The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-05
FRYE AT W00NS0CKEE
A Mastery Address to a Crowded
House Last Evening.

The Opera House at Woonsocket con-
tanned an audience numbering over 1900
people, principally voters, last evening,
who listened for two hours to Senator
Frye's able, mastery and logical argu-
ment on the tariff and silver. Walter 1.
Ballou presided and introduced Senator
Frye. who was received with great APP
plause. He said: II suppose the saints in
this world must always be prodded by the
sinner, for in no other way can i account
for the existence Of the Democratic party.
For IS years this republic has been threat
ened by the Democratic party, and IL now
announces a new doctrine, free coinage of
silver, and no more dangerous scheme to
the workingmen was ever proposed.
Four out of every five Democrats in
public life are in favor of free silver. aud
they are only holding back until after the
Presidential election as instructed by
German and Hill. The speaker then
forcibly and clearly illustrated the danger
and fallacy Of the proposed Bland bill,
saying it would place a premium on gold,
and that there were over a billion of silver
lying in vaults In Europe, at the present
time that in sixty days after the silver bill
became a law, would be in this country,
and gold would be demanded In its place.
Our country could not pay that amount
in gold and at once gold would become a
UItIDluIl I'll " OIL -"
currency, but become q commodity and
the silver dollar would 60 down to 6S
cents. The silver mine owners are the
ones benefited by this proposed act. They
can take bullion into the United States
treasury and have 1t coined for nothing
into silver dollars worth 20 cents, giving
them a profit os 80 cents. which under the
old Bland bill went to the government.
For these silver dollars the mine owners
can demand silver certificates which can
be redeemed in gold. Their excuse Is that
we need more currency. -,
ions, In currency, or $25 per capita more
than any other nation in the world. DO
we want currency that is worth less than
q hundred cents on the dollar
think this bill will be beaten In the
Senate, and I am unable to tell from SEN
ject. The speaker said he had been dele
gated to reply to Cleveland's speech. which
he read in Providence on Saturday, but he
looked it over and could find nothing in
it TO reply TO. He then referred to Cleve-
lands tariff reform message, when he was
President, which be brought forth 1s .
new discovery, but which had been adopt
ed by the Golden Club in England fifty
: 'sThe Southern Democrats are in con-
troll" he said. 1.-THE speaker Is from
Georgia and appoints the committee on
ways and means, who make tariff laws.
Rhode Island Democrats have little to
say. The tail don't wag the dog. Their
principles are shown in the Confederate
constitution, where there is an article dc
claring that all articles manufactured in
other countries shall be admitted free OF
duty. They are for free trade every time"
The speaker then illustrated in the case
of cotton ties, binding Irvine, cotton bag
cling and other articles which the Mckin-
lev bill had placed a duty on, bad been
manufactured in this country instead OF
being imported and the price had been de-
creased.
saThere never was q tariff bill that so
much careful study and time spent over
as was this law, and 1t Is as near as men
can get it right, and there never was o
tariff in this country or any other which
there was SO much benefit as In that bill.
ct may be called Aldrich's bill, SO far
as New England is concerned, for he
looked out carefully for your industries
here and 1 should be amazed not to see
your workingmen go to the polls next
Wednesday aud vote for Aldrich against
the world. The speaker then gave COM
parsons on wages between this country
and foreign nations and showed how the
tariff kept up wages In a way that no one
could understand. In regard to raising
prices he said, II challenge any n to
name a single industry in the United
States successfully operated that was
brought into existence by the protective
tariff but what the articles produced are
to from 30 TO- 50 per cent. cheaper than
when the tariff was imposed.
The speaker closed with a conclusive
appeal to the French and Irish American
voters to vote against the free trade,
which has ruined Ireland he said, and
yet four out of five Irishmen will vote for
that party hat puts them right back to
the condition they came from.
At the conclusion Of the speakers re-
marks, President Pallon arose and read
the editorial on the Providence NEWS
stating that scurulous circulars purport-
ing to be issued by the Republicans, ap-
pealing to religious prejudices had been
put in circulation by Democratic hire
fings. '"They are Deing distributed Ia
this hall tonight" he said, land 1 de
nounce IL a. a mean Democratic trick,
and caution Catholics to take no notice OF
it," and he stood at the edge Of the stage
and tore one in pieces.