The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-09-06

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turning home took up the study of law. He
was admitted to the bar in 1886, and has
| since been engaged in the practice OF his
profession. He is member of the Knights
| of Pythias and has been grand chancellor
| of the order; was elected president OF the
| State Epworth League in 1892 and reelected
! in 1898, In 1892 he was candidate on the
| Republican ticket for Presidential elector,
and was temporary and permanent chair
man of the Republican State convention IN
| 1904. He is now serving his fourth term in
| Congress, and although born orator, has
| been hard worker in the committee room
| and close student of history and eco
| nomics. After hearing him one is not sur
prsed that President Roosevelt should have
| selected him as one of the stars in the galaxy
of orators that accompanied him in his cam
! paigning two years ago.
| The Belfast Band had been engaged for
| this occasion and gave two selections at the
entrance to the Opera House before the
| hour of the meeting, and another after TAX
| ing their positions in front OF the stage.
| The chairman was Hon. Wm. B. Swan and
| with him on the platform were a number of
! influential citizens. Mr.. Swan first intro
duced Hon. Wm. T. Haines of Waterville,
whose address of about an hour was con-
fined to State issues. He had al his COM
mand an overwhelming array of facts and
figures and etfectualy refuted the charges
of the Democratic orators and organs. Many
of the statistics he gave will be found else
where in The journal and in the supple
ment accompanying this issue Special at
tenton is called to the showing on the tax
question in Waldo county. In concluding
Mr. Haines paid his respects to Mr. Davis
the corporation king" concerning whom
an exhibit is given on another page
At the close of Mr.. Haines'' speech the
band played selection and the chairman
presented Congressman James A. Watson
| of Indiana, who was greeted with hearty
applause as he stepped to the front of the
stage In his opening remarks he paid
| high compliment to the rugged and honest
people of the Pine Tree State, saying that
they preserve that strength, character and
| fixedness of purpose that have made this
| State one of the greatest commOnWealthS in
human history. He said he needed no ex-
cuse for coming to Maine from the West to
give counsel in regard to the State election,
| for the principles and policies of the Repub-
| lcan party are as boundleSs as the repub-
| lc That party points to its past record
and challenges the Democratic party to
meet it on that issue. Promises for the fu-
| ture amount to nothing unless similar prom
| ises in the past have been honOred by fulfil
ment. The history of the past shows the
| Democratic party inevitably incOmpetent'to
| take charge OF the affairs of this great ma
| ton. He said that the Republican party
has always had the courage of its sublime
convictions, the courage to face conditions
and work out it's lofty ideals. 1t settled
| Alright the great questions of slavery, State
rights, the distribution of western home
stead lands, the currency, the policy of gov
erning the new possessions.
| He cited the Industrial growth of the
United States since 1860, giving compare
tive statistics regarding the number of
manufactures, the amount of capital in
volved, aggregate wages, the development
of agricultural industries Indeed, under
Republican rule the country has enjoyed a
period of continuous good times, broken
! only by the two terms of Grover Cleveland
when the tramp and the soup house were
much in evidence, when mills and factories
were idle and Coxey armies marched on
Washington, hungry and desperate. In
discussing the financial question he told of
the resumption of specie payments by Re-
publican legislation, referred to the old sys-
TEN of State banks, which had been sup
l planted by the national banks, properly
characterized the Democratic fallacy of
16 to l, and said of our currency of to-day
that every bit of it is good for 100 cents on
| the dollar the world over.
If the Democrats get control of Congress
they will at once set to work revising the
tariff laws to conform with the Democratic
theory of tariff for revenue only. The re-
suit would be that capital would become
tmid; every manufacturer would lessen
his production, factories would run on short
time or become idle and the prosperous
times which the country today enjoys would
vanish. The tariff is good thing for the
Aoi "OA VI blAls SouhGIJs 4AC 1dA uCA WduJo
to sell his produce to the man who gets the
most wages. What can the farmer expect
in the way of return for his crops when he
has to sell them to men who are paid sweat
shop wages? If the workingman gets small
recOmpense for his labor. the farmer, too,
must get the same sort of pay for what he
has to sell.
The Democratic rule is to go into the mar
ket where you can buy the cheapest. The
Republican principle is to get the best price
you can. One side looks at the tariff con-
troversy from the side of the consumer; the
other from the side of the producer. Things
were cheap under Cleveland, but the people
never bought SO little. Clothing was cheap !;
food was cheap. Still people went ragged
and hungry by the thousands The great