The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-21
The Lewiston Statesman Received
With Tremendous Enthusiasm.


united ana there are no faotionaI nights
IN them.
Speaking OF the financial question Mr..
Hayes said that he didn { suppose there
were six men in either party who knew
what was the best financial policy for
this country 60 pursue. There are very
few men who know whether the true
ratio OF gold to silver is sixteen to one or
seventeen to one. The one fact that we
al do know IS that we have dollar to
day that Is worth dollar the world ov or
and our credit Is good the world over.
Under these circumstances 1t is not wise
to change the financial policy of the coun-
try at this time.
lie said that the Democratic party is
trying TO make the trusts another issue
He had never heard anyone suggest
remedy for this trust evil. What are the
Democrats going 70 do about IL If they
get into powerf They don't tell you
what they are going to do or II they do
tell you they know that they can't carry
cut their plans. Organization and con-
centration or interests and wealth, of
labor and capital are the tendencies Of
the times. II by any means you can
stop the combining Of the interests and
wealth Of two men, you can put an end
to the trust evil. But how are you going
to do this
Coming to the so-callsd imperialistio
policy Mr.. Hayes asked II there was
man IN ths audience who believed 1t was
the policy Of this administration to
abridge the rights OF any man in any
land. "What are we going to do about
the Phinppinssg shall we sneak out and
haul down our flag there2 (Cries OF mo
NoP0
IBID it ever occur to you that these
very men who are so much concerned
because they say that the Republican
party intends to take away the liberty Of
the blackmen six thousand miles from
+ this country are now openly and defiant
i ly attempting to nuIIfy the constitution
of the United States and steal away the
liberties Of ten millions of black men
who speak their own language and who
+ kneeI ut the same altar with themselves.
1lr. Hayes said that George Fred
/ Williams was afraid that there was
danger of militar1sm prevailing in this
country. The United States has today
an army amounting to only one soldier
for a thousand inhabitants. Should Mr..
Williams fear that there is any one sol
der who can lick thousand American
citizens Isn't a man who volunteers to
fight for the flag Of our country as much
TO be trusted with its interests as the
man who goes about the country aocus-
ing them of entertaining such beliefsG
1t is an insult to every soldier who is
today fighting for our flag and to every
soldier who has ever fought for it.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Hayes brief
speech he was warmly applauded. Afte
another selection by the Presumpscot
band Mr.. Warren introduced Senator
Frye. The applause which greeted him
lasted for long time. When he could
be heard he began to speak and from
that moment onward the applause was
almost continuous.
He said. 81 am not going to talk to
you about State issues. don't know
anything about them. (Laughter.) And
care little about them. I don't intend
| to comment upon the qualities of the
Republican candidates for state offices.
They are all good men from the Governor
down to your-own Representative to the
legislature and you know It, CAP
plause.)
"I don't care to say anything about the
Democratic candidates ! expect that
they are all likely men and shan't say
anvthing against them, Because there
are a lots of good Democrats who are go
ing to vote the Republican ticket this
year. daughter and applause.)
II have more serious things to talk
with you about, things which VIII decide
what Is to become of the Republican
party. things which viii decide whether
we will have prosperity or adversely
whether we will have Mr.. Mckinley for
President or Mr.. Bryan. am going to
talk with you about whether we shall
continue the Republican rule which we
have enjoyed for the past forty years, for
we have had Republican rule as to legis-
lation for that time with one exception
In forty years the Democratic party
passed one law (laughter) and that was
the Wilson tariff law. (More Taught ~
IT am going to talk with you about
whether we shall continue in power the
Republican party which knows how TO