The Portland daily press., 1900-09-06

ana IN time of peace, the President. was I
compelled TO sell bonds for current ex-
penses. And how were they soldY
You who claim the Demooracry To be
1ne enemy OF trusts and combines, how |
ala Cleveland sell his bonds in time of |
peacef Did ne not sell TO a trust and /
com binatlon OF bankers, who made thous- /
amos thereby at the expense OF the peo-
pieY
Compare this, if you please, to Nc
hlnley S popular sale of bonds In time
OF war. lie did not need to sell them insf
Ulme OF peace. The two hundred million
dollars worth which MCKINLEY offered the
people In thirty days, was subscribed
seven times over, and the people go them
ia proportion TO their bids Inc smallest
ursui the larger next, the trusts and COM
blnat1ons not at all. This is a fair sam
pie CT Democratic ana Republican treat-
menU OF the trusts ana combinations
Wh4oh bhe democratic party fears and
mates SO muoh; which it certainly seemed
TO rear during the eight years IL was in
power Tor during that time it did not
pass or even introduce single bill at
tempting 20 restrain them; and today, in
! spite OF Uhelr prOteetatiOns, the only re-
sulalnlng laws against trusts and cOmbt-
nablons, are the result OF Republican leg
lslallon. And it was a good Republican
legislature In our own State of Maine
Jhat refused TO Incorporate the most in
lquluous trust OF ali, the Democratic
/ Iam1nany Ice Trust
But one single act stands to the credit
OF the eight years Of Democratic misrule
1t was the Democratic Secretary of War
under Cleveland that began the recon
s1ruculon OF our navy, which has brought
/ TO Itself imperishable fame and made the
stars ana stripes hOnored. feared and re-
SPecle1 Wherever the tide GIBBS sand flows
The Democratic party has always fay
Ofeu stronger navy; and 1 was willing
TO give them their share OF credit for this
glorious achievement, and was surprised
TO hear their chosen leader upon this
platform few days ago deprecate. the
existence OF these bulwarks of our coun-
Try honor. Have our Democratic
friends deserted their old love, simply be-
cause we happen to agree with them. or
: have they become so used to opposition
. as to merit the accusation recently made
In the national House, THAT the Repub-
ncan party proposes, the Almighty dis
poses, and the Democratic party Opposes.
-Four years ago the American people
tired of Democratic experiment, in free
trade, elected as their President that ad-
vance agent OF prosperity, William Nc
kinney. lie promised to repeal the Will
son BIN, which closed the doors of our
factories, and opened our public soup
houses. He did 10, and within five
months the Dlngley Bill had become a
law, Money began to flow into our de-
D pleted national Golfers; factories opened
j. furnaces were rekindIed and prosperity
. entered every home. Mckinley said he
q would place our national credit upon a
= I solid foundation, and make every dollar
u of our currency as good as gold. He did
= that Also and today our money is good
10 In every mart OF commerce, while we
s. borrow cheaper than any other nation on
- the globe. n OF promise did the Repu b.
y Iican party make, that has not been full
Z. filled, or is now IN process Of fulftllment
IL 1 believe there is not man here but
p viii admit that the country has prOspered
70 more under Mckinley and his policy
IS than during the preceding administra-
Ie tiOn. The predictions OF Bryan have
l. been proved false by the logic of indis'
IL putable facts. Silver has continued tC
N go down, while wheat, iron, and cotton
In spite of his prophecies have gone UP
lg and wages and good times have followed
sE on behind, and today the Democratic ban
u ners of free trade and free silver ara
10 trailing in the dust OF public Q1sapprOVaI
T. The one tried and found wanting, The
to other deTied by the people themselves
IN and their verdict has been affirmed 10y
% subsequent events And now comes the
Int silver tongued orator from the West ant
est endeavors to persuade you by means @
TO his seductive eloquence, that from thei
Ter ashes, like Phoenix, a new issue ha
TO arisen the paramount issue OF them all
ny L doubt not that it is a paramount issu
Is to the party all whose other idols hav
Is been shattered by the triumphal progress
as Of Republican prosperity, but to the CON
a mon psOD pie, just recovered from the mi
We cries OF Democratic misrule, the para
We mount and only question can be how t
retain prosperity and plenty at homs
ur honor and prestige abroad. And t
OF but to him whose election secured then
lly whose reelection will preserV e them, VII
is liam Mckinley.
OF At the conclusion of Mr.. MouIton'
ct speech which was well received, Rober
w Il. Whitehouse was presented as our mex
al county attorney, who spoke substantially
III III as follows:
st SPEECH OF K. Il. WHITEHOUSE.
al Mr. WhitehOuse began BIZ saying thu
ne the managers OF the POpultstic DemOC
racy mad rummaged through the jun
IN shop OF decayed Democratic platforms o
D. the past and unearthed again the shak
IN structure which had been so completed
IS demolished four yearssago, added a ne
Do plank called anti.imperial1sm who
ID they claim to be new, but which is mere
r Iy another relic or the past, and no
y stand there again as they stood before
IS asking the American people to give theI
OF the reins OF government in spite OF thei
on failures in the past and their false prophec
~ cies so completely refuted IN the last fOu
d years. He then proceeded to take up tn
40 Democratic planks one by one. he declare
RI that free trade was dead issue in thi
Ed campaign and he didn't see how the
nj could have the face to bring it up agai
al after the experience OF the country unde
o. the Wilson tariff TOUR years ago. ArUSl
OF he declared, could not be an issue whe
ur both parties@declared against them an
RS when every law on the statutes today II
ag stricJing trusts was placed there by he
ne publican malOritle5 against Democrat
2, opposition AIiiitarism could not be seri
Oh Ously conducted as an issue when "
ng nave only one soldier to every 1000 IL
Id habiGants The issue of free silver
OF said was like the Irishman's turtle, 9Th
- orayUhur is dead but he isn't sensible {
it" 1t was so completely refuted /
every hamlet in the country Tour year
ago. that the people did not care to heai
it discussed again this year. he there
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