The Portland daily press., 1879-08-07
publican party of this county is united and
ready for work.
THE MASS MEETING.
Speeches by Hon. D. F. Davis and Hon.
w. P. Eyre.

The Hon. Daniel e. Davis and Hon. Will
liam P. Frye having been advertised to speak
in the afternoon, long before the advertised
time the enclosure in front of the Court House
was crowded. People came in from all direc-
tons. The honest farmers of Alfred and sur
rounding towns came in and sat and waited for
the next Governor to put in an appearance
The Greenback talk of Republican lukewarm-
ness was completely refuted. The balcony on
the Court House was filled with ladies' By the
time Judge Tapley called the meeting to order
every foot of space in front of the Court House
was crowded.
Judge Tapley said:
Gentlemen, introduce to you the Hon.
Daniel E. Davis, who will be the next Cover
nor of Maine if you ne out and do your duty.
SPEECH OF HON. D. f. DAVIS.
Mr.. Davis was received with loud applause.
His speech was chiefly devoted to the financial
question and was listened to with close atten-
ton. He said the Greenback party here if
Maine demanded the repeal of the resumption
act and in the West another wing of this party
known as the Labor League demands the
abolition of all laws for the collection of debts
and both want cheaper dollars. Now if this
can be done we who are in debt can get out
better if we can initiate the currency so as to
pay in dollar worth IS cents, but if we got
out some other man would get in, who would
need a so cent dollar to get out with. laugh
ter.) And in the end we should get down to
the continental money, the worth of which is
illustrated by the history of the town of Wind
ham, which voted in Revolutionary times to
expend $4,000 ON the highway, and to pay
$40 doxy for work fo allow GE0 dow for
the service of yoke of oxen, "When read
that" said Mr.. Davis, 81 thought what a
grand chance that would have been for friend
Scion Chase and them steers"
MIR. Davis reviewed the National bank sys-
tenn, which he said was founded on perfect
security to depositors and showed its superiori-
ty over the State bank system
Mr. Davis then passed to consider the
Southern question. The Democrats cry edo
not talk of old issues" who does? Look at the
South, it is solid. Look at Congress, it is con-
federate, land the Southern leaders are proclaim
ing that we are mere confederacy of states
and not nation. The North does not wish to
raise old issues but the South has again raised
the issue of state rights.
His voice suddenly failing Mr.. Davis was
compelled to leave the stand, and Judge
Tapley introduced the Hon. William P. Frye.
Mr.. Frye said:
SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM p. FRYE.
Today we stand as two parties arrayed
against each other, the Democrat against
Republican. We are preparing for the great
fight of 1880, and in the fight the shrill piping
voice of the Greenbacker will not be heard in
the land. Uaughter.) I know that there are
some Greenbackers here, even if the percent
age of ignorance here is only three per cent.
In Congress the other day it was proposed that
the government should appropriate $4,000 to
build monument to Thomas Jefferson, and
supported it, because as 1 stated, Jefferson
wrote the free school clause of our state con-
stitution odd your free schools said a
man by my side, they're a hnmbug, you've
had schools in Maine for hundred years and
yet there were $4,000 Greenbackers there. :
"Well," said |, "we'll yet over that this year"
Iaughter9 Greenbackers where is your par.
ty? Last year you were for dollar that
would cost only two cents on dollar, now
your Portland platform calls for paper money
as good as gold. Are you insane? Why a
gold dollar is worth 100 cents, and q silver dol
lar s. cents on dollar! OF the 10000 Green
hackers in this state, 10000 were honest Re-
publicans, and $4,000 were delegated Demo-
Gratis. Qlaughter.) Oh this Democratic party!
Why under heaven it is allowed to wander up
the earth I don't know, unless on the same
principle that the devil is Uaughter) This
year tIio Oou1OcrdtS nave SWdllOWeu bHo CreeIl-
hackers. Next year the Democratic whip will
send them into the Democratic ranks. No,
not all The 5000 Republicans will not be
fooled. (Applause.) This Greenback party is
what / heard it described by a rough
customer in Major Briggs office up in New
hacker, how are you?" said the Major, and Bill
was mad. Naughter.) "Aint you a Green
hacker Bill?'' said the Major, and he snapped
out "no, sir" and added "the Greenbackers
remind me of the rum-drinkers bOttle-it is
temporary consolation, and eternal damna-
tion."
Mr.. Frye then repeating his former state
ment that in 1880 there will be but two parties
in the field, proceeded to review the history OF
the Democratic party since 1860, and declared
it to be his deliberate conviction that at the
end of the war there should have been at least
% of the leaders of the rebellion hung to have
showed the South that treason is a crime
while he invoked Gods blessing on the pat
riotic Democrats who helped suppress the re-
bellion. He referred to the Bangor CONNER.
cial as the Bangor Observation-Disclosures
Confederate-C Commercial, and exposed with
scorching sarcasm the false and foolish state
ments of the Democratic and Greenback
speakers, which showed, he said, where the
three per cent. of the ignorance of Maine
comes in.
Mr.. Frye closed his address by paying his
respects to the Democratic party. The State
of Maine in George w. Ladd had a Demo
cratic Congressman, and mighty poor Con
gresham at that, Qaughter) and pretty neal
another one in T. H. Murch, as near as the
platforms of the two parties are today
that is he voted with the Democrats nine time
out of ten.
| AT the close of Mr.. Frye's address, which
was listened to with great interest, cheers wer'
| given for Mr.. Davis, Mr.. Frye and the Repub
| lican candidates of York county.
A fter the close of the speaking many o
those present were personally introduced t.
! Mr.. Davis.