The daily gazette., 1882-10-16
HASTINGS. AND BIRD.
THEY BOTH MAKE SPEECHES
AT NEWARK.
THE FORMERS NEW ADDRESS.
MIR. Bird Says he Did Not Intend to
Abuse or reflect Upon the judiciary
and DenOunces Democratic Measures.

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Newark, Saturday night. The attendance
was attracted by two bands, the Amateur,
white, and the Diamond State, colored, the
former playing in front of and in the hall,
and the latter parading the streets. The
stage was trimmed very prettly, some of
the Newark ladies having taken charge Of
this feature of the meeting. The American
flag draped the front, and a stirring chrome
of "Shermans March to the Sea-" graced
the rear, while several bouquets, flower
stands and hanging baskets added much to
the general effect. Among the audience
were a number OF ladies.
About o'clock between four and five
hundred people were assembled, and as
Washington Hastings, Republican candi-
date for Congress, entered, accompanied by
Harry Pickles, Marshal McMullen and
Levy Court Commissioner Mahaffy, he
was recognized and greeted with a little
round of applause.
The meeting organized with George vii.
liams of Newark as chairman, and John
X. Elliott. Esq of Wilmington, was first
Introduced. He read from manuscript a
brief address, referring particularly to the
question Of representation according to pop
ulation, which he said the Republican party
was in favor of and had been for years,
while the Democratic party has always op-
posed 1t, and even now tries TO evadc the
real issue by advocating merely increased
representation for this county.
Mr.. Elliott also alluded to the tariff qucs-
tion, which, he said, was one OF the
brightest intelects of the country had
differed upon, and in the determination Of
which every man was govt rned by his own
interests. He compared from observations
acquired by travels In the old world and the
new the condition of the working men In
Europe and this country and said that of the
latter was much the superior. He feared
this would not be the case If the Democratic
doctrine Of free trade was permitted 10 pre-.
vail here.
The latter portion of Mr.. Elliott's ad-
dress was ertcnipore. Mr.. Hastings, very
hoarse from his recent open air speech In
Wilmington, was next introduced and also
read his address from manuscript. The
text of his paper was "Why should work
ingman be a Republican instead of Demo-
crat 2" and the main reason given was that
the Republican party is in favor of a tariff
to protect the interests of the workingmcn,
while the Democratic party is in favor OF
free trade, or tariff for revenue only. He
said the Democratic orators held that free
trade would make everything cheaper, but
it was his opinion that the tariff stimulated
such healthy home competition as
would tend to make things much cheaper
In any event. Mr.. Hastings cont nded,
however, that cheapness was not the
element to he considered In this affair, as no
matter how cheap things were, if people
had no work, and, consequently, no money,
they could not buy the cheapest articles in
the market. There could be such thing
as articles being too cheap, which is certainly
the case when the selling price Of an article
does not represent, fair, living wages to the
man who made it. A protective tariff, Mr..
Hastings thought, tended to settle this mat
ter, and enabled the American manufacturer
TO pay the workingmen such wages as en-
abled them to live, even if the necessaries Of
life are little high. He thought free trade
was most desired by the bunkers and i'm
porters of New York, and not by the maj u
facturers and workingmen of White Clay
Creek hundred.
Mr. Hastings claimed that his own inter
ests and those of the workingmen were
identical and in this connection he said it
was charged that he wouldn't pay any higher
wages than he could help. This, he said,
was true. He was compelled to buy what
he needed in his business as cheaply as he
could but he never wanted his labor at any
cheaper rates than were paid by his COM
petitors in the same business But under
free trade, said the speaker, the wages of
workingmen would be 100 per cent lower
this country could do without the tariff and
make more money than they do now, but
they do not want the working men to com
pete with the pauper labor of Europe. They
want them to live well. They want them
to live well and have some OF the comforts
as well as the necessaries of life.
In conclusion, Mr. Hastings referred to
remark made by Mr.. Bayard at recent
Democratic meeting in Wilmington, to the
effect that he was "Jay Hubbell man"
He felt impelled to deny this assertion. He
was no mans man. He had not said he
was "Jay Hubbell man, ,"but in a political
sense he would rather be a "Jay Hubbell
man" than "Thomas +. Bayard man."
As to the Hubbel methods Mr.. Hastings
said he did not favor compulsory assess
ments, but thought it no more than right
that ofiiceholders under the government
should bear their proportionate share OF the
expense of the campaign that is intended
to keep them in power. Democratic office
holders did it, and paid more than two per
cent, he had no doubt.
At this time Mr.. William Dean, who sat
in the audience, invOluntarily remarked
at never cost the half that much"
"Oh," replied Mr.. Hastings, "but you
never held an Office of profit, but an office of
honor, and one in which the office sought
Mr.. Hastings closed by telling the yarn
about General Floyd's da"key and the ''lay
of the land" and expressed his belief that
the Republican party would be victorious at
the coming election.
Like the previous speaker, Mr.. Hastings
became eXtemporaneous towards the close,
and in mis- earnestness he dropped his writ
ten pages upon the floor. He quickly re-
gained them, however, remarkiug that he
might need them again before the campaign
was over He was greeted with hearty ap- |
plause.
Levi c. Bird, Esq, who arrived late, was
next introduced, and delivered an entertain
ing and effective address upon local issues. |
He dwelt at length not only on the inequal-
ity of representation in the State Legislature, |
hut upon the smallness of the representa-
lion as well. The membership of the State
Senate--only nine-was not only ride
ulously small, but dangerously so, as
it afforded such ready oppor-
tunity for opposing beneficial iegisla-
tion. Mr.. Bird held that the Repub-
lican party of Delaware had for years been
in favor OF representation according to pop |
ulation, while the Democratic party has not |
given public utterance upon the question |
until the present campaign. Mr.. Bates, the |
Democratic candidate for the Legislature, |
advocates increased representation on the |
stump, but If he opened his mouth on this |
subject in the Legislature the Kent and Sus- |
sex county Democrats would ride him on a |
rail over the Dover Green. The Republican
party had exemplified this vital principle in |
ia State convention delegations but the rep !
resentation In Democratic State conventions