors without any
but absolutely free of all charge. IA voice
invites the Canadians I1i to bring
In, without duty, every form of timber. |
heWn and sawed and squared and sided and |
tured at the saw mill. Lest one might es-
cape, they put in a general clause which |
covers every possible article The bill then |
PROVIDES pr ior admitting free Of duty all forms
fruits and flowers, and for admitting all |
their wool, every form of stone that can be |
quarried, their meat of all kinds, their milk |
ana tnelr eggs; their poultry, their game.
In Iact, the Democratic House says to our |
Canadian neighbors: ''If YOU want our |
American markets without cost and without |
price you may have them, for everything |
tnat comes from your forest, from your farm, |
from your orcnards, from your gardens, from |
your dalrles and your fiocks, ali your meats /
ana your poultry and your game, the stones /
from your quarries and the bricks from your |
YARDS, var Il yen have grown weary waiting |
ana Wishing Tor the markets Of the United |
States, l, Grover Cleveland, President there |
lore, propose TO relieve your fatigue and to |
ask you to walk and sit down and make your |
selves at nome In our highways and our by |
ways. and especially in our market places" |
lLaughter.and applause.]
REMARKABLE GENEROSITY.
My friends, this giving away of our mark
cts, strikes me as all the more remarkable |
because the very men who opposed this tariff |
bill in the House have been urging |
as for years to renew the reciprocity |
treaty with Canada For the last p |
years since it expired, many efforts have /
been made in Congress to reopen the nego-
tlatlon Tor reciprocity treaty and, having |
got tlred l suppose, the Democratic House |
now proposes to establish reciprocity |
treaty all on one side and without asking the |
government of the Dominion to give way in |
single point, without asking them to con- |
cede SS, one item or line or word in their tariff.
This bill gives away almost every material |
interest of Maine. A voice THAT'S So" and |
applause.l Why, gentlemen, viewing that |
uteryy as an decent oFse acke
in Maine that could not do better. laugh |
ter and applause.l There is not horse |
jockey in Maine who would not lose his |
standing with his fellows If he traded horses |
on as poor basis as the Democratic ad- |
ministration proposes to trade with Canada. |