The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-10-16
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RALLY
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ed and gave the state the able admlns-
 tration expected of him,
 MT. Mclean, I suppose, was largely
 responsible for the creation and passage
 of that excellent law upon our statute
 book constituting the state board or
 pardons and in 1884, upon the organl-
 zation of the board, board including
 in it's membership the governor and
 chief Justice, he was made it's clerk, a
 position which he still holds.
 At the age of twenty eight MT. Me-
 Lean, who had already served two
 terms in the Connecticut house Of rep
 resentatives and one in the state sem
 ate, was appointed by our Governor
 Harrison, a member of perhaps the
 most important position in this state,
 the commission to revise the statutes
 of the state, for MT. Harrison, as
 speaker of the house of 1884, of which
 Mir Mclean was a member, had reason
 to be familiar with his especial qualiti-
 cations for so important a work.
 When Governor Lounsbury became governor in 1887 he ignored the fact that
 Mr. Mclean had successfully support
 ed his competitor in 1884 and gave him
 the most confidential position in his of-
 ficial family, that of executive secre-
 tary; and President Harrison, at the request of the united congressional del- egation from this state, appointed him,
 in 1892 United States attorney for the
 District of Connecticut, and you, l feel
 sure will aid in making him your gov
 ernor on the 9th day of November, 1900.
 I have the honor to present the re-
 publican candidate for governor of the state of Connecticut, the Hon. George P. Mclean.
 As MT. Mclean arose to speak storm of long continued applause swept through the large audience. MT. Mclean spoke of MT. Barbour as one of the very best campaign speakers in the state and said that he would speak briefly as he wished to give "Our Joe" as he referred to MT. Barbour, all the time possible. Speaking of himself MT, Mclean said that he resembied George Washington in two ways; Washington was accused of all the crimes in the dictionary; his first name was George, George Washington, when asked to ac- cept the presidency for a third term said that he would rather be in his grave than accept it. MT. Mclean did not think that he resembled Washing IOn III LIldI ItSpttl' lsCLCiti tilio eC tANO cry of "Tmperialism'' he said that we could have any government that was hest adapted to our needs. When steam engines were first introduced it was urged against their adoption that they would drive stage drivers out or business. Events of the past four years have filled every citizen with un- bounded hope. Events have raised our flag above all others. The democrats are on a sinking raft of Imperialism with Aguinaldo's shirt for banner. He said: 'tGo to the ballot box as iuryman goes to the jury room. Study the problem yourself and bring in a conscientious verdict. And If you do this you will cast a vote for William Mckinley Keep cool and think right. We have been a long way on the road to better times.
 Referring to Boston as 8 hot bed Of pntt-imperialists he said; Tn boston fhey tell the boys that the peculiar green color of the sea is from the tea cast in the sea in 1776. Boston, the .Hub.' would move faster 1t 1t had smokes and a rim. They called Lincoln a tyrant. Mckinley is the same kind of a tyrant. George Washington was called an emperor. Mckinley is the same kind of an emperor. Grant was called dictator. Mfr. Mckinley is the same kind of dictator. l pre- dict that in 1901 there will be no man in New Haven who will own that he was once an anti imperialist Imperialism may cost little something, but no one in New Ha- ven will regret that it cost something when we regard the splendid results that will flow from our work in the Philippines"
 All the democrats at their state con- yention didn't want to endorse the Chicago platform, but for the sake of harmony they swallowed it. The finan- ces of our state have always been and twill always be honestly and well man. aged Find out the truth before you believe all the mud that is being thrown at me, and then do by me as you would like to be done by. The only way you can get constitutional reform is to keep politics out of it. Nineteen per cent of the population controls the democratic conventions. I believe that one branch of the legislature should be governed by the centers of population" He believed that the convention which | nominated him was wrong In the sys- tenn used for the selection of its dele gates. Ffe said that the arguments used against him were harmony, mud and constitutional reform, and that | those opposing him would use some | thing else, if they could get 1t.
 MT. Barbour was then introduced | He said: 'The people of 1898 wanted a | change and future historians will record | the fact that you got it.' He then re- ferred to instances of the general de- pression that followed the ascendency of | Grover Cleveland and told story of ! a boy who during that period asked | his father how many mills made a cent. "By golly," answered the father, there ain't a d---n mill making a cent" Speaking of 16 to i he said, Money Is only good for what 1t will purchase. That being so, there must be some standard of value. The unit of value all over the world is gold. By concen- sus of opinion gold is the least f1uctuat- ing of all standards. Suppose we have a navigation system all our own, and make it without the aid or consent of any other nation Now democrats want a financial system of their own without waiting for the aid or consent of any