The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-01
THE DESCENDING DEMOCRATS.
How They Assembled and What They
Did.

sues-Mr. Deering Tells What the Pres
ident Wanted and Did Not Get-Free
Ships Advocated.
Last evenings Democratic rally at City
Hall was we'll attended. There seems to
have been genuine interest on the part
of the rank and file to see what the
leaders could say about the present stu
alton, and to determine which could de-
fend the President most vigorously,
General Anderson or Captain Deerlng.
Of General Anderson it may be said he
rushed into the widest breach, the
Hawaiian performance, while Captain
Deering contented himself with enumer-
ating some of the things which the
President wanted in the tariff bill,
but did not get, incidentally compli-
menting him for his sturdy honesty"
AS for Mr. johnson, he kept away
from national issues as a burnt child
keeps away from the fire. The audience
also seemed to be chilled by any men
tion of tariff, and were not SO ethusias-
tic as when the speaker was giving it to
prohibition.
General Anderson. who was to preside,
was presented by George +. SWEET, ESQ.,,
General Anderson began with a refer
ence to the attitude Of Harold Sewall. I
have seen, he said, that leading Demo
GRAFT, who has held high position in the
party Of this state, has criticized the
President for his attitude on the sHaw-
allan question. Now do not think we
should allow that to pass on this occa-
party is responsible for the attitude of
the President on the Hawaiian question.
The speaker went on to declare that the
United States minister used the navy OF
this country to overturn the govern
ment of friendly country. The admin
istration could do nothing else than to
repudiate this act of it's representative.
and order the United States flag to be
hauled down. Under international law
the overthrow Of the Hawaiian monar-
chy was gross outrage. (Applause.)
General Anderson then went on in an
eulogistic way. to introduce the Hon.
Charles E. Johnson of Waterville, candi-
date for governor. Mr.. Johnson was very
cordially received He began by dis
cussion of the pr6hibitory law. He said
he cared not what public opinion might
He bowed only to This own conscience.
(Applause.) He believed that it was
best to be.right before attempting to
regulate the habits of any body. Now,
after forty years of prohibitory law,
what is the condition? l read about
month ago in the Evening Express, that
the law in this city as not enforced, that
f1agrantly violated, while-even worse
atsofficials who should enforce the law
sold protection. | have come here to
say no ord in defamation of the city
Of Portland. We are proud of it for it's
business enterprise, for it's beautiful
position, for it's churches, it's institu-
tions and it's great men. But these
that the law is thus openly violated
in Portland? 1t is true Of the city of
Waterville, my .own homer Gam proud
of Waterville, as you are of Portland.
But there are rs places at least where
liuuor is openly sold there What is the
condition Of Bangor? Need I ask of
any one who has been in that city?
There are 800 open bar rooms in that
city, and thesother day, as / stopped in
a restaurant to get dinner. saw at the
bottom of the bill of fare the words
swine and Beer"
There exists law enough in this state
to close every saloon. Mr.. johnson then
went on to blame the Repu blican party
for it's utterances aud acts on the SUBJ
ject of prohibition, alleging that it's
plank is meant to satisfy the good peo-
pie back on the farms, who go to bed
early and do not know what is going on
in the cities. But the prohi bitory law
is usedfas club to drive men to act
with the Republicans. The Evening
Express alleged..that the law was used
as a club in Portland. know that it SO
used in the city of Waterville and the
county of Kennebec. Shame on such a
law. cloud applause.)
MIR. johnson found it convenient to
speak SO long on prohibition that he had
no time for national issues, therefore
the audience were not enlightened as to
what he thought about the" temporizing
and.m make shift policy of the German
bill. He did veture to say that the DEM
ocratic party was "made up of human
beings with human frailities,"' which
probably acco UNITS for the collapse of
the "bright bow of promise" which he
saw at Alfred. The hard times, Mr..
johnson said, had been brought about
by the preceding Republican administra-
tion.
In conclusion, Mr.. johnson praised the
Hon. John W. Deering for his impair
TALLY" and other good qualities.
Then General Anderson introduced the
I1Ou. JOun w .DCCLibS do eAC HAL WHO
was in favor of free commerce as the
only thing that could build up Port
land. Mr.. Deering was we'll received.
He began by saying athat he: believed
that the Democratic.partysof today was
the Jeffersonian party as it existed be-
fore the slavery question came up. 1t
favored taxation only for the purposes
Of raising money for the support of
the government. Mr.. Deering went on
to relate how his first vote had been for
hraham Lincoln, and how he had vot-
ed for Repu blican Presidents to and in
Guiding Garfield Then he had gone to
the support of the glorious Cleveland.
He asserted his belief that the tariff agi-
tation would continue people begin to go
out) and that ultimately we should have
free coal and iron. Mr.. Deering went on
to tell how beneficial would be free coal
which his party promised but didn't
glve-to the manufacturers of New
Bedford, and how the money saved
would keep all the New Bedford strik-
ers at work. The President was "greatly
interested" in free iron ore also. and it
was great creditto his sturdy hon
esty" (saint applause) that he was SO.
One great thing had been gotten out of
the Wilson bill, free wool, and Mr..
Deering believed this one of the great