The daily gazette., 1882-10-12

The Opera House was crowded last night
on the occasion Of the Democratic mass
meeting TO be addressed by Senator Bayard
as II has seldom been crowded before. Up
stairs and down, even the aisles were
| packed, and the crowd remained patient
| and interested until after II o'clock. Sena-
tor Bayard's reception, when he came for
/ ward to speak, was enthusiastic, and his ad-
dress was able and particularly dealt with
issues brought right home to the hearts of
| his hearers.
The meeting was called TO order by Levi
| A. Bertolette, who named Adjutant General
J. Parke Postles as president and the fol-
lowing vice presidents and secretaries
| Vice Presidents-HenryG G. Banning, David
Chandler, John II. Moore, John Akin,
James II. Price, August Hilger, William g.
Whitcley, Henry d. Gordon, Henry d. Hick.
man, George Adele, Thomas Bird, John T.
Cheairs, William L. Reynolds, DIR. John B.
Schwatka, Benjamin T. Biggs, Henry Clay
ton, William J. Eliason, z. 7. Boulden,
William II. Lee, 8. L. Finley, Isaac N
Lodge, William H: Casey, William Talley,
Jacob X. Handy, John T. Sharpley, Thomas
NJ. Robinson, George Gray, Thomas Hol-
comb, Victor DUPONT, Theodore F. Craw-
ford, George 8. Grubb, Henry d. Craynor,
William G. Gibbons, John Griner, James
Carmichael, William Baxter, John G. Nor
rison, Edward Wright, DIR. l. 8. Vallandig-
ham, William A. Morrison, David Boulden,
George Riley, John s. Eckels, Josiah
Lewden, Eugene Rogers, Daniel Farra,
James P. Hayes, Edmund B. Frazer, J. P. T..
Fuekel, B. X. Heisler, Lawrence B. Jones,
James Clark, William Bowe, DR.. John X.
Kane, Lewis R. Springer, James w. Ware,
George w. Lackey, Thomas +; McCloskey,
DIR. Thomas A. Brown, Melville Gambrill,
4 nanfal Mo(utnfOpE Albert Thatcher
Michael Whalen, Preston Ayers, Samuel
Murphey, Samuel Cooling, August Ten
Weeges, John jackson, William II. Mooney,
James Bradford, DIR. James A. Draper,
| Nathan Lieberman, James Murphey, Joseph
Stoeckle, Henry d. Gordon, Daniel B. Wood
ward, James Kennedy, Jehu Pyle, Charles
Jefferis, Caleb Bnnton, Thomas M. Ogle,
| Wilmer B. Schaefer, William L. Cochran,
Fergus Kelley, Adoiphus Hess, Otto Stiber,
Henry Miller, Andrew Scraags, Joseph
Whitlock, james Kaneiy, Purnall Jones,
William r. Martin, William A. Scott, John
r. Weldon, Richard Ferguson, Edwin A.
Read, William Grim, r. II. Foster, j. B..
Foard, John G. Armstrong, Richard
Foard, Levin Cats, Robert d. Moss,
George Boulden, Jr., J. wilkins Cooch,
Alexander Wilson, A. L. Henderer,
William Mcconnell, Christian Messick, John
splane, John p. Lynn, Philip G. Plunkett,
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McMonagle, James L. David, James Mccoy,
John Zachens, d. w. C. Legg, William H.
Blake, John P. Donahoe, DR.. Charles W..
Kirchner, Thomas Fl. Morrison, George G..
Kerr, William Russell, Edward r. Wilson,
Samuel Carlisle, James Fl. Smalley, Robert
Hawthorne, Richardson Armstrong, james
M. Vandegrift, John Kilgore, Jas. Megary,
VIM. Mccormick, Henry c. Turner, William
M. Horn, William II. Hyatt.
4 toriaa hn w To- Gharlaa II
Campbell, James O'Toole, Frank E. Her
bert, Samuel 8. Adams, Jr.
General Postles In assuming the chair
made q few appropriate remarks and In
troduced
IGNATIUs o. eBUBB, ESQ.,,
who spoke In substance IS follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: / am confident
you are here tonight chiefly to listen to the
| words OF counsel to fall from the lips of him
who will follow--from him who, after the
test of public service, has earned your conf
dence and proven himself to be the wisest,
safest and most statesmanlike Of leaders OF
either party. shall not presume TO detain
you beyond my allotted time, but will be as
, plain, brief and as pertinent as possible.
, The approaching campaign brings us all
! face to face with the responsibilities oil free
citizenship, to meet like men, and to perform
like freemen our duty. A bold, shameless
and desperate attempt Is to he made to cap
ture the State of Delaware, and 1t Is the
boast on the streets and In the club rooms
| of Philadelphia that our people can and will
be bought by money from Pennsylvania and
Washington. We are told that the men IL
: our State are ignoble enough to join In the
effort to insult the honor of their mother
State. In the presence Of this peril to the
= honor and welfare of our people silence
: would be wrong thing.
This Is no time to mince words. The people
of Delaware need plain words by plain men
I and honest words. Aspade must be called
/, spade and thief thief. In referring u
{ the head and front Of the opposition party
: he said that they must not complain II theil
own misconduct required the use of Ian
!: euage plain and scathing to describe them
Ii they make the pinching shoe they mus
wear 1t and II they make the bed of thornl
I, they must lie upon II. When their act
y will not stand the light of day 1t is the dut,
8 of all called upon to address the public
1t To tell of them. In government like this
: resting on the use and expression of fre'
8 and fair ballot, It is the duty of all to TAX
. an active part and see to the election o.
! bonest and able men. This is government
% of the people, by the people and for thu
= people. It is time to take hand whei
: honest and reputable citizens are deprive'
of their choice In the nomination and cleo
= tion of nublic servants. When q few sci
fish bosses, aided by their followers, secur
the election of dishonest officials by bribery
force, forgery and fraud, 1t Is time some
n thing was done. Such proceedings do no
It constitute government OF the majority Du
of faw. It is not Democracy out al
oligarchy not a government of the peopl
hut of the bosses not a free goyernmen
!: but an unmitigated despotism.
+, The system of the bosses, such as Cam
:, eron, Logan, Dorsey, Malone and hobeson
q was roundly denounced. The snadow 2
as their evil influences was already at our ow
y doors, and the system itself VIII soon
n. al ask you," the speaker continued
Republican voters, do you truly wish