The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-29

chairman. Mr.. Eaton said that the pres
great interest which the people of Bruins
wick felt In the election. 1t was indeed
a momentous time in our political his
tory. Would it be supposed that after
four years of suffering from Democratic
tariff experiments, we should be asked.
by the same mon to tryFanother expert
mentP Having scratched out our eyes
in one brambls bush we are in vited
to jump into another and scratch them
in again. (Applause)
eve may bs suffering from crown OF
thorns," said Mr.. Eaton, "but if we
jump into that bush we shall find we
are full of thorns. (Applause.) Twenty
Hon. Vim. P. Frye make speech. Since
then he has been in the thick of the eight.
It is with great pleasure that I intro
duce him to you tonight
Mr.. frye, upon being introduced, was
received with loud applause. He began
by telling of the beautiful scene in the
valleyEof the Aroostook as he rode down
it few days ago, and how that scene
was dimmed by a lark cloud that soon
swept over the heavens. This was fair
il ustration of the condition of the
country. Four years ago we were the
most prosperous nation on earth. Our
industries were thriving, our labor was
employed. But since then dark cloud
of disaster has settled over this country,
driving one third of the railroads into
rooeivershipa, and causing 500 banks to
close their doors.
What was the trouble? God did not
raise cloud over us. Our own folly
Mr.. Bryan, who was not the candidate
of the Democratic party, for over 200 of
their leading newspapers had repudi-
ated him, but who represented the Popu-
listica "A narchistic- Socialistic- Democratic
party, had declared that the sad times
were caused by something done way
back in 1873. He leaped entirely over
the years of prosperity from 1878 to 1898
QsuRhter) in order to trace our despair
to the gold standard. Mr.. Bryan forgets
that from 1878 to 1898, under the gold
standard, England. France and Germany
laid up thirty billion dollars, and the
United States laid up thirty-eight bill
lions; from 1878 to 1898, the United
States paid 81, 1872, 600, 900 of it's debt and
saved s65. 900, 600 in interest; in 1893 we
possessed one fifth of all the wealth of
the world and from 1873 to 1898, we in
creased our railroad mileage 146 per cent
and yet, DR.. Bryan says, the thing that
ails us is the "crime of 1873" Now If
DR.. Bryan makes such fearful mistake
as that in diagnosing the case, look
out for his medicine. (Laughtsr.)
The medicine was "free and unlimited
coinage of silver at Is to IL Senator
Frye said that . he had heard Senator
Stewart use that expression million
times. Ho used it at speech at Sena-
tor Eyarts's dinner party, and the latter
pFopounded this conundrum: "Stewalt,
what Is the difference between riding o
hobby and horse?" Stewart confessed
he could not tell. "Well," said Eyarts,
"a man can get of horse, but he new
or can get off hobby" daughter
Senator Frye then went on to explain
what would happen If the Bryan medi-
cine should be taken. The silver dollar
now remained at parity with gold be-
cause the government, by accepting the
silver dollar for taxes and duties, prac-
tioaily redeemed the silver dollar in gold
Mr.. Bryan proposed silver dollar with
out such redemption. But if it had no
redeemer, where would it gor laugh
ter.)
Our silver dollar keeps up it's value
simply because of the governments
efforts. But allow Mr.. Bryan tosput a
stop to those efforts, and the silver dol
lars would sink to one half of their
value, and our 1925, 600. 900 of gold would
leave the country. What tremendous
contraction of the currency But you
say that Mr.. Bryan would set the mints
to coming silver to make up. Do you
know how long it would take to do thatp
The minis would have to be run IS