The Portland daily press., 1888-07-06
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had been built up for the fews while the con-
aItlon OF the laboring men as described by
M, nenIy George who had made personal
/ investigation was wretched in the extreme.
lie claimed that statistics showed that the
| country increased faster in population under
| a revenue tariff than under protection, and
snat tne percentage of increase of wages
| from 1850 to 1860, under low tariff. was great
er than in any decade since. The revival of
the shipping industry. Mr.. Putnam, had been
| prevented by the tariff. In support of this
| posltlon ne quoted report prepared by the
droHs loan Jon Lynch while member Of Con-
| gress ana the testimony of Mr.. John Roach
| DeIore a committee of Congress. When Mr..
hoaen name was mentioned there was
| some loud kissing, but Mr.. Putnam begged
MS auditors to respect the memory of Mr..
hoace ana me Kissing ceased. Mr.. Putnam
SAID tnat he did not claim that all the in
terests arrayed on the side of protective
tariff were selfish interests though many of
them were. Some of its friends he granted
were honest and honestly believed that it
MAS essentlal TO the Industries with which
they were connected.
Mr.. Frank, after cautioning all the speak
| ers TO be brief, announced the presence of
man renowned in the East, the Hon. Archi-
bald McNichol, of Calais:
| MT. McNichol, who started in for an old
fashioned speech, began back in 1884 to show
tnal the Republican orators of that date had
mallgned the Democratic party The aud
renee ala not seem to want to hear it, and
began TO go out. But Mr.. McNichol perse-
vered. He told the audience that the Re-
publicans four years ago. led by Mr.. Blaine,
prOpnesled that the restoration of slavery. the
payment OF the rebel debt, the pensioning of
the rebel soldiers, and the ruin of the f.
nances OF the country would follow DEM
had come about, Mr.. Nichol said, and
therefore the Republican party was q poor
prophet, much poorer prophet than the
democratic party, which should in future be
DeneVed when 1t should open its mouth in
prophecy. Mr.. McNichol thengwent on to
warn his audience of the insdious influences
OF the bloody shirt; and to tell what lamb
like and innocent patriots the Democrats of
tne South are. The bloody shirt, he feared,
would be used to obscure the real issue,
which was the issue of taxation. Mr.. Nc
Nichol said that in 1884 the National Repub-
llcan party was in favor of revising the
tarli, ana SO was the party in its State con-
ventlons. But this year he thought they did
not want to revise anything but the tax on
whiskey and tobacco. The taxes on clothing
ana iron they did not want to change There
was Carnegie, grown rich out of the tax on
ron ron Ihere was Carnegie riding round in
fifteen millions of dollars in his pocket that
belonged to the people of the States. The
republicans also proposed to take the tax off
t b,Oac and whiskey, agreeing with Mr..
but disagreeing with R"''V him q on the
question of the taxation of whiskey.
On the whiskey question, Mr.. McNichol
waxed tremendously eloquent, threshing the
ar IN vlrtuous indignation as he called atten-
ton to the imagined flood of much rum that
menaced the country. When he left this
subject to eulogize Grover Cleveland. the
boys began to get tired and to shout for
CIiHord. They tried it several times before
MI. McNlchol would give up. Finally he
Clifford
But the chairman wouldn't bring out Cliff
lord Just then. Instead he introduced the
Hon. John Z. Redman, and the gentleman
frow, Ellsworth came forward to address his
Fellow Citizens and Democrats
thank. you, he said, for the kindness of
your greeting. We must not forget that the
cause which we are here championing Justly
calls forth your appreciation. Time has
again clipped the golden cords that bind the
years, and we are. again ON the verge of an
other presidential election. Every period
brings It's changes, political, commercial and
social. And, during the last four years, the
changes nave not been confined to any sec
LION, but have been ielt right here in the
State OF Maine. This is especially seen in
the courage of the Democratic party of
Maine, which this year is encouraged and
ready for victory. Less than four
years ago tne two great parties in this State
were struggling for the ascendancy The
republican orators predicted that dire dis
aster would follow the ascendancy of the
Democratic party. The Democracy tri-
H1mphed' put under the sturdy leadership of
safely through. Mr.. Redman told his audi
ence that they were present to ratify the
nomination made at St Louis, and went on
10 glowing eul0gy of Cleveland and Thur
man man MT. Redman also eulogized Mr.. |
Blaine as a man wiser than his party. There |
was great GOODNESS came over the meeting |
Wnlle Mr.. Redman gave his warm eulogy OF |
tne man from Maine. But he woke them |
up again by referring to the Chicago conyen- |
{ a N rrfra A.1.
was tremendous, and Mr.. Redman was back |
IN favor. he then took courage and went |
on 10 express his horror of the attitude of |
the Republican party on the liquor question. |
n me Demscrats assembled fully shared in |
MS horror, expressing 1t in loud cheers. |
btrleny abiding to protection as bugbear, |
MI: Redman complimented Mr.. Putnam. |
ana proceeded to give picture of the pow |
erIul lnDrlcating effect that would follow if |
gentleman of the great executive ability of |
the President of the Maine Central Railroad |
would take hold and oil up the hinges and |
get the old machine into little better work. |
ing order: Chairman Brown did not appear |
70 appreciate this point, and was noticeably |
silent Whlle Mr. Bass and the rest cheered /
Justify.
, After Mr.. Redman the audience would |
nave the Young Lion Of the Democracy of |
the First District, and the chairman, after |
the Hol. VIM. III. Clifford. Mr.. Clifford's |
reception was enthusiastic in the extreme
and no doubt was highly edifying to some OF |
the men VINO helped to lay him on the shelf |
Mr.. Clifford said that the nomination of |
Cleveland again was simply the expression |
OF the fact that the people of this country |
were satisfied with the management of the |
country during the last four years. The |
nomination OF Thurman was the recognition
OF a man who was confessedly the leader Of |
the party in the dark days. Mr. Clifford |
told his hearers that if they could have seen
tne great ot. Louis convention with its great |
unanimlty, they would have said that the |
convention could have been dispensed with,
since the nominations had already been |
MADE In the hearts of the American people. |
Inc Chicago convention on the other hand.
was one OF the most disorderly and faetionai \
ever held, The party in his opinion, went
70 pieces because IN that convention went
down the fortunes of the great party leader.
Mr. Blaine. Mr.. Clifford next paid his |
respects to General Harrison, of whom he |
could say nothing worse than that he was
the grandson of old Tippecanoe, a name
which gave Mr.. Clifford chance to since |
upon the audience considerable lot of care
IulIy prepared puns. Under this process. 1
and speeded by peroration that breathed
the spirit OF Thanatopsis, the audience kept
By the time Mr. Clifford had said his last
word there were good-sized professions NOV
ing mournfully towards the DOORS But
good number of enthusiasts remained to call
for Mr.. McGillicuddy.
1AA' nAOOiiilCuuuy OI Lewiston responded. |
OF course, was received with applause ana
cheers, and said
They say that it is the province of nv
profession to be possessed of a good deal Of
cheek' put at this late hour have not the
cheek to make a speech. But / will saw
solitary word. We are here as Democrats
TO ratify the nominations made at st. Louis.
ana TO bespeak the enthusiastic support of
the Democrats of Name" Mr.. McGiilicuddy
however, soon forgot his promise, as all the
rest mad done, and was soon promenading
back and forth on the stage, tearing away at
the Republican party and lauding the s'old
historic. party of the constitution" Then
Mr.. McGlllicuddy pronounced a benediction
over the Republican party, which he babe 90 |
take Its place beside its old lover, the Know |
nothing party.
Cheers for the candidates were called for
1,Cleveland, Thurman, Putnam-and the au-
qlence rushed for the door. Only stray |
ork county man was heard to ask why no |
one thought Of or spoke of, the Hon. VIII
nam Emery of Alfred, supposed to be run
ming Tor Congress in this district
while the meeting was going on in the
nan a large crowd collected outside to hear
the music of the bands An outdoor meet
ing mad been organized on the front steps of
City Building with A. +. Moulton as chair
man, and these speakers attempted to adj
dress the people:
George Huges, Esq, Bath; j. B. Maddi-
gan, Esq, Houlton; John Scott Esq. Cliff |
ton Benz. +. Chadbourn, Esq, Biddeford
a. M. Vickery, Auburn; Eliot King, Esq,
fortiand L: Goldthwaite, Biddeford; Hon.
a. McNlchol, Calais; John B. Redman, Ellis
worth; hon. William L. Putnam. Portland |