The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-30
Curtis Guild, Jr., Speaks on the
Present Crisis.
WHAT GOING TO A SILVER STAN.
DARD MEANS.

Over Three Thousand. Present-Mr. Reed
Makes Great Speech-Mr, Guild
Rouses the Audience to Great Enthu-
ism.
Yesterday was an ideal day for the
opening of the Republican campaign
OF the First District. Tho weather was
warm enough to make the large. shaded
lawn of the court house at Alfred an
Ideal place for an open air meeting; and
the cheokered sunlight that fell here and
there through the foliage Of the fine old
treas lighted the eager and enthusiastic
faces OF one of the largest and finest
audiences ever assembled in the district.
All parts of York county and adjacent
towns of Cumberland county were repre-
sented. The county convention of the
forenoon had been unexpectedly harmo-
feeling and interest.
Theirs was an intense desire to see and
hear Mr. Reed on the part of his old
friends and admirers in York county.
And this interest was by no means con-
| fined to Republicans. Many Democrats
were present. interested above all III the
absorbing financial question.
Two bands, Pinchauds First Regiment
band and the Sanford band. Their in
Espiring music added much to the inter-
est of the occasion, both forenoon and af-
ternoon.
A stage bad been erected at the foot of
the court house slope for the benefit of
the speakers. To this, about p. M,
MIR. Reed and Curtis Guild were escorted,
accompanied by Benjamin T. Hamilton
of Biddeford, the band playing ''Hail
to the Chief" AS ME- Reed appeared
he was greeted with loud cheers and ap-
plause.
ME-. Hamilton was the presiding officer
OF the meeting, and as soon as the speak
ers had mounted the platform, he came
forward and began the proceedings with
q brief but pointed introductory speech.
He referred to the st. Louis convention
as one In which the people Of the district
were intensely interested They had
hoped for q different result, but &C.
quissced loyalty in the result. Gap
piause.) They honored Mr.. Reed for the
becoming dignity with which he bore
himself in his aspirations for a high
Office. He came out of that contest with
honor. (applause) and he had come back
to the district which had honored him
for 20 years, and was glad still to honor
him. (Applause.)
| When MIR Reed was introduced he was
received with loud and long applause
and cheers He said:
MR.. REEDS SPEECH.
If were going to give good advice to
the people of the whole United States /
should not take this time to do it.
| just now there is great deal Of froth
and foam in the air and some time is
really needful to disclose clearly to every
| eye how much of 1t is the result of the
temporary breeze which stills at night
fall, and how little there is OF that heavy
ground swell which shows that great ele-
mentary forces are at work. How very
suddenly all this rush and stir has set
| itself into action Two months ago no
man of any standing would have risked
| his reputation as a prophet by limiting
the slightest doubt OF Republican SUCCESS
Four years Of actual trial Of the opposi-
| tion under the guidance OF It's best and
| twice trusted leader had left no shadow
of question as to public duty. However
far the Republican party might have
| fallen short of perfection, nevertheless sll
men fels that it was the best party, just
now, to draw nigh to, for whatever is to
| be left to US of sound government, com
meroial success, and business prosperity.
| On that we are all agreed, some OF us
who were Democrats, regretfully, for we
| all hate to be ciassed with the unsuccess-
| full, whose condemnation Is at hand. even
| If we gain by the change; others Of US
who were Republicans, oheerfully, but
without exultation; for we know how
hard the task must be to rebuild out of
the ruins of the last four years the stately
mansions Of national happiness prosper
ity and self-respeot, wherein our people
| lived until that unfortunate election of
| 1892
Two months have slipped away, hardly
time to rtpen strawberry, much less
system of finance, and there are those
who tell us that ell things have changed,
that these very men who were being ar
rayed for decent burial had burst the
oerenents of the gravo. and traDshgured
| Dy some new arrangement OF oFoWns OF
| thorns and crosses Of gold, were 10 lead
as 80 new happiness, and even repair
all the damage they themselves had
| wroughb. Now this may be so, but to
rne 1t does not seem probable. Human
| experience in every walk of life teaches
us shat those who have blundered Will
hiunderagain, and that the wisest course
/ is nos employ o ahip captain who he's
put the safe sailor who has never lost q
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