The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-13
MIDDLEsEx CLUB DINNER.
Tributes 10 LIN coin by We'll Knowu
Speakers.


was the banquet of the Middlesex club
at the Hotel Brunswick this evening,
at which prominent congressman from
out of the state as well as many party
leaders within the commonwealth, spoke
eloquently of Lincoln as man, a leader,
a president and n martyr. Former Gov
ernor ]. @. A. Bracketr, the president OF
the club, introduced the speakers to the
three hundred or more gentlemen, and
for nearly two hours Lincoln, his acts,
his deeds and his virtues was the incen-
tive and the theme of the remarks. Gov.
Bracket spoke at considerable length in
his introductory remarks, reciting the
history of the club and its numerous cell
ebrations of the birthday of Lincoln.
Hon. Francis w. Cushman of WASH
inrton was first introduced with a refer
ence to his home in the far northwest
Congressman Cushman delivered
touching tribute to the memory OF John
Brown and then to Lincoln's love of his
mother and continuing to peroration
on Lincoln's private life.
Your president has done me the honor
to Introduce me tonight as The Abfa-
ham Lincoln OF the Northwest" APP
preciate the courtesy and the Kindness
which 1t implies. The title was conferred
on me some years ago BY thoughtiess
friends who imagined that I resembled
Lincoln.
Thank God st Is not necessary for me
tonight to rehearse the history OF Lin
coins life to the citizens Of his beloved
country. That story Is q part Of the oom-
mon history OF our republic. part OF
our glory and part of our grief. IL lie
written in the rents and sosrs OF the na-
TONS battle flags. II glistens In every
stripe and glitters In every star. don't
think even my worst political enemy
would ever claim that l was n supporter
Of Grover Cleveland. Through q mistaken
industrial policy he led this nation to the
verge OF ruin and the door of want. But
Of all the evil things that have been said
of him let me repeat one good thing. de
did stand for law and order. This Is .
theme that comes home to me tonight
with q fearful force that cannot put In
to words. Yes, he may have had some
faults, but when Grover Cleveland called
cut the United States troops to preserve
A merioan life and property from mob
violence, in Chicago. he performed one
act that will make his name shine star
bright in American memory 10000 years
after John p. Altgeld shall be dead,
damned and forgotten.
had intended to speak few words to-
night about William Jennings Bryan.
But 1 fear that I cannot do so at this
time, because one of the nrst lessons
taught me by my mother was TO speak
no unkind words OF the dead"
The eloquent young senator from Ohio
has compared the "Boy Orator OF the
Platte" to that famous river, because 1t
Is a thousand miles long, two miles wide
and six inches deep. But from actual ex-
rerience with the orator and the river i
am prepared to tell you that the COMPARE
son is nat apt because the Platte river
sometimes dries up. UDdisputed history
shows that Bryan has been In the wrong
In every political prophecy he ever made.
They claim that the Republican party
stands for expansion. do not deny IL.
The Republican party expanded the do
main OF fires Institutions till human SER
yitude was crowded OF Of the western
continent. They expanded the wages OF
every son of toll by protective tariff
policy. They expanded the volume and
the value OF the nations currency by
writing the honest meaning Of financial
fate where all the world might read.
They have expanded the opportunities Of
every loyal citizen of the republic. They
have expanded the horizon Of human hope
and the posi- Dilities Of A msricsn destiny.
On the great questions that are today
confronting this mighty nation where
did Jeffer.on stand when he was alive
and what did he say.
On the tariff question Jefferson said !.
This country has advanced and progressed
to Its present enviable position among the
nations Of the earth, Because OF the
American doctrine of protection.
On the money question. Jefferson said ::
The disproportion between the value Of
geld sna ,silyer- Y. A, ,Percantile problem
altogether. Just principles will lead us
to disregard the legal proportion alto
gether: to inquire into the market price
OF gold ami silver In the several colonies
with which we shall be principally con-
neoted in commerce and take an aver
| age
Think OF William Jennings Bryan.
John p. Altgeli and "Pltohfork" TIL
man being the political heirs OF
the valor and the virtues of Thomas
Jefferson.
There WAS no necessity for war between
the United States and the Philippines
save the necessity created BY Aguinaldo.
II the time ever comes 10 this nation
when we turn our backs upon the hero
aud forget the patriots and remember the
renegade and admire the traitor. then we
will build a new altar In this land on
which we will burn incsnse forever, and
we will dedicate 1t to Judas Iscsr lot,
Benedict Arnold and Emilio Aguinaldo.