Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-16
! PORTLAND'S RALLY.
IHef Streets Filled With Earnest
Campd6nes.
A Grand Mass neetin6 Listens
to k. Blaine.
Who Shows that Trusts and
| Tariff Hare No Connection.
That Pre- Trade England Is LitsriIly
PIastered With Them.
4 Canstic ReYieu Of MP. Punam's Fish
cry faIk.
/ Miller Of Isu York, Makes Telling Com
paTisons
Between what Democrats Promised to
Do and are Doing.
A Canstic ReTisU Of N. Putnam's Fish
cry faIk.
Miller Of AsU York, Makes Telling Com
parisons
Between what Democrats Promised to
Do and are Doing.
PORTLAND, Aug. Is.

A stranger in the city, to-day. would moi
need to be told that some great and impor
tant event was about to take place for the
large number of people promenading the
streets. and the little knots gathered here
and there with eager faces clearly showed
the great interest taken in the first grand
Republican rally of the season, and the pre-
senee of Hon. James g. Blaine in the city.
The special train bringing Mr.. Blaine to
this city, arrived at O'Clock. He was ac-
companied by Hon. T. b. Reed and Colonel
Coppinger. A. the station there was no gen
eral demonstration, though the crowd tina,
/ assembled recognized the distinguished gen.
tlemsn at once. They were met by Col. +.
N. Dow, of the State committee. Mr. Blaine
took carriage to the Falmouth hotel, and Mr..
Reed was driven to his home.
There were q large number of strangers in
/ town at noon. and the afternoon trains
came crowded.
Long before 2 O'Clock this afternoon, City
Hall was filed to overHowing with a throng
Of people anxious to see and hear the disting-
uished speakers of the afternoon. The heat
in the hall was intense, but the big crowd
waited patiently the advent of the chairman
and speakers.
Half past two and still the train of COM
ers poured into the already overcrowded hall,
antl a line of those who availed themselves
of the standing room only" encircled the
hall. A burst of applause from the corri-
dors at o 35 told that Mr.. Blaine had put in
an appearance. This was followed by mo-
ment of silence, as the gentlemen of the
party topped into the waiting room, to be
broken by wildly cheering audience.
Hands, hats and handkercbiefs were waved.
The first outburst subsidized only to be fol-
lowed by second and third.
Among the gentlemen upon the stand were
Mr.. Blaine, Gen. II. b. Cleaves, Hon. Thos.
b. Reed, Col Fred N. Dow, Prof. II. l..
Chapman, Hon. Charles F. Libby, Mr..
Walker Blaine, Rev. NJ. Crosley Hon. War
ner Miller of New York, and A. W. Ten
ney.
Col. Fred N. Dow, president of the Port
land republican club, called the meeting to
order, and Gen. Henry B. Cleaves was called
upon to preside.
He briefly alluded to the well known re-
publican character of Portland and said this
was to be a grand republican year. Never
since Grant and Sheridan fought for the
Union, he said, had the issues been so i'm
porsant For "a years the party cor-
trolled the affairs of the nation, which were
turned over to the most enduring and stable
soyernme Mt the world had ever known--to
q party opposed to the interests of the coun-
try. That party had shown its incapacity to
protect Americans abroad, and had snrren-
dered the rights of American seamen on the
seas. Against that party they would put the
party of freedom, free ballot. free speech
and American protection to American citi-
rens. lCheers. The earnest greeting given
TO Names distinguished statesman en-
phasized the sincerity of his greeting. The
speaker then criticised the action of Presi-
dent Cleveland when writing the discussion
of the question nov before the nation. but he
said the people would yet be in favor of
protection to American homes, labor and
institutions. (Applause. He then intro
duced the speaker of the day, Hon. j. G.
Blaine, who was received with three cheers
and . tiger. When the long continued ap-
plause had subsidized Mr.. Blaine said:
Mr.. Chairman. ladies and eentlemen--I
should not have left my home today after
my arrival but for my desire to feel myself
once more in touch with those with whom /
have in previous years fought in many good
republican contests, once more to compare
notes with those upon whose wisdom the
party always relied, namely, the republicsa d
masses A. to what should be done at this
crisis in the political affairs of the country
and in the history of the party which is its
| great defender when President Cleveland
| delivered his message he had something to
say to the American people about the danger
of trusts. think there has since been 20
democratic papers in the country, whether
they understocd the meaning of the word or
not, that have not been constantly warning
the PEOPLE ~ to the horrible danger Of
trusts Laughter Well, l shall not
discuss trusts this afternoon. l shall not
We nsure to say that they are altogether
advantageous or disadvantageous- They
are largely private affairs with
which neither President Cleveland nor any
private clsizen have any particular right &c
interfere. Quite aside from that point. which
I wish 10 impress upon you. 10 that trusts
are not an outsrowth. nor in any way incident
of. protective policy. ~ the Presideni
charges; that . protective policy no more
breeds What the President considers q pesti-
lsace of trusts than does the veriess fres
sraaes' country in the world, which is Eng
land; for England Is literally plsstered ovei
under her system of free trade with trusts
The very day before sailed for home. jus
= fortnight ago, cut from London joarnA
an announcement that all the manufacturer
of coi1sns and ell uudersxkers of the Cnites
kingdom have gone into trust. Laughter,
That was to consist Of swo millions Of capital
which. in lsngngc Of the Enghsh 1nancia
theoriss, vsa 70 have . large number o
l-preferrrd hoods,- aad that the yearly deatl
rAse might b. expected to yield semi-annua
dividend on l3o per ceas- Lazghtsr- Now
think my frien6s, that ve might safel
: burg all the Presideak's predictioas Of evi
froa ~ sEusss in this cosn<ry IN she grave
IN Which thsse eo0ns sFe about - -, prefer