Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-24
Some Figures and Facts which Cannot be
COntrOVerted.
A Day Long 70 be Remembered by East
ern Maine Republicans.
And Which Will Bear Fruit in an In
creased Republican Majority.
BANGOR, Aug. %.

After two days of rain, the day opened
clear and cool, and but for the muddy streets,
would have been everything desired for the
grand republican demonstration here to day
Mr.. Blaine. accompanied by his sons Walker
and Jas. G., Jr., Col. Coppinger, Hon. Geo
B. Loring, Hon. w. c. Doane, of Pennsyl-
arrived on the train from Augusta at hoon,
and was escorted to the residence of Hon. e.
A. Boutelle by uniformed clubs with band
The speaking of the day took place at Center
Park, where stands and seats were erected
A crowd. estimated at from five to six thous-
and persons, assembled, closely packing
the space in front of the speakers stand.
When Mr.. Blaine was seen approaching
the audience broke into applause and the
band struck up hail to the chief" and as he
stepped on the platform ringing cheers were
given. The meeting was called to order. by
M.G. Trask, chairman of the city committee
who introduced Hon. Lewis Barker who spoke
for twenty minutes in forcible manner
He then introduced Mr.. Blaine as the grand
epherd of the people, our own James G
Blaine, and he was given most enthusiastic
reception of applause aud cheers His speech
which follows was written, and he evidently
confined himself closely to the manuscript
which he held in his hand He was listened
to intenty and at various points was roundiy
applauded while at the close of the speech
there was hearty applause and cheers. A
slight hoarsness on the part of Mr.. Blaine
was noticeable during the latter part of his
remarks and once he stopped for minute to
ask president Barker 'have you any tro-
chesg" The speech was as follows:
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
In a brief speech which | made in the
CITY of New York on the day of my arrival
| from abroad, remarked, as illustrating the
superior condition of the laboring men in the
United States that the wage workers in the
united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
did not have in the savings banks OF that
| country as large a sum TO their credit as did
| the wage workers of the comparatively small
State of Massachusetts in the savings banks
of that State. A day or two afterwards
|
violently contradicted by the Democratic pa
pers of the country. They one and all per-
yerted my statement by imputing to me
the declaration that there was a
larger aggregate sum of money in the saw
ings banks of Massachusetts, than there was
in the savings banks and postal banks of the
British Isles. As happened TO know quite
as well as the gentlemen who contradicted
me the exact figures in both cases was very
careful in making my statement, and con-
fined myself strictly to the amount to the
credit of the wage workers in Great Britain
and Ireland and the amount to the credit of
of the wage workers in Massachusetts, as
will be shown by the report of my speech in
the very papers that afterwards misquoted it,
Ii is really in that special feature of the de-
posts that the pith of the whole question lies
Let me now give the figures for Great
Britain and Ireland, and in so doing | will
use dollars instead of pounds so as TO make
ali comparisons the more quickly apprehend
ed. and will give the British depositors an
advantage of three per cent in reckoning
Athe pound as equivalent to five dollars. Ins
total amount at the close of last year In botf
the savings and postal banks OF the unitet
Kingdom was in round numbers nfe nun
Idred and twenty millions of dollars (s52o,
OOO, ,OOO) but the whole of this sum was oI
no means to the credit of the wage-worker
of the Kingdom. Under the English Law
} various other classes are permitted to maxi
; deuosi,s both in the savings and postal banks
From an authoritative British publication
you may learn that 'persons of Independent
means. professional men and their wives
NAV deposit in these institutions. So ais.
NAV .policemen, letter CT rriers, revenue OF