Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-08
AT BURNHAM.
People Anxious to Learn in
Democratic Stronghold.
Largest Hall in Town Crowded to
Hear Mr.. Powers.
The Address Frequently Interrupted by Out.
bursts Of Applause.


Republican candidate for Governor of
Maine, has come to face large odds.
| have said that this is the strong
hold of the Democracy of Waldo
| county. Such is the fact, for the
Democracy win it out year after year
10 the tune Of to |. Notwithstand-
ing this great advantage. the Democ-
racy have been putting in some of
their best licks in this town, and the
mayor of Belfast is to come yet II
was said that Mr.. Powers would not
have more than n bakers dozen for
an audience. but land sakcs, you
should have seen the crowd that filled
The large town hall. tonight.
Il have been more than an hour
getting here" said one robust farmer.
WHO had driven more than 10 miles to
hear the Aroostook war horse ana
they came from the distant country
side in all directions.
1t was Il wallopcr Of a meeting Half
an hour before the time for the meet
ing to be called To order the old hall
| was packed to sufocation and there
We're more than one hundred clamor-
ing for admittance at the outer door
~ NdS :! ItitIil tiltil tIt ut.lI IJ'pItf
in and around Burnham were out for
education along political lines and that
they received it at the hands Of Mr.
| Powers all who know him best viii
| readily believe.
1t was just 7.40 when A. w Fletcher
| called the meeting to order and named
y. +. Murry as chairman.
! Mr.. Murry found it difficult to grasp
IL. \
but after few preliminary remarks
Mr. Murry introduced the Hon. Mir
| Powers. prefacing the Introduction by
saying, Next Monday we are going to
| can Vermont and 90 her 5000 better.
Mr.. Powers thanked his audience for
the ovation they gave him. he did
not believe in going about the State
making statements that We're mislead-
inG even in the slightest particular
| He would appeal only to the honesty
| If his hearers, he would not ridicule
his political opponents. He claimed
| Mr. Frank as his personal friend ana
| said that all who vote for him VIII
vote for 4 gentleman. The speaker
had nothing to say against Mr.. Bate
man or Mr., Clifford. he was only to
treat With the principles of the oppos-
| ing parties as embraced by the plat
| torms.
We are nearing an election that to
my mind is of vastly more Importance
than any election since the war
/ lr. Powers could not he expected to
euloeize Grover Cleveland. but he be
lieved that when the history of this
nation shall be read in after years.
| Grover CleVeland's administration will
| he called a creditable one from a
Democratic point Of view
Il am talking to the Democrats now.
None can deny successfully that Grover
Cleveland has led YOU twice to victory
and that is where | am going to leave
hime." (Applausc).
Mr Powers then took up the cur
rcncy question which he handled in a
| most mastery manner.
Are they going to bring this silver
| bullion around to you my friend that
| you may take il to the mint to be coined
into 50 cent dollars. When | was 8
| boy l took the grist to the mill bat |
| was obliged to give toll. They do not
| want to pay the toll when they take
their silver grist to the mill
You have heard of the crime Of 73
of course. Say that was % years ago.
| Children have been born and have
| grown up to manhood since then. Took
| a long time to find it out. | may have
something to say about the crime of
| so. You will hear some men say that
| the act of 'I3 was done surreptiously
| Who ever makes that statement in
| suits his auditors for there is not one
in this audience but knows that in the
| Congress of the United States not Il
| word is spoken not a bill read and pre-
| sented but what it is taken down Yer
| hatim and before the congressman goes
| to sleep at night he can, if he so de-
| sires, read everything that has been
| done during the day in the Congress
| sional Globe the official document of
| the United States Besides Jones and
| Stewart, both famous silver men. voted
| for the bill as it was presented and
| passed.
| The silver dollar that is now coined
by the government is legal tender for
| all sums. Now my Democratic friends
who claims to be a Democrat and who
| wants to boom a deprecated specie
money and thus rob the laboringman
| of this great country. go back to your
| Chicago platform of four years ago
where you denounced the Republicans
| for doing what you are doing now.
! (Applause)."
| Mr. Powers touched with gentle
| tone. upon the swift change of the
Democracy from gold in June to silver
| in July.
The Chicago Democratic platform of
| 1896 denounces Cleveland the supreme
| court, the federal government: 1t de-
nies the right of private contract. 1t
| declares in favor of paying our obiga-
tions both public and private in this
| 80 cent dollar. There is not one dollar
| that this government has borrowed
but is to be paid in gold
Our credit has stood upon as high a
plane as that of any country in the
world. We have always been proud of
it. This platform adopted at Chicago
after it has driven out Of their ranks
the old time leaders. and given over
to such men as Altgeld and Debs, con-