Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-09-01
Week Of Politics.


IAc gampaigu was fairy opened in this
ty as Ncek Politics pushed themselves
.5 the front
I.rr poincs. meeting, were held at
,auoo.e Hal EagA one represented a
..uea, party sud al had their yotaries
The arst was on Monday evening. and
vas addressed by Senator Frye. His clio
ieut speech wa- reported at some length
3D. LAST weeks ANrElcA< 1t was 30 sound
sod logical tIAt Tie Democrats have
arcu-d p VAIN foF some weak place. some
vulnerable spot nj il heel or elsewhere
through wh.eh j, Id u. be as,ailed a was
Achilles a lar Trojan war Futile have
n.ea .4eir attempts ana they concluded to
-., Senator Frye severely alone
The next meeting Wa on Wednesday
renlu- ay the Peoples party Part first
Is ta--ra.>.u- DO Water street, which
'v4- address, q ny Horace Davis, Esq. and
hers Par, second was mass meeting
a. tLau.,a Hal, with The masses left out
VIA addressed hy Prof l. c. Bate
.lau, '-e candidate flr Such Luberuatorial
saor- Is ai~ party has to restow Mr.
.teIaau is ey.dcut.y & scholarly gentleman
".l aue 1rat0rical powers to whom it is
positive pleasure u listen but he is Wis
binary 81 il seems TO D. any msn must
-eres~srly he who essay, to be the expo
Gent and advocate # the doctrines of the
Peoples party. lie would do away with
ur national banks ami have the govern
ucut .sge paper currency to the amount
$50 per capita. This inflated currency
.e expected 70 get INTO the hands of the
eope somehow just now, we did not
lear Ljm explain, but We suppose he e1-
ects the government to loan it and take
--carty on the real estate of the borrow
rs. he advocated that the government
should run the railroads. telegraphs and
.lophoues H. thought that if the L. S
government can carry letter which weighs
NO ounces from Ellsworth to San Fran
CISCO, for TWO cents. 1t can. when it controls
'4e railroads, transport our good friend
tISi"- AHf4- MIC weighs lou pOuUus,
rom Ellsworth 10 Sau Francisco, for the
modest sum Of Sl2 50. When that
-apVy day comes, We should like to
visit the Golden Gate. aud we hope
bro. Davis will allow u to bear
him company. 1t Is true we shall need to
invest s. 50 perhaps in suit of clothes
sad our hotel bills viii amount to fifteen
ar twenty cents day. In the meantime
we hope inst our subscribers will promptly
remit all arrears which may be due an
make advance payment for at least one
year. They will have plenty of money
and viii not mind that little sum at ALL
Thursday was Democrats night at Han
cock Hall Considering the inclemency of
the weather. 8 fsir-sized audience was
present The speakers were Hon. Chas.
Z. johnson, the party's candidate for Gov
ernor, and Hon. Harvey n Shepherd OF
Massachusetts. Both speakers are gentle
men and, as men, favorably impressed
those who heard them; but unfortunately
they were on the wrong side of the Que.-
row 70 hoe. Mr.. Johnson was especially
Unfortunate in trying to make an Ellsworth
audience believe that it would be for the
interest of the people of this city to have
lumber on the free list. They have had
many practical illustrations of that CUES
ton and they simply know BETTER If the
matter of free lumber were left to the vo-
tiers of Ellsworth, freed entirely from poll
tics, we will venture the assertion that the
vote would be very unanimous in favor of
shigh protective tariff for that commodity.
The fact is, lumber cannot be successfully
manufactured in Ellsworth unless pro-
tected by tariff. Mr.. johnson should
have discussed the question of free chem
icals. free indigo, perfumery or some other
articles in which our people have less
vital interest; but free lumber, never
The bread and butter Of our citizens are
involved in that question.
Mr.. Shepherd is a good speaker, earnest,
eloquent and-impracticable He is evident
II follower of President Eliot; his book
theories may be ''outwardly imposing to
the sight, but inwardly they are rotten to
the core There is just one trouble with
them, they won't work and man would
starye to death on themi Two or three
more speakers like Messrs. johnson and
Shepherd would spoil the whole political
stock in trade of the Democrats of Els
worth.