Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-06-04

others.
The democrats, owing 10 their na,,v A..
ssnstons, false issues, and visionary leader.
are ~ present hopeiessiy In the minority. II
We. a. republicans, use good, average politl.
ca sense they will remain In the minority
fer many days 10 come. The democratic
pariy's onlS occupation now is criticisiug the
acts and leaders Of the republican party. As
eunef aud faslt-anaers they are beyond
doahs bowling success.
believe the republican party l. All right;
the people to-day believe it all right. do
bot claim that my party Is iaiallible; that Il
Is never wrong or that Il is perfection In pol.
iaios- DO claim, and assert Il boldly, that
on AL questions Of vital Importance 10 the
American people. the republicans are nearer
right than the democrats are, or ever were, or
ever VIII be- Every public issue Of import
ance for The pact forty years and over has
hren settled according 70 the belief aud prIn-
csples advoeatsdby ths republican party.
Does any ODE claim that these great ma
tienal questions Of She past two score years
have been settled wrons' They have become
par, Of The grand And sublime history of
the biggest. best aud brightest nation on
Dea's big globe. No one eau deny that this
country has prospcred under the rule Of the
republican party. Eqasliy true II can be a..
serted tia, the eouatEy has not prospered
under the rnie Of cur opponents,
As long as the democrats have been re-
ssriotsd In their activity 10 the gentle art o,
criticism. shiags have gone on pretty we'll.
Hot once upon time. and that within the
memory Of you all, the democrats persuaded
ths voters 10 eutrust the government IN their
hands. To accomplish this. what pltiful
stories they told the dear people from the
stamp and IN the press. What frtghtfui pic
tarsa ,hey dsew OF the future. They figured
that in 1--WE or three more years Of "bIack re-
puhiicanlsasp, this great nation would be In
the middle Of taEt lake Of Ere and birthstone,
whose short bot graphic English name is not
usually spokra In good society or Ia the pres.
eBec Of ladies,
Gentlemen. when they sere finally installed
IH;s power, With every rein OF government ia
thsfs hands. instead Of thc promised milk and
honey, The very devil was 70 pay. will not
fehsArHo to yoa the details Of those four
pears spent 10 that democratic clover patch.
II Is sgfsasisai to state that at the first oppor-
tunlty the voters Of this country sat down on
that Administration and sat down hard--so
hard that even rock-rIbbed aud bomb proof
democracy felt she jar and know 1t was fatal.
William Mckinley, Shoss memory sc reyer-
snes. was overwhelmingly elected President.
Since thea what vast changes have taken place
In oar ustton We hare become the giant
smeng nations: the wondsr Of the world; tho
saAtvsi 1t tais marvellous age. We have
gained the respect, at least. Of the world.
To-day ths nations vis with each other tn
shsif saxcFn1ss 10 prove The sincerity Of their
friendship.
We can. Indeed. poiat usth pride 20 the ad
saisissrasiea Of ar. Mckinley. Psrpierins
questions. new 80 cur statesmen. were daily
solved, OF are tsing daily solved. Oar akin
in diplomacy &c alike the wonder and the
envy o. the staissmsn throughout Christen-
dom. Our armies have demonstrated that the
Fepnhite Of the United states OF America
furnishes The best soldiers on earth. Our
navy demonstrated the fact hsyoad dispute
that 81 coata shoot straight and shoot TO XIII
shea necessity called for II 10 be done.
During thia era Of wonderful growth and
prosperity. the democratic party has been
aaundsriss ia the sea Of political diseord,
tuddetieas. sallIes., almost completely dis
snaatlsa. plssgrsainx on issues, unlimited on
leaders, they advocated that glistering hum
Blinded by It's deceptive glitter. They
laauehed tAs balloon Of imperialism into the
political atmosphere. but the democratic
poPalis,ie gas with which IL was Inflated
proved eombustible, and II exploded before
The voyage was well began.
~ IL ever thaA proud aspirations aud never
endins hopes lure them on, and now VIC hear
they arc going back 10 the old tariff issue.
whea everything else fails with them they
alway have The tariff LET'S. No fea ever chung
eloser to the dog than the democracy clings
10 the precious taris issue. High tariff. low
tarif, free trade, tariff for revenue only, free
raw material. etc. etc, morning, noon and
nishs. Beautiful theories these bat in pFae-
ssee have proved daInuAhle.
viii this nation again trust them to put
their pet lArin theories Into Praesiee' Idont
GhtRk 90. Do 900,
You knex how President Mckinley was ia
tally shot 81 Buffalo iew moments after de-
iIveging one Of the most monentous speeches
that ever came from the lips Of man In this
address be outlined the future policy OF his