The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-02
REED CLUB RALLY.
Mayor Baxter, City Solicitor Chap
man, Col. Dow

of Republicans on the Eve of Municipal
Victory.
The rooms of the Reed Club were filled
at O'clock Saturday evening by the nem-
bers of the club and Republicans who
came from all over the city to attend the
rally and listen to the eminent speakers
who were to address the meeting. Will
liam Il. Looney, chairman of the COM
mittee of arrangements, called the meet
ing to order, and introdu ced Capt. J. N.
Long, president of the club. Capt. Long
i welcomed,ethe guests of the club and
called as the first speaker of the evening,
His Honor Mayor Baxter The Mayor,
who was greeted with hearty applause,
said he was glad to meet the Reed Club,
which took its name from Thomas B.
| Reed, the leading representative of the
Republican, SIN in its highest sense, and
HON he was sure the member of the
| club too for an exam pie. He explained
that he himself had been brought up
| under Democratic influences. When he
became of age to vote, his father urged
him to vote the Democratic ticket. But
he had already studied the matter and
made decision on his own account
| about it. He had learned enough Latin
to know the Republican party practical
ly meant the Peoples party, and he had
never seen any reason since to alter that
| opinion. He was acquainted once with
young man who went from Maine to
Boston where he got among the "blus
| bloods' th ere, and after awhile he found
that he bad begun to vote the Democratic
ticket. Meeting him afterwards he asked
him his reason. The young man gave as
his reason that he had found that there
| were tw classes, the aristocrats and the
conf mon people, and as he had to make
a choice, he preferred to be an aristocrat.
| young man named Clifford
went to Ward the other day, where he
told tn EN- they were the best Democrl t.
| in the city. Mr.. Baxter said he did not
| intend to tell the Reed Club that they
| were either the best or the worst Repub-
lie ans. but he WAS sure they were
| GOOD REPUBLICANS
and that was enough. Mr.. Clifford re
marked, with an accompaniment of pro-
family, that there was too much of dead
level among the Republicans That Ia
/ just W hat the Republican party aims at
1.-The absolute equality of all citizens.
Perhaps young Mr.. Clifford takes the
| same view as the other young man who
| went to Boston; that there were two
| pie. and he wanted to oe an aristocrat.
The Democratic party does not believe
in an eq uality. There were three classes
in the South before the war, aristocrats,
| poor whites and slaves, but the Repub-
lican party wiped out that distinction
there. and it will be the same here. No
doubt there were some good Democrats
The trouble was they were so few that
the tail waggedr the dog. The Republic
can party believes in free ballot and a
fair count. 1t never wants to steal an
election, no matter how desirable it may
be to win it. 1t believes that honorable
| methods and an honest count are the
| best. The election next week is to be
a most important one. According to the
Argus it isn't important That Is just
the reason Republicans should be certain
it is. 1t is not question, Mayor Baxter
said, whether he is defeated or not. The
coming election would be the first of a
series which it is TO be hoped would Ter
inmate in the election of Thomas B.
Reed to the Presidency of the United
States. The Democrats hope to win
through divisions in the Republican
party. They will be disappointed. The
Republican party does not divide. 1t
stands united. Its members will vote
straight and win the victory.
In conclusion the Mayor urged all Re-
publicans not only to vote straight them
selves, but to help all doubters to do like
| Wls6s lOf To H0lp OHe duOUDcr is FIlS TlG0G
way to pursue through the journey of
life.
After the applause had subsidized, W. G.
Chapman, Esq, city solicitor, spoke.
The Republican party, be said, asked us
to vote for the men on their ticket be-
cause they were the men best qualified
to adm mister the government of the city
for the welfare of It's people. He described
the system Of manual training intro
duced into the schools by Mayor Baxter,
| and explained that it was the best N cans
ever devised tol teach boys to make prac-
/ tical use of their abilities. He said that
Mayor Baxter did not appeal for voters
by means of little circular, and little
stioker. He
/ CAME FORWARD SQUARELY
as the representative of the Republican
party. People had previously been in
fuenced to their sorrow by the Demo-
cratic cry for q change of government.
Some people were disposed to oppose Mr..
Baxter on the same principle that some
Athenians of old opposed Aristides, be-
caused they were weary of hearing him
called "the JUST" but that was poor
policy. Some of the leaders of the Dem
ocrats were good men, but they were
handio apped by the false political prinoi-
Piles of their party. MIR. Bird stood in the
position of good lawyer representing o
| bad case.
Hon. f. N. Dow, who was the n ext
speaker, said that the time for action
had arrived and that it was now the duty
of all true Republicans to forget all per-
sonal disappontments and act and vote
Loyalty so as to give the party the largest
possible majority at the coming election.
He referred to Ward 8 as the fighting
ward, and said chat he was sure that it
would give a good account Of itself at
the polls on Monday.
Mr.. V. Richard Foss followed and de-
Jared that Munjoy Hill and Ward ] were
ready for the fray ana would help to
roll tho tide of Republican victory
through the city from the highlands to
Libby town. He described the Republi-
can party as the party of eight and lib
| erty" and urged Republicans to return
Mayor Baxter rs the representative of
the party of which Thomas B. Reed was
the chief.
W. H. Loorey followed with some per-
tinent remarks on the excellent results of
Mayor Baxter's administration, especial
ly in the pub schools and the street de-
partment and urged his election as the
man best qualified to advance the inter-
ests of the city.
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