Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-05

toration of our flag to the high seas, when
/ recall his championship of the down trod
4 den and oppressed everywhere, when l re
call his fidelity to the interests of his State
as shown by his eloquent speech and ac'
ton for the salvation of our industries
from reckless and partisan tariff smashers
in the last Congress, and his success by
i the use of all his splendid powers of elo-
quence tact and good fellowship in per
s1ading such high bound and arrogant
free traders as VOORHEES,, Mills and Cock.
rell to yield some small measure of pro-
lection to our threatened industries, when
/ recall his enlightenment of the voters
and advocacy of the grand principlnes OF
his party on the stump in go states OF this
Union for whole generation, when l re-
call how largely as a representative man
he has thus extended the name and the
fame of our State, when l remember with
what pride and satisfaction as a son OF
Maine have heard senators and cabinet
ministers and national committee men
and congressman and state committee
men and party workers from other states
place him not only in the front rank but
in the first place in the front rank of elo-
quent, efficient vote-getting party advo-
Gates, and when l recall the pure life and
the simplicity of the man, in perfect &C
cord with the character and habits of our
Commonwealth, his frank, manly and
genial traits, join heart, head and hand
in unstinted support of his return by ac-
clamation to the seat in the Senate of the
United States which he has long filled so
ably, acceptably and well. (ApplauseD
Senator Seiders, President.ef the Sen,
ate, followed, and said:
Mr.. Chairmn, and Gentlemen of the Con
vention:
do not take the floor on this occasion
expecting to add TO the eloquent words
which have been uttered by the speakers
who have preceded me. l wish that
might be able TO present to this conven-
ton all and every benefit which the Hon.
William p. Frye has conferred upon the
citizens of Maine, and yet every citizen of
Maine is well aware of what William p.
| Frye has been to his State. AS we travel
west from our State it is not uncommon
to hear that Maine is on the extreme
boundary and that nothing great can
come from the State of Maine; that all
greatness must necessarily be towards the
center of the country.
| l recall, in my boyhood days, when l
sat at the old bench in the district school,
that almost the first question which ap
peared in our geography was: "What is
the most easterly State in the Union?'
and the answer, Maine. l then in boyish
enthusiasm deemed it great honor that
Maine was the eastern bulwark of our
country, and that enthusiasm has not
diminished and l rejoice more today than
in my boyhood that l am a citizen of
Maine and that Maine stands on the east
ern boundary and as one of the great
bulwarks to our country.
| Recently | noticed in very influential
newspaper in the far West, in speaking
of Presidential possibilities, the statement
that Maine was far enough West for them,
and that Maine was great deal farther
West than Indiana. (Applause.) Why has
our State, on the eastern boundary of our
country, attained the position that she
has? 1t is because we have been represen-
i ted by men in the halls of Congress who
have been able to take the lead-such men
as Fessenden, Hamlin, Blaine, our pre-
sent senators, Frye and Hale, and that
peerless delegation in our halls of Con
gerss, Reed, Boutelle, Dingley and Mill
ken. And that is why Maine is farther
West than Indiana.
Maine has been fortunate in that her
citizens have seen the advantage of CON
| tinuing in public service those servants
who could be trusted, and those servants
who were able and willing to do all that
they could not only for their State but for
the whole country. Such man is the
Hon. Willim p. Frye. 1t is not necessary
for me to recall here what he has done for
us. 1t is not necessary for me to rehearse
his eminent ability. 1t is not necessary
for me to present to this audience the great
benefit which he has been, not only to our
State but to our country. 1t is known to
us all. And l take great pleasure at this
time in seconding the nomination of
William p. Frye foc our next senator
(Appause.)
Senator Savage of Androscoggin, then
spoke as follows:
MIR. Chairman and Members OF the Con-
vcntiOn:
cannot hope to add anything to the
eloquent remarks which have already been
made upon this occasion. They are moi
mere words of adulation: they are to a
degree remarkable even upon occasions
like thiS-Sincere, and from the heart !,
would not lengthen the time before you
shall hear matchless words from his elo-
qucnt lips, We're it not for the fact that il
seems TO me fitting that some one from
his own county and near his own home
should speak in your presence tonight.
William p. Frye in his early manhood
almost began his professional life in the
city of Lewiston, and he continued the
work of his profession there until higher
duties in broader filed summoned him
to the service of the State His career
has been one of which every citizen of
Maine may well be proud. Recognized
from the first as among our most promis-
ing young men; early called to share in
public responsibility and always faith
fully discharging the trusts reposed in
him; coming to this House and ser ing
here, afterwards placed in the position Of |
attorney general of the State and all the |
while keeping up a practice of the law
second / believe, to no lawyer at that time |
in the State. A man of wonderful energy, !
marvellous cloquence, and convincing !
power. And then in the course of time |
he was sent to the national House of Rep |
resentatives.
From that time his career has been that |