The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-31

is Safe-That Was the Text of the
Eloquent Senator.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss,1
Bath, August 29.-The most enthusi-
astio rally Bath has ever had was In pro-
gress here this evening, the crowd being
the largest that has ever attended any
such gathering this campaign. In fact
it was much larger crowd than the
one that greeted Hon. Arthur Sewall
when he first arrived after his nomina-
tion.
There was short parade made by a
brass band. the Young Mems Republi-
can club and the Mckinley Volunteers.
The speakers of the evening were Hon.
John M. Thurston of Nebraska
and Charles M. Lowering of Mas
saohusetts.
Hon. William Rogers. the chairman,
introduced Mr.. Thurston as the first
speaker. He said in part:
"My fellow citizens l regret am COM
PEELED to ask your Indulgence on ac-
count of the worn condition of my
| voice. have been speaking out of doors
until it has becomoe as rough and
jagged as the Chicago platform. | have
been very happy speaking in Vermont,
for it was that state that gave me birth
and as I read q history of that state /
learned that II days after Sumpter was
fred upon Its legislature was called to-
gether and $1,000, 900 was appropriated
as the first fund to equip her soldiers.
New England has always answered
every patriotic duty.
"Let not your hearts be troubled about
Nebraska. I find that Bryan's strength
is always in the next town and that the
next town changes as frequently as one
changes his location.
"The political history Of William J.
Bryan as known by me, gives me the
knowledge of what the result Will be
when November comes. Let not your
hoarts be troubled about Nebraska.
have nothing to say against Mr.. Bryan
except the company he keeps and the
platform he stands on. He can'5 carry
his own ward. city or state, let alone
the United States.
81 can carry the dollar of the United
States into any corner of the globe, gold,
silver or paper. ! oan do business with
all people without danger of discount,
depreciation or dishonor. [ can carry ii
into any country on earth and buy
as much with it as can any native with
the best dollar his governments gives
him. I can go to Japan, China, Next
CO or Brazil and buy twice as much as
any citizen there can with the dollar
that his government gives him. / don't
care to Mexicanize the muscle, the man
hood or the money of the greatest coun-
try in the worlda
"What are the gold countries of the
world. Every one that loads in business,
in commerce. in prosperity is on a gold
basis. Every gold standard country in
the world has In circulation gold, sill
yer and paper, all equal in debt paying
qualities.
Chow is it with the silver countries
In every one its entire money consists
of silver at it's bullion value, and paper
Reasonable in silver only.
"We have 1872 per capita in the United
States, every dollar of which is exchang-
able There isn't a silver country in the
world that has even S. per capita, and
its dollar IL worth only So cents''
Mr.. Thurston spoke at great length
on silver coinage and then on other mat
ters such az protection, and wanted
the people of Maine to speak In a voice
SO loud that it would be heard on the
prairies of Nebraska.
Hon. Charles W. Lowering of Massa-
chusetts followed and both were warm
ly applauded.