The Portland daily press., 1894-02-13

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| the noble countenace of the next Presl,
| dent of the United States" cloud ana
continued cheers.)
Mr.. Powers then referred to the boast
| of Caesar Augustus, who claimed that
| he found Rome city of brick and lelt ~
marble. But Lineeln's admirers coulo
| claim that he found this nation con-
| federacy and left it a nation. There was
| the time when the people of this country
| had to rise up and say, in the WORKS OF
| the Scotch bard:
There are hills beyond Pentland,
Friths beyond Forth
Be there lords in the South,
There are men in the North.
| Yet today those men of the South are
| controlling the government. They are
| the successors OF the very men VINO tnen
aimed to destroy the government. Now
the object is to destroy our industries.
The present difficulties were caused by
the fear of the policy of the Democratic
party. If that fear could be removed,
the spindles would begin to turn; wheels
! to revolve, and prosperity to return
Referring to the Inconsistencies of the
| tariff bill, Mr.. Powers quoted the state
ment of the New York Sun to the effect
that the new. tariff bill, while protesting
| to increase the tax on whiskey, really
diminishes it by extending the bonding
period, and puts SIS, 900, 600 into the
pockets of the whiskey trust.
| MIR. Powers. said that he was not SO
radical on the temperance question as
he ought to pc, perhaps, Qaughter) PM
| he believed that intemperance was the
great curse of the country, and that
whiskey should not be cheaper. Ii a iman
was bound to spend his days wages for
| rum, it was much better that he should
be able to buy a pint than gallon.
| daughter and applause
Mr.. Powers pred: cted that the next
| Congress would be Republican. and con-
| eluded with high praise of the motives
of the Republican party.
| Mr.. Powers having concluded, Mr.
| Davenport of Boston, was introduced TO
! give Dutch representation OF Barbara
| Fretchie.n 1t was admirably rendered,
! and encored at the enc. Mr.. Davenport
responded with an equally adm irable
rendering of a Dutch version of "The
Raven.n
President Morrill, then said that this
was not a distinctlvely political meet
ing, and he was going to choke, Off
politicians for while, ana Introduce
| one of the most eloquent young clergy
men of the state,
Rev. Matt s. Hughes
Mr.. Hughes was received with much
warmth and enthusiasm. Mr.. Hughes
commented on the warmth of his
reception saying that he knew when he
came into the hall that where there was
so much smoke there must be some fire..
daughter About the only chance the
minister ever had at the politicians was
when he. had chance to pray over them.
| cloud cheers.5 But tonight he proposed
to preach little. Tt was well
that one generation should speak to an
other of it's great men. We had heard
this night of Abraham Lineoln's in-s
| tellect patriotism, genius; but should
| also be said that the foundation of
| Lincoln's character was a sound moral
sense and devotion to- duty. The most,
striking portion of thee city sburg speech
was a prayer. aGod,giye us the courage
to do the right as wessee the right.
| Lincoln was not policy man. The
| men who have stifed their convictions
| to trim their sails to meet every breeze
| are those whose fame is dead beyond all
resurrection Lincoln's declaration that
| this country could not permanently exist
| half slave and halfsfree was an example
| of his courage and fidelity to principle.
| | was in arms during the war-my
| mothers arms (laughter) as loyal arms
! as ever existed (applause); and In those
| arms | was borne from home in the dead
of night when the rebel hosts pursued
| nv father The memory of those times
and of the men of those times is ever
| dear to me- But if we spend our time in
| doing nothing but talking of the deeds of
others, what better are we than those
who crawl out to the cemetery to carve
| inscriptions on the tombstones? Ii we
| do nothing better, what will the next
|
| they meet on occasions like this. The
| best thing for young man is to ally
| himself to some just, but unpopular
| cause, and rise with it or fall with it. We
| must be true, earnest, loyal to our con-
| victions, dong the right as we see it.
= Mr.. Hughes introduced not few stories,
one of the most popular of which related
| to minister who exchanged with
| brother minister one Sunday The new
| preacher, anxious to know what effect
| his sermon had, quizzed the janitor.
"Was it long enough? asked the minister
| at the end of a series of questions. sob,
| yes,n replied the janitor. :" / am glad to
| hear it, said the minister, for as l
| came from home my dog got at the man
| uscript and ate up the ten last pages.
Eagerly clutching his arm the janitor
| exclaimed: Brother, cannot you let our
| minister have one of that dogs pups.
| cloud laughter.) sWFQ
|
with loud cheers led by Governor Cleaves
was Mr..
Curtis Guild
| of Boston, one of the most eloquent and
prominent young Republicans of Massa-
chusetts He spoke of the gallant fight
| of Massachusetts Republicans and ac-
knowledged their obligations to the
"greatest of modern Republican leaders,
the man who belongs no longer to Maine
OF New England, but to the nation,
| Thomas Brackets Reed. Cloud cheers. J
shall not now try to say whether Maine
is most fortunate to have been a part of
Massachusetts, or Massachusetts part
of Maine. (Cheers.) Side by side the
men from the valley of the Kennebec
and the valley of the Charles tracked the
bloody SHOWS of Valley Forge Side by
side, on the third day at Gettysburg, at
the very crisis of the nations Fate, the
Nineteenth Maine and Fifteenth Massa-
chusetts stood shoulder to shoulder in
hurting back the line of Pickett.
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