Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-10-23
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Tnmmany Hall Crowded Win Earn.
est Admirers of the Delaware Sen.
ntor-W what SIC said General Notes
of she Campaign.

est Admirers of tho Delaware Sen.
ntor- what SIC said General Notes
Of she Campaign.
The TammRry demonstration In New
York, Tuesday night, wAs AZ aIzpo kAdstr,
b,tWe.n $4,000 ard 10000 men beng 10
liza OF parads. T ere was AlsU mase
meeting In TSmmsny ball, Ut which
resolutions epd0riing the national
Democratic nominations were heartily
adopted ami addresses delivered by
Senator bayaId, Judge Thurman, GOysr
nor Abbott and others. Senator BAyard
Ths arrested with s royal ovation when
he ost to speak He Faid;
have been invited to address you TO night
| aud have gladly accepted the invitation. l
find that her as well az 1000 miles from
nofe, our people are advocating the same
| doctrines i'll the campaign A true Demo-
| crat has not to time his speech or locate
his aud ouoe II is the same epeech
aud the same doctrine everywhere
Aud Why Z Because We seek to govern tho
country for the whole people and not for the
benefit Of any class or locality. [Applausel
We desire that It should be- governed for the
| good ~ Ail aud We recognize no such doc
lrllie Ms that which or ateS class to be de-
spsed because 1t happens to be weak or poor,
La victory or defeat, please God, tho Demo.
|
| lalsel That Is why deem it as a pleasure
trd priviltge to come to this great city
| and addr9 my fellow countrymen under
| tho auspices OF q society whose principles will
remain no long az the government exists
| Here III New York have observed an issue
raised SEQ it also in many other Places l
| cali IL the issue OF plutocracy the govern.
meut Of wealth az against the manhood OF
our people 1t is in this country to day that
| we have to grapple with this monster. II is
q battle between the fair, just, honest Amer
lcAn idea Of politics and tine wretohed, mer-
cenary idea that has perverted the powers OF
the government since the accession to power
Of the Republican party. This ID the issue,
| and there il but Dne side for us to take in the
contest The personality OF the candidates is
not the issue. Principles are the issues OF
llis campaign II is question whether Or
lot the government shall live upon the basis
Of the equity Of manhood or 60 down
TO the dusty road Of corruption
and death Applause Tammany Hall
is not petty or personal association. 1t Is
too big for that Applause 1t cannot be-
scared or bullied. and cannot be severed from
its Democratic faith and the doctrines of the
patty. Parties, however, are only agencies
Candidates are merely agents The Democ
racy Of the United States is a majority of
members-not property. During the seventy
years Of Democratic administration the party
| never permitted public office to be the means
Of rolling up private fortunes Never until
the Republican party came into power was
public office the means Of private gaiu. Zap
plause Under that party the government
] has become political machine, with
! mercenary motives and pecuniary
, gain az the two apparent ends. Zap
+ plausel The possession OF the public
purse has afforded splendid opportunity for
Rlliog the pockets of the party and its associ-
ates with money raised by high rates Of tax
A alton. And you and / foot the bills.
tApplause.l or all this the Republican can.
didate, James G. Blaine-[hissesl- per.
: feet representative He ia typical politician
OF that school. IApplause His idea Of
public power is to make the government Of
the United States profitable TO first himself
then his associates aud then his party
[Applause.l He openly boasts Of this Does
d he not declare that he is no deadhead in any
). such enterprise Laughter and applause Il
!. set OF mon want to build a railroad without
cost to themselves, MIR. Blame is the active
agent to promote legislation that will build
1t at public cost. Does some steamship ownei
(; want to make his private business pay, Mr.
Blaine will assist in getting subsidy out Of
I the means Of speculation. Does any manu-
a faciurer find his business Improbable, an.
v that greater skill il competing with HIM MIR
J Blaine will assist III ralsiag the TX on III,
: imported article, to make tue American pub
!, lie pay higher price for what they consume
Now another thug comes to I'd VI
IA behold Es result men enriched by con
n gresslonal legislation. Look at the histur,
OF the Credit hlobiler and the fortunes
created, Look At the proven facts Of tn
Pacific railroads., whose charters exprusslt
T. required the whole amount Of the capital
amounting to some eighty millions, to b.
|, paid in cash, i'll full and only in cash, AM
|, not half OF one per cent. was so paid Blu
the stocks were issued notwithstanding.
Look at the expenditure OF OF 1888, 600, 90
for the navy since 1865. And yet we hay
u fewer ships and poorer ones and not a singl
y modern gun with which to defend our sea
N coast against the attack of au enemy. In
!, deed the only supposed seaworthy ship W
:, had WAS run down by poor weak coal barg
=, few weeks ago. [Applsuse,l Look at til
" postal service frauds and the Star route syl
tenn, which was the result OF legislation infu
enced by the plunderers 1t is not all ma
= administration. There has been corrupt leg
n islation
Aud then we come to the dreadful power
OF peace and war. The lie aud treasure o
the united people ure thrown in the scale q
e the demand Of some fellow with big privat
W claim. IL is secuted in the courts and ca
!. only be collected by force by public war.
4 MIR. Blaine goes 1000 miles out of his wa
to intervene IN the affairs of two SOut
American governments in the interests Of
~ private claim, confessedly connected by
foreigner, Frenchman, who had applied [
u his own country in vain and then threw hin
4, self into the hands Of set OF America
IN speculatorst OF whom Secretary of Stat
h Blaine WAS chief and foremost. l do ne
- know whether this prostitution Of publ
d power might not have precipitated us into
j war with Chill. Should auch have been ii
case what effect would our money have upo
%, the iron.clads OF even pigmy state OF Ii
n size Of that South American state Applause
y Then again, in the public documents of Ii
~ United States reported by Republican con
~ mittee l find memorandum of a col
~ tract in which Blaine and membt
OF prominent banking firm in th
city seem to be interested. [ find there a
agreement signed, in which the condition {
intervention by the United States goyernmel
&c with the affairs of Chill and Peru was IL
confirmation OF q claim known to be uniu
.. and absolutely fraudulent (Applauso
,at There's prostitution OF tie public trust II
p you, This is picture Of the practic
workings OF the Republican party as displaye
VI by the public writs. Gradually the ey
li elements have grown into predominant
y, until at Chicago conscience and conseryatis
y, were stified and the very ringleader Of thel
n. outrages was forced upon the better elemei
Of the Republican party as its candidat
r; we see the better elements in reyol
"a (Applause) They say it is again
Or Blaine and Logan They should remembI
81 that it ia against Blaineism and Loganisu
,st [Cheersl Blaine and Logan are results M
rs causes. They are symptoms OF disease an
~ not the disease itself. If they both were deai
ID the forces that have made them candidat,
81 would still survive and still threaten Il
re public safety and welfare Of the people. Ca
he TO power great men whose professions yo
in can trust Men proven to behonest by the
records and life test; insist that no publ
nd power can be used for a private, personal
~ corporate or class end. Allow no man
all grow rich by legislating, by governmel
~, in which it can be iustifet
~ What was implied by the transactions ,
10 the late firm Of Grant q Ward When tho
~ accounted for the enormous rate of iDtere
,is offered by them they declared it was paid OF
so OF the profits IN government contracts
was probably false pretense, but il true il WI
government robbery-[appleusel = autho
,o lied by the legislation Of dishonest admit
lstration Applause Let no Democr,
= hope to get rich out Of the public treasur
: 1t will be impossible to do that. [Applause
as Grover Cleveland-[c heersl- has crystalize
be the meaning in his phrase Public Office
he public trust and not for private benefit. Z
az has exempliied its trust as mayor and |
= governor. Now let him do it as President I
W the United States lApplause.l
:, Senator BAyA then discussed Ia
- infamous tyranny prsctissd in The lst
elections; the assault, undsr cover Of Ii
Il latuTalizAtion laws, by suoh mAu a
; John |. Davenport; the employ ment {
"a deputy msrahsls at elections, and th
y part the Pension Bureau took In the Obi
hasco. He provoked much spplsus
whom be referred to the TRADE On tb
. Solid South Blaine had delivered sine
:. he had learned that West Virginia W.