Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-05
Republican Rally.

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The Republican rally at the Opera house
last evening was one long to be remem-
bered, because of the number of distin-
guished and brilliant speakers and for the
truths they told; truths that form chapters
in the history Of the Cleveland administra-
ton and which will bring the blush of shame
to the faces Of all Americans who read
them. The depth of infamy to which the
administration descended in its chickering's
and chickering's on the tariff, the duplicity
and hypocrisy of Cleyeland's attitude to-
ward the public in bis palpabe purpose to
serve the sugar trust, this wretched condi-
ton of affairs had distracted attention from
the duplicity and cowardice displayed by
the administration in its foreign policy.
The presence and words of two of the
none are better acquainted through bitter
experience with the foreign policy of
the present administration, set forth and il
Eliminated with ndisputable fact the "fOul
scheme of ignorance and imbecility," that
has characterized the dealings of the Cleve-
land Gresham regime with foreign countries.
Hon. John l.. Stevens, ex-minister to
Hawaii and Hon. Harold M. Sewall, ex-
consul general to Samoa under a Demo-
cratic administration, Of which he was a
prominent supporter, reviewed the attitude
of our government under Cleveland toward
Samoa and Hawaii, and disclosed deeds,
the proof of which they had became pain
fully familiar with by experience, to say
nothing of the proofs on file among
the records t the national capital.
Mr.. Stevens remarks were brief but
they were the words of a statesman, ring
ing and glowing with the vigor and patriot
ism that has always characterized his public
and private life. His comparison of the
constructive craftsmanship of Jefferson,
jackson and Marcy with the destructive
purposes of Cleveland, cuckoo congress-
men and the hybrid secretary of state was
sharply drawn on the lines of overwhelm-
ing fact.
Mr.. Sewal, one of the most brilliant
among the young Democrats in Maine
and possessed of Democratic inheri-
lance. convinced all who listened
to bis able remarks last evening
not only of the just grounds on which his
words were based but also of the disgrace
full record which compelled him to break
away from his natural political affiliations
in order to maintain his self respect. He
has been peculiarly situated with respect to
Cleveland's foreign policy. 1t was his
duty to be the unconscious instrument of
the administration whereby Malietoa, the
righttul sovereign of Samoa, was deposed
and German intrigue was abetted. twas
his experience to witness the cruelty in
ficted upon Malietoa through the broken
promises, the cowardice and the treach-
cry of President who afterward,
mouthed SO many pretenses about
''justice" to the british Hawaiian ex-
Queen. He revealed with mastery delinea-
ton the sickening story of hypocrisy and
unAmerican acts which of themselves alone
are sufficient to overwhelm the administra-
ton with defeat at the hands of an outraged
people.
1t is from this live history that the Dem
ocratic stump orators turn in silence.
They have not dared to rake over the
embers of destroyed pledges; they have
sought by innunendo, misstatement and
wilful peryersion of truth to convey the
false impression that the State government
is being mismanaged. We do not think
anyone of intelligence believed these glar-
ing untruths, and certainly those who have
heard our able chief executive upon the
subject cannot. His remarks last evening
were to the point. He had undeniable facts
back of his assertions and he presented
them with telling effect.
He has from the stump this fall fearless