The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-02
IT WASAGREAT MEETING
Senator Frye, Gen. Grosvenor, Gov.
Mckinley and Mr.. Aldrich.
MR.. FRYE's GREAT SPEECH.
He Gives Solid Facts About silver and b
Tariff and Quotes the Figurss-Gsn.
Grosvenor Talks Of Csmpbsli-0rest
Applause for Mckinley and Aldrich.


Grosvenor Talks Of Csmpbeli-Grest
Applause for Mckinley and Aldrich.
Did you ever hear of . meeting that
was a shummer" That was what the
meeting at Music Hall last night was. 1t
was a rally Of the Fourth Ward Republic
can Club and the State Of Rhode Island.
| George 4. Barstov presided, and the Con-
t~inental Band assisted.
Gen. Grosvenor Of Ohio, next Gov.
Brown, II. u. Tiepke, Gov. Ladd. James
II. Smith aud Hiram Kendall were among
those on the platform.
Gov. Laid was the first speaker n was
| roundly applauded. Local issues, he said,
were not In this campaign. Last year the
election was important because IL was the
first since the Democratic landslide OF the
previous year. We met the enemy and
divided IL. Free silver means that what
ever n man has put into the bank he will
get out 6S cents for every dollar. Out West
contracts are made payable in gold" and
hat is how much confidence they have In
IL.
The Mckinley bill came SO near before
the election that we had no chance to ex-
plain 1t. The great Barring Bros. failure
and such events have unsettled finance so
that but for the Mckinley bill we could
not have stood 1t.
The people in England thought the
Democratic success meant the repeal OF
the bill and ran their works low In antici-
patton Of it, but the bill will not DO re-
pealed. They are not to have this market
again. 1t il q question Of protection. He
laid stress on the fact that the Democrats
had given up everything OF the ticket
except the Governor, and urged that II be
not allowed to be said that the State
went Democratic on that account. We
| can win, he said, IL the young men only
come out. We want Nelson. W. Aldrich
to be his own successor, but we have more
to do than sit in halls u hear speeches.
(Applause.)
Senator Frye of Maine was the next
speaker and the applause wal tremendous
when he arose.. Well. we are IN the nght
| said, the Democratic party which Is not
only the enemy of the Republican party
| but of the nation. What does IL threaten
now? Free coinage Of silver. q 1t be
possiblei They have had six Democratic
congressman here and none OF them
here tomorrow and he won't peek" but
II you elect a Democratic congress they
will be just as sure to pass a free coinage
bill as the sun shines. II 1t hadn't been
for Hill and Cleveland and German the
| free coinage bill would have swept through
the house like a whirlwind. They have
begged and besought them not to pass 1t
until a Democratic president had been
| elected, but even then they couldn't get a
| majority of Democrats to let 1t lie still.
"We buy silver bullion and coin it into
dollars of 412l4 grains To . 4421fF grains
are not worth over SO cents and we put
the other 80 cents into the treasury and
havo N voA 40 900 nm On ailyQr dollars
| since the present law began.
'Now WI are buying he silver and put
| ting it with the treasury and issuing
notes to be paid in gold on demand at 100
| cents on 81 SO that a silver dollar or
treasury note buys just as much IS = gold
dollar. (Great a~pplause.)
Free coinage OF silver means the gov
eminent going into the market and pay
ing at el.20 cents an ounce when 1t Is
| worth only So cents and the government
must coin the silver Of a man and guaran-
tee it as good as 81. ~.
| transfer the profits on the dollars to- the
| bullion owners. There IL not a bullion
owner in Rhode Island. This ne Demo
| cratic party Is ready to vote, Ind in the
mean time they viii! cheat you il they
| can. We n " q revenue or 81 800, 000, 600,
s25 per capita, more than any other coun-
try in the world. If we need more cur
rency we don't want 6S cent dollars.
''There Is q billion dollars waiting In
Europe to come here at 20 cents on the
dollar and demand the paymenkiuKold.
Can the government pay it? No, they
have not the gold to do 1t n the moment
the government refuses gold Is at o pre-
MUM and becomes a commodity and il
boarded.
"Then il / hired men at 81 a, day / can
pay them 20 cents on 81 aud an other pay
ments will be in proportion. Al loans ID
savings banks could be paid at 20 cents on
81. There never was a more monstrouS
plot for the destruction OF the finances of
the working people In the United States
than this one.
''Then they want free trade. Whyf It is
tho most amazing thing that in Rhode
Island there should DO q majority of votes
against protection and by the men who
work in the mills.
"The reason the Democrats hate the
Mckinley bill is because IL is the best rep
resentative of the Republican policy.
Nelson w. Aldrich Is more responsible for
the bill than all the men in Congress-. i
should think that any w0rkingman In
Rhode Island who wouldn't vote for Mel
son Aldrich was a ft subject for the luna
tic asylum.
II n Democratic manufacturer here
asked to have wool on the free list, look
out. You have asked for bread, and will
get q stone. Wool isn't q raw material
after IL has been prepared for market.
Why shouldn't the farmers be protected
In raising wool as well as you In making
IL into cloth You are yoked up together,
and IL wool Is free. cloth will 30 free too.
"On a yard Of goods worth 81 q specific
duty Of 10 per cent. Is worth more than 10
per cent. ad valorem. They proposed to
take of the specific duty and leave you
to the mercy OF differentiation.
"In four years IL you give the Demo
Gratis u chance there won't be q tariff on
wooden goods. and the farmers out West
will help strip you of 1t to pay you for
asking for FREQ raw material.
THE product OF fine cotton goods last
year under the Mckinley bill increased to
the amount OF s3.sls,000 Flax products
1000, 900 pounds, silks 81, COO, 900, wooden
goods SOS 900 and in all the increase
was "a, 900 900. These goods would have
been made in Belgium, France, Germany
and England, and look ut the men who
have been given work here by the change.
How can the workingmen fail to vote FOR
n party which has given them "a, 000, 900
in work In n single year,