The Portland daily press., 1892-09-12

this country by any plan which we
could adopt which would finally
result in lowering the price of sugar.
And that is the only excuse for bounty
and the only excuse, in my Judgment,
for tariff taxes; that is, that their oper-
alton will lower the price to the con-
sumner, and when it does that, then we
have accomplished our purpose.
Now I am as sorry as any body can be
of the tariff, and l say to you, here and
now, that if the people of this country
fully understood the injury which they
do their business by the most careful
revision of the tariff, they would keep a
tariff just as long as they possibly could
without disturbance and without inter-
ference, for the community understands
business. adapts itself to it and hates to
be disturbed in it. [ received a letter
the other day from gentleman in which
he said that our tariff of 1888
drove him to England, that our McKin-
ley bill brought him back, and that now
the Democrats want to shuttle-cock him
back to England again. | say leave well
enough alone, and if this country had
let well enough alone, and had given its
sanction and approval to the Mckinley
bill at once, instead of an increase of six
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we should long ago have had reviving
industries all over this land. That Dem
cratic victory put back this country at
least three years in its progress forward.
But tell you, my friends, from now on,
the business of this country is going to
increase and we are going to enter upon
a period of prosperity. [Applause.]
Let me say one word more to you of
local nature, and then | am done. We
want to, elect our ticket, and of that we
are sure; Tapplause] but we want to do
something more We want to show the
appreciation of the citizens of the city of
Portland of as able and as pure ticket
as was ever nominated in the history of
the Republican party in this state. [Ap-
plause. In the first place, we are
especially honored by the nomination of
our candidate for governor Henry B.
Cleaves. [Great applause do not
propose to eulogize him; your votes on
can say. Tried in public Office of the
highest character, and found to be sound
and safe, you and can be sure that he
will be Governor worthy of the State
of Maine and worthy of the City of Port
land. Applause. / have never known
any better county ticket nominated than
we now have, and [ say to you that L
believe that the citizens of Portland
Will Never Vote to Strike Down Man
because he has honestly performed his
official duties. Long-continued cheer
ing.] We have reprepresentative tick
ct made up of men whom the city ought
to delight to honor, some young men
who will be the growing support of our
politics in the years to come, and it
would be disgrace t. the Republican
party if they should not pull through on
their ticket. Applause We have not
only at stake all these local questions,
but we have at stake alsothe whole ma
tional question of public prosperity.
When think of the magnificent growth
of this country within the last two and
30 years, when think of the splendid
increase of comfort and of happiness to
us all, marvel at the wicked courage
of those who endeavor to strike down
the system by which that growth has
been created. [Great applause.