The Portland daily press., 1899-10-11

Worcester, Mass, October 1o.-Three
things were cnmbined in the great meet
ing at Mechanics hall tonight, a ratifica-
tiol meeting for the Republican state
ticket. q legislative reunion, 30 to speak,
for large proportion Of the legislature
were there and lastly q cordial and in
| spring "welcoms home" to the senior
Senator from Massachusetts,. Mr.. George
+. Hoar, from his European tour. 1t was
one of the most noteworthy political dem
onstrations In the history OF Worcester
county. The magnificent weather contrib
uted toward the attendance and the hall
was filed with an assemblage of Repub-
lcans from all over the country many Of
whom are known In the halls of the state
and national capitols. Not only was the
full Republican state ticket present, but
the principal speakers were two Of the
most illustrIous men who grace the ma
tional administration, Senators Hosr and
| Frye. Governor Roger Wolcott With
members of his personal staff. the Gov
ernor's Council, Senators and Repressn-
tatives from all parts Of the state, with
the members of the state committee. were
present on the platform with Gen. Rock
wood Hoar. Hon. NJ. o. Jefferson, Col.
w. s. II. Hopkins and many others.
Chairman Leon Il. Partridge of the
city committee called the meeting to
| order and introduced Hon. Theodore Q.
Bates as presiding officer. MIR. Bates's
remarks were mainly devoted to a resume
OF the previous political battle many Of
which have taken place in Mechanios' hall
and then he introduced as the first speak
er, Senator George X. Hoar, styling him
"the noblest Roman of them oil. -
The ovation with which the venerable
Senator was greeted wRs one which fitly
ex pressed the love of the people for him.
1t WAS spontaneous and required several
minutes before the gray haired Senator
could make himself heard. He said:
MIR. Chairman and Fellow CitizAns:-
1t Is not my purpose 20 address this audi
ence tonight except to acknowledge your
cordial greeting which is but another
token of the great and unfailing kind
ness have experienced at the hands of
my fellow oitizsns OF Worcester now for
mere than fifty years. The time this
evening belongs to our guests from
abroad to the governor, the peerless gov
enror of Massachusetts, and his friends,
the candidates upon the state ticket VIII o
must be heard and our friend not upon
the state ticket, whose bearing in defeat
has won him more honor than most men
to hear my honorable and eloquent
friend, the Senator from Maine, who
will speak to US upon the great subisot of
which he In this country is the ack nowl.
lodged master. Let me assure you th at he
cannot begin too soon for our impatience
and he cannot leave on too late for our
profit and instruction.
pledge my loyal support and hearty
approval of the doings or the recent state
convention. i stand py the candid stes
and stand by the platform. (6reat ap-
plsuse.
1 wish to repeat on my return home the
last word l said when l went away
Every man who knows President McKin-
ley likes him. (Applause.) Every man
who knows him as well as l do loves him
His has been the rare good fortune ac-
corded to no other man In the history of
our country that his name Is known and
will go down IN history as the harbinger
and creator of two periods of unexampled
prosperity. When tAe tariff known by hts
name was the Law OF the land, the labor
ing man, the business man, the COM
luerce, the manufacture and the invest
ment of property In this country had at
tanned not only what was the high water
mark In the United States but the hi gh
water mark of prosperity ever reaohea by
any country In all history. The repeal
of that measure was followed by period
Of adversity winch cost the United States
in my Judgment not speaking of the loss
of life and health, but only OF money, a
larger sum than the civil war itself. On
MIR. NoKinley's eleotion to the Presidsn-
cy the great protective measure which he
signed brought prosperity back again.
The favorable conditions today even sur
pass that to which have referred. Our
opponents used to tell Us that our monop-
oily OF our own markets could bs held
only at the loss OF foreign markets but to-
day we are sending our products. iron,
steel, machinery and textile msnufac-
lures 60 the countries which have hitherto
been the chief homes of their mAnufsc-
ture. i saw the other day the advert tise-
ment Of the meeting OF the stockholders
OF new business eEtablishment In Eng
land at which the chairman said they
wers only waiting 20 begin operations for
the arrival Of their machinery from the
United States. (Applausa
But, fellow cittzens, will not take up
tonight the time which fairly belongs co
others. No man need doubt that I shall
utter my opinions upon all the great
questions which concern the people and
with which Congress will have to deal at
its coming session, especially the great
and overshadowing question OF our for
! eign policy In which have been unable
to agree with SO many of my Political
associates, fearlessly and fully In due
time as be comes a lover OF liberty and
as becomes q Senator of Massachusetts,.
} Governor Roger Wolcott was the next
speaker.
Hon. William NJ. Olin, secretary Of the
commonwealth, followed, and In few
brief words expressed Co the people his
thanks for the honors they had previously
bestowed upon him.
Hon. John L. Bates, ex Speaker of the
House and candidate for Lisutenapt
Governor, made pleasing reference TO
his opponent in the primary cauonses,
General Guild, stating that although mis-
recsnt opponent he Was still bis frisnd.
He styled the Democratic party the
"wtIiiams automobile and said that
tine oity Of Bostou suffered what Worcester
} lost In the Fecent convention OF the party.
, | By the pregiding ef1ic8y In very oom-
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