The Portland daily press., 1895-01-04
Republicans Of the Legislature Held
Enthusiastic Caucus.
MIR. FRYE'S ALLUSION TO MR..
REED GREETED WITH APPLAUSE.
He Said Whatever Past Differences Might
Have Been, the State Would Unite to
Support Him in Event of His Candi-
dacy for the Presidency - Mr.. Frye
Made Allusion to the Mckinley Bill.
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Augusta, January 3.-Tonlght's caucus
which renominated Senator Frye was en-
! thusiastic enough to please the most criti-
| cal and the frequent mention of the names
| of Messrs. Frye and Reed was loudly ap-
plauded. Especially was this the case when
Mr.. Frye spoke of the support Maine would
give MIR. Reed as Presidential candidate.
The caucus was called to order by Sena.
tor Hume and Mr.. Frank A. Noble was
chosen chairman. Senator Spofford acted
| as secretary.
Speaker Powers immediatly took the floor
| and presented the name Of Senator Frye
| in an eloquent speech frequently interrupt
ed by applause. He spoke of the distin-
| guished representation Of tho state in Con-
gress and said: ''In the House. towering
| head and shoulders above all others Islands
Thomas B. Reed, our leader on the floor.
| that eminent parliamentarian,t the man who
| we all feel sure is to be our next President.
| for as sure as the tides and sunrise come
| the people have decided that they will no
| longer submit to Democratic rule"
| Continuing Mr. Powers said that Mr.. Frye
| has wen a position in the front rank of
| craftsmanship and national reputation. He
believes in our own -nanufac lures and in
| dustries, in our own farm mers and laborers
| and the prosperity of his own country. He
believes in American shipyards. in Ameri-
can vessels for both ooastwise and foreign
| trade manned by American seamen. Mr.
| Powers moved the nomination of Mr.. Frye
by acclamation by standing vote. His re-
| ferences to Senator Frye and MI. Reed were
greeted with long continued applause.
| Senator Hume in seconding the nomina-
| tion, spoke of Mr.. Frye as statesman, in
| in honoring him the members of the caucus
| honored themselves.
| Mr. Plummer Of Dexter, also made a
graceful speech in secondins the nomina-
| tion. H. was followed by Senator Seiders
| who said that he wished he might present
| to the convention the services of Mr.. Frye
! to his state. And yet, the people of Maine
| already knew of that service. Mr.. Selders
| referred to Maine as the eastern bulwark
| of the country and said he had never ceased
| to be proud of tho state which occupied
| that position. He had noticed recently in
an influential western paper reference to
| the Presidency in which it was said that
Maine was far enough west. 1t was because
! Maine was represented by her peerless dele
CATION in Congress who placed the good Of
| their country above any other considera-
1 ton. that the state was deemed to be farth-
| er west than Indiana. Mr.. Seiders then
paid a tribute to Mr.. Frye's services and
| craftsmanship. he was loudly applauded
| at the close of his remarks.
| Senator Savage was the next speaker and
his words of praise for Senator Frye re-
ceived close attention. the hearers at the
close breaking into loud applause.
| The vote which followed was unanimous
| ard when few minutes later, Messrs.
Plummer. Wood and Mccullough accompa-
! MED Mr.. Frye into the hall, there was
| great burst of applause.
| Senator Frye WAS then introduced by Mr..
| Noble as one of the sturdy, self-reliant and
| self-made sons of Maine, hose character
| and ability had won him fame.
| There was another hearty round of ap-
! plause and then Senator Frye delivered his
| address.
SENATOR FRYE'S SPEECH.
| He said that he had not heard the speech
| es of the evening except the last. but judg-
| ing from that he feared hat his presence
and what he had to say would be far differ
| ent from what they had been lead TO ex-
1
| that he had not been in the chamber for
years and the boys of those days now oc-
cupled the seats. He was glad that he had
heard the admirable message of the Cover
nor. He was proud of him (applause) and
prouder still of the magnificent state.
Senator Frye mad not intended to speak
except to say few words of thanks for
his magnificent holiday present, but the
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| not do at all. They were the masters and if
| then his speech was crude and not what
| his hearers could have expected, 1T must
| be charged to the powers that be and not
| to him. :,
| that he mad never yet found sensible man
| who could explain the political overturn
which gave power to the Democrats. there
| in legislation as that made by the Demo-
| Gratis when they assumed the power the .peo-
pie already regretted having given them.
| pass tariff bill and what was the Iesult--
| A bill denounced by, every, Democrat.
| which their own President called shame
| and whicn pleased nobody except the peo-
| pie of England. France and Belgium. Did
| ever mountain labor and bring forth more
| despioable a mouse?
| Two years from now the government will
| be again solidly Republican and then will
| come the hour of trial to be braveiy faced.
We are to be confronted with the gravest
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| cy. We may be confronted with this cur
| rency question in the next Congress, and
| every body knows that that touches the life
| blood of the nation.
| Many say we will soon have control of
| the Senate. l hope not for we cal get that
| control only by an alliance with the Pop
| uIists. Does any Republican in the sound
| of my voice want me to gain power by that
| means (cries of no). | am glad of 1t be-
| cause in that case l should not have obeyed
| SanatoI Frye said that he claimed to
know little of iinaEce and he thought some-
| times nobody did, but he would have the
| neople consent to no legislation which
| would tend to make one currency the in
| ferior of another for the inferior would al
| ways drive out the superior and the loss
| viii fall on the average man; nor would
| he have any currency which shall not at all
| times he at a parity with gold so long as
| cold ia tbe worlds standard of value.
Taxing up the tariff Senator Frye said
| thai there was a constant attempt to weak
an the Republican party's policy of pro-
tactinn 1n and the party has sometimes weak
ened lowering duties to point where
| American Industries have suffered. Re
| oar riding the Mckinley law the Senator said:
1--WE may have candidate Tor the Presi-
| dency from Maine. ,Applause). They may
| have one in Ohio. Now the one In Ohio
has labelled the law with his name. There
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