The Portland daily press., 1899-11-04

n 10 paws ths war for military Depot
who shall rule with an Iron hand. When
Conrrsss, sffsr nearly two years Of debate
ana wrangifng hsa failed % 40 ops thins
to besssr the condition Of tire tnriR or tne
curreuoy and President MCKINLEY saw
thai the Republicans were doomed TO de-
feat at the merit election. he at oncs con-
clutied that war wss necessary to wiz
back what had been lost So he forced
the Unite1 -States into q war with Spain
about Cuba. People were led TO behave
that u Was q war TOR humanity, but u
wasn't, according to Mr.. Bradford; II
was . war 10 tepeflt the Republican party
and the people were led to believe tbat.it
was war for humanity. Then the in
surrecsion In the philippines was game
played by Mr.. Mckinley 70 strengthen
his hold on the people and prevent them
from turnins their attention 70 the rAii-
urss Of the Republican party 10 keep Its
mr. ,misss. Mr.. bradford had much 20 say
about the pressrvatien Of the Union and
the principles OF the Dec1sration OF In
dependence and the Consultation OF the
United States.
Mr.. Frank, at the conclusion Of Mr.
BrAdford's speech. then told the voters b
was their duty as American citizens 20
vote for Mr.. Mckinney on Monday auo
finally introduced the candidate for Con-
sress, who was applaudsd when he stepped
forward to speak,
Mr.. McKinney was In poor voice, but
as he proceeded with his speech he
warmed mp little and the hoarsepess
gradually disappeared. Among othoT
things he said that Senator Frye was
speaking at Bridgton tonight and wns
telling the people many things there
W hich were not true. Mr.. Mckinney said
that he would speak In Bridgton Satur-
| day night and would tell the people there
not to believe what Senator Frye had tol
them, and the people of Bridgton would
do what Mr.. Mckinney told them to- Ht
scored Senator Frye bee auss he had said
at Biddeford that he had rather go hunt
| ing and fishing than serve rs peacs
| commissioner. The speaker then saic
that Mr. Allen. the Republican cnndi'
date, had never heard of beef trpst. ard
| MIR Mckinney said he was ashamed OF q
man who would make statement of this
kind. This speaker also had sumething
| to say about what he termed Mr.. Allen,
pet town OF Sanford, where the speaker
said the workman were much hetttr un'
der the Wilson tariff Law than q have
been under the Dlngley law. Mc'
Il - A., nd fnr
Frye had said good deal about the
'.Old Flag" and about what 1--WE" did In
1861 Ga Mr.. Mckinney said that this
sort Of thing made him sick. Mr.. Allen
had nothing to do with protecting The
old flag In 1s6l-65, bit the speaker hal
been there and laid in the mud for his
country's sake and had heard the bullets
whiz by him in battle. He said that
| when men were wanted to fight for the
old flag those who say the most about 1t
now had not been heard from. The
speaker said he had right to talk about
projecting the old flag" but that the
| Republican candidate had no right to
talk about 1t. Then Mr.. Mckinney said
that the talk about o Christian People
going lnto tue 1hihppiheS "Ae" D'"'S
In ono hand and a sword In the other
to Christianize people who have been
Christians for $50 years was disgusting
to him. Mr. Mckinney said he had been
a preacher once and would have made
money VI he had stuck to IL. de Their
began 10 tell Bible stories and applied
them to the present political situation
| evidently TO his own Satisfaction and TO
the amusement of the audience. Mr.. Nc
1 kinney closed his speech with bLrst
of eloquenoe In which he appealed 10
"his comrades In the Civil Mar.who were
rs glad to get out Of 1t unscathed as he
had been," TO stand by him ON Mon
day, to the Democrats TO vote for him be-
cause he believed In Democratic prinoi-
pies and 20 the Republicans because they
do not believe In MIR Allen. He had
con siderable to say about the nomination
for this office seeking him and that he
had accepted 1t because he thought IL this
duty of an American citizen tn accept
lepeTy nom ination that WIS offered hitr
even at personal sacrifice. de said he
didn't want to go TO Congress. bot thai
he was going. Then af'e- another Bible
story MIR. Mckinney closed HISS address.
The meeting began about MALT past seven
o'clock and 1t was half past tsn when II
finally adjourned without much enthusi
asm beipg manifested.
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