The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-06

settle with him in the way Vermont settled
with her Democrats yesterday. IGreat ap-
plause.] On the first Tuesday in November
we will settle a great deal larger score with
the President of the United States Iapplausel
and let him know that no President Is pow
erfuI enough nor great enough ana no ad-
minstratiOn strong enough to affront the
great industrial interests of the United
States. prolonged applause.l
Following Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Allen introduc-
ed the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts, who, being received with applause,
said, in substance. as follows;
MR.. LODGES SPEECH.
A distinguished United States Senator re-
marked the other day in the United States
Senate, perhaps without sufficient respect Of
the traditional dignity of that body, that the
motto, "a public office is public trust,
had been turned to read, "a public office is
private snap" L thought that that express
sion summed up pretty well the rapid changes
seen since two years ago, when the cry was
that economy was needed, and now, when
we are told that the Democratic party has
been ninety millions more extrayagant than
the Republicans were; when we were told
that the books should be opened and exam
ined, and now, after they have been found
all right, and the time is coming on when
they had better be opened again. lApplausel
should be done the business interests Of the
country by the Democratic party. Mr.. Ran
dali went up and down the country, assuring
the laborers and capitalists that the Demo-
cratic party was the party Of protection.
And today Mr. Randall is broken down by
the blows of the solid free trade South. And
in that connection there Is suggestive point
which l wish to make. / believe that every
man IS believer in the law by which con-
tract labor was excluded from the country. A
law. which. in ifg Orpninla hac paaf NTH ha
general appreciation Of the American people.
Now Is that the only way that cheap labor
can be brought into competition with the la
Dor OF the. American people? Is there no
other form by which the foreign laborers can
interfere with the wages by which you make
your living, educate your children, rear your
families? That labor can come in another
way, in the goods made by cheap foreign Ia
Dor, the goods that are hoisted out OF the
hold of the foreign ships by bales. And yet
the Democrats come and say that you should
break down the wall which keeps out the
products Of that cheap labor, products tn at,
II brought in, will have the effect of just so
much competition with your own labor.
The Republican party comes to you with a
policy that they believe to be natural, and
they ask you to retain it, and maintain the
system under which we have so marvelously
prospered. 1t rests with you to decide. ZAP
plause.
Mr.. Lodges speech was enthusiastically
received, The speakers manner of delivery
was forcible, and his buSiness-like method
OF treating the question commanded the
closest attention and marks Of approval
throughout.
Following Mr.. Lodge came Adam E. King,
an orator who is very widely known and adj
mired by the people of Maine. He took the
audience at time when many had been
standing for a long time and when many
others thought it was time to be going home.
Perhaps no better compliment could be paid
his speech than to say that he kept his audi
ence and turned them over to the next speak
er in just as cODtented and enthusiastic con-
dltion as they were when ne began to speak
General King said he came as a Southern
Republican, but not as one without hope He
had seen great Republican gains in Mary
land since 1866, and expected to see larger
ones. He ridiculed the Dmocratic claim
that theirs was the party of the laboring
man, as he did also the claim that the DEM
ocrats were not the party of the corporations
when their chief managers this year were
millionaire railroad magnates.
General Kings speech was most successful
in entertaining his audience and pleased no
one more than 1t did Mr. Blaine who ap-
plauded very frequently.
Hon. r. T. Frazier, OF Michigan, was the
last speaker introduced. He Is one of the
best out of door speakers who ever came to
Maine. With large stout frame, he has
voice that without apparent effort on his
part, rolled out among the pines today like
the notes of cathedral organ.
stand here, he said, the son of an Irish
emigrant, who fled from a country that had
been ruined by free trade, and l have had
instilled into my heart from the earliest time
the love Of this free country. l believe the
sons of foreigners have even greater love
for this country than others of its people.
You have had this liberty so long that you
don't realize what it means. Now | have
always had the belief that the American
labOrers should be the best paid and the best
rewarded on the face Of the earth. For you
cannot run a republic without intelligent
and well fed voters. For good mind can
not be produced in starved body any more
than good fruit from a rotten tree. You
cannot run a republic either, without homes
and 70 support and sustain those homes your
people must have steady work and good
wages.
!, Now Ireland is flooded with English goods
that have broken down her industries. But
where does ireland look in the hour of her
famine and trouble? To England, with her
philanthrophic policy of free trade with all
men? No, to protected America. ZAP
plause.l
Is there an Irishman here? he continued
II so what are you doing here? [Hurrah.l
II you are Democrat and free trader why
don't you 60 home to Ireland where free
trade. blossoms? [Cheers.J You are doing
here Just what the London Times said you
were doing for the best interests of Eng
land, working to break down pro-
lection. But would rather nv
hand would wither than that 1 should
lift 1t to help put the foot of Great Britain
neck of my fathers country. [Applause.] But
there are more Irish Americans in America
than there were before James G.. Blaine was
born. They like him because he is an Amer
lean, They like him because they say he is
we want to extend our markets to the South
ern Republics and overtop the British there.
Well, II that is jing0 policy, then, by lingo,
| am for the lingo policy. [Shouts Of laugh
ter.
Mr.. Frazier then discussed the surplus. He
said we ought to use the surplus to get some
coast defences. You are having here, he
said, little scrimmage over Goldfish and
mackerel don't know anything about cod
hsh except that they are good, or about mack
erel, except that they are better But fortif-
cations are good in case of disputes with your
neighbors. Ii You have good Notifications
and are ready for war, Canada will under
stand your points good deal better when
you make them. Laughter.
One of the best parts Of Mr.. Frazier's
speech was where he told how he came to be
Republican. II was Democrat" he said
because my father was a Democrat. He
was Democrat because he was an Irishman;
and that Is the only reason l ever heard
an Irishman give for being Democrat. He
Is not Democrat now, however; neither am
l. Now will tell you why am Republi-
can. When the war was over they had in
Ann Arbor meeting to express thanks that
the war was over and the Union saved. At
that meeting they called on various men to
speak, and all the Republicans got up and
made patriotic addresses. But there wasn't
Democrat who said word. until they call
ed on me. And l got up and said that was
glad the country was saved and the rebels
put down. Well, the next day
went out into the street and my party asso-
ciates all said you're traitor" Laughter
And then l said, If to be glad that the
country Is saved and the rebels crushed is to
be traitor, then / am traitor. Applause
Near the close OF his speech some one
shouted "Tell us how Michigan is going to
voter"
That's easy enough" he replied, "Michi-
gan Is all right, and l will promise that
Michigan will give as large vote for Har-
rison and Morton as you will give Monday.
The State of old Zack Chandler never turns
It's tail on the foe. DO you suppose If there
was ever any doubt about Michigan | should
be roaming around hereS" lApplause.l
Mr.. Frazier's speech closed the meeting.
Mr.. Blaine, as he left the stand, was sur
rounded by a crowd Of friends, all eager to
shake hands with him. The meeting
throughout was quiet and thoroughly atten-
tive. The arrangements OF speakers and for
the audience were perfect and reflect much
credit upon Mr.. Allen and the others who
had the affair in charge, among whom should
be mentioned Rev. ID. B. Randall, who was
on the stand during the speaking.
How Lord Give Won His Wife.