The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-09-11
STEAMER NorEs. The Eastern Steamship

STEAMER NorEs. The Eastern Steamship
corporation. says the Boston News Bureau,
handled during the Labor Day period total Of
$4,000 passengers, far and away the largest
number over Labor day in the history of the
lines. It is interesting to know that this
record crowd was handled without the slight
est mishap, and with no complaints even in re-
spect to loss of baggage. The tide of travel
is now setting westward and the Boston boats
are filed each trip to their utmost capacity.
....Tyler R Wasgatt of Jersey City, for many
years purser on the Boston boats, is about to
publish a History Of Steamboating on the
Gulf of Maine," which will contain graphic
account of the great gale of Sept. 8, 1869, in
which the steamer Cambridge was nearly lost
when route from Bangor to BOSTON :. The
steamers Silver Star and fremont, owned nv
Pendleton Brothers, are tied up at the railroad
wharf - The last landing at Northport of
the Eastern Steamship corporation, was made
by the steamer Belfast Monday afternoon.
Next Sunday will be the last Sunday trip this
season.
THE MAYORS SPEECH. Mayor Hanson made
speech last Saturday evening from the steps
at the front entrance to the postofice. When
he began at p. M, sharp, he had good sized
audience, and later practically the whole square
was filled with people. His voice has great
carrying power and people in the Opera House
and on the steps of the Unitarian Church sad
they could hear every word he uttered His
preliminary remarks were devoted to ancient
history, but after a time he got down to dis
cussing the immediate situation and paid his
respects to the kennebec ring; and it will not
surprise any one to learn that the blows he adj
minstered to the head of that ring were not
''love Pats Later on he referred to the Dem
( ocratic leaders in this county as "pigmies u
What he said of the Kennebec ring. which he
characterized as infinitely worse than any Re-
publican ring, is no doubt correct. but some of
his hearers must have been reminded that Bel
fas has been for many years in the hands of
ring consisting of one man, who dominates and
controls every branch of the city government
Of course the mayor told the story, familiar to
all from its fir quent repetitions, of his work
and sacrifices for the Democratic party, with
out desire or hope for reward, and he pro-
claimed himself Democrat from his head to
his heels. He eulogized Sam Gould and said
that he, Gould, would vote for joan A. Peters.
He spoke az if his regard for Obadiah Gardner
had somewhat lessened since he went on the
stump for Pattangall He told the story, which
appeared recently in the public press, of the
anlissary from Washington who came TO Bel
fast to induce him to cease his opposition to
Pattaugal and who came to his home and
asked him, "What do you want" What do you
suppose that meant? the mayor asked Of his
audience. He said that he posted his visitor
on the conditions in this district and asked him
if the president was informed as to the situa-
ton here when he wrote mis- letter to Pattan-
gall, and was assured that he was not Of
course neither offers of money nor protfers of
closing his address of an hour the mayor called
upon the Democrats to vote for John A. Peters
rebuke to the Watervile ring. He made
a good speech, devoid of the personal abuse
which usually characterzes his utterances, and
listened to with close attention. There
very little applause but faint ripples of
laughter when he told an apt story When he
closed the Belfast band, which was waiting in
the square, struck up lively tune and the
crowd melted away, most of them going to the
Opera House to attend Republican rally.