The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-05

insurance Company when the war broke
out. He enlisted as private soldier and
served with distinction through the war.
Twelve years ago he established head
quarters In New York city, with his home on
the jersey coast. He was Republican till
1884 In 1886, the New Jersey Prohibition
lists ran him for governor.
MI. FISK, In commencing his speech, said
he thanked the audience for their hearty
greetings and said it was reserved for Port
land to welcome him with fireworks, torsh
bearers and artillery. He referred to the
years Gen. Dow had been standard bearer
OF the Prohibition party and when a Prohl-
bitionist comes to Portland he finds the Cen
eral still tenting on the old camp ground
Hail to the chief who in triumph advances to
the glorious age of four-sc0re, because he
has never mixed rebellious liquors with his
blood. May. he live, said he, to see the ulti-
mate triumph of National Prohibition; that
nc. may have Numbered to,every liquor seller,
thou shalt not SELL" We have come here
tonight to hear about the great questions of
the gay, said he, but can speak but briefly,
for have to be careful of my voice. / have
spoken before today. The Republicans claim
that the Democrats are all Joining them and
the Democrats claim the opposite, and there
fore no one con object if we gather them all
In by the wayside. In this contest there are
two subjects: the tariff and the liquor traffic.
The Democratic party only talks on the tariff.
Your great man from Maine, Mr.. Blaine, will
ultimately stand ON this platform and talk for
prohibition. He devoted some little space to
Mr.. Blaine, in a jocose strain, and speaking of
the tariff, which Mr. Blaine thought should
be kept SO prominently before the people that
the talk of the two parties on that subject
was very much alike, there was only
the difference of slight percentage
between them. The Democrats went to
st. Louis, camped on Republican ground of
four years ago. His idea of the tariff that is
wanted is one that will take care Of the gov
eminent, give every soldier q good pension,
and leave shot to run the government on
on rainy day. We would repeal the inter-
nal revenue laws for the good Of the country
we would only let whisky sellers out to hang
him. When the Republicans would have a
i've tiger loose we would have dead one;
de couldn't say much about Mr.. Cleveland
for he didn't know him. He did know Mr..
Harrison and he knew him for asIgood man,
pure man, but he wasn't prohibitionist.
He claimed that the old parties were prac-
tically noncommittal ON the liquor question
that the Republican party was not only a
party Tor office, for it was no longer the
grand old party of the days when Greedy
and Seward and Sumner belonged to it.
flnding that such was its condition he left
1t and with others they swung this little
party Of their own, a party that would grow
and which intended to destroy the saloon
and everything that got between the saloons
and the party. We mean to awaken the
American conscience. 1t has been claimed
that prohibition does not prohibit in Maine
| that liquor can be got in the cities
If, said he, you tread your organic laws in
the dust you will assuredly perish. as Rome
persisted. Gen. Dow and l went South and
| fought the South to sustain the laws. Now
this Prohibition party is to bind the sections
of the country together, as never before.
We will clinch the white vote and the color
ed vote on the question. and then the whole
vote will be counted. Then we shall walk tn
power with live issue, as quickly as the
old Republican party did The Speaker
closed with a glowing peroration.
Three cheers were given for the candi-
dates, and the Glee Club sang, when Eiec-
tion Day Comes Round" Bents orchestra
played, and then Gen. Cheever and Others
smoke briefly