Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-07
HON. VIM. P. FRYE
Speaks at Watervi|Ie's Record
Breaking Republican Rally.
A Grand EuIogy Of Republican Party
and Administration,
Frequent Bursts oil Applause from Enthusiastic
Hearers.

! Watervile, Me, Sept 6-(SpecialD-
! There was no doubt that one of
Names sons in whom she is most
proud, was in the city, last evening
| Senator William +. Frye was to speak
and it was enough to crowd the hall
to the doors. 1t was by far the big
gest rally that the city has seen for
many day. The audience was 4 rep
| resentative one. all the culture Of the
| city as well as the Drawn being repre-
scented.
! Mr.. Frye was escorted to the hall BY
the Waterville Military Band and was
! introduced by Harvey d. Eaton. Wa
| terville's candidate to the Legislature.
| in a few we'll chosen remarks. The
| audience was an enthusiastic one and
| lavish in its applause. The speaker
| often set his hearers In roar BY his
sarcasm and Wit ana held the closest
| attention Of every one to the very
! end. Not person left the hall from
| the moment he began to speak until
H. finished nearly an hour and a half
| later.
| He began BY reviewing the grand
work done in the past by the Repub-
| ican party and eulogising il in the
| strongest terms. He showed what il
| had done in the Rebellion. what it had
| done in finance-more than any other
| country has ever attempted. what il
had done in the industrial world The
| climax of its grand work came in 80
when there was not a silent spindle
| or a furnace fire unkindlcd in the whole
| country. Then the Democrats were
| given a chance to try their hand at the
| government. The speaker then briefly
| sketched the history OF the Wilson
| tariff bill which he called the most
miserable bill that ever originated in
Congress. From this he Went To the
panic which he graphically described
| in all its horrors that are SO familiar
He then returned to the Republican
party when it asked that the control
| be again turned over to it.
He traced the steps IF the recon-
| struction OF business confidence
| throughout the country and the vast
strides made as soon as the party be
gan its work He then quoted some
eloquent statistics showing what a
magnificent country we possess. In
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with indisputable figures that were
quoted very impressively and that car
ried weight with them and convicted
where nothing else could He showed
| that the magnificent progress Of the
| country has been accomplished during
80 years Of Republican rule and that
the only time that it has gone back
wards or Ic$tm oney was during the
1 II
| power.
| He then stated that there were two
| great dangers confronting the COun-
| try, namely, the election Of Bryan and
| the possibility Of being unable TO dis
pose of a nunsold surplus Of the pro-
| ducts IL the country. Under the first
he briefly stated the dangers Of the
| Bryan theories, declaring that there
was danger of electing him because
SO many men We're sure that he would
not be elected.
Under the second danger he discus
scd the foreign questions. He showed
| clearly why we needed every inch Of
land that We have taken. He demon
| started that the only way to avoid
this second danger was to build up
| foreign trade ana traced the painful
| process by means Of which ii has been
| built UP. He discussed briefly the
| shipping interests Of the country and
showed the Importance Of building up
an ocean shipping. His discussion ~
| this issue was a masterful one as
might be expected from an authority.
| 1t was a splendid speech. scholarly
and authoritative. 1t abOunded in Sar-
casm that must have been very hard
| for the Democrats to bear If there
We're any in the audience. He placed
| Bryan in a most ridiculous light. yet
Withpu any vulgar personalities. He
declared him t. be an honest man. but
one who was the more dangerous even
| on this account. His comparison Of
the work Of the principles Of the two
| parties was a maSterful one and it
made every Republican in the house
glad that he was alive and a Republi-
can.
! His opinions on the Philippines.
which he stated at length were au-
| lucrative. and cannot be gainsdid
| His audience enjoyed every minte OF
the evening. The hall was hot and
close and crowded. but no one mind
ed that. When the speaker paused
and quietly remarked as he moped the
sweat from his brow: 1T is hot" his
audience burst into a roar Of laughter
In fact. he kept them laughing or APP
| plauding most Of the time. Yet when
he wished he was very impressive ana
at such times a pin could be heard to
drop in the vast audience. 1t was a
| glorious evening and the night that
Frye came to Watervile. in 1900. will
long be remembered by the citizens.