Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-18
Ex-SPEAkER REED
Opens the Campaign By a Rousing
Speech at Portland
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PoRrL.xn Aug. 1.-THE Republicans
of western Maine opened the fall campaign
tonight with big meeting At City hall,
which was packed foor and gallery. many
not being able TO obtain seats. Chambers
band played and there was a parade of
companies. who occupied seats in the hall.
Hon. Charles T. Libby presided and
made the opening address, outlining the
issues of the coming campaign. Hon.
Thomas b. Reed was then introduced and
received an ovation as he came forward.
He was in remarkably good voice and spoke
40 cisariy and distinctly that he could cas-
ily te heard in any part of the hall.
lnfsubstanee he said: The Democracy is
never defensive, they have never done any
thing in this generation To defend, and no
Democratic orator wear.es his audiences BY
a catalogue of the achievements of his
party.
just before election in 1884 the Demo-
erats were making great complaint that
We boarded 81 ,0oo, 900, instead of giving it
TO the people for the purposes of circala
lation. and when MIR. Cleveland was elected,
his administration not only kept that
81 ,0GU, 600, bat boarded ss3 600 600 and
let the national banks have the whole of it
without interest.
Tlerv are two points which the Demo-
cratic party most especially claim, economy
in public expenditures and reform in tariff,
and the very first thing they did in the
House, with 40 majority, was to pass
resolution that they were going to be good.
At the first session of the 5lst Congress
we Republicans appropriated s463 ,00O, 600.
How much do you suppose, under the
guidance of Mr. Holman, the Democratic
House has concentrated to appropriated
Well, when we got through and summed
it up it was SJ01 200, 900, more than $40,
900 900 worse than the worst wiekedness up
to date.
Mr.. Holman compares the appropriations
of the first session of his Congress with the
appropriations of the second session of our
Congress One of the tricks of the trad.
is that when We appear before the people
We wish to appear just AS well As We can.
This is just as true of one party as the
other.
Hence every session Just before an cleo
ton, finds us all on our good behavior and
we put over into the second session, all the
appropriations We are able to consistently
with running the government. Both of US
do that, hence it is manifestiy unfair to
make comparison of different sessions.
Iwant TO tell you where we get these fly
nres | have given YOU. There are two
men in Washington who know what the
figures are, two clerks of the committees.
one the House clerk and one the Senate
clerk Both of these men will tell YOU
that those figures are correct.
We have an income of S354 600, 900, in
round numbers and the expenditures are
about $34j 900 900, which leaves us a bal
ance of 81 200 900, but of that expendi-
ture, Sl.j,oo0, 900 grew out of the war, and
$50 900 900 more are mere readings, ap-
pearing in both sides of the account.
So that in reality our expenditures for
purposes which existed prior to 1860, are
only about $3.50. 200 900, and divided
among our people 1t makes only S2,30 pr
individual, only little more than it was
before the war, and the government does
twice for the people what it did prior to
1850.
Here is a Democratic House capable of
passing any tariff bill they wanted to but
they have only captured the Massachusetts
manufacturers with free wool and attempted
to take OFF the duty on cotton packing and
machinery to retain the Southern planter,
While protection is one of the great forces
of the world it isn't only force. Now |
fancy that the uniformity of prices since
the Mckinley bill passed is due to the
greediness of importers who overstocked
the market, but at the same time the man
ufacturets know that the goods cannot be
imported at such large profits hereafter.
The last speaker of the evening was Hon.
X. Il. Frazier of Detroit, Mich, who gave
a stirring address which was frequently
applauded.