The daily gazette., 1882-11-04

publican Leaders q Bad Lot.
The Democratic mass meeting at Mary
land avenue and Linden streets was at
tended BY over 500 people, residents of the
ihird, Tenth and Eleventh wards. James
Mc6rath presided and John Fl. Paynter.
ESD, was the first speaker. Mr. Pavnter ii
fayorite in Wilmington and he was well
received.
In opening he gave laughable descrip-
tion OF the New Constitution, "this lighter,
tug boat, travelling lie, marine nondescript,
or semi-land monstrosity, which has been
going about through Sussex giving the
people free humbug show, with whistle
about as weak as Jim Loaand's voice and
with orators who cannot make charge
worth answering" He spoke of how the
Republicans had been making appeals to
the people to vote the Republican ticket be-
cause they were going to win and they
should be on the best side. They had found
| that wouldn't work. They were not the
strongest side, and now they had com
menced to make insane charges against the
Democrats which will not hold water and
which the people will not believe. Passing
rapidly, tho speaker said he had no doubt Of
| Democratic success. Everything pointed TO
| victory of the Democratic ticket, There
was no reason to throw that party overheard
and many why the Republicans should not
| get into power
To show the wisdom of Democratic rule
| In Delaware he proceeded TO discuss the
STATE DEBT,
about which the Republicans had raised
such a noise. During the war a draft was
ordered by the National Government and
the draft commission which sat in Smyrna
and afterwards in Wilmington was the
most corrupt thing ever in existence. This
fraudulent conscription of fraudulent
commission was done to carry the State
for the Republicans, and it could have
crippled the farming and manufacture
ing interests of the State by taking
away its best men. The whole State
cried out for relief and the Legislature gave
1t to them, appropriating 81 ,000, 900, so that
each man drafted could get $500 with which
to purchase a substitute. All that debt is
paid off but S100, 900, and the debt is now
but little more than 500, 900, 5000 900 of
which was bonded for internal improve
ments in the construction of the junction 8
Bfeakwater and Breakwater s. Frankford
railroads.
Mr.. Paynter showed how this debt had
been advantageously handled how 1t had
been reduced steadily and how, with the |
credit of our State held high abroad, 1t was |
funded and a new debt created at 4 ser |
cent, which sold at premium, and said |
that In very few years under Democratic |
management the whole debt would be wiped |
out.
Alluding to the honesty Of Democratic |
officials he defed any one to show a single |
instance of Democratic officer being de- |
faulter, and he quoted the encomium of |
Anthony Higgins, Esq., upon the Delaware |
officials when he said he was con-
fdent that not dime of the
States money had ever been dishonesty
used. The Democratic party is the party
Of the people, by the people, for the people,
and what an amazing contrast there is be-
tween the Democratic party in this State
and the Republican party He instanced the
ill-disguised indifference of the Half-breed
leaders. He said Messrs. Smithers and
heart, were going about on their own hook,
but he was sure even they did not want to
see the Dover ring triumph.
The speaker then took up the assessment
laws, and the prepayment of a tax as pre-
requisite to voting, which the Republican
leaders had denounced as unconstitutional.
He defended the assessment laws, and said
they were necessary in view OF the ways OF
the Republicans In endeavoring to have their
negroes vote two years on one tax. He re-
lated the Republican management OF
|
Republicans would pay their taxes and
keep their tax receipts unless they would
vote the Republican ticket. The assessment
law was necessary In view of the wholesale |
corruption and intimidation practiced and
It was as much of an offset of this as is the
uniform ballot law.
In conclusion Mr.. Paynter spoke of the {
fictitious allusions which had been made to I
aim for using the term "Great and Glorious
10 hrr,a xlnA L. l -
would die "great and glorious Democrat" t
He thought 1t was the proudest name any
nan can bear. He went back and reviewed /
he history OF the Democratic party from 6
he days of jefferson, and said it was an or /
,anizatioh OF which any man could be proud. I
I. O. GRUBB, ESQ.,,
vas the next speaker. At the outset of this
ampaign, he said, Chairman Dick OF the q .
Dover Ring had announced that he had the I
Democrats on the run. As things looked :
low 1t seemed to him that the Dover detach
ncnt of the old Grant gang had mohkeyed ! !
With the buzz saw when 1t was in :
notion. We have been accused of
busing the other side, but we haven't
bused them at all. Even If we did abuse P
hem they should not complain, because .
hey came at NJ with their worst end. Mr.. y
irubb congratulated the Democrats upon d
he bright prospects for victory. The polit- .
,al condition of things is most cheering.
he people are bound to smash the machine
q politics wherever it is is found. In Del
ware we have the same system of Re-
ublican bosses rs in New York and
and the people will never let
hem get Into power. The Democratic A
cket wears no collar and owes allegiance
} no boss. There is no government by the
eople where Dick Harrington and Judge ii
Usher say who is to be the Governor. OF
Mr.. Grubb went on atsome length making 1t
ringing speech declaring that the Demo- m
ratio party was the friend of the foreigner, W
nd warning his hearers against unlawful
ficial Republican intimidation on election
ay, and when he concluded the meeting til
1journed. pf
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