The Portland daily press., 1900-08-30
The Rally Was Very
Well Attended.
Honest Sam Lord the Presiding
Officer.


ocrats, anu Hon. Daniel j. McGilncuddy
of Lewiston.
This was announced by the Democratic
managers to be the banner meeting of
the campaign for Portland. AS result
the hall was pretty we'll flied. There
We're however, many vacant settees on
the platform which had been set apart
for the members of the recently orga-
nized Democratic club.
At few minutes past o'clock the
speakers OF the evening ana their friends
after shaking each others hands In the
ante-room, and then getting ready, pro
ceeded to the platform. All seated, Chair
man Samuel l.. Bates Of the city commit
tee called the meeting to. order. 1t was
the biggest crowd that the little chair
man had ever faced. But ne did very
well IN his brief Introductory speech.
lie said he called all good people Dem
ocrats. He named over list OF Repub
leans who he thought might in time
become Democrats. Senator Frye was
not of this class, but Senator Hale might
be- placed IN the list.
The Democratic party loves IAN honest
man. Mr.. Bates closed " introducing
as the chairman of the meeting Cand1-
date Lord of Saco.
- am grateful for this enthusiastic re-
cention. said Mr.. Lord, after the APP
pIause had ceased. Il am not mind
full of the high honor conferred. The
present campaign is one of the most
important in our history. The Demo.
cratic party stands for the Declaration
OF independence and the Constitution.
The Republican party would ignore the
former and trampIe under foot the lat
ter Lincoln once suid that no man
could govern another without the 9TH
er's consent. 1t has Ia5ely been left for
the Republican party to carry out poll
cy that would destroy the republic. With
that brilliant, patriotic and honest states
man, William Jennings Bryan, I be-
neve we viii obtain a great victory IN
November and prosperity viii once more
reign triumphant in the greatest nation
the sun has ever shone on. The Stan
dard Oil Trust last year paid 53 per cent
In dividends. This year it will pay 80
per cent. The burden of the song of the
Republican spell binders is what IS
tail dealer, merchant or Iaborer II he is
better oil than he was four years ago. If
he tells the truth he VIII say that he Is
not. There are grave issues In this state
campaign. The UBIQUITOUS fee system
continues to rob the tax payers
de closed by saying good word for
Lynch and Barton, the two candidates
for Office who reside IN this city He
wanted them to receive a good vote at
the polls.
Then the speaker of the occasion was
introduced, George Fred Williams, the
man who has been Republican. Mug
wump, Gold Democrat and who a few
years ago, In this same City hall, had
solemnly- declared that the republic would
surely to go to ruin if 1t should adopt
free coinage;s the man who has several
times during the last few year been sthe
nominee of the Democrats for governor Of
Massachusetts,, and under whose leader
ship the Democratic majority in that
state has every year more and more
decreased; the man who is now shouting
for free silver with all his might and who
Is the lieutenant of Bryan in the New
States 1t was announced that
he would speak on the subjects of i'm
psrialism and trusts. He did so and
held the floor for nearly an hour and a
half, talking SO long that Mr.. McGtlli-
ouddy seeing the crowds dispense, decid-
ed to give up the ate npt of speaking.
After Mr. Williams had explained that
Just before coming into the meeting he
had received a request from New York
newspaper to answer a list OF questions
and that he had refused to comply and
had said that he would answer these
questions provided he could be allowed to
PROFOUND a like number to some of the
Republican speakers on the stump, he
got down to his discussion. He took for
the text OF his remarks the quotations of
a speech which he said Col. Roosevelt
recently made at st. Paul, Mimi. II
should like to hear he said, 1.-THE Re-
publican candidate in joint debate With
q fair man on the Democratic side. dis
cuss subjects of that ST. Paul speech
would like to see that man face any
one of twenty Democrats and justify
some remarks which he made at that
time. would like to debate that side of
the question so VIII take this as the
basis Of my remarks. Down to the pres
emit day there has never been an instance
where the Democratic party has been
guilty Of dtsloyalty and dishonor. In 90,
the Democratic leaders bore from the
press more opprobium and abuse than
had never been known since the days
OF jefferson, 100 years ago, when he ran