Daily Republican., 1881-06-15
TWOSTATEs IN DEBATE.
Delaware and PennsyIvamis Again
Cross SwOrds-AustOerscy Of Gov.
erument.

Warriors stern joy in meeting worth,
foemen was experienced by the partici
pants in debate at tChichester Hall, Del
aware County, last night, very fully
The occasion was another of the, many
contests between .Delaware and. f'eur
sylvania, and was in every respect an
interesting one. The DelawareanS were
three very well-known gentlemen from
this city, President of Council Sharpley
City Solicitor Turner and DIR. j b.
WelCh. These gentlemen accompanied
by REPUBLICAN, representative, left
this city behind spanking double
team about $50 o'clock, and after a
pleasant drive through picturesque
Brandywine Hundred, and the beauti.
full country lying beyond, reached Chi.
chester Hall in ample time.
The place is situated in the lower part
of Delaware County, near Linwood. 1t
has very creditable lyceum, and under
the auspices Of this organization the de.
bate was held. At the hall the party
found their opponents waiting for them
in fall force. All of them are more OF
less favorab!y known in Wilmington.
Thomas V. Cooper, the most prominent,
who is present State Senator, learned
his trade in the REPUBLICAN Office;
J. b. Robinson, Esq, of Chester,
has friends and relatives in Wilmington,
as has also j. NJ Baker, ESQ, of Media,
who is prominent candidate for the
District AttorneyShip. Mr.. Robinson
is editor Of the Delaware County Ga
zette, one of the most enterprising
weeklies in South Eastern s45nnsyl-
Yania.
The audience at the hall was very
small considering the rare entertain
ment that was to be reasonably antici-
pated 1t was All appreciatlve audience
for all that. The debate got well under
way shortly after 3 o'clock. The sub
iect was, "Resolved that this Govern
ment is not tending toward an aristoc-
racy." The Delaware countians took
the affirmative, and the Wilmington
party was then left to wrestlc with the
knotty side of the question. In the first
round the contestants were allowed 10
minutes each, and in the second, fifteen
minutes. Mr.. Robinson opened the de-
bate, and was followed in the first round
by the others in the following order :
Mr.. Sharpley, Mr. Baker, Mr.. Turner,
Mr.. Cooper anG DR.. Welch. This order
was varied on the last round slightly,
Mr.. Baker making the first address and
Mr.: Robinson followed him.
The debate after opening at once took
q wide range. "rhe subject was ably
discussed" from few minutes after 3
o'clock uutil nearly midnight and
the way oratorical hair flew was cau-
ton to SLOW going debaters. lnterspersed
with the argument on both sides were
many caustic allusions to State matters
and local things open to attack, and
every good point Of this kind brought
down the house.
Mr.. sharpley made the first point OF
this kind. Speaking of the ariStocTacy
of politics, he looked at Senator Cooper
and said that no man in Pennsylvania
could get office without the influence OF
"Don Cameron or his dad" Mr.. Tur-
ner in Illustrating Capitalization said
Delaware was the only State thai would
not allow it, Senator Cooper Tetorted
saying parties in Pennsylvania dare not
ape iFlStOCIhtN' btidWSEc Was lllt Ollly
ariStOcratic State left and he did not
know what they did there. Two of the
most noted ariStocrats he said were in
Dtlaware-Bayard and salisbury. DIR.
Welch took a hand at this and after
ral1ing Pennsylvania over the Goals de-
clared by way of climax that ber tramp
law "made null and void the Lords
Prayer"
Mr., Sharpley having sale THAT Della
ware was in favor Of free rights to al
men, Mr.. Baker said that she had no,
given men Jheir rights unt III recently
and were forced tg put cG.ored men on
the jury.
The debate had often been IF the sub
ject before but il was more so after til II
and the Neal case was discussed pro
and con.
The Delawarerns although they had
the weak side Of the question for debate
acquitted themselves with great credit.
The five judges were divided, two OF
them being in favor of the Wilmington
gentlemen, and IL majority of the a,l-
dience were strong in the opinion that
they had the best of the contest, and
that is what the writer thinks, too,