The daily gazette., 1880-07-03
FIRST EDITION.
RATIFIED
By a Rousing Meeting.
Wilmington Democracy En-
dOrsing Hancock and
English.
SENATOR BAYARD's ADDRESS

1. c. GRUBB AND GEORGE H..
BATES, ESQs.
Last nights meeting must have
struck terror to the hearts of the
Republican politicians of this city,
showing as it did, fully three thok
sand voters densely crowding Fourth
street, between Market and Shipley,
in order to hear the merits of the
Democratic party and its great
National candidates discussed by
Senator Bayard and other cham
pions of the Democratic cause.
The meeting had been arranged
with very little blowing of trumpets.
A few announcements in the news
papers, and an hours street per-
fOrmance by a brass band were the
only public preliminaries, but they
were all sufficient, and as early as
seven O'Clock people began to con-
grcgate along Fourth street, in order
to secure good positions within hear
ing distance of the speakers stand.
BY SIS O'Clock, when the City Cor
net band arrived Fourth street, from
the east side of Market to the west
side of Shipley, was densely packed
with an earnest, interested audience,
numbering, according to the fairest
estimates, fully three thousand men.
The brass band was stationed on
the balcony of the Swami Hotel, and
after few stirring airs had been
rendered, the meeting was called to
order, about $40 O'Clock, by James
p. Hayes, chairman of the commit
tee Of arrangements. An organiza-
ton was effected by the selection of
the following officers:
Prcsident-Mayor John z. ALI
mond.
Vice Presidents-(one from each
Ward) Merris Taylor, John H..
Moore, Alex. McLedo, George II.
Adele, James Carmichael, Henry B.
Morrow, j. Parke Postles, Chas.
McCloskey, Isaac Dillon, Francis
McCloskey.
Secretaries-E. B. Frazer, Henry
r. Pennington.
Mayor Almond said as Hon.
Senator Bayard had not yet arrived,
he would introduce l. G. Grubb,
Esq, as the first speaker.
Mr.. Grubb was received with ap-
plause. He said he would not speak
long, as Senator Bayard was expect
ed soon to be present, he would
leave the discussion of the virtues OF
our great party candidates to ADLER
hands. | went to Cincinnati, said
Mr.. Grubb, with our excellent State
delegation, composed of a score or
more of as true sons of Delaware as
ever trod her soil, or carried her fair
name and fame beyond her borders.
There we worked hard for the nomi-
nation of her favorite statesman
whom 1 now have the honor to in
form you is present, and will speak
for himself. Applause.
Senator Bayard, who had just ar
rived, was then announced by the
chairma as the nations favorite
son." He was received with vigor-
Gus round of cheers and applause, af-
ter which he said:
FelLow Citizens Il do not know
whether my voice can reach all In
this vast crowd, and therefore must
ask you to preserve stricHorder while
| address you. There is time for
all things-a time for laughter, and
a time for idle amusement. But
when American freemen meet to-
gether to take counsel in respect of
choosing their rulers, 1t seems to
me that gravity and a manly earnest
ness should take the place of idle
amusement. 1t is at all times a
great pleasure to me to stand among
an assembly of Delawareans, for
here / was born and have lived and
worked among you. l have been
your representative in the national
councils, and you have always, from
the beginning Of my career until
now, supported me so steadily as to
sustain me even if had the disposi-
ton to doubt.
We are here tonight on an occa-
SlOu Vi Jue uIulOSI sli1ClCSb anu iil-
portance. The National Democrat
ic party--a party that never had a
sectional object or a sectional intent
"a party that always had enlisted
under its banner the representatives
and interests of every State in the
Union-this great party, animated
by grand, patriotic object, sent
delegates from every State and Ter
ritorv in the Union to Cincinnati, to
select standard-bearers representing
the faith and principles of that party,
in the coming contest for the cleo
ton of President and Vice President
of the United States. They were
men of high character bent on ad
vancing the welfare of the whole
country to make a choice, and l am
here tonight, as your friend, to say
warmly endorse the action Of that
Convention. Applause.
They have not chosen men un
known to the American people,
They are not obscurities-not what
are known in the slang of the pres
ent day as the "dark horses" of tht
| Convention, but they are men upor