The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-07-07

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the morning nor nightmares at monday.
If oratory could elect a President,
Bryan would have been chosen in 1896,
when his bonbast was voiced in the SEN
tence about the crucifiXion of labor on a
cross of gold. Three times since then
the American people have crucihed him
on a cross of silver. He stands the in
carnation of modern Democracy with all
its wildcat theories of finance and gov
eminent. His tyrannical conceit so com
pletely dominates his party that the
chances indicate his fourth nomination,
and his fourth crucifixion will be on a
cross of brass.
Contrast him with Grover Cleveland,
not an orator, whom the national Demo
cratic organization hated from the time
they knew he would not nominate for Of
fee the corrupt politicians they selected;
and, to cap the climax of their abuse,
they passed a resolution at the Chicago
national convention in 1896, the conven-
ton that nominated Bryan the first time
and declared for free silver condemning
Cleveland for sending a troop of United
States Cavalry into Chicago, to suppress
the railroad riots of 1894, when freight
cars, loaded with the property of citizens
of other States, were sidetracked and
burned, and brickbats were hurled
through passenger car windows. And
this resolution, written by Altgeld, the
Democratic governor of Illinois at the
time of the riots, who refused to call out
the State troops to save life and proper
ty, expressed the sentiment of the ma
tional organization, but not of the mass
es, of the party that claims to follow the
doctrines of Jefferson and Jackson.
Since then the people have had no con-
fidence in the leaders of the Democratic
party, and the old Republican claim that
the Democratic organization is not fit to
administer the affairs of the national
government was verified. Hundreds of
Democrats in Maine and thousands else
where left the party at that time, and,
notwithstanding its faults, they looked
to the Republican party for sense and
stability in government and finance.
The Democrats now rely for their sue
cess on temporary Republican dissen-
sions, but their hope is an hallucination,
to eliminate in their usual defeat, be-
cause the people cannot and will not
trust them.
Gentlemen, you identified our candi-
va Ie NY llle guam lldIleu III lne De-
ginning, and it is now redundant to pro-
nounce his name. | move that our can
didate be nominated by reclamation, and
that the secretary be instructed to cast a
ballot for the Honorable Edwin C. Bur-
leigh.
Thomas Leigh, Esq. of Augusta, in sec
onding the nomination said: "For II years
you have sent Edwin c. Burleigh to Con-
gress from this district. He is from Ken
nebec. He is ours. We laud him. Weknow
him. We have felt the touch of his hand
and of his friendship. Men of Waldo, Han
cock and Somerset, he is yours, too. He
is SO efficient, so untiring in the perform
ance of his duties that he belongs more
to the entire people of Maine than to any
district. - AS showing the estimation in
which Mr.. Burleigh is held by people
outside of the State Mr.. Leigh quoted
from personal remarks made to him on
different occasions by three New York
Congressman, Messrs. Olcutt, Driscoll
andJ. Sloat Fassett, all speaking of the
uniting industry, ability and personal
popularity Of our Congressman. Mr..
Fassett said: "That man Burleigh is a
thoroughbred. He is regarded as man
of rare judgment and ability. He doesn't
talk much but he accomplishes a great
deal and if the country had more men
like him it would be much better off,"
Continuing, Mr.. Leigh said: "Gentle-
men, Edwin C. Burleigh is first, last and
always man of the people, and take
supreme pleasure in seconding his nomi-
nation"
In seconding the nomination in behalf
of the Waldo county delegation Orlando
E. Frost of Belfast, ssaid '"The condi-
ton of the Democratic party reminds me
of story l once heard of man who
started to climb an icy hill, and just as he
reached the top he slipped and began to
slide down. Half way down the hill he
collided with woman, who landed on
his back, while he continued to slide.
Soon they reached a level spot and he
turned around and said to- the lady: You
will have to get off now, don't go any
further 1.-TWO weeks ago the Demo-
Gratis commenced to slide down the hill
and when the election is over they will
have chance to say:
This is as far as we co."
Mr.. Frost told some other pat stories
which brought applause and laughter
from the audience and then gave from his
personal knowledge an illustration Of
Congressman Burleigh's kindness of
heart and his willing endeavors in behalf
of his constituents, irrespective Of poll
ties. A neighbor, Democrat, had a