, 1896-09-26

strong n luSty. il is the most ad-
Vanced state in those views in all the
east-and yet. all the majorities ever
one given for the republican party of
that state. When Harrison ran the
first time it gave him %. 200; when
Blaine ran they wanted to give him a
compliment, and managed to scratch
up 10000 majority. In 1892 they gave
$4,000 majority to the republican ticket.
and now it has made the tremendous
leap up to ~, 1000 majority, following
Vermont with 10000 majority. o.
that's a hardNpeople up there in Maine.
Brother Brown is one of them: Tom
Reed comes from Maine, and it was the
home of James G.. Blaine-peace to his
ashes. loud applause.) Their tillers
of the soil, M their molders of iron.
and their builders of ships. and their
fishermen are a hardy, strong-willed
and intelligent people; and as Emerson
says, In every country where snow
falls, there will the sons of men be
born" Mark Hanna buy those people?
They are not the buyable kind, my
friends. England cant intimidate
them-those fellows who marched off
70 war and fought for SIG a month
when So were worth as much as 81
~tApplause.) And not only did the re-
publican majOrities come from re-
publican ranks, but the democrats,
thousands of them, regardless of the
money question, held up their hands
for Mckinley and protection. They
want it bad and they want it now. and
hey will swell the majority in No
vember to 10000. ~(Applause.) If his
,ory is true to itself, the Vermont and
Maine elections have settled the aues-
ion.
Oul democratic friends brag about
the election in ADMINISTRATOR great
victory in Arkansas. The big majority
is gradually petering out, until they
find it is much smaller than they
thought. and you don't heal them crow
so much these late days. But We don't
care about that. We were astonished
that the majority wasn't bigger down
there where it isn't a question of votes
but lead pencils and blanks. Laugh-
teri We wonder that they didn't make
the majority bigger. 1t reminds me of
Warren Hastings, when he was accused
by parliament of stealing and thiev-
ing when he vas governor of India.
He said. When | think Of my oppor-
tunities. I'm astonishcd at my moder-
alton" Laughter and applause.) So
we think that the Arkansas election
doesn't count for much. We are win
ming the day; don't you good republic
cans doubt that one minute. The
enemy is on the run. All the reports
from all over the country, from labor.
iitions of men come tidings of victory.
The rich and the poor alike join hands
in this fight. We don't prescribe a
man because he is rich. or scorn a man
because he is poor. Our democratic
friends raise the great cry, THE rich
are growing richer and the poor are
growing poorer" o, nonsense. DO
you think the bankers of this country
are making any money-getting rich?
Do o think that the bankers and
money loaners in America are making
money? Why ladies and gentlemen,
idle capital is as Improbable as idle
labor. 1t is not the rich growing rich.
and the poor poorer thai bothers our
democratic friends. They are a good
deal like the old darkey, who said.
~"Breddern, eff you vote de democratic
ticket dis yeah. de rich people will all
pooah. and de pooah will all be dead"
| daughter and a%pplause.)
Talk about the rich growing richer.
Don't you know that the forced shrink
age of property under the Cleveland adj
ministration. and since the Harrison
administration, has been more than all
the property lost in the civil war from
the destruction of property? No o
der they don't want to talk about the
tariff question. They trim their sails
for a more propitious breeze: but they
cant draw our attention from this ques-
ton, because we know down beneath
this silver question lurk their free
trade heresies. | heard a story once
about a doctor who lived in an upper
story, and had his office underneath.
He had a skeleton hung up behind the
door, and had it so arranged that when
anyone came in the skeleton worked on
a spring in such a way as to close the
door behind them. A Hibernian gen
tleman came in once to see the doctor.
He opened the door, the skeleton gent
ly closed it behind him. He turned
about and saw it, and cried out, How
ly Moses, it's the divil" and ran out
the door, across the street. The doctor
saw the little episode, and enjoyed it
thoroughly. He then went to the door
and called to Pat to come back, that it
would be all right. Nav you don't,
be jabbers," said Pat: II knows We. II We
have got yer clothes on" Laugh
teri l tell you we understand these
free trade people II they have got their
brand-new silver clothes on. ZAP
plause.)