Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-06-30
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| The committee on resolutions report
ed the following, and they were adopted
As Democrats Of the County of Oxford in con
vention assembled, We pledge our faith In thos
principles 30 clearly stated In the early days
the Republic by Americas great commoner, ant
upon which the party has been built, viz, equa
rights to all and special privileges to none.
Therefore, Be It resolved, That We are In favo
Of the impartial enforcement OF AL laws, and tn
honest and economical administration OF ever.
public trust with due regard to the rights
al the people as affected by the changing con
ditions which necessarily occur from time
time.
to the nominees Of this convention and hearth.
commend them TO the people Of this County
worthy Of the positions for which they ar
named.
Chairman Kimball then introduced
Hon. Daniel J. AcGillicuddy of Lewis
ton, Democratic candidate for Repre-
sentative to Congress in the Second Dis
trict, who was greeted with great ap
plause. Mr.. McGillicuddy thanke Cd
them for the invitation to be present
and for the hearty greeting given him
He congratulated the Democrats of the
county on having nearly doubled the
Democratic vote in six years. This, be
said, is a delightful occasion, because Of
the spirit shown by both delegates and
nominees who are willing to accept
against their desires. You are putting
up men in whom the people have con
fidence, and it is the same all over
Maine. Thousands of Republicans, sich
of the hypocrisy Of their party, want te
break away and vote for the men the
Democrats are nominating.
Mr.. McGillicuddy said he was pleased
to hear that his friend Swasey presided
over the Republican convention the pre-
vious week, and to read his speech-ths
same speech he had read for thirty
years, the substance of which was that
the Republican party possesses all the
intellect and morality of the country
1t Is not so. Most men and most WON
en-, of whatever party, are on the right
side of all great moral questions.
Mr.. McGillicuddy then devoted some
time to discussion of national issues
first taking up the campaign funds Of
the Republican party, reading from
paper which he had list of the amounts
in several campaigns, running up to
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Such an amount of money, he said, is
not needed for honest purposes, but it is
wanted to corrupt the voters. 1t has
been contributed, not by the people, but
by the large insurance companies, the
national banks and the trusts. He scor-
ed congress for refusing to pass the
campaign fund publicity bill, and then
turned his attention to the trusts.
The trusts contribute to the fund be-
cause they want to control legislation,
and their most important place of bust
ness is the tariff. He discussed the
tariff at some length. he gave lists of
figures to show that the claim that the
tariff represented the difference between
American and foreign wages was false,
because in many instances the percent
age of total labor cost in the production
of an article was less than the percent
age of tariff.
Just as soon as they got this high
tariff on their manufactures, said Mr.
McGillicuddy, they formed trusts and
secured monopoly of the business.
Then they went abroad and sold their
goods cheaper than at home, and he
read quite a long list of goods sold in
Europe much cheaper than in the home
market.
They say we're a rich country. Of
course We are. But who's got it? I'll
tell you. Not the common people. He
then gave numerous figures, beginning
with the statement that seventy per cent
of the wealth of the country was owned
by two hundred thousand men out of
eighty-five millions, to show that the
principal part of the wealth was con-
centrated in a few hands, and most of
the, families Of the country had very
small income.
The Republicans promise to revise the
tariff-after election, said the speaker,
but it will be a revision in the interest
of the trusts, and not in the interest OF
the people.
Taking up briefly the matter of state
issues, Mr.. McGillicuddy noted the great
increase in state expenditures, from
81, 1888, 900 in 1896 to So, 425, 900 this year,
and declared that the increase had in
creased the state tax of Oxford County
from last year, according to the admit
ted figures, by almost $4,000. Elect a
Democratic state government, said he,
and you will have different system of
taxation from that now in force. In
closing he referred to Obadiah Gardner,
and the name was greeted with cheers.
The convention adjourned little after
l O'Clock, after session of about two
bours and q half