Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-31

you tonight, you know We brought the
"ld snip OF state out through the break
sfs upon the clear waters. and under
the KIND skies of prosperity and peace.
'Appiausel We gave TO this country.
gentlemen. the best banking system
that II has ever had. acknowledged to
he so by both parties. We gave to
1t sound finance. Why. my friends,
you know at the close % the war this
government owed s2.756. 000,Neo, We owed
beside that s250. o0e. 600 in claims which
have since been adjusted and paid
making the public debt at the close Of
the war $4,000. 000, 900,
Nov. my friends. from 1861 down, to
1872 This r,eonIe continued tn n,-, ,,,,,..r
Republican financial and economic mol
lev. ard in that length of ti,,a NO bod
reduced the s. 600 900 900 Indebtedness,
down To little more than sScn o00 oao
and we had reduced the interest hear
ing debt down OF s5s5 900 900 More Than
that. in 1se5 we were having s15l 00o
600 per year as interest on tho nublic
debt. In 1899 when we turned this
government over to orr opponents
when they elected their nresident their
house and their senate ca tbat ,bex,
co,ld enact laws Ia spit themselves we
had reduced the interest on the n,,hIic
debt down ia abouf s25 600 400 saving in
round numbers sl25 600 600 Annually ia
the neonle of theco,,n,rv alp,ae+ arorch
to paw the pensions which are granted
10 The brave old bovs in h,i,s and
which they so richly deserve an
plause, and which some of o,,r onno-
nents arr, So loath m give ia tha,,
Now. nv Populistic friend if vo,,
are here tonight and r sincerely hone
YOU are. because like the Great Teacher
in Palestine eora rot IN COLI .ba
righteo,,s Int sinners ia rananta,ca
yo,, arc the fellows 7 am oftar IAN
plause.1 Tell me- where in all the naees
of human history van can show s,cb {,
record of FINANCIAL succass as that
What did Mr. Gladstone save when
he was premier of Enelona standing
on the parliamant floor Of e,raat Eri,-
ian no declared thar tba tnapcia, mol
lev of the United States (which was
then the financial noIicv IF tho pan,h-
lican party, challenged the admira-
ton of mankind lAnnlausel
From 1861. when we tool, the gov
ernment To 1898. when we left it, the
wealth of this country quadrupled In
that length of time the per capita
wealth of this country doubled More
than that. and let me say that also
To our friends who are particularly
styled laboring men-all good men in
this country are laboring men. Cap
plause) | have believed this always.
that the man who is in good health
and strength, and is within the limit
of working years, who produces moth
ing. either with his hands or his brain.
is a pauper upon mankind though he
have the wealth of the Indies. (Ap-
plause.) Let me say. then, that during
those years we raised the wages of the
laboring man 81 per cent. CApplause.)
-Four years ago your mills were all
You couldn't go into manu-
featuring town but YOU would hear the
whir of the spindle and the clatter OF
the loom. The merchants were having
good trade and getting paid for their
goods. The farmers We're selling their
products and getting fair prices. and
all over this North employment was
seeking labor and offering it a fair re-