The Portland daily press., 1880-10-27

rl9o WAS intIouuCeu tue pace all arouuu eh0
gallery on the front side was crowded also,
and the platform was occupied by many of the
older Republicans as well as by prominent
members of the party The Glee Club, the
Pioneers and Garfield Guards were in attend
ance, while outside Capt. MoIrill and his COM
pany disregarded the rain and fred real Re-
publican salute.
W. III. Plummer, Esq, chairman OF the Re-
publican City Committee, called the meeting
to order, and the Garfield and Arthur Glee
Club sang one of their popular campaign songs
which was encored.
Hon. James II. MCMILLAN was introduced as
the presiding officer and was received with ap-
plause. He said:
SPEECH OF MIR. MCMILLAN.
accepted the invitation of the city COM
mittee to preside here to night, not to make a
speech, but to get good seat, the next best to
that of the chairman of the city committee.
L am not here to make a speech. [ belong to
the working class and as a business man must
take an interest in what is passing. The
Republican party has a record; it comes before
the people on that record, and it does not ask
you to forget a line or word of all the history
of the country, and the Democratic party
comes and asks us to forget all its past rec
ord.
The Democratic party has discovered some
thing. They have learned something since
the election in Indiana and Ohio. They have
found ont that there is such thing as tariff,
and that has been the issue that | have fought
on for the last fifteen years. 1t is said that
bourbon Democrats learn nothing and forget
nothing, but they forgot the tariff. L have
distrusted the Democratic party. as a manufac-
hobby, and it has formed part of every Dem
ocratic platform at every election, and this year
it is reduced to tariff for revenue only
The Democratic candidate has discovered
the fact that there is tariff, but he said that
it was local question Qaughter) and then
about to expire, assured him that he must
write letter to explain that away, and say
to you that the Presidential candidate is lost
who writes letter. Laughter).
Mr. MCMILLAN, after discussing the question
of protection, referred to Mr.. Frye as the stall
wart Republican who has just been elected for
the sixth time to Congress, the remark being
received with loud applause.
''In the morning by the bright light" was
sung, the hits eliciting great applause.
Mr.. Frye was introduced and given mag
nificent reception. He said
SPEECH OF MIR. FRYE.
Well | guess the boys are right, the redemp-
ton of Maine is near. | have not seen a
Maine audience since the election and felt
then that didn't want to. Naughter) Then
the Democrats were up high and we = ere in
the valley of humiliation. (Laughter) We
are up now and they are down. What made
them glad? What victories did they win?
Whom did they elect. Was Plaisted a Demo
GRAFT? Why it is but year or so ago that he
was seeking the Republican nomination.
Uaughter) What did they rejoice over? Old
age l reckon. Naughter.) Sheridan was in
vltcd by an English lord who was somewhat
misery to try some very old brandy and when
the bottle came up covered with cobwebs the
lord poured out very little and passed it to
Sheridan with the remark, "That is 100 years
DID," Sheridan looked at it and said, ''My
lord, how old is this did you say?' One hun
dred years." replied the lord, and Sheridan
said, ''Aint it id small of it's age So of
this victory. Uaughter.)
Bus this we sorrow over-the fact that one
year ago Maine was in the front rank with ~
land'' for motto, and yet land this is enough
to bring blush of shame to the cheek of
every man who loves his country here III
Maine the will of the people was interfered
with and more than one-half of the voters OF
the State, q years old and over approved of
that act. That is what we have to regret.
(Applause.) And it did my heart good tonight
to hear the boys sing that our redemption is at
hand.
Is there any reason why any good man
may not vote the Republican ticket? The Re-
publican party saved the country. If you
have to-day banner it is because of the Re-
publican party. "a voice That's so'' and ap-
plauSe)
1t is said that we are centraizationists Are
We? Yes to certain extent There is the
collection OF taxes. The South disapproves of
the collection OF taxes Oaughter) In parti-
cular the tax on whskey and tobacco They
make one and raise the other. The speaker
reviewed the course of the South on the
revenue question and said that the Republ lean
party proposed to collect the taxes honestly
and fully.
He then passed to consider the election
question, saying that the Republican party
proposes that a man who has the right to vote
shall vote. He, as a member of the commit
tee on elections, went to New YORK to investi-
gate the frauds of 1863 While there, said he,
took up the confession OF d blessed old man, a
good Democrat, Qaughter) one who did great
deal of good to the Democratic party. Uaugh-
ter.) He is dead now, and where ne has gone
am not obliged to state, but of this much
am sure, he has gone where there is a Demo-
cratic majority. (Laughter) l mean Will
liam M. Tweed. He said in reply to q ques-
ton, could you in 1868 have interfered with
the electinn?" II could have elected any man
I pleased. Judge McCunn was my candidate
for Supreme Judge and Judge Thomas was
the other, and the night before the election
called up the officers of every voting precinct
and put down on paper the number of votes
thot must be returned from every precinct,
and the day of the election they took possess
sion Of the votes and substituted my paper
and Judge Thomas had ii 900 and Judge Nc
Gum Il, 800 and was elected" Mr. Frye here
described the manner in which the Democratic
court naturalized $500 in day of six hours, or
eight minute, and after giving in detail the
Republican legislation to secure free ballot,
he said that the Republican idea is that every
man, be he an Irishman or German or what,
who has the right TO vote shall have the right
to deposit his ballot if there is ballot box
lifted up.
The Republican party believes in National
power. Its idea is that a nationality is desira-
BILE. Surprising that an Irishman comes here
and is naturaized, and goes back to England
and is impressed into the army there. He
says, II am a citizen of Maine, and the Eng
lish official responds, "Where in thunder is
Maine?" Caughter) and he looks around to
see If there is minister of the State of Maine
to appeal to and finds none, Qaughter) and the
State of Maine, to help its citizen, fits out a
sloop-of-war and sends it over to brighten John
Bull. Laughter) Mr.. Frye here gave a most
eloquent and striking illustration of the ne
cessity of National power.
Again III is SAID that the Republican party is
the party of the rich man, and that the legis-
lation OF the party has heen in his interest,
and that the Democratic party is the FREUD of
the people. The first thing that the Republi-
Can party did on coming into power was to PISS
the homestead law. We did try to get SINH
lar law through several successive Democratic
Congresses and could get it passed but once,
and then Democratic President vetoed it.
Laughter) Was that legislating in the inter
est of the rich? The speaker here reviewed
the work of the Republican party in securing
the rights of the foreign citizens, and then
asked what, in all the forty years of the Demo-
cratic domination it hadsdone for the working
man, and paused for some Democrat to reply,
but none opened his mouth.
The tariff question was then discussed On
the subject of the tariff Mr.. Frye said:
They say we are in favor of protective tar
if and we are Let me illustrate, if possible,
so every boy can understand it. Here is Port.
land, we will call that America. There is Saco,
we will call that Germany, and am to build a
boot actory in both countries. In Germany
which is Saco, hire men to put in the founda-
ton for So 30 or 60 cents per day, while here
in Portland which is America, have to pay
the same class of help $1.00, $1.25 and 81 so d
day. pay in Saco, which is Germany, fol
brickmakers, 40 to 60 cents per dry, and in
Portland, which is America, $10O to $1.5(
per day. Iu Germany 1 can hire young girls
for few cents day to carry the clay on theil
heads, and an official report to the British
Parliament says: There are $4,000 young
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