The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-08

Hon. q. H. Grosvenor.
from the..wise counsel Of the experienced
and distinguished gentlemen who is to
address you i n the hall at the conclusion
of these ceremonies. It Is merely my
province to pronounce the benediction
that thrills the heart Of every true Ame-
rican, every man and woman, every
boy and girl here present, whom invoke
as joint godfathers and eodmothsrs at
this christening of a newborn repre-
sentative Of the liberty, union and integ-
rlty OF our common mother country.
Never since It's morning stars first
sang together In tie Union of hun
dred and twenty years ago was it so
worthy of the unselfish love and valorous
devotion Of those who find their bones
beneath its liberal and generous folds,
as at this period of its fullest oonstel-
lation; and never In all that time was
1t so certain to receive thsm as in the
determination of the issues of this cam-
paign. To the children of this genera
ton it seems almost incredible that go
lately as thirty-five years ago any con-
siderable portion Of the people of the
United States of Amer lea could be in
duced by an oligarohy of shareholders
to strike at the life of this nation In
order to maintain relic of barbarian
condemned by the mature philosophy
and righteous judgment of enlightened
mankind. 1t seems equally incredible
that any considerable portion of the
people of the United StaJes today can be
influenced by syndicate of silver mine
owners to strike at the honor Of the ma
tion in order to restore a commercial
standard, long since outgrown by the
wide experience and ripe Judgment of
every nation that we recognize as q
rival, peer or competitor in any sense,
and retained only by half-oivilized Mexi-
co, heathen India, China and; Japan.
In that appeal to the patriotism OF 1776
which still stirs the blood Of every true
American who reads it, the immortal
Patrick Henry said: II have but one
lamp by which my feet are guided and
that is the lamp of experience. 1 know
no way OF judging Of the future, but by
the past. /" If the lamp of American
experience, leading and lighting the
progress OF civilization down that path
way of the 10th century reveals any
thing in the past worth keeping in the
future, the American people will read
in its refulsenoe that first GLASS no
ton like a first class man can maintain
it's credit and It's honor only by stand
ard known and recognized by all of
its rivals and competitors as just, true
and honest. Believing that this age
bearing the names Of those whom the
Republican party has chosen for, its
leaders best represents the cause of Ame-
rican honor, American integrity, Ameri-
can prosperity and progress, let US take
our places in the ranks OF that leader
ship that is onward and upward rather
than backward and downward.
Committeeman d. ". Hawkes. intro
duoed Ira Locke, Esq. to preside over
the meeting in Hoegg Hall.
Mr.. Locke said he had been taught that
next to ones duty to Almighty God, was
the duty to country. After the old OWL
lizations were submerged, men wan
dered long amid the EN- barrassme nts of
feudalism and eoclesiasticism. Grad
ually there came ray Of hope and with
the revival Of learning, man began to
know and demand his just rights Then.
with the discovery Of America. came a
new opportunity for mankind, and this
land was dedicated to liberty forever.
All were invited to come, pArtake of
the advantages of freedom, and receive
Just wages for their labor. Other govern
ments have fallen because their people
failed to keep a viRilant watch over their
rights Shall we also allow the struo-
ture of our liberty to he undermined
We certainly shall unless we shut down
the gates on immigration. (Applause
Mr, Locke then introduced General
Charles HI. Grosvenor of Ohio as dis
tinguished soldier and statesman. Gen.
eral Groevsnor received great ovation.
He said be came from apart of the West
where his friends. the Populists, were
very numerous, and being good friend
to them, Was comm issioned to say to
the Republicans. gold Democrats, and
Populist Democrats Of Maine that II
was the great hope of the West that q
big enough victory would be rolled up
here to drive SewaN off the ticket.
fLaught ter. We have gseat many can.
dhates for President, ana one Is 90 big