The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-27
A MONSTER MEETING AT LEWISTON.
Able Addresses of Congressman Frye

anu CGl92S.
LEWISTON, Dee. 2G.-City Hall was jamned to-
night by voters consider the action Of the G3Yer-
nor and Council in election returns. Fully 5000
people were present-al voters, and The utmost en-
thusiasm prevailed. The meeting was called TO or
der by Mayor Day, and after prayer by Rev. W. u.
Haskell, A. R. Savage was chosen President. He
said the heritage of our fathers the Governors and
Council cannot deprive us of. We mast need ap-
palling facts without spoken speech, Nothing but
earnest condemnation of the great wrong practiced
upon the people of Maine us from the eff
fecs of usurpation anarchy, and perchance revolu-
ton.
Hon. VIM. P. Frye was greeted by a long continue
ed tempest of applause and cheers. He said in sub
stance:
Ordinarily, when L come from Washington to
meet my fellow toWnsmen and receive their friend
Iy greetings my heart is filled with pleasure. 1t is
not so tonight but in the profoundest modification
and ntensest humiliation In this grand, old State
of Maine is clear plain, palpable and unequivoca
fraud hardly found Democrat i'll Congress who
for moment dared to uphold our Governor and
Council in this plumber and but one who dared to
intimate that he had done right L met not man
SO low as to undertake to defend the action of the
Governor and Council yet since came home have
met Democrats who do defend it and apologize by
saying thatai it is no worse than giving the cleo
tora vote of Louisiana to Hayes.
MI Frye showed that there was no parallelism
between the two cases of Maine and Louisiana
Maine is the home of liberty of speech and action
and free schools Louisiana is half baroaroHs: Inc
Louisiana returning board obeyed the law; the GOV,
ernor and Council of Maine have disregarded ana
violated the lay. Now, my friends Sad marc marc
words; said that the will of the people had been
oyerruled Let me give You some facts ms piot
was Matched months ago. On the very day when you
were rejoicing over the victory of the Republican
party at the polls two Democrats and fusonist
were heard declare Ill this city, Let them laueh
hardest who laugh last The Republicans will never
see Daniel F. Davis Governor of this State! IN
the city of Bath leading Democrat said before one
hundred men; Let them shout, the rsscals VII
never get the benefit of this VOTE. IN town after
towne men can be found who declared that the
Republicans would never reap the fruits OF their VIC
Again say that there came from Augusta from
the printing Office of Eben f. Pilsbury to tive cit
les blanks for warrants for the election, addressed
to the City Marshal when Pillsbury knew that tne
| CITY Marshal is not officer known to the law OF
the State. This was discovered few days before
the election and in many points the error was cor
rected. The warrants should have been addressed
! to constables. l charge upon tins internal parry
and don't charge it to any political party oat 70
their rights9that this was done to dsfranchise
| every city in the State of Maine. Mr.. Frye also
referred to the manner in which the blank returns
were printed they have disfranchised you, said he
because you have filed out the returns as they were
made up; they designed not only to capture tne
| year. No matter if we defeat them by majority OF
twenty thousand votes we shall, they Will count
us out and override the will of the people, this IS
the plot now comes the question: shall the e men be
permitted to consummate their plot and tranpe the
will of the people under foot? loud cries Oh NO.
! Wednesday. The Governor and Council will know
| that the people have spoken and that the devils
| have trembled. [Great enthusiasm.l .
| Mr. FRYE cited the case of Tweei, his capture OF
| New York his downfall and that of his aecomplices.
| Oh! my friends the Governor and Council will ehnd
that it won't do to trample on the rights OF the peo-
pie / have Just been handed this paper (referring
TO dodger headed ''Riet in Bangor and circulated
| by fusionists.) Governor and Council, | ask you
| why this man French carting arms through the
| streets of Bangor? Governor and Council, / ask
| YOU why on that day sacred to the memory of the
| of mankind that lOlV Christmas DAY.
| what did you propose to do with those arms? Near
| the Kenduskeag bridge as he himself says one
| tremendous applau e.l When asked npon whose
| orders he was doing this, the man French said by
| order of the Adju5ant General. But pleaded that
he had no written orders He then said that he had
| orders from Gov. Garceon, but those orders were
| only verbal The meeting closed with three rous-
ing cheers for Daniel f. Davis.