The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-17
REEDS MO nay IN MAINE.


ltNan eluiN NShN'hhOhs
Portland, Me-, April l6.-The repub-
lican state convention, to nominate six
presidential electors and to choose four
delegates at-large and four alternates
to the republican national convention
at st. Louis met in the city hail here
at IL o'clock this morning, and every
district in the state was represented.
The hall which seats 1880 people, was
filled, the galleries being occupied by
spectators. Almost every delegate
wore a Reed button in the lapel of his
coat, and enthusiasm for Reed was
ready to break out at the slightest en-
couragement.
The convention was called to order
by the Hon. j. H. Manley, chairman of
| the state committee.
| Prayer was offered by the Rev. DR..
Dalton of Portland. Mr.. Manley read
the call and announced Hannibal Z.
Hamlin of Ellsworth as chairman.
Chairman Manley happily introduced
Mr.. Hamlin as presiding officer, as
son of one of the leaders of the party
forty years ago.
| Mr.. Hamlin was received with great
applause, and his speech was often in
| terrupted with applause, particularly
| when he spoke the name of the Hon.
| Thomas B. Reed.
| Mr.. Hamlin spoke in part as follows:
| In the year 1893 the republican party
went out of power while the wheels of
industry were steadily turning and the
laborers had plenty of employment,
| The democratic party pledged to it's
| doctrine of free trade, came IN. Conf
dence was shaken; the wheels of in
| dustry stopped; hundreds of thousands
of workingmen were thrown out of
| employment; CoXey's army invaded
| Washington; Mills shut down; banks
failed, and railroads went into the
| hands of receivers.
| ''In the year 1894 the Wilson German
| tariff act was passed, which has been
| rightly named a tariff for deficiency
| Scarcely month has elapsed since it
! became law in which the receipts of
the government have equalled it's ex-
penditures, and the government was
| obliged to do that which it has never
| done before since the days of James
Buchanan, namely, borrow money to
pay its running expenses, in time of
| peace.
| During the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison, in the years 1890, 1891,
! 1892 and 1898, the interest-bearing debt
resting upon the country was reduced
about $3.50 000,0 900.
| Thus far, under the Cleveland adj
ministration, in the years 1894 1895 and
1896, the government has borrowed over
$2600O0000, which with the interest ac-
cruing thereon, will amount to more
than 500,000,000 What luxury this
democratic administration is.
| "As we review these facts why should
| we not expect almost the very earth
| from the Atlantic to the Pacific from
Canada to the Gulf, to cry out: Let
the grand republican party be restored
to power, let its protective policy be
again inaugurated, together with the
policy of reciprocity, the wise creation
of our never-to-be forgotten statesman,
James G. Blaine
Recent events continually keep be-
| fore us the fact that our foreign rela-
| tons may at any time become compli-
Gated and delicate. Call to your minds
| the Hawaiian, England Venezuela
and Cuban troubles and our connec-
| lions with them. The American people
| will ever cling to and struggle for that
| principle-the Monroe doctrine-which
| our fathers have deemed so essential
for peace and protection and which has
been handed down to us as a sacred
bulwark in protecting the future adj
| vance and prosperity Of this nation.
| The American people need that man in
| the presidential chair, thoroughly vers-
ed In diplomatic affairs, whose heart
throbs with theirs, but who is not
| swayed by sudden passion or prejudice
| who acts with calm, even judgment, but
| when he does act, does so firmly and
| fearlessly, upholdng the dignity of
this government in brief, as would
| have acted the greatest secretary of
| state we ever had, James G. Blaine.
For the past few years the old Pine
| Tree state has had that pure, able and
| efficient administration, second to none
| in the long line of it's history, under
| the guidance of our noble governor,
the Hon. Henry B. Cleaves. Look at
our delegation in congressi With mem
bership on the most important commit
tees on the floor of the house and SEN
ate, it has prominently identified itself
| Will iiiilOl ldIll lISoouleS, anu WILL
| leave a record that will shine bright,
| for all time in its own glory.
| From that most worthy delegation
| the republicans of Maine desire now to
take one as the standard bearer of the
republican party in the coming cam
| paign, whose ability, wisdom, integrity
| and honor are beyond question; who
| has demonstrated his fearlessness and
courage ever to stand by his convic-
tons; whose record is clear on ques-
lions of protective tariff and honest
money; who is himself a platform of
republican principles; that brilliant
| leader and matchless parliamentarian,
| Thomas B. Reed.
| IT will not occupy your time to talk
! of him you know so well. We name
| him as our choice for president We
| shall go to the national convention at
St Louis with solid delegation from
New England. Let them throw away