The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-28
THE PORTLAND CLUB
the Republican Victory
last Evening.
Remarks from Some Maine
Leaders.
interesting Letters from Others
Who Were Absent.

land Club house all was brightness, warmth
and gaiety. That hospitable institution was
honoring men who have frequently beer, and
are now, called to high positions in the coun-
ellis of the nation, while the especial guest
had but recently been selected to fill the
highest Office in the State by a plurality Of
which the Republicans Of Maine could well
be proud.
For long time before the supper hour the
guest rooms were filed with the members
and their friends. Mr.. Burleigh, the Gov
ernor-elect, was surrounded by large party
all the time. receiving their congratulations.
Mr. Reeds imposing form and hearty laugh
were frequently heard, and judging by the
constant shouts Of laughter Of the crowd
about him he was evidently in his most en-
tertainlng mood.
Mr.. Dingley sat on sofa in the hail. with
Mr. Boutelle near by, both earnest in conver-
saton. Mr.. G. E. Littlefeld was a center Of
card rooms, was eneircled by the chairs,
three deep, of those who know Mr.. Manley's
genial and social qualifications.
At $50 o'clock the steward, Mr.. McCallum,
announced supper. Long tables filed par
lors. card and reception rooms, beautifully
decorated with flowers. Floral decorations
of great variety also adorned mantels and
every other place where they could be dis
played to advantage, and the menu was deli
cious and promptly and efficiently served
One hundred and fifty gentlemen, among
those best known to our citizens, enjoyed
the dinner, the pleasures Of the table lasting
an hour.
Hon. f. N. Dow, president Of the club, oc-
cupied the center Of the cross table at the
south end Of the parlor, with Hon. e. c. Bur
leigh on his right, and Ex-Governor Dingley
on his left, with Mr.. Reed next to Mr. Bur-
leigh, and Mr.. Boutelle next to Mr.. Dlngley.
Messrs. G. Z. Littlefield and J. Manchester
Haynes sat at one end. and Messrs. Walker
Blaine and j. II. Manley at the other end.
Then there were ex-Gov. Connor, Secretary
Crockett Of the club, and Mr.. E. W. Kent,
president of the Young Mems Republican
Club, at this table also. The guests, who
were sandwiched among the spectators at
the long tables. were Messrs. j. +. Sprague,
r. S. Partridge, II. NJ. Bearse, G. @. Wing,
Elliot Wood, General j. ]. Perry. N. w.
Dutton, General George L. Beal, j. b. Book
er, B. A. Perkins, A. E. Day, w. FL. Green,
l.. G. Downes, Ii. b. Saunders, S. w. Carr,
j. l.. Cutler, w. G. Emerson Of the Adver-
tiser, A. G. Cobb of Minneapolis, w. T. Em-
mons. G. A. Wilson, A. p. Wilder Of the
New Haven Palladium, c. NJ. Moses, S. II.
Allen, j. FL. Kimball, Colonel Philbrook, +.
E. Roberts, G. E. Townsend, e. T. Lee, and
John Washburn Of Minneapolis.
Presiding over the after dinner exercises
Col Fred N. Dow, president OF the club,
said:
Gentlemen Of the Portland Club and
friends:
When two years ago the Portland
Club gave its first dinner to the Governor
elect It was then one Of two or three similar
organizations through the country. That
event attracted so much attention through
the country at large to the value Of and
necessity Of club organizations that today
| the Republican clubs throughout the country
| are numbered by their thousands While
| the Portland Club, believe, was not the
| first organization in the country; 1t was the
| first organization in the State. And that
| event to which have referred was Of such
| character, on account Of the eprominence OF the
| gentlemen that participated in that meeting
| that think we may justly claim that the
Republican club organization is due to the
Portland Club.
feel that in the presence Of so many
prominent gentlemen here that every mo-
ment of time that should occupy would be
| so much thrown away. /, therefore, proceed
by calling upon the secretary to read the let
| ters received from invited guests.
Mr.. j. Henry Crockett then read letters Of
regret from Senator Hale, Senator Frye,
Hon. w. w. Thomas, Jr.. and Hon. James
w. Wakefield, Mayor of Bath.
THE LETTERS.
ELLSWORTH, Nov. 2e, 1888.
NJ prQSfQeff Of pOrff0un
Club.
My Dear sIr-I regret very deeply that Impera-
accepting the kind Invitation OF the Portland Club
| to attend the banquet to be given 10 our next
| Governor, Hon. 4. O. Burleigh, tomorrow eve
Should like to meet the members of the Port
| land Club, which has already made for itself
name In the politics OF Maine. l should like TO
| shake hands with Governor Burleigh, who so well
| represents the active, earnest young men Of the
| Slate, and TO bid him God-speed In an admins
| tration of State affairs which know will be hon
Orable and successful. should like to add my
Congratulations for the ''crownlng mercy' Of No
i yember, which has delivered our great American
| Republic from the clutches Of Democratic ad-
ministration and which has destroyed the last
Il needs no prophetic sight to tell what will be
Il the results Of that great triumph. The people,
who won the ha tie, knew what they were hght-
| ing for. A Republican President and a Republl-
can Congress mean the casting on OF the night
mare Of the last iour years ana tne dawn Oh a day
i can politics ana American ideas. No more tarin
bills framed to razee the condition Of the Ameri-
can laborer, and to open the American market to
| ihe under-paid labor OF Europe. No more United
i States mails handed over by the government 10 be
| can built and American manned ships; no more
i army blankets bought at British factories; no
/ more river and harbor work given to British con-
tractors. Above all, no more OF an administra-
tiOn which truckles to foreign power when it Is
/ afraid OF itself and its own incompetency, and
bulles the same power when II Is afraid of the
Instead Of the diplomacy Of Cleveland and Bay
| ard let us have the diplomacy Of Harrison and
| the head OF the State Department that great Re
| publican statesman, our fellow citizen, neighbor
because Know General Harrison well enough 10
be sure that he WILL like his grandfather, and like
Abraham Lincoln. call the ablest men of the par
10 be sure that he WILL when called to the Cabinet
strengthen the hands o. his chief the President,
| IN ali ways that he will unselfshly devote him
self to the interests Of the new administration,
| and that giving his great faculties, his great
M r snr soTens hs he VIII sard Prsa
| ident Harrison Invaluable assistance IN making
the United states respected the world over.
The millions OF the Republican party who have
fought this battle at home will hail this setiOn
it is the fashion, l believe, for the Portland
Club, after every Congressional election, to sum
| mon IFS members and friends TO meet IT Its ample
board and there to take view OF the public con-
questions. At the end of two years OF President
fIarrison's administration / hope we shall all
/ come tOEetncT anu Sudli DC dDit 10 cOuBrdtuldte
ourselves and the country on some things which
| will have then been done. L expect 70 be able
then to say: Behold a system OF political economy,
| financial policy built TO endure, and founded ON
| the rock Of protection TO American labor and
| American industries Behold the reduction OF
| national taxation and the disposition of the sur
| plus without harm or jOstle TO the American sys-
| TEN Of protection. Behold the restraint of monop-
| olies and the course of trade and internal COM
merce regulated that all the proper interests OF
| the produceTsthe transporterand the consumer are
cared for. Behold the wider circle OF States; the
| added stars in the flag the sister commonwealths
| OF the two Dacotas Montana, Washington and
| Idaho. Behold both Vrginias, and Maryland anC
Tennessee, and, IL may be, North Carolina, wheel
| ing into line In the Republican column; with
South no longer solid, its unity discovered, and IL
prosperity and that OF the republic all the greater
| because of the rupture. Behold diplomacy un
| der which every controversy with other natiOn
is amcably and honorably settled, and upde
which every citizen Of the United States Is mad
safe from rude hands In every place on the habit
able globe. Behold over all, as the result Q
prayer and wrestling by night, some wise meas
ures devised so that in no part OF our common
, land shall freedom be a mockery and the ballo
| the constitution solemnly guarantees shall D'
protected, and the free ballot be cast ana counted
| wherever the law declares IL. .
Who shall say that all this, or part Ol this II !
| cannot all be accomplished in Two years, rs no
worth the strain Of the conflict through whieh '"
with good wishes for the occasion and for th'
| club and for the good cause, am
Cordially yours.
EUGENE HALE.
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