The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-05
WESTBROOK.
Senator Frye Addresses Large Re-
publican Rally.

What Democratic Policy Has Wrought in
This Countrywide Tariff Bill and How
1t Became a Lava Regular Dolly Var
den Concern.
A very large Republican rally was
held in Westbrook last evening. Odd
Fellows hall was crowded again with
an interested and appreciative audience
who listened to United States Senator
William P. Frye. rs. Burns Esq, Re-
pu olican candidate for the legislature,
presided and the platform was occu-
pied by prominent Westbrook Republi-
cans
When introduced Mr.. Frye was very
cordially received. He began at once
with striking reference to the present
gloom and depression in the country
There are 100000 men tramping the
country without work according to
Bradstreets; wages have gone down 20
per cent; the country has lost during
Cleveland's administration nine thou
sand millions of dollars. Why, that
terrible rebellion only cost reigth thou
sand millions of dollars! and we got
omething for that. During this depres-
son, 59S banks have closed their doors
one-sixth of the railway mileage of the
country has gone into bankruptcy; there
have been 1850 business failures in
the country, an unheard of mum Der;
there has been three hundred and TWEEN
ty-five millions of dollars shrinkage in
live stock; there has been nine hundred
and fifty millions shrinkage in genearl
stock; your treasury is bankrupt; your
gold reserve has gone down, and there
wouldn't be dollar of gold in the
treasury if Mr.. Carlisle hadn't issued
bonds and increased the government
vebt: thereby.
Millions of men are tramping the
country, and Congress gives us legisla-
tion to render more men idlel
What has caused it? We have had the
same sunshine, the same bountiful ma
ture. 1t WASN'T Providence. 1t WASH t
the devil, although it was very near it.
daughter and applause.)
The Democratic party was restored to
power.
The cause of the depression was not
the Sherman act, although many good
people thought it was.
Mr.. Frye then went on to describ be the
money panic which was caused by Secre-
tary Carlisle's lack of firmness. When
John Sherman discovered that there
was faint suspicion as to our currency
abroad, he proposed to Secretary Car
Isle method of removing that suspic-
ion by legislating to allow the Secreta-
ry of the Ire asury to borrow gold to
maintain the currency at parity. Car
Isle agreed, but later yielded to the
clamor of the Blandmen and even went
so far as to say in an interview that our
obligations might be paid on silver
basis. Secretary Carlisle" said Sena-
tor Frye, is gentleman; but when
the good Lord made him he didn't put
an eel. (Laughter.) The result of Car
lisles whiting was an increase of the
distrust abroad; the sending Ehome OF
our securities and the outflow of gold.
The result was the money panic. 1t
came, ran its course. and was over be-
fore we had repealed the Sherman act,
which many men thought at the bottom
of it. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Frye then went on to speakof the
Democratic attitude on the tariff. The
dominating element in the party is in
the South, where there is no under
standing of or sympathy with our indus
tries here. The Wilson bill was framed
not by the committee on ways and
means, but by minority of it. There
were three Republicans on it, but they
were not consulted. There were two
Northern Democrats on the committee,
but they weren't consulted. The men
who framed the bill were four Confed-
crate brigadiers. They framed the bill