Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-07
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
HEARS HON. ISAAC FULD.
In Brilliant Address Before Blaine Club He Shows
Democratic Party In Its True Light--A Glowing
Tribute to Congressman Bur|eigh.

| The crowd of enthusiastic voters
| which greeted Hon. Isaac Fuld of New
| York Saturday evening at the rally
| under the auspices Of the Blaine cup
| filled the rooms of the club to the
| doors. 1t was late in the afternoon
| before it became known that Mr.. Fuld
| would be available as a speaker and
| still later when the notices informing
| the public that he would speak were
posted. No speaker who has address,
| ed a public gathering of any kind IN
| Augusta has had a more attentive or
| appreciative audience and at the end
| of his address Mr.. Fuld was cheered
| to the echo. Those who heard the adj
| dress say it was one of the best they
| ever heard. Mr. Fuld said:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Americans:
| Though profoundly grateful for the
privilege of being with you tonight, I
am inclined to feel that when Oliver
Wendell Holmes, that sublime singer
of songs, indited the lines: The speak
| er rising to be seen looks so very rcd,
| because so very green he had in his
! minds eye an individual situated in my
| own present embarrassing position, for
| an audience of my Maine fellow c.ti-
| zenS l am free to confess that though
my general appearance may not be very
| red my oratorcal efforts will appear
to you exceedingly green, as maiden
| efforts in a strange state usually do.
| The embarrassment of being a stranger
| in your midst is largely counter5al-
anced, however. by the Inspiring
| ,,,i, ,1., .,F
| learning and craftsmanship, who have
hOnOrcd tic name of Maine, in the
councils of the nation, not only by
their cloduence, but by luminous
craftsmanship permanently embodied
in wisc, useful and lasting legislation.
The honorrd names of Hamlin and of
Elaine. of Reed. Hale and Noyes of
Dingley and Burleigh, do not belong
alone to Maine; they are the common
property of the nation; their Just re-
nown and fame belong TO all the states,
and we of New York claim full part
nership with you of Maine, in the
transcendent glory of their great
| careers.
With just pride that l thus feel for
| your eminent men, | should be untrue
to myself did | not here and now say
| just one word for that pre-cminent
statesman. my friend and your friend,
Hon. Edwin c.. Burleigh. His cieancut
| record as Governor of this splendid
| commonwealth. his marvellous record
| of achievement as your representative
| in Congress is known and appreciated,
not alone in his own State, but
| throughout the entire country. A man.
| who as Governor, commanded not only
| the approval of his own party, but the
| admiration of the opposition: who as
| Congressman secured more appropria-
| tionS for his State in IL years than the
State had received in the previous n
years of its history; whose record as
Governor is rich with the ripcst fruits
Of reform in legislation and taxation
| and whose unblemished private life is
| the common pride of eevry loyal Au
gustean, certainly deserves and will
receive the high honor of a reelection
as representative in the lower House
| o fthe Sd Maine Congressional District.
A mean mud singing newspaper that
| is positive disgrace to the noble pro-
| fession of journalism, has seen fit to
oppose your fellow townsman because
fcrsooth. he is no speaker: this fact.
tervile Sentinel, / regard as Mr.. Bur
ieigh's most valuable political asset. He
is no speaker, it is true, but he is d per-
| former OF useful deeds. He is no orator.
but his works will live and speak, long
after his traducers shall be gathered in
the folds of Oblivion's mantle; and I
tell you now, good people, with all the
| sincerity of my nature that dearly as
| 7 lTx-o ix-n cif a nd CT n Nf N1"
York, regret tonight that l am not a
citizen Of your beautiful city. that 1
might be able on the 14th of September
| to cast my ballot for your honored
townsman, Edwin G. Bureigh
The pleasure of addressing this splen
did gatht ring is somewhat marrcd by
my consciousnes of the fact that | am
very poorly prepared to deliver such an
address as / should like to make and
deliver such an address as this splendid
meeting deserves to hear. but surely it
requires neither preparation or stimula-
ton to make a good oldfashioned Re
publican speech in this campaign TN
| like our opponents who would gladly
surround the past with the cloak Of fer
! getfulness and the mantale of oblivion,
we are proud and justly boastful Of
10th our remote and our recent record.
| From 1860 down to 1908, from the dark
Gays of sanity Lincoln to the fruitful
! years of strenuous Roosevelt, there is
no policy of our adoption that we would
repudiate, no legislation of our enact
ment that we would repeal, no step
| taken that we would retrace.
The Republican party of today is the
same old party Of SO" dedicated to hui
| man liberty and equal rights for all, ir-
respective of race, creed, color or lawful
method Of occupation.
| 1t is the same old party today Of
| construction and reconstruction as it
was from 'tf4 to 70" 1t is the same old