New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-29
BRIDGEPORT REPCBLICANS DINE.
THEY LISTEN TO SPEECHES BY SENATORS FRYE
PLATT AND OTHERS.

THEY LlSIEN ~ 81 LIN Mo III '4@-'-'-
PLATT AND OTHERS
Bridgeport Conn. March %.-Senaior MaTisod
presided at the Republican banquet At the aFn'oI>
tonight. and nearly 1909 Republicans listened 10
brilliant speeches from United States Senator'S W.
r. Frye of Maine and o. II Plat, Of Conne,uCr''
Senator Frye incidentally doomed Rel Tor Jhe
O. y Coffin Lieutenant Governor Cook. congress,
man Sperrk' S 81 RraGstpofts a,ora5
candidate Other guests included stat Serfg,aTs
bcrs OF the State Senate. Governor Ha.'nes' oi
Pen1syvana sent a. te lee s;n q oT Of Repre
sentatives. both Of whom expected TO speak.
Senator Frye drifted into prophecy, and moi
dentaly doomed Thomas B. Reed He spoke as
follows:
We VII take glimpse a; , our ,6 Pas{ s4aP igh s
prqPheGy and promise b to '4S Sry Years resH
But was kandicapped half the time by Demo;
cratic majority In one the other branches OF
the Government
Then he referred to the progress the Republican
party made during that time. He glanced at the
las; two years, and said:
The Republican party Was lGo6eT-on on, not ,b 1"
sea an Tndisurbed by noise Of business. singing Of
spindle or roar OF furnace fires. NOW anI thea
Trer or President but !, fell needless on the cars
OF the dazed Demo cratic majority. VINO has taken
10 the vail Why did they DO It? There .sat an
intelligent man who can giEe a reason. II va re
gent or id!otic men,
Now a little prOpaecy and promise. The people
found out what had beer done very shortly and
the first opportunity at the ballot-boX swept the
Democratic party out OF power Ike cyclone. IL
1895 they Will sweep Il completely out, and We shall
have a Republican President. Senate and House 81
Representatives, With power always comes respoa-
sbility. We shall have great questions Of aooT.
immigration currency. tarin and foreign relations
VIII We fail? We never did yet. When We have
power shall not use It so that there snail be any
one currency in the Republic Inferior To any other.
for know when sucA a condition exists tn in
ferio- drives the superior, and IL IS not the rich
that suffer but the average man. our currency
Will be II a parity with the worlds measure of
value. whatever 1t is just soon as W. get
the chance we will revise the tariff the Old
we need and cannot prcdu here. other than ldXu-
ries. On everything made In Europe that completes
with American labor duty Will be placed equal to
the differences between wages mere and there.
Give US Republican rue for single decade, Un-
limited. uncrippled power, and We Will show the
people the benetcence OF Republican Legislation
We Will liz the bankrupt Treasury 10 the A&ht ~
profuson and rep!etlon and WI. raise sufhclent
revenue without odious income tax. We VIII re
start spindes and water-whees. Every man who
wants work Will have IT. and at the wages o: the
crowning year OF Republican rule-l3z We VIII
place our flag on AL the OF the earth. restore
the merchant marine 10 its place, and Will increase
our white, strong armed squadrOns 50 that they
command the respect Of all nations. We VIII annex
the Hawaiian Islands, forfy Pearl Harbor. build
the Nicaragua Canal and marry two great ocean
We Will show people foreign policy this IS Amer
lean in every fbre and hoist the American flag on
whatever island think best, and no hand shall
aver