The sun., 1902-08-27
PRESIDENT AT BLAINE'S HOME.
he ADDRESSES A MULTITUDE IN
FRONT or THE HOUSE.
Policies which Blaine stood For Now Re.
alized-speeches Yesterday In Three
states-A Hint at special Tarin Pro
visions for Trade With Panama.

light meeting from platform erected IN
front Of the house. Among other things,
he said:
II would be difficult for any man speaking
70 this audience and IN front OF the house
Ia which Blaine once lived not TO have what
ever OF AusTiCansm was In him stirred 20
the depths For my good fortune. I knew
Nr Blaine when ha was Secretary Of state
| have often thought how pleased he would
bs could he have seen 80 many principles
for which he stood approach iulnlmen'
one secret, perhaps | may say the great
secret OF Mr. BlaInes hold on the affections
OF bis countrymeL wds MS entirely genuine
and unaffected AmerCanlsm. Mr. Blame
possessed TO an eminent degree the con-
fdsnt hope In the nations future which
made him feel that she must ever thrive
to ~ herself for a great destiny.
This last four years have shown how sure
that feeling Of his Vas He always hoped
We would have particularly intimate relations
With the countries south o.! us. He hardly
could have anticipsted-no one coYld-the
spanish war and its effects. But We are more
firmly implanted on the Monroe Doctrine
than ever he could have hoped that We
would be.
The crowd about Gov Hills house was
greater tha any crowd Augusta ever saw
before IL was greater than the crowd
that greeted Mr.. Blaine when he spoke
here as a candidate for the Presidency.
HOBBY HORSE RIDER.
When President ROosevelt's train drew
into Portland late this afternoon the
most conspicuous thing in sight was
a man in faring colored uniform.
bound 70 attract public attention by
it, lack of harmony with the general color
scheme of the occasion, mounted on a
wooden horse The horse had been erected
on the veranda Of the West End Hotel.
Ii was a horse II the sort one sees labelled
For price Of harness inquire inside IL
front Of leather stores.
But the man on IL was a real live man
He wrisgled and twisted, and al times even
waved his hat and cheered He seemed
very much elated when the populace looked
at him and shouted He was hardly less
elated when the President referred TO him
locularly in the course Of his speech. which
was delivered in front Of the hotel, and the
people Je-red.
While the President was speaking 10
the people of Portland he faced for the
most Of the time 10 the east and north.
TINS was because Gen. Chamberlain, who
wen, with Gen. Grant 10 receive Gen. Lee .
surrender az AppOmattoI. was al his right
on the platform and most Of the President 8
illustrations were references 70 incidents
in history Of which Gen. Chamberlain was
a witness
ADVENT OF LIrrLEFIELD.
AT Old Orchard Beach man came aboard
the train in a company composed Of farm
ers. doctors, storekeepers, ministers and
| lawyers. He had a grizzled mustache and
an intense look. HIS companions, good,
| honest simple. modest people, passed
through the Presidents car and shook hands
| with him. II anything. the man with the
! grizzled mustache was more modest about
| approaching the President than were his
| fellow committeeman. This is exactly
what occurred when he reached the Presi-
| dent.
Good afternoon. Mr. President he said
i am exceedingly glad TO see you, Con-
gressrnan,' said the President.
We are very glad 10 have you in the
State said the man referred 10 as Con-
gresaman, but it is doubtful whether the
President heard him, because the others
on the line were rushing forward. A Secre,
Service man showed a little and another
sidestepped and Mr.. Corte!you smiled ms
sweetest smile and the man with the griz.
zled mustache found himself on the clean
| gray sands Of Old Orchard Beach. This
man was the Hon. Charles E, Llttlefeld Of
Rockland, Me.
When interviewed. Mr.. Littlefed said
that he would not accompany the Presi
dent 10 Lewiston and Augusta, but he woulc
remain at Old Orchard TO deliver a speech
after the President had gone. After tn,
President has spoken in Bangor Tomorrow
Mr.. Littleted also will speak there. Tn,
President will not speak IN Mr.. Littlefeld'
town Of Rockland.
Goor-BY TO BOSTON.
The President left Boston this mornns
at half past o'clock. Cavalry outrider,
galloped beside the carriages containin.
him and his party. There was hardly tim,
for the people in the streets TO see VII,
was going by before he was gone
The first stop after leaving Boston wa
at Lowell. Meetings at 8 O'Clock in III,
, morning In busy manufacturing centre
are not ordinarily expected TO produce
great enthusiasm. But from the momen
the cowcatcher Of the Presidents traii
poked it's nose into Lowell. it was apparen
that the town was in a mood TO make III
utmost Of the honor that was being paid 4
; it by the President With the blare o
America and Hail 70 the Chief" Mr.
Roosevelt went up to the square, where
: crowd Of many thousands awaited him.
THE LOWELL SPEECH.
He spoke on the obligation which rest
upon the people to give the Cubans re
ciprocal tariiI, and minated that som
such obligation ought to be recognized a
z binding on the United States in dealin
with the United States Of Colombia, be
, cause of the Panama Canal. The text o
! the speech in which these subjects wer
. referred to was:
; ME MAYOR. AND Yor. My FELLOW CHI
! zENs: In thanking you most warmly for YOU
4 saying that wish to lay especial stress upo
the greeting Of the men who wear the butte
J which tells that they, fought in the grea
= civil War and after those to my own con
n city beside whom ]. myself served a
= santiago lCh"ers and applause Whe
] got of the train thi. morning one Of tn
tir.t to greet me was former Gov Allen {
4 plause Under Gov Allen and since. undf
: his successor. Porto Rico has been eoverne
a so well that II Is not entitled to any spac
e in the newsp1pers IauSshycr Sito o,. 49,, o.,
. duty bv Porto Rico, A voice. Yes
. have done our duty by Cuba But | war
a to ask this people TO act further than und'
z a sense OF bare duty-to act in spirit :
y In dealing with new and weak repub
D which itself has started on the career
= independent self-government And wan
= Furthermore. that our people should be ava"
TO their own interests in the seas ana lane
soutn OF our country.
From the very necessities OF the case. "
are bound to have intimate relations wit
them Cuba has got to be, in sense. pa
ask most earnestly that in return We ma.
her part Of our economic system by estai