Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-23


grave apprehension existed a month
ago. Confidence has been restored.
Idle hands are beginning to be en-
ployed. Prosperity is dawning. The
of the republic are yet I'M
moved and the government still stands
mistaken. What the old soldiers
fought for and conquered is still tri-
umphant, and We may all well rejoice
with exceeding joy tonight. and from
the depths of our hearts be glad.
Ladies and gentlemen of Brooks. this
your generous greeting, | shall ever
cherish in my memory as one of the
happiest occasions of my life.
This stirring address was received by
the Brooks delegation with applause
and cheers.
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The Procession started promptly at
the hour named 7.30,and marched over
the route as laid out by the committee
with but one change. The procession
was greeted all along the route by
display of red fire. rockets, roman
candles and other fireworks. Inc
houses of many Republicans and sound
money Democrats We're heartily
cheered by the procession.
A large crowd followed the process
sion and others had congregated at the
residence of Mr.. Milliken to listen to
the anticipated address from our elo-
quent congressman. In fact, so many
had collected upon the terrace, sur
rounding the house and the speaker,
that those in the street below found
difficulty in hearing him, although his
remarks We're distinctly audible some
distance away. Mr.. Milliken spoke as
| follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: You could
| never call on me when your presence
| would be more welcome. Be assured that
| fellowship with you in celebrating the
great victory which the lovers of Amerl-
can institutions and the friends of Amer
| lean prosperity achieved al the polls on
the third day of this month.
| Never since the surrender of the rebel
armies at AppomattoX and the final over
| throw of the great Southern rebellion.
have We had greater cause to rejoice, ana
give vent to our gladness than now.
| We often ask ourselves what would
| have taken place had our armies been
finally defeated in that great conflict. and
We shudder at the thought of the newt
| able consequences. We may well ask
ourselves tonight. what would have been
| the consequences to our government anu
l
| American and anarchistic principles of
| the Chicago platform been endorsed. and
| Mr.. Bryan. with the communiStc crow q
which supported and controlled him, been
given control of the government. We can
| not but feel that We have most tortu-
nately escaped great calamity. Inc
programme of our opponents mad more OF
mischief in store for the nation than mas
| ever been announced in most any utl-
patriotic and revolutionary pronounce
ments. at any time or anywhere IN the
past. The French revolution. which
deluged a great country in the blood of
Its citizens, was preceded by nothing more
communistic and threatening TO society
than was contained in the platform upon
| which Mr. Bryan was nominated, ana
which he besought us to endorse by
electing him to the chief masistracy OF
| the country
| All that has caused the depression, the
great losses and suffering in our country
during the last three and a half years
| was declared for in that platform and
championed by Mr.. Bryan in his cam
paign speeches.
The doctrine of free trade, Of which we
| have been already too long eating the
bitter fruit. we were to be treated to for
Ianother four years, with its treasury de-
ficits, its necessary borrowing by the gov
eminent to pay its running expenses, its
prostration of all our industries, its
forced dleness of our workingmen, its
melting away of the peoples accumula-
tons, it's crushing of private and public
| enterprises. its inevitable widespread
l rum ana distress. our mar ktlS were sun
| to be surrendered to the foreigner ana
our own manufacturers and producers
were to be driven from them. The anti
| American tariff which was enacted in the
| Wilson bill was to be continued or made
| even worse than il is. and We We're 10
lpursue an economic policy which should
Iemploy other than our own people TO do
our work and develop the resources OF
countries beyond the sea rather than oui
| own. Almost if not quite everything
which could blast our prosperity was
proposed in the Bryan platform and
| Bryans utterances. So far as it could
affect American interests it seemed to b
complete work of skilled total depravity
We We're to adopt financial scheme
| which has been tried many times and al
ways with the most disastrous results. a
| scheme which obtains now III countries
! only the most backward in progress. the
most unenlghtened. the poorest. and
comforts and opportunities. We We're tc
ldisassociate ourselves with the great
| thrifty. progressive nations OF the earth
and enter financially into relations with
| those which have the least ana know the
least
We were to halve the wages of labor
and the savings of the poor, the pensions
of the soldier ANA the earnings of the
| Industrious. We were to make a WA
upon all corporations and place the great
| channels of communication. travel and
| traffic in rretreVable bankruptcy. We
We're 10 alarm our creditors bOth at nome
and abroad and cause them to force the
debtors to immediate payment or luSoi-
| Vency by an unWiSe and badly con-
ceivcti plan of increa sing the metallic cur
| rency Of the country. we were to drive
more than half of it out of circulation
| and cause the stvercst contraction ever
| known. with consequences OF disaster be-
yond our power to comprehend, and We
| were to so dishonor the nation in the eyes
| OF mankind by reputation AS Would
cause to blush with shame every self-re-
specting man and woman in the land
| We were to encroach upon the liberties
of the people by abridgng the right OF
| making private contracts. We were tt
declare the national government off, as
they say at the races: that is. we Were
| to practically abolish it by depriVing il
| of the power to enforce its laws in its
| states; for a government which has nc
power 10 enforce its authority has nc
| authority, and without authority 1t can
not govern. it cannot be a government.
| The supreme court of the United States
| which is our last resort for protection &c
| all that we have of property. liberty and
| life was to be packed by adding new
| Judges who shall be the mere creatures
of Mr.. Bryans party. so that the decis-
| ions of that great tribunal should be
subject to the dictations. of poiitica
! faction and one of the coordinate
branches OF the government. the judicial
| be practically destroyed
| The bold proposition of revolution. to-
gether with the assertion that the govern
nent had not power to enforce its laws
perhaps shocked the people more than
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