Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-18
THIRD DISTRICT
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Went to us in trade. New YORK, ana not
London, was TO be the goid centre o. 'n I.
all. The balance of trade Is against us.
and England again assumes her financial
supremacy, and we can only compare
ourselves to an individual having too
much success and prosperity 1t is said
that ANYBODY can stand adversely, but
that it takes sound man to stand pros
perity. 1t seems to me that we have
acted the part of a weak man. When we
had everything. we threw it away. Now
It Is gone, we miss 1t.
Such have been our trade relations
with England. Yet we have got to do
business with England in the future. and
we have got to do it successfully. She is
our mother; the same blood that flows
through the veins of her men. is largely
ours. Her traditions. laws and literature
are ours. And We must continue, in the
future as in the past, to do more business
with her than with all the countries in
the world. Have we degenerated in our
commercial strength? Are we not as
good business men as our forefathers?
The Bible tells us that he who does not
provide for his own household, is worse
than an infidel. And it is just this in
fidelity that we have been guilty of, by
the passage of the Wilson bill, and giving
up the divine doctrine of protection to
American labor and capital.
New England has suffered much by
her legacies of men and money sent to
develop the newer sections of the coun-
try; but it has all gone to the prosper
ity and glory of the country. Now that
she has been so generous to the West,
why should the few silver states de-
mand our ruin? What is there about
a silver-mine SO precious? Are the
men who work there more entitled to the
benefit of our government than the
farmer or manufacturer? / am told
Iof c;1x Of f1,ic rn1nfry
about one-third the value of the egg
crop. And why should the silver pro-
Queer have the right to market his pro-
duct at the United States treasury any
more than the egg producer? l think
Uncle Sam has quite enough rotten
eggs on hand at present. The whole
heresy of free trade, of free silver ac-
companicd by an empty treasury. and a
general panic, go together. All the pre-
dictions the Republican party made
four years ago have came to pass-only
more terrible than could be anticipated.
1t seems most proper and natural
that in such crisis we should look to
New England for leader. New Eng
land has always been conservative.
and is full of men of sound mind and
deep political conviction. And, today.
ers above all others. in strength of
brain and courage-the Honorable
Thomas B. Reed. (Applause). We
have had one prominent example of
his greatness. to which l wish to refer.
For 100 years parliamentary procedure
had run upon rule of fiction; it had
become a nuisance and hindrance to
good government He had the courage
and the will to apply what he called
common sense, but which is most diff
cult to find. and changed the rule to a
rule of fact. The Democratic party
howled. as they always have, when the
Republican party has made u move
EDWARD progress in free an honest
government, to establish truth. Mr..
Reed was great enough, amid all the
tempest and the WhirlWind. TO count
the men he saw before him: he counted
quorum. tApplause). The Ship OF
State moved on: the whirlwr1d was
succeeded by a calm, into which quietly
glided the parliamentary ship of De
mocracy, without a ruddcr. or a keel,
or a tag left flying: and not a breath
has since come to blow it out OF its
harbor. The greatest triumph of Amer
lean craftsmanship was accomplished
when Mr.. Reeds most bitter opponents
in the next succeeding Congress adj
mitted he was right. found themselves
totally unable to conduct the affairs OF
Congress except by invoking the same
rule which they had SO bitterly OPP
posed
Such is the man we want for Presi-
dent. Such is the man we are going to
have for President. Such is the man we
want to guide the policy of tariff lcgislit-
tion, as he guided ii when he laid Out
the policy Of the Mckinley bill. He is
the kind of Il man we want TO do bust
ness with England He is the Yankee
trader, and is thoroughly competent to
do business with John Bun. And when
under his guidance of the Ship of State,
we shall have once more resumed The
course of doing business in America for
Americans. of manufacturing and wear
ing our own cloth. of making and using
our own goods. selling much abroad
as we can, under just and reciprocal re-
lations, believing as we do that of all
markets. America is the best market.
and that we must carefully keep what we
have before we seek that which is new
and untried, we will then go on our way
once more with fun treasury. and Il
surplus with which to redeem the bal
ance of our national debt; all our cur
rency will be good gold, our credit
will be established throughout the
world. and what today may seem to
some such a many-sided problem, with so
much trouble and embarrassment. will be
easily solved. (Applause.)
The temporary secretaries of the con
vention were appointed by the chair as
follows: Kennebec, w A. Newcomb of
Augusta; Somerset. J. 2. Oak of Skow
hogan: Waldo, Amos l.. Carleton Of
Winterport; Hancock. John J. Spofford
of Deer Isle
The district committee was made tho
committee on credentials.
The vice presidents of the conven-
tons were nominated by the respective
delegations as follows: Kenncbec, John
w. Chase: Somerset, DR.. w. II. Stev-
ems: Waldo. Alden d. Chase; Han
cock. c. II. Hooper.
On motion of Mr.. Harrington of Nor
ridGewock, the temporary organization
was made permanent.
The committee on credentials was
called for but not being ready to re-
port. the Chair declared the next bust
ness in order was the nomination OF q
candidate for Congress
Hon. +. F. Webb of Watc;villc. here
arose and in the following well APP
pointed and appropriate speech pre-
scented the name of Hon. Seth l.. Milf
ken Of Belfast.
MI. chairman and Gentlemen of the Con-
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