Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-19

first mentioned comprise all the power
of the Executive branch Of the country.
In speaking Of the Republican candi.
dates for the offices Of President and
Vice President, he read . lengthy arti-.
Gle from the New York " Evening
Post" Republican paper" which
alleged that Blaine was not only unfit
to be President but that the parties had
forgotten the qualities of fitness. The
urgency of the times during the war,
the cheating, and stealing that followed.
the death Of Lincoln, the contest be-
tween johnson and Congress, Grants
corruption and that OF the adninistra-
tioDs following and Blaine's nomina-
tion as natural result were in turn
|dwelt upon. This, he said, was state
ment not done by the suspected hands
Of the Democrats, but by one of the
ablest Republican writer's Of the party.
Said Mr.. Bayard, "this means that
the tree has born its fruits and
nothing else could have;been expected. I"
He then referred to the war a. cause
Of q waste Of money. Of the blood Of
many brave men and q waste Of public
honor. He said that the mere fact of q
man holding opinions did not make
nALA O00p uub IL WAS Ju6 Iu6uu6T IN
which he used such opinions. He spoke
Of their being many honest men in the
Republican party, but clsssed the
present Office holders NJ being corrupt,
but at the same time he alleged that II
the Democratic party had been in
power rs long as the Republicans the
same result would have been reached
Corrupt and greedy men would have
become 30 powerful that the party could
not shake them of, and when they too
become 30 corrupt 1t Is time to cry them
down.
Under the present state Of affairs, II
man wanted public office, or a con-
tract shat would be profitable he must
join the Republican party. He charged
that party with Overrunning States and
upro0ting their governments and hold
ing forth its most corrupt men as its
champions. Now men who have
fought in the ranks of the Republican
party and fought most unscrupulousl ly
had called halt.
Do you wonder at this state of af-
fairs ? The downward plunge of the
American people is right before your
faces, and we cannot afford to let II
pass by unheeded.
| The speaker himself in twenty years
Of public life had never spoken such
bitter things rs had flown from the
the lips Of these men aga inst the Re
publican candidates. Candidates
personal honesty"
| If there had been no truth among us,
what Is the use Of our profession. HI
could bring mountains of evidence
| that no man could undertake to con
traaict.
He could stand there, with the rec
ords, until early morning and cite in
stances Of villainy that had never beer
punished. As an instance, Mr.. Bayar(
referred at length to the Star Rout
frauds, and said, not dollar of til
stolen money has been recovered or |
man punished. There has been an alb
solute failure of justice. The Govern
ment is going to pieces under the DIR,
rot Of mercenary and pecuniary corrup
tion, and the Republican party is re
sponsible. A mighty number of mel
! are coming out and those who remain
, are powerless to stay the tide of cor
! ruption. They are bound by the bitter
ness of party feeling TO keep thei
, mouths closed.
81 He alleged that Blaine was nomins
3 ted by corruption at Chicago, and wi
e he sustained by it at the polls, and tbs
8 a great body Of the press that was ono
t Republican is now trying to save til
? country from the hands of Blaine b
the election of Cleveland. The fourt
and fifth rate parties were allege
3 to be run to be- sold out at the las
: He charged the Republican party wit
a Trying to array one class against al
I other and exciting friction betwee
9 them when it had been the boast tina
9 in this country that all are equal, an
a pronounced it q result Of an evil admir-
' Iistration.
/ After dwelling at length on the que,
' tionpf classes, he lookup the tariff quei
: tion aud discussed the rates of taxatio
o at considerable length, and cited til
cry of protection to American labor q
@ being false and dangerous, az we'll as
/, means of arraying class against class
!. Labor is the great law. There wa
v something in the cry, but how tame th
/ lcry. 1t is the abuse of power for th
= benefit of few, that was meant for L
r all. He then referred to the cheap cor
vict labor throughout the country, an
d read extracts from several newspaper
II in reference thereto.
el The cry of protection was the falsel
that ever eminated from human lip
d He spoke of Wilmington as q grea
q manufacturing town with a larg
a amount of wealth invested in the sam
v and the city had no heartier friend |
n the United States than himself, but /
i thought too much of himself to be III
y candid, and too much of his country
I. be unjust. After speaking of the rapi
"a growth of the country, with Its 1900
,r emigrants coming here every year, l
d stated that a market must be foun
,r elsewhere for its products.
. They tell us that the unemployed L
,r bor in the Unitd States is the result
loverproduction. Can there be too muC
ic wheat and too much corn If there d
,e no obstructions to the natural inte
VA changes of commodities ? The pe0pl
l. must settle these questions. We q
8 increasing our products daily, but "
ID are not increasing our markets. Lab
"A saving machinery Is not confined
m man nufactures, but is found also
q. agriculture, In the wheat fields of d
" kota and the Northwest. Wheat is no
10 eighty -four cents bushel-lower ths
~ it has been for forty-two years. Cor
Vi MERGE is exchange or barter and not
e, mere sale for money. 1t is giving fox
ID for clothing, e'c Weare sending abro,
re ANNUALLY $500, 900, 600 worth OF export
of seven eighths of which are breadstufl
n. and when we come back with commot
H. ties we are met by high duties al
lie Iexorbitant taxes.
,e. American industry must have
"a. chance to compete everywhere.
speaking of the shipbuilding in th
or city, he classed it as the commerce
te. the world and that they must go al
lie return loaded, in order to build up O.
lis Imercatile interests. Commerce WI
bv Icontipue to Wither until she can stan