The daily gazette., 1882-10-12

you ualC hchAuuuca iON tno
African voter and have yourself bound hand
and foot.by the Dover hngl DO you wish
TO see your party's name debased TO foul
uses l ask you, people of Delaware, IRE
spective of party, do you wish to see your
State and your people corrupted by
Grantism In Delaware Do you wish TO
see her good name taken away that she has
had unsullied for two centuriesi Do you
want to hear IL said to your reproach that
the men of Delaware can be sold like sheep
in the market by the money of Jay Hubbell's
Jail delivery? Do you wish TO see Delaware in
the hands of Cameron, a political pocket
borough for Pennsylvania and q Botany
Bay for all the thieves and rascals In the
United States Your answer came yester-
day from Ohio" [Cheers and loud sp-
plause.
In this campaign there are two parties in
Delaware, each presenting candidates, plat
forms, leaders and their past record. Each
| must stand and fall before the bar of public
opinion. On one hand is se grand Demo-
cratic party, which. has held control for
/ over quarter Of q century. On the other
hand is the Republican party, or rather q
distrusted faction, which asks that the
power be taken from the Democratic party
| and be given into their hands. The record
of the Democratic party was then reviewed
and Anthony Higgins words of praise
quoted to show that even that Republican
| leader could not but fail TO recognize the
honesty and integrity of those who had
charge of Delaware's interests and her
| finances.
The Democratic candidates were worthy Of
trust, stood at the highest point among men,
and without particle of doubt If Charles
8. Stockley aud Charles b. Lore are elected,
which they will be, the people may rest
assured that they will wear no collar Of the
bosses, nor be like clay in the hanGs of the
political potter. They will not be under the
| influence of leaders of doubtful record, but
will be the choice of the people alone and
whom they will represent.
In respect to the change asked for by the
Dover ring, the speaker asked: "Wtll
they give you better government than the
| Democrats have given you! VIII any men,
even Republican believe that another set OF
men will give you as good a government as
the Democratic leaders promise ~ One OF the
most eloquent Republican workers In New
Castle had termed these so-called leaders of
his party "The vomit of Washing ton."
These men-the old Grant contingent In
Delaware-are an unscrupulous, lawless,
dangerous gang of freebooters, who would
debauch the State in every way. If they
are chosen the people will be lowered 70
their level. II they gain it will be in keep
| ing for preachers to teach immortality and
| for mothers to point out to their little ones
the path OF happiness through vice, not
/ virtue.
The Republican leaders profess 10 be in
favor of equal representation in New Castle
county, and yet In their own nominating
convention she was not given that right.
Had she been the Higgins wing would now
have been the lion rampant and they the
some other animal conchant.
Their methods were by deception, hypo-
crisy, forgery and force, and II they can't
win by one thing they will try another, and
thus perpetuate, If possible, the power Of
the bosses and the methods OF the machine.
1t was for the people to say whether the
State would be safer under Grantism and
Arthursm than under the Democrats. Some
say we may expect reform from those who
ought to be In reformatory or some other
place themselves. Do business men put
their trust in burglars, farmers put their
iocks in charge of sheep killing cnrs, and
| mothers their little ones in the care of
libertines 2 VIII you allow the honor of
your State to be despoiledi "I say
deliberately" Mr.. Grubb went on, that
these men and their imported libelers of an
| unscrupulous press are the worst foes of
your State and her prosperity. They are
building barrier around you worse than
the wall of China-establishing a foreign
| prejudice that is keeping out much-needed
capital and population. But, thank God,
those men are not indigenous to Delaware.
| A beneficient Deity has made, the soil and
air of the State such that they can't take
root and live long here. 1 am q Democrat
by conviction and training, but am more
Delawarean than Democrat and more a
citizen than ga partisan"
An earnest appeal was made to voters to
| save the State from impending or rather
threatening corruption and diehonor of
Grantism and bossism, which could never
take root and flourish in the air and on the
soil of Delaware. He advised them to tell
the leaders OF the Republican party that the
| men OF Delaware would never, never, never
consent to make their State capital
political cess-pool for the garbage of the
District of Columbia.
Mr.. Grubb was loudly appla uded and
after an air by the band, Senator Bayard,
who sat upon the stage, was introduced.
The reception of the honored speaker was
that of the utmost and the heartfelt good
will. 1t was several minutes before he could
commence speaking.
SENATOR BAYARD's SPEECH.
Mr. Bayard said in substance:
Fsltow Citizens: We are here, as l un-
derstand it, in an entirely unofficial way to
take counsel in regard to our political
duties. We are here to ascertain whether
the men whom we have elected have been
your State for their several terms Of office
that is, a Governor for four years, members
of the Legislature for two years, a member
of Congress for two years, and, l may add,
United States Senator for six years, will
stand on the 7th of November for Judgment
before those who sent them to their
respective places 1t is right that in the in
terest of good government the public
should pass upon the trustees whom they
have chosen, and see whether they have
kept or broken their trust, and when their
terms end give back the power placed In
them and stand before the people to answer
for their stewardship. We have in this State
a government comparatively simple because
the State is small, and yet this government
Ia as dear to us as it is possible for govern
ment and its affairs to be to any class of
men. Here are our homes, here are our in
terests, and the questions are, as we are In
counsel, how shall we deal by those who
had had control of these affairs In the past /;
into what hands shall be passed those affairs
, at this time? What new laws do we need
and what old ones need to be changed or re-
| pealed for our interests ? Delaware has a
!, mere handful OF people, compared with
other States, but she has name as honored
in history as. any in the Union. Zap
! plause. What is her condition at home
and a5road2 She is respected as Common.
wealth at home and abroad. Who is re-
| sponsible, except those who have been the
custodians of her interests during their
terms just closing and for many years before
} this What is the condition of the finances