The daily gazette., 1882-10-30
DEMOCRATIC RALLIES.
Mr.. eAYARD's WARM NEWARK
RECEPTION.
THE SIXTH AND KING MEETING.
White Clay Creek Democracy Hears Mr..
Bayard ON state Topics--Mr. vandegrift
ON the Pennsylvania Railroads Position.

| On lhe Fenpsyivantn RAILROADS. Position.
Newark had a rousing Democratic meet
| ing on Saturday night which was addressed
by Hon. I. +. Bayard and Lewis G. Vande-
| grift. Exchange Hall, where the meeting
was held, was crowded.
Senator Bayartl entered the room a few
minutes past s o'clock and was greeted
with several hearty rounds of applause The
meeting then organized with Dr. Kolloek as
chairman, James ii. Ray, j. Wilkins Cooch
and j. K. G. Oldham vice presidents, and
j. L. Vallandigham, Esq, secretary. Lewis
q. Vandegrift, Esq, was then introduced
by the chairman and was heartily received.
Mr.. Yandegrift opened with an earnest
appeal TO his hearers to carefully consider
| the issues ofthe campaign. He referred to
the reign OF the Democratic party in this
State for the past 25 years and said 1t had q
brilliant record, which had stood the test
of years and which lie hoped would stand
the test OF the approaching election.
| Mr.. Vandegrift said the Republican party
was controlled by three men at Dover, who,
next to their own interests, represented the
interest OF great railroad corporation, and
| cited as an evidence that Isaac n. Mills, one
| OF the three, secured the defeat Of Represen-
tative G.. l.. Townsend, of Appoquinimink
/ hundred, who was candidate for renomi-
| tior, because be would not vote In the in
terest of the Pennsylvania railroad corpora
| ton at the last session of the Legislature.
In support of this opinion Mr.. Vandegrift
| further cited the nomination of James NJ.
Wise, Jr., Pennsylvania employe, as the
| Republican candidate for State Senator,
| and the opposition Of the Morning NeUs to
the Baltimore Il Ohio extension through
Wilmington,
Mr.. Vandegnft next defended the
assessment laws of the State from
the attacks made upon them
by Republican papers and orators, and
claimed that they were free, full and i'm
partial In their operation, and that the hue
and cry about Republicans not getting on
the assessment lists was fraud. He re-
ferred to the payment of a tax as a pre-
requisite to voting, and expressed himself as
being in favor Of abolishing this provision,
believing that the payment OF taxes for
voters by party organizations was the step
that has led to great amount of corrup-
ton and purchase Of votes at elections In
this State.
Mr.. Vandegiift, who was suffering from
a severe cold, spoke very briefly, and closed
with an exhortation to all present to do
their duty on election day, end keep
the State government in the hands
of the Democratic party.
Senator Bayard spoke next and was re-
ceived with applause. He opened with
brief review of the events that have occurred
during his Senatorial term, now covering a
period of Ia years, and the part he
took therein, whereby he was largely pre-
vented from paying the attention he desired
to home concerns, though during all this
time he never lost interest In Delaware
people or Delaware affairs.
He felt glad that the present campaign
was one turning largely upon local issues,
and dwelt earnestly upon the Importance
of the people regulating them on their own
affairs without outside interference. Two
years ago this outside influence was largely
exercised In Delaware by Mr.. Dorsey, who
has since been on trial in Washington for
fraud of which he was morally guilty, though
corruptly acquitted.
Mr. Bayard In this connection spoke
strongly against the use of money in cleo
tions, and said If he had his way not dollar
should be spent by the Democratic party to
buy the vote of any man.
lie next alluded to the Republican charges
that the Democratic party of Delaware was
"maehine, controlled by 'bosses," and
and that he was one of these "bOsses" and
part of the "machine." He denounced
this charge as the merest twaddle, and in
dignantly denied that he had ever made the
kllBUUebb W uiCbdlo VI lhnuCHSc
nominations of the party candidates.
Referring particularly TO the questions of
the State campaign, Mr.. Bayard alluded to
the uniform ballot law, and claimed that 1t
was measure that would effectually pre-
vent the coercion of the free sentiment of
the voters, and enable them to
cast their ballots for whomsoever
they choose. He said the system of
forcing men to vote against their tnclina-
tions became so obnoxious In California
that law similar to the one in Delaware
was passed. At the election In st. Georges
hundred two years ago, Republican Super
visor Of Elections was, noticed, during the
count, earnestly looking for certain marked
ballots that he knew ought to have been
voted, while in Wilmington ballots num-
bered from one to fifty had been taken from
one of the boxes. These fifty ballots were
evidently cast by fifty workmen, who knew
that If they did not appear in the boxes, they
themselves would be subjected by some
earnest advocate of the 'protcction OF the
American laborer" to discharge for not
voting as directed by their employers.
Referring to the assessment laws, which
he said he had been charged with being the
author OF but never saw until they were
printed, Mr.. Bayard said the
laws made voting easier In Delaware than
Ia Pennsylvania or New York. He showed
that man could pay his tax on November
| 7th, (electon day,) vote at the State cleo
tion, and on the same tax receipt vote at
the next Presidential election, which takes
place ON November I'd, 1884, without pay
| ing a cent of tax in the interim. This he
claimed, could not be done In either New
York or Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Bayard next spoke of the laws for
collection of taxes, which he said he was
the author of, and proceeded to recite the
circumstances that led to their adoption.
The passage of the fifteenth amendment
| WAS followed by a great deal of political
personation through the endeavor OF the
| Government officials to enforce 1t.
Mr.. Anthony Higgins, who was then
| United States District Attorney, and who,
| IN these prosecutions, never indicted any
| man who was not a political opponent,
wanted to indict the entire Levy Court, for
| simply exercising the judicial functions the
| law clothed them with. This proposition,
| the speaker said, was not only legal al
| surdity, but disgrace TO those connected
with it. Mr. Bayard then proceeded to state
| that as collectors were prosecuted at the
complaint of negroes who positively fled
and hid to avoid the payment of taxes, and
tried by packed juries, the change IN the
law releasing the collectors from the
duty of hunting up these delinquents
was rendered actually necessary. lie
deeply regretted that partisan legislation
/ and malice had made it necessary to change
the law in relation TO the collection oil taxes,
which had stood unchanged for over hun
dred years.
In referring to the Democratic admins
tration of the past twenty five years, he
claimed that Delaware was the only state
| a. tho ITniou whose assets were greater