The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-29
REPUBLICANS AWAKE.
A Rousing Meeting at the Portland
Club.
GOVERNOR, MAYOR, COL. DOW AND
PRESIDENT LIBBY SPEAK.

All Sound the Keynote of Repnblicanism
and Urge Individual Effort on the Part
of Every Republican to Gain Glorious
Victory on Monday "A Victory That
win Pressage a Year of Victories
Throughout the Nation-Everybody En-
thusiastic.
The Portland Club was Eat home" last
evening to the nominees of the Republl-
can party for municipal officers, and they
accepted the invitation in goodly num-
bers, as did the members of the club to
receive them. The long tables in the
handsome dining rooms of the club were
completely filed by well-known gentle
men, when after a well-oooked and
served clam supper had been disposed OF.
Col. F. N. Dow called the company
TO order and introduced Mayor Baxter,
who was received with ringing appla USE
HIS HONOR
expressed his pleasure at being the guest
OF the club and at such large gathering
of gentlemen present. 1t argued we'll for
the success of the Republicans Oh Mon
day. The mayor facetiously alluded to
the arguments, figures and deductions of
the Argus, which he said were truly
"fearfully and wonderfully made" He
was glad to see such interest in the COM
ing election. Evidently by the large
gathering of Republicans present, che
party was going to win in the coming
contest and win by handsome majority.
The election was an important one. 1t
meant good deal and large maj ority
would have good Republican, moral
effect. He asked every Republican to
do his full duty on Monday and was
given hearty round of applause as he
concluded.
PRESIDENT GEORGE LIBBY.
of the Lincoln Club when introduced.
wss given warm greeting and graceful
ly extended the greeting of the Lincoln
Club which, he said, would be found hand
in hand with the Portland Club on Mon.
day working for the SUCCESS of the whole
ticket. Every member of it would be
at the polls, ''vote early and straight"
and this sensible sentiment pleased the
audience greatly.
GOVERNOR CLEAVES
was called for, and given the royal kind
of welcome he always gets from a Port
land audience. He was glad to see such
large gathering and to see the oandi-
dates present. He had been candidate
himself and knew how good ca it was.
(Langhter.) You are going to win a
handsome victory, said the Governor,
A year ago told the Mayor he would be
elected by handsome majority, and he
was. 1t will be SO again this year. This
is an Important election, and it will be
SO regarded throughout the country. 1t
Republican mayor and Republican
government and elect them by rousing
maJorltIes. Do not be over confident,
but work as If it was the closest of con-
tests That's the way to roll up big
majorities. 1t is the beginning of an i'm.
portant year of important elections in
this country. Let Portland strike the
key note, let the state follow with It's
trumpet blast and let the nation with
grand chorus, once more lift the old Re-
publican party with the illustrious son
of Portland, Thomas B. Reed into White
House. The home of Reed is loyal and is
true. See to it that you tell the country
SO or Monday, and tell it with no uncer-
tain sound. Great applause)
COL. +. N. DOW
in concluding exercises. said it was 36
years since Portland had elected a Demo-
cratic mayor, in a Presidential year, and
it would not break the long list OF Re-
publican victories this year. There has
been no such important year as this to
Portland and Maine, a year with the
glorious prospects of Portland's illustri-
GUS son, that should nerve every Repub
lioan TO do his utmost that Portland NAV
set a glorious example to the rest of the
country.
In closing the Colonel made an elo-
quent and foroible appeal to every Re-
publican to contribute by his Individual
effort to q spleudid result I'm Mondav