Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-12-31
60 into bankruptcy at once-[ Loud applause
dunng which the speaker took hi. seat.1
Mayor O'Brien was the next speaker. After

go into bankruptcy at once-GLoud applause
during which the speaker took his seat.1
Mayor O'Brien was the ext speaker. After
welcoming the guests in we'll chosen words
and after expressing the high sense of honor
ID being allowed to take part in the exercises
OF the evening, he came to the point on tire
shver coinage question BY stating his pesisive
tnat opinion If vote was taken today ir this
city Boston would favor repeal of the silver
coinage law and would be just a. unanimous
IN iavor OF the national bankruptcy law On
'arin he said there was great diversity of
opinion, but he would say Congress should
move slowly and cautiously to obtain lust
and equitable tariff and then allow it to be-
come law only that its provisions be not
changed for % years, which would allow the
business man to organize affairs and look
ahead.
Senator Evarts was the next speaker. He
briefly discussed the silver, tariff and bank
ruptcy questions. Of the silver question he
said: You will find that upon this question OF
SILVER and gold, great masses of men, great
nelghborhoods and great interests take an op-
posite view. On the tariff need only call
your attention to the elections for presidency
and to the votes as taken in the Senate and
House an previous years on the tariff ques-
tlon, and the same will also apply to the
bankruptcy question. 1t has been suggested
that this silver question is mainly or largely
concerned with or Influenced by what NAV
be called the protection of the patronage of
the production Of our silver. Ii this imputa-
ton of self interest is to control that side
then the great body of people who hold bonds
are open to some imputatiou. He favored
the national bankruptcy law and promised it
his hearty support. He favored full pro-
tective tariff and argued that this had been
the basis of the prosperity of this country.
| Collector Saltonstall followed Evarts. Of
the tariff, he said, fair and reasonable tar
iii, simple in form and which while atfording
all reasonable protection to our varied indus
tries would supply the national treasury with
| funds sufficient to meet the requirements of
| the government. This is what most of US
here of both parties are prasing you senators
and congressman to give the country.
The next speaker was Senator Allison of
Iowa. He favored the national bankrupt
bill and might say he was one of the few SEN
ators who believed that that law should be
anne nded and not repealed. The tariff is a
larger question and coming from an agricul
tural State 1t might be suspected that there
was shadow Of difference of opinions there
and in Massachusetts. think that l can
say to you that believe the prevailing opin-
ION in my State is in favor of encouraging
| manufacturers of the country and so far as
| legislation can properly accomplish it is our
duty to take care of the American laborer
rather than the laborer from other countries.
| Senator Frye of Maine was then introduced
and delivered long and vigorous speech,
in which he denounced the silver dollar as
''coined lie He urged the benefcence of a
protective tariff, and earnestly advocated the
fostering OF the carrying trade with subsidies
if necessary, and the application of the
'surplus" to this purpose.
Hon. J. Randolph Tucker of Virginia was
the next speaker. He declared that the only
power the federal government had to tax was
to raise revenue for the support of the
government. Protected infant industries, he
thought, had lived long enough to have reach
ed their second childhood On the silver
question he thought we should wait until the
nations of the world had settled what to do
on the subject when it would be time for
America to settle the question for itself.
Other speeches were made by Hon. j. V.
Findlay of Maryland, Hon Benz. Butterworth
of Ohio and Hon. Alexander H. Rice.