The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-21

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ners. They didn't take any one from
the North. They didn't know any more
about making a tariff bill than would
some little girl here in your grammar
school or hair as much. Well these
men tried to make tariff bill. 1t was
five months before they reported it to the
House. 1t was the most astonishing bill
that ever was reported on the face of this
earth in any country. Bryan was a
member of the committee on ways ana
means and he made short speech,
much shorter than he is making now
He said that the only fault ne had to
find with this Wilson bill was that 1t
wasn't free trade enough TO suit him.
If you want a man who viii turn you
out of work and give you all you want
of free trade vote for Bryan. He'll do
it.
"In the Senate where the bill at last
landed they took for the ways and means
committee, Jones of Arkansas. (Laugh-
ter Do you suppose he knew anything
about the Industries OF this country? He
knew about raising tobacco and cotton,
but he didn't know anything about the
industries of the North. The other mem
bers of this remarkable comm ittee were
Vest and Mills, both from the South.
"Gorman. whom I had rather have In
the Senate as man of good business
ideas than many Republicans who are
there, said to these Democrats: You
can't pull that bin through. Well, they
re -committed the bill and reported it
back to the House with GOO amendments
and the time was so short ana the Dem
ocrats themselves were so Disguised they
had talked so much over it and spent 50
much time that they just swallowed 1t,
the six hundred amendments and all.
Why, President Cleveland denounced 1t
and refused to sign it and never did sign
it. Now just think OF party which
would put IN such bill as that. DO you
want to try them again?
Cries of mo, no."
Senator Frye went on to show by the
figures Of the United States treasury
what blessing the Republican admin
istration has been to this country and IN
the course of this he said he would much
prefer Cleveland as President of this
country to Bryan. Cleveland was an
honest mar and believed in an honest
dollar. Bryan Is honest, too, and believes
what he breaches, which makes him
more dangerous because he believes in a
cheap dollar.
Senator Frye tried to stop at this
point, but the audienos would not have
it and he then went on, saying ne was
just getting warmed up.
The Republican party did something
more than all this. 1t annexed Hawaii
and restored the flag over those islands
which Mr.. Cleveland pulled down. We
got by this one of the best harbors in
the world, right III the midst OF the
Pacific and on the road to eight hundred
millions of people. 1t points out the route
to the Orient. Our trade with the
Hawaiian islands has increased. had
something to do with that. had placed
IN the bill provision that no ship I'M
less flying the American flag could carry
anything between the Hawaiian islands
and the United States. did the same
thing with Porto Rico and it works
splendidly.
Well, we did more than this. We got
out of the trouble with Great Britain and
Germany in the Samoan islands. 1t was
tri-party treaty and it didn't work
we'll We took the best island of the lot
and got the best harbor in the Pacific,
where you could put our whole navy.
There we have coal1ng station and this
is another step towards the East with
its eight millions of people.
Then we did something else, something
unexpected. don't agree with our chair
man when he says he Is sorry this war
occurred. I think it was one OF the best
things any country ever did on the face
of the earth. When great country for
Christ's sake ana for humanity sake
makes war no more magnificent specUa-
Gle than that VIII ever be seen. We de-
feated Spain and made a treatyEwith her.
Spain left Cuba and removed from it
forever her despotic power. For CEN
fury she had been a const ant menace
to our country. She left the sovereignty
OF this country in the air and it is still
in the air. Cuba is one of the most
magnificent islands in the world. For 90
years the fathers Of these Democrats
have tried to buy it and at one time
were Offering one hundred and fifty mill
lions for it and even offered to go to war
to get it We didn't get Cuba. We
simply sent Spain out. Then we estab-
lfshed there a reliable government. That
island in few years will blossom like
a rose and will increase in it's CONNER
ciaI Importance beyond the dreams Of
men. This year the exports Of Cuba
are over twenty-four millions.
The very moment we get more sur
plus Of manufactured goods than we can
sell, prosperity goes 1t is the duty OF
our party to look out for markets. We
are manufacturing in this country 80
per Gems more than we can consume at
home. Up to 1898 we exported very few