Excerpt from Protection Against Free Trade: Speech of Hon. Wm; P. Frye, of Maine, on the President's Message, in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1888 The president pro tempore. If there be no further morning busi ness, that order is closed. Mr. Frye. I move to take from the table the motion of the Sena tor from Ohio [mn sherman] to refer the annual message of the President of the United States to the Committee on Finance. The president pro tempore. The Senator from Maine moves that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of the motion of the Sen ator from Ohio, that the President's annual message be referred to the Committee on Finance. The motion was agreed to; and the Senate resumed the consideration of the motion to refer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.