The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-27
WithStoOd FierceSt Attacks
and Restored Old
Principles.
PRESIDENT FEASTS ON TROUT
Addressed Large Audience in Front of
Mr. Blaine's Former People
Had Camped in Fields for Three Days
to Get Sight of Mr.. Roosevelt.


dent breakfasted this morning at Gov
eTnor HiTs home. the former Blaine
mansion, on small brook trout caught
for him by Gen c. E. harrington, OF Au-
gusta, secretary OF the Maine Sports
mems Fish and Game Association. They
were caught from an Androseoggin
stream that nobody except General Far
rington knows anything about, They
were fried u corn meal and butter. and
the President said that he was glad i'e
had come to Maine.
The President viii meet the Hon.
Charles E. Littlefeld, of Rockland. at
Bangor, where there is a State fair go
ing On. People from out Of town have
been camping in the fields for three
days because there are lot houses
enough to hold them.
Greeted by Tremendous Audience.
The meeting II Augusta last night
might vel have been called a Blaine
memorial meeting. It was held in front
Of Mr. B1aine's former home, the aud
ence that listened to il. was the largest
that Augusta ever knew, surprising by
one-quarter the record crowd which
stood in front Of the same house when
James G. Blaine smoke there nearly
twenty years ago, asking for the votes
OF his friends and neighbors 10 lift him
20 the Presidency. The speeches were
celebrations OF the reaIizations of Mr.
Blaine's dreams and of things which be
never dared to dream
Praise for ex-Speaker Reed.
Another Of Names citizens. one not
yet eead. was the subject of the Presi-
dents remarks yesterday at Portland
Referring to Portland's most dlstiD-
guished citizen. he said:
Mr. Mayor and you my fellow-eiti-
zens. men and women OF Maine. I wish
10 say word to you in recognition Of
the great service rendered not only to
all our country. but to the entire prin-
ciple OF democratic government
throughout the world by one of your
citizens The best institutions are o.
no good II they won't work I do not
care how beautiful a theory is, if II
won. ht il with the facts it is Of no
good. II you build the handscmest en-
CINE that has been built AMI it does
not 90. its usefulness would be limited
No Use of Misnaming.
We'll. that was just about the way
that Congress had become at the time
when Thomas B. Reed was elected
Speaker IGreat applause and cheers.
We had all the machinery, but it didn't
work: that was the trouble, and you had
TO fnd some one powerful man who
would disregard the storm of obliquy
sure 20 be raised by what he did in
Crder to get to work Such man was
found when Tom Reed was made
Speaker
Now we may diner among ourselves
as TO policy. We may differ among our
selves as 10 what course the Government
should follow. but If we possess any in
teIligence We must be a unit that il shall
De able 10 follow some course. If gov
ernment cannot 60 on it is not govern
menL Il the legislative body cannot
enact laws, then there is no use Of mis-
naming Il a legislative body and il the
majority is 10 rule some method by
which il can rule must be provided.
Named Scored for Good in History.
Government by the majority in Con
gress had practically come TO a stop
when 3ir, Reed became Speaker Mr.
Reed, at the cost CT infinite labor, at the
cost of the fierce attacks. succeeded in
restoring that old principle. and now
through Congress We can do well or i'll
accordingly as the people demand. but
at any rate we can dc something. we are
that much ahead and we owe it more
than to any other man 10 your fellow
citizen Mr. Reed. 1t is a great thing for
any man to be able 10 feel that in some
one crisis he left his mark deeply scored
for good in the history of his country,
and Tom Reed has the right to that feel
Ing"
Before boarding the train at augusta
this morning TO go On his wav to Ban
gor, the President went for drive about
the city with the members Of his party
and the governor and his staff He was
loudly cheered by the men from the Sol
diers' Home who seemed TO be every
where about the streets
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