Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-14
Our Congressman Pleases the Peo-
pie by His Able Speech.
Fully Fifteen Hundred People Present-Capi
H. F. Blanchard Presides.

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| George r. Smith, c. f. Miron. j. +,
Kingsley, Ira II. Randall, S. S. Ran
| dali, George +. Macomber. f. w. Kins-
man, Rev. w. f. Livingston. NJ. NJ
Stone, DR.. j. f. Hill, a. T. Fuller. c.
W. Jones.
| The celebration commenced at
O'Clock when the Augusta Band par
AIDED through the main street. being
Joined by the Mckinley and Hobart
| Guards at the corner of Oak and
| Water streets The Guards marched
| to City hail and there the meeting was
held.
| Captain Henry f. Blanchard presid
| ed and after short speech introduced
| The speaker Of the evening. Mr.. Mill
| ken was received with tumultuous APP
| rlause. In the audience We're many
| ladies, who seemed to be intently in
.t,.I ,lt 4 Ia.
veteran of the late war was also there
| to listen to the words of Mr.. Milliken.
| The Congressman has helped many an
| old soldier to get his pension which
was justly due him and every man
who fought that the country might
live felt a keen interest in the meet
| ing.
Mr. Milliken meyer addressed n Re
| publican rally in this city before.
lie had just returned from
a long speaking tour through the
State and was suffering somewhat
from severe cold. But. nevertheless,
when the Congressman commenced his
address. he had the audience with him.
They seemed to be intently engrossed
with the argument. and showed theii
appreciation of it by frequent ana
hearty applause.
Mr. MiIliken spoke in substance as
follows:
This is not a campaign of sentiment.
The issues which divide the people are
eminently practical They relate to
every industry in the land They in
Volve. too. the honor of the American
people and the prosperity of our insti-
tutions. We have great powers which
are exercised by no other people. We
ere soVereigns. We make our own
laws, create our own institutions and
formulate our own governmental
policy. These powers carry with them
corresponding duties and responsible
tiles. In the emergency which con-
fronts us il behooVeS every patriotic
American, without regard To his party
affiliations, to call to his aid the best
aids which he can summon, and de-
eide. after serious conSidera ton, to act
as he shall believe to be for the pros
perity and welfare of his country.
The only sure light to be guided by
is the light OF experience What has
been your experience for generation
mast with the political parties which
today present themselves to you for
vour confidence and support? What
have. been their policies and what have
been the fruits of those policies for
vou2 Which bridge has borne you
safely over? Which has broken under
ven. and which will you now trust?
The history Of the Republican party
is one to no page of which we are
afraid or ashamed to open or read ii
aloud to the world. No record of dis
LOYALTY has ever stained it. no act OF
infdelity to the best interests of the
American people has ever blotted 1t.
When the nations life was threatened,
il organized the patriotic elements oi
the country. marshalled the men who
we're brave and true. and LED them 10
comnlete and permanent victory. 1t
never shranl< from its great RESPONSE
bility. 1t never lost It's hdeilty' It's
courage or its faith. 1t reofGahiZeu
the broken and shattered nation ana
with wonderful skill ana WlSdoih
brought peace. harmony ana prosper
itv TO the land. 1t gave US the pest
banking system which the nation ever
had 1t gives US sound ana hoileS'
finance, and protective tariff under
which our people advanced at a most
rand rate in wealth, in the comforts
of life and all that goes to make
nation great. strong ana happy
The increase in population, in our
! domestic interstate and foreign com
mercn in the wealth of our people,b oth
nor capita and in the aggregate, the
advance in the wages OF our WORKING
men. the reduction OF the iia''oiiai ue"'
and the annual interest upon the same
] d,,.iru the 40 wears of Republican con-
troll Of the government. extending from
1891 to 1893. are unprecedented in the
annals of human transactions, ana the
dav before Mr.. Cleveland was iaS'
elected President the nation mad more
of prosperity and ALI that Is desira PIE
! "a n GREAT nation than any nation mas
had since history has been written ana