Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-14

WINNER every depostor Of hard earned
savings, every crippled soldier or his
WIDOW who subsists upon a yensjon
ShaH be paid IN 81 cents worth instead
ot . guaranteed dollar; asking hat the
foreigner shall be hereafter relieved Of
pay ing iS per cent Of the present lo,,
duties. this man declaring that our
adh sion 10 q single standard.-the
STANDARD II those nations whose can
ital has served oar industries. secured
our enterprises and bolstered our credit.
tint his adhesion is due to a foreign
influence, when the Democracy cannot
write tariff that is now surrender To
81 foreign influence; denouncing
Whiakcy trust, when the two especial
attorneys Of those trusts in the Senate.
German ana Jones are at this hour the
Immediate directors 81 the Bryan cam
paign, his man today asks that our
national courts shall be forbidden from
maintaining tho !mperillcd peace Of the
nitcd states, a national bond shall be
forbidden from securing our credit.
that our courts shall be- mangled, in
fart, and ne plants his foot upon that
commandn"nt Thou shalt not steal"
aud v~iniy imagines that the American
erBlr are 50 dos jtuta Of common sense
ass 80 be- his acoompiicos to their own
Gchascmont aal ruin. Wealth is a
strong arm of this nation, but there is
another Stronger, credit. with its
thfva or conscience running way down.
CAppiausnl With Mir. Bryan as the
chief magistrate We proclaim to the
world AT large chat the right arm has
contracted a habit Of discounting its
honest obligations, habit Of stealing
that it is afflicted with a ST Vitus
witch Of felony.
There is one matter that / would like
to touch upon for a moment and it
see MS to nae q time when ii should be
not ignored. There arc certain in
cidcnts in life that wear an inexpres-
sihle sanctity to men who cherish the
memory Of the old home and the family
Bible and when Mr.. Bryan in that
Chicago convention profaned our
solemn heritage by u coarse allusion to
the most sacred and tragic occurrence
in the worlds history. he was guilty of
an unspeakable profanity. which that
convention applauded. When Ken
lucky opened her Bryan campaign at
Frankfort. the convention was LED by a
procession Of men wearing crowns upon
their heads and carrying crosses with
q legend painted in black, ''16 to L.
only il should be 81 to l." But since
this scheme of dishOnor has acquired so
rank a flavor of impiety. wherever the
people of Maine are veXed by Bryan
professions, as they should be, they
Will doubtless recollect that the multi
tude which came to take the Lord on
that ancient night of betrayal also
bore lanterns and torches, when they
were halted by the august rebuke.
This is your night and the hour of
tAppiause)
Mr. Hobart is a citizen and Repub-
ican Of sterling mettle. with extended
experience in business and public af-
fairs and fully merits all the faith be-
yond New Jersey which he has for
ears commanded in it. He will prove
a most acceptable servant in the chair
u the Senate of the United States.
(Auplause.1
/ discover Il very general and gener-
'uS disposition on the part of Repub-
icdLs, sound Democrats and Populists
20 relieve Mr., ScWan as president of
3@nl, from any additional cares as
president of the Senate.
With the blood of two Revolutionary
srandsires in his veins, the challenge
If rebellion came like a blow upon the
heck of young Mckinley He entered
he service as g private at is. he rode
tut a p as a private upon the staff of
sheridan and as he received his COM
mission at the battle of Antfetam. he
viii soon receive his commission as
omn!anderin chief ofthis nation cloud
IL
he helped to rescue our national do
mains ana enforce American protection
AGAINST European encroachment wheth-
II of our country's rights or the terri
oriaI rights of our Latin American
letghhorS. He win he assisted at his
ask 10y many great men. Thank
heaven the Republican party is prolific
n great men. ApplauseD 1t has that
iuickeninG of conscience that breeds
'reat men. one of whom, endeared to
~" by many years of frank personal
his rich intellectual gifts,
~ his noble qualities as statesman
md hy his rare courage as parlia-
ncntary header. I had devoutly hoped
o see called to the Executive chair
dame can never sequcStcr as her own
man like Thomas r. Reed. CAP
,lausc)
Mckinley is a devoted champion of
lS country. CApplause) He loves his
"untry Give him your vote. return
our Old and faithful congressman.
tand ny your state and local ticket.
now that Republicanism isnot only ex-
andlng in strength but deepening in
cot, and You will see the spider dis
missed from the workshop, the wolf
l"N the door,and the Democracy from
over: the energies of the land re-
Weakened in the strenuous pulsation
/ hammer and wheel and loom and
pconotive. the voices of the millions
epcatinS on and on and on again the
lad songs of schools and of homes. the
all chimneys of brick bursting forth
new with smoke and flame. Pros
GRITTY VIII extend from coast to coast.
nj sun VIII shine more gladly on the
arrow of the farm, on brook. on river
M on the hill, and on the old flag
hlch proclaims the nation whose
liis are its slories, whose citizenship
It's pledge and whose self-respect
ehnands that its bread winners shall
ave fuil unimpaired trade and unim-