Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-29
REPUBLICAN MEETING.

kEfUbLlCAN MEEIlNG.
A GBAMD RALLY AT THE OPERA
MOUsE LAST nIaQT-TWO Ex
CsLLHNT sREDCRK1.
The Republican meeting at the Opera
house last evening waa we'll attended i,
and considerable enthusiasm prevailed.
The First Regiment Band WAS present
and per formed . number Of selections
In their usual first clasD manner.
Tho meeting was called to order BY
N. Il. Benson, Jr., President Of the
Young Mems Republican club, who an.
nounced j. q. Pstterson, ESQ, ~ Presi-
dent, and Walter Hayes, Esq, as Sec.
Rotary. Mr.. Patterson introduced Levi
Q. Bird, Esq. who, he said, was we'll
known 70 every one present.
Mr.. Bird was received with unboun-
dod applause. He opened his speech by
saying that In one week more the voters
Of this country would decide who would
preeide over their destinies for the next
four years, and IL was the duty Of every
man 70 carefully consider the quest ions
presented before casting his vote.
He WAS not there TO abuse any man
because he was q Democrat, for any
one had as good right to be q Demo
crat 40 he had to be o Republican.
There are now two great parties In this
country, and Il Was the duty Of every
voter to examine which of these parties
are entitled TO his support. He then
reviewed the course of the Republican
party, and spoke of the many benefits
that have been conferred upon the
country during the twenty. four years
II has been In power
The. course Of the Democratic party
since 1852 was also reviewed, and be
claimed that all their acts since that
time showed that II Grover Cleveland
Ii elected President of these United
States the control Of this country
would pass into the hands Of the South,
where IL was previous to 1850
No one would cay that G rover Glove
land WAS - good an exponent Of Democ.
rsoy ~ Wade Hampton or Thomas II.
Bayard, and tho only reason he WA
nominated, WAS with the view OF secur.
ing the electoral vote Of New York, to
add TO the 1853 from the solid South. II
Cleveland is elected he will only be q
figure head, and the government will be
administered by . Southerner. The
people saw this as soon ~ he waj nomi.
mated. and knew we'll that It was the
old fight OF 1860 over again.
He predicted that II the day should
ever come when the Democratic party
should succeed In obtaining control Of
the United States Senate and House OF
Representative and also elect their
President, the 6outherners would come
and say, I'VE have been used prett ,
hard by the Yankees they whipped
US they burned our fences they
knocked of our arms and legs, and now
we'll run this government to suit our.
selves"
He wanted every one 70 consider how
1t was that Wade Hampton could assure
the Democratic Convention that the
party should have l53 votes from the
South. No one could pledge the cleo.
toral vote Of New York or New jersey,
or any other Northern State, but this
man pledged the entire South this wa
because the people of the North reflect
and think for themselves.
He spoke Of the plan pursued by
Wade Hampton and his Democratic
associates in Mississippi and South
Carolina 10 make the solid South, and
said the plan was not equalled any.
where else, unless 1t was here In Della
ware, where Bayard's plan WAS almost
~ effective.
The day will come, and he did moi
think 1t will be long before IL does,
that the Republican party will carry
this State. He touched on the ISLANDERS
against Mr.. Blaine, and said 1t was moi
reason able to suppose that II the one.
hundreth part of them were true, the
people OF Maine would never have sent
I'm, in onA anotn IN Enn
neither would Garfield haye made him
his Secretary of State. 1t was the same
with every President the Republican,
have ever nom mated, and there Ia moi
Democrat In Delaware who did MOI
call him q drunkard II was the same
with Garfield, whom they denounced u
perjurer, but az soon as he WA
stricken down by the hand of an Assas
sin, there was not Democrat who did
not unite In saying that he was the bes
man this country had ever produced.
And 30 it will be- with the valiant
the brave James G. Blaine, and on tn,
fourth day of Novem Der the people O
the North will re-echo what has al
ready been spoken by Vermont, Main.
and Ohio. The course of Cleveland
W ith his eleven years - an Attorney,
his resignation of that, and his election
as Sheriff, followed BY that Of Mayor
and still later - Governor OF New
York, was reviewed and stated as hi
belief that II he Is elected Presiden
Wade Hampton or Bayard will be Sec
retarytof State and run the Governmen,
He gave q very clear exposition Of th
ltariff, and the effect free trade woul
have on all the industries of the city
THE issue 10 now fairly before the me
lchanics Of this city, who have on th
one hand Anthony Higgins, who
known to be In favor of protection
laea inst whom is Charles b. Lore, wh
1 voted last winter TO take the bread froI
the mouths Of the mechan les OF thl
city, and also from their families.
Mr.. Bird spoke about one hour, An
was frequently applauded. He We
| | followed By William G. Spruance, Esq
Who commenced his address BY speal
: ling OF the independence enjoyed b
this country and said that any attemI
to interfere With 1t should be resentet
Ino matter whether IL was made In El
IRland or Dever, Delaware.
He then reviewed some Of the acte
tho last Legislature, which he said b.
taken away from this city the rig
Of local seif.governmeDt. The act ere
ting the Wafer Comm ission WAS sever
lily criticised lit had taken the prope
ty Of the citizens; their money ;;
l. had taken hundreds of thousands
dollars worth o their property out
q the hands Of the people who owned
. and placed In the hands OF . comml
sion, chosen by the same Legislature.
c. The usurpation had been resist
BY the people, and the matter taken
fore the Courts, who while they de
ded that the Legislature had the pow
to pass such an act, expressed the OPT
ion that 1t was better TO let cities g
ern their own affairs. The matter
now before higher court; 1t is befo
the people, and by their votes they "