Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-01
A RoUsER!
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great speech and the eloquence of the
speaker together with his magnetic per-
sonalty made n strong impression up
on all present. Senator BeveridSe las
won the hearts of Augusta Republic
cans and is certain of a great reception
when he comes to Maine again. After
his opening remarks and references 10
Mr.. Blaine, he spoke as follows:
| All is well with the Republic! Other
nations are in battle or in peru OF war;
the Republic is without an entahSle-
| m.nt The debts of other nations III
| crease. the debt of the Republic de-
| crnascs. and its bonds are the highest
| standard of value known to the money
| p,rkets of the world. our foreign
| trade is greater than that of any othr"
nation. ancient Or modern. our COM
mcrcc among ourselves is equal To th'
Unconventional commerce. of all the world
besides. In mines and farms. in fac
| tories. in AL that works for thflit anu
enterprise, all is we'll with the fepub-
| lie.
Eut prosperity and luxury are not all
Of life High aspirations noble pur-
pose. lofty ideals and grand achieve
| ments-theSe and thes" alone max" the
| life of man worth living. these alone
are the realities Religion ana eduta-
ton are the foundation stones OF
| national Righteousness. We nave more
| schools and churches than any other
three nations more newspapers than
all the world beside. and on none Of
| them the shacklrs of oppression. We
have moro railroads and trlegraphs
than all the rest of the world; more
| books to read. more sermons to hear.
and more discussions of public matters
are. held here than anyW here else. ana
the American Republic in 1904 leads all
| the nations in the unenGing and eternal
| advances So. in the higher as in the
n,atcrial things. all is Well with the
Republic'
This being so. what is this campaign
about? Is there n business man in
! Maine who does not wish there were no
| campaigns? Every policy of the gov
eminent is successful. at home and
broad. and prosperity prevails. What.
then. is this campaign about? Why is
it that at this moment Of highest
| prestige abraad-"The American era -
as foreigners call it. that the opposition
ask us to a party that. had it been in
power for the last eight years. would
have wrecked American prosperity and
smirched American honor? a party
whose leaders now admit that they
were wrong eight years ago and that
we were right. and that had they the
power they would not undo many
things that we have dnre"
Would a change make business bet
| ter? Would it make more work? \
mere partisan victory is nothing. 1t
may be an evil. The power and pros
perity of the American Union. the
ends Of the peace ami iustice-these
are every thing. 1t is nothing to defeat
a party. or conquer man. but tn"
achievement of these objects. is the
grandcst honor.
Now. consider! If Parker and his
party had the power. could they in
crease our present prosperity? They
assorted that we have not prosperity.
or that. if we have. it is failing. Well,
why was it that last year 100000 more
| immigrants came here than came in
1896. tho last year of Democratic con-
| troll WHY WAS it that 100000 more
came in 1903 than in 1902? Immigra-
ton is an unfailing barometer of the
prosperity of nation. When times
are good. the foreigner here sends this
message to his friends and kindred
across the sea: Come over now-times
are good'-and the crowds come.
When times are bad. the foreigner
a,,'t
now-times are dull" and Immediately
immigration falls off. The message of
good cheer is always sent when the
Republican party is i'm power. and the
other message is sent when the Demo-
Gratis are i'm control. There has been
much discussion Of the Immigration
problem" We can get rid Of that
problem in short order by putting the
Democratic party into power-that
rarty would kill immigra ton entirely
in the space of ten years.
| If prosperity is decreasing. why are
the evidences of it increasing? Why
| were there 5000 fewer business fail
ures i'm 1908 than in 1896? And why
1000 fewer i'm 1905 than in 1902? Why
were ten millions more kilograms sent
in this country in 1903 than in 1902. and
thirty millions more in 1903 than in
| 1896? People don't send many tele-
grams when business is proStrated- In
1908 the postal department carried 81
000, 900 more newspapers than in lS96-
the people read more papers and had
more money to pay for them. In 1898
railroads sold under foreclosure were
valued at s1.13O.OO0.00O more than
those sold in 1903. when very few fore
closure sales took place. Don't pay
much attention to these stories of pam
ic. Find out the facts. and then you
will find that prosperity is at the root
of things in this republic today.
OF money in actual circulation there
was in 1908 $1.1S0.O00,OO0 more than
seven years before. when William Nc
kinley took up the reinS of govern
ment. Some may say that these fig
urse don't apply to the common people
and their affairs. Well. let us see.
Take coffee and sugar. two good arti-
cles upon which to base an argument.
Everybody knows that the working
man will hold on to his coffee and his
sugar as long as he possibly can get
tho monay to huv Them with Well in