The Portland daily press., 1900-06-28


There Is no place so good 10 come to a.
the State Of Maine. There is no such
welcome in the wide world as the well
come Of the state OF Maine. My distin-
guished colleague, the president OF this
| great convention, has so ably presented
the general issues that do not think 1t
incumbent upon me 60 enter into details
Everybody knows that the Democratic
claimant returns every four years and
notwithstanding the record of that
party has the temerity 20 ask that
power be given 1t. IN the Republican
party there has never been In this cam
paign any question as to Its leade rship.
No other name has been suggested other
than that of the man who sits in the
White House, William Mckinley. He rode
on the crest of the wave at philadelphia.
How Is it, my friends, on the other
sidef There are two men whom the Dem
ocrats are eager to get rid OF. One Is
President Mckinley and we'll take care
of him. The other Is William j. Bryan.
The Eastern Democrats ct least are anx-
ious TO be rid of him but so far as we can
! judge he Is able TO take care Of himself
| in the convention. Our friends and
neighbors, the Democrats Of the East do
not want Col Bryan with his 10 to /
doctrine and his fifty cent dollar.
| 1 cannot speak as well as my colleague
has of the great issues now before the
people of this country. Il should not be
|
| prosperity OF the last four years Is due to
the Republican party. would not say
4 that all of the blessings this country
enjoys are due to the Republican party
| As public man grows Older l think ne
should learn not TO be blinded by party
| loyalty, but when we contrast the records
of the Republican and Democratic parties,
while all that Is good is not due to our
party, we believe that it Is the one which
Is the best TO manage the affairs OF this
nation. There are certain things Mr.
President, for which the Republican
party, may take the credit IL mas es,ab.
lished currency of sound money against
which the gates of Hell cannot prevail
Does anybody suppose that Col. Bryan,
| with his 10 to policy, and his fifty cent
dollar, can break into this impregnabie
fortress of sound money! The people,
my friends, will take care of that.
| Again, the Republican party has been
true TO its policy Of protection and has
given the country prosperity In place OF
| Democratic depression. All that Is good
In the country we do not claim but we do
I lay claim to this prosperity. The Repub-
| lican party has given to the country an
OVERLOOKING treasury. Our foreign trade
has reached great proportions. My col
league has given you the figures. All our
| trade is not due to the Republican party.
The sun shines alike on all men; the
rain falls on the just and the unjust yet
1
can policy has been the great factor in
this growth of our commerce.
| We have of late been plunged In for
eipn complications. We found ourselves
In war before we hardly knew It. We
did not all of us agree about that war =.
was not in as much of hurry as my
distinguished colleague. / believed that
President Mckinley could have legislated
Spain off the islands. Perhaps he could
have. l don't know, but after the des-
| tructiol of the Maine we We're all one.
had the pleasure of reporting bills in the
| Senate that gave to the President powers
| and resources the like of which no mon
a rch was ever given ana it Is not just TO
4 the Democrats to say that they, too, stood
l Loyalty by the country. Well, 1t WASH &
much of war. We didn't put out one
tenth of our strength but we gave an
God prevent tive have to fight a nation
of our size.
And out of the war came new ques-
| tions. We have duties in Porto Rico and
| Cuba. Already we have provided for
Porto Rico and l hope the day will soon
come when the last Austrian soldier Is
withdrawn from the island for the Amer
lean people do not favor that way. We
are to teach the people of Cuba the art
of self government We cannot give them
good government. Francs could not
have given this country good government
after the Revolution. Holland could not
have given 1t good government. lt was
Washington, Adams, jefferson, Marshall
and other great men backed by the spirit
| of the Anglo-Saxon nation that gave us
our government. Now as TO those teem-
! ing islands in the Pacific. We have
adopted at Philadelphia platform on
| which we all may stand for IL leaves 60
the President and Congress the question
OF the Philippines. l do not see that
| question, perhaps, rs my colleague does.
Men look into the future in different
ways but the Republican party tolerates
honest differences OF opinion. l might
| say that IL almost encourages them. A
man may hold to his opinions even If
they are not those of all his party and
| still be Republican. This fall 1t Is
i important that we should have great
4 majority here in Maine. Let us make 1t
| 80 900 in place of our usual 10, 900 or 3d.
| 900.
| Senator Hale was again loudly APP
plauded as he resumed his seat and then
came a cry of "Littlefleld. Littlefieidf
that went around and around the hall
and was followed by a great burst OF
cheering as the popular Congressman
appeared in response TO its bidding while
Senator Frye shouted that the delegates
knew this man and he needed no intro
duction. Mr.. Littlefield spoke in sub
stance as follows, the applause being al
most continuous:
| MIR. LI1SrLEFIELD'S SPEECH.
| / thank you from the bottom of my
heart for the heartiness and enthusiasm
of this greeting. 1t Is an inspiration to
gaze into the faces of the gallant, patri-
otto, tolerant, broad minded, liberty
loving and inyincible Republicans of the
State of Maine. ] shall not indulge at
this time in discussion of the issues of
| this campaign. With unHnimity and
enthusiasm unparalleled in its history,
the Republican party at Philadelphia
has named our candidates. The prosper
| ity that now blesses the republic Is large.
ly the result of Republican legislation.
That prosperity is seen throughout the
length and breadth of the land; from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. In 1896, William
Mckinley was dubbed thu advance agent
of prosperity. Democratic orators asked
where the show was that the agent was
advertising. Well, the show is hare and
the issue between the Republican and
Democratic parties will be submitted TO