Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-05


prosperity by taking these multiplied
thousands Of millions OF dollars IF Oh.
ilgations that rest between debtor AM
creditor al over the country and We
VIII make u fiscal policy such that
Observation-Disclosures contracts Wert
made payable in g. Id o. its equivalent
under the law as it was, we Will coin
30 cents worth Of silver into a dol!a:
and make two dollars out of dol
lar worth of silver bullion full legal
tender and we will have more money
and prosperity
We'll, it didn't seem To work coed
then, did il? LaughtcrD
Under the leadership Of William
| Mckinley. the Republican party agG IA
came y the front. We wrote in on.
! p!atfor N protection to American labor.
We wrote sound money into our plat
form. and we went to the people. ana
Maine, Maine! Oh, she went hell bent
for Mckinley as strong as she did for
Governor Kent! (Applause.)
You said: Here we lost it, here VIC
| viii find it, and we found it. Are you
| Democrats sorry that we succeeded in
1S3G-honor bright? UaughterD No
| you cent lind one with a search war
rant in Maine that is sorry. Are you
| sorry we succeeded in 1900? And in
, 1904? 4 whole lot Of YOU voted with
!. US. Perhaps you didn't proclaim IT
with a brass band. But in your hearts
you arc not sorry for anything that
has happened from 1896 down to tbs
present hour.
You ask me why ] came up here to
talk. / have laid the foundation.
Haven't you prospered with US and We
with You? Arc we not knit together by
! hooks stronger than steel? If yol.
prosper we prosper and vice versa.
| Well, but this is the middle Of Roo1e-
vets administration. lie is a good
| President. He is Il great man. He is
| enforcing the law. He has high ideals.
| What difference does il make Whetle:
| in the last half of his administration
| there shall be a Republican House ri
| Representatives, or Il Democratic House
of Representatives? Now that is a fair
| question. Let me see if l can answer
| it.
! Take Eopsevclts letter to the Hon.
James +. Watson. published Il fcw
days ago. Ii you Will read that Letter
! you VIII see lie - pretty anxious y
| have a Republican House Of Represen-
| tatircs the last half of his adminiStra-
ton. Well. now why? For two rea-
| sorS. Under our form OF government
not one dollar can 60 out uf the treas
uIy unless il passes both House and
! Senate. If you lave q Democratic
House and Il Republican Senate
touching all policies where TIE
| PAL tics disagree the House will no;
agree with the Senate ana the Scnats
Will not agree with the Iiousr, and
you ill mari, time. GauGhtcr) Thai
is al.
Another reason? Yes. If u Demo
cratic House is elected. uildcr all
these conditions; i'll November next. our
| Democratic friends would fairly claim
that that WAS q reasonable prophecy
of their coming into comnlctG p1we.
two years later. wouldn't they Az"
ve"y properly 50. What would hap
pen? I don't know whether thor" ;tr,
any EcIiCCratic niil owners up Ecre
helping you use thcs" waterways; !
don't know how many Democratic bus
mess men there ar" il Maine: but l..
me ask Vol. my friends, I" SHUT your
eyes ana tu.'n your glance inwarI, ard
as you shall answer ut the last day
if when the polls close il November
next there is q majority Of Democrats
returned To the National House of Rep
reScntativcS, Will YOU not begin 10 take
in Saii-honnr bright? Every ono Of
you' And the mo3cnt You begin t.
take in sail. that means that some of
your employees go out of employment.
The moment that happens the farmer
is losing valuable customers and he he
gins t. take in sail. He buys less, and
it acts and reacts.
"Now i am going to talk to the labor
ing man. / am close to the laboring
man in Illinois because they know that
from infancy w t. the present time !
have been and am one of them in
sympathy ANA word ana dee |. Now
my lahoring friend. don't YOU know
that what 1 have said is true? There
fore watch. If you wait to llotcct
your interest and your manhood. if you
want to protect your family and the
hearthstone see to it that by your bal
lot good policies are continued.
. "'Iiut.' says somebody. Cannon, 7
guess all that is 50 that you have been
saying. but don't you think we ought
to revise the tariff? Well, now, Lei
me tell YOU about the tariff. 1t is the
pest rev INV lEit WAS ever Will
ten uron the statut" books Of the re
public. 1t was written under tie lead
Of Nelson Dinglcy of Maine. CAP
plause) \ great statesman, Il wise
man. He believed as strongly rs I Do
that if the republic was to be great
and strong and permanent. the sons
Of the republic must develop all our
resources and that we must pursue .
policy that will make US substantially
monopoliZe our home market, ana
therefore he said. whatever we can
produce by protection. paying the bet
ter wage ana protecting our people. il
is our duty TO produce. 1t Is profitable
and it is right. And he framed that
bill. and those of uS who were in Con
gress helped him to pass it-followed
him as our great leader You know
how il has worked.
since that bill was passed the bus
mess of this country was doubled into |
almost one-half more The protection
of this country has doubled. Can you
prove it? Yes. Eighty millions Of dol |
lars a wear represented the expendi- |