The daily gazette., 1882-09-13
mays CORN FIELD.
..,nnr FISHER TOLD
s,y sygiT LAST NIGHT.
'r,RR1yGTON's BIG MEETING

,.,.DlIeau RatlheatIon-A ..A..,a mestlns 81 8
ma power Ring-Much Oh
I,IsuS character
....,,ou meeting of the Republican
IiuI.sII'C l'.I Committee in the opera
enuai atoht was a deplorable fizzle.
y. y, n psrt Of the affair there was
my iIaAInce. pS but, throughout, en-
lI'SaS'Ik s's lacking, and by the time the
w Nm ont half the audience had
" ~ Nm ne street disgusted. IL was
NV ~0Ssr M The control Of the disre-
X n,vsr Spri ripg and those Republican
=. g Isy claim to decency were con-
Wv " ,5eir absence. Among those
IN asked to speak and who had
.sSsa Usss we're Mr.. Anthony Higgins,
\ p1a 1prSdSord, Jr., Mr.. William q.
y " Vt' George V. Massey, Mr.. M. b.
md Mr.. Jacob Moore.
~ ~ gentlemen, even including Mr..
~ now the leading representa-
me Half.Breed element OF the
M, VI action last night Is significant.
.,."ngb % Half-Breed took an active
~ meeting, and their failure TO DO
si,.rt n, y refusal to either endorse the
% ~ take any part In the campaign.
,vss great misfortune. II had q
~ etyect on the meeting. 1t made
nj affair, and the leaders for the
% stoOd aim ost alone In advocacy OF
.Sidstes, and struggled mAnfully to
ulsrest that was dead, and stir up
,,m that never came.
r.stiUr = inn was in charge Of Walter
n Colonel sam Wood, and o big
N audience was upon the stage.
u, he men selected beforehand TO
.Sc,rs of the meeting. They were
Aree hundred strong, and the stage
oly hold a small part Of them.
C1rey and Hastings sat upon the
iropt beside Dick Harrington.
Non looked flushed and proud and
hb left hand in a sling.
NM First Regiment Band had played
n air, and played it well, Col. Wood
4, meeting to order and named Job
aUn as chairman of the meeting.
bon returned most gracious thanks,
4 Nj, Bacon got up and commenced
the names of yiGe-presidents and
Nd, 1t was an awful job. Nearly q
ioOlscap was covered, and the list
long as the argument for the defense
NE burglary trial. Mr.. Bacon got
/ white by turns, and gasped for
before he had finished the first
names, and still he kept on, his
form supported by Colonel Wood, a
martyr 10 politics and Q yiptim Of
mmlttee on Officers. At last the
was done and, as a facetious spccta'
It, three men in the back part Of the
ce-the only ones whose names were
the list-left the Opera House In
because they had been slighted,
FlERf MR. BIRD.
G. Bird, Esq, was then introduced
ns forward and be got no applause
on bic appearance or during hi
twas a speech characteristic o
rd, and more of an appeal TO tn
10 buy factions than a discussion o
Is his speech was expected to be. II,
pyAIked more from the pit Of hi
ph ihll usual, and dashed about thu
b perfect storm of excited oratory
d, he explained after an iltIOduo
two short sentences, during whicl
qe eight turns around the stage, " n,
2 make . political speech, We ar
y one political family to ratiiy tn
lGtons made at Dover in June last
y Tor us never seemed so near.
nov It will be because every soldie
Republican ranks did not have hi
lef 10 the wheel. The Democrats al
lhAed, This is no one mans can
Is a campaign Of princlples--th
principles the Democrats have bee
lor since 1855. Let every Republ
W DIS shoulder TO the wheel, no matt
may have been his faction, If factio
and then after we have achieve
well quarrel over the Offices"
'ns remarkable declaration only u
lIe applauded, and Mr.. Bird the
70 y 70 declare what the party would
republicans succeeded. 1t woul
tMy Jaw SO that 1t would measure U
wants Of the people,
Mr. eURREY's CORN FIELD.
venerable George P. Fisher, famo
one Of the Judiciary of the Distri
ulOai then addressed the meetln
sIlenced TO tell about the corn field
euIIey, and talked about it until h
Nslt into wild enthusiasm oyer Il
,ssOle phenomena of Sussex az
~ ~, III Is noted fact" s.
Suuse, with fiery eye aud bur
aaSqage, that when | was a boy
n, " wanted to know anything abe
.s aey were sent TO Albert Curr,
M SJ', ~. were SO run and the corn
~ ~. 'sal II couldn't be beat. Son
~ ~ sussex boys would go to Philad
wi 'le hrst time, and when Il
U UasA they would say
n we're were laid off almost as nicely
n.Sy oSSrIey's corn field. His corn d
~ rOutl U and his rows were straigh
SsTt TtGGlUaneed Gn,la this stirring enconi
N 'It ~ 'olrFey's corn field Judge Fis
StSa %e , climax by declaring tiGentlen
- ~ n aiah we present for your suf
M, n ilsh who knows his rights /
Ss1s Ss ,n asre maintain them" Hay
tha NUN m Mr.. Currey's corn field
Inv ~ Judge passed on and told a sts
M NV t ulcrlt OF which was not decer
nnet Wv ladies' in the audience blus
lDss puer Pa soon left the building,
l.sh ond vnnewlll of Dover made a sti ri
ducpd1 1Du ~ Inen candidate Currey W al
and M mr.. currey was much EN-
Vords nIu , lle spoke in a tone so low
Orsn 'VS,u NUS scarcely be caught by
aSrs,L purlng his speech freq uent
huy pIaS ea,s louder /" were heard. This
h. bothered .als Mr.. Currey rev; yery m m
"~'aia was as follows: way
s.,,r,A Mr. cURRy's sPEHo4.
TN ai'U'eio' ms ~ Of Wilmington You
ais IL 70 S,D return my heartfelt II tn
agS vst."S warm reception, IA vo
ope Of 'I nal out of it, l can say-ii
vi mn !, Delaware y. n, shall elect me Cove
suitn,sSs rs straight furrow to the ri
.nust u.G raa and justice as | know
ae; M tSe redeem deem Delaware |! The time
We Our li'iIp9 opportunity is ours. We
nlS;~ n n''ie iS State in line with he
oOtScp IN 4, line with her necessItiel %
IsivSl l ,.1s! .G1syaasty must give 1VSS''to' way to
,sspcln.u,ttn ! 50 necessary to our pt
\, and uSSe ! as as our watchwords DS we 'V. 9,
li effect s tsa can only say that if labor of f
DsaecrsScv' SS . ;, clean L the Augean stab Sfi
~N'aCl In thfa Ga 5NA bN~AN'