Daily Republican., 1886-10-21
MR.. BlGGS' RALLY.
The Academy Of Music Nearly Filled
Characteristic Democratic Speeches.

II 6p68Cn0H.
After considerable drumming up and
BY the advice of the REPUBLICAN f0I
Republicans not to let Mr.. Bipes speah
10 empty seats last night, about 800 per.
sons found their way to the Academy
Iof Music; but this was 800 less than
the Academy seats. However, 1t WA
l large. respectable meeting, for which
Mr.. Biggs and the other speakers were
thankful after the dismal failure of the
Democratic ratification meeting on Fri
day night previous in the Opera House,
Collector Of Taxes Patrick Neary
named Hon. Charles B. Lore for presi.
dent, and read over . list of between
100 and 800 vice presidents and secre.
taries, Eiost OF whom were not present,
OF course they were all elected, and
Mr.. Lore accepted the position of presi
dent In few off.hani, happy rem arks
that found . hearty response In the
audience. Under our form of govern
ment, said Mr.. Lore, every expression
Of the popular will finds q hearty re-
sponse In an audience Of Democrats.
Under Democracy every man is q
King, and after few more rem Arks Of
the same sort, he said 1t was his pleas-
ure to present TO the audience one who
was endorsed by the people; one who
was born on the same teil and near the
same spot where he was born and one
who will be the next Governor of Della
ware, Hon. Benjamin 7. Bisss.
Mr. Biggs was received with loud
stamping Of feet and canes and clap
ping Of hands, but no cheers were given
st any stage CT the meeting as in day g
gone BY.
Bowling his Acknowledgements, Mr..
Biggs said he stood before the audience
tonight to express his opinions upon
the leading questions of the day. He
was glad the fair sex was represented
(there were just . dozen). He spoke
Of their influence In every work, and
Dr. Clark had said that one woman was
equal 10 seven men, and he believed
more in band boxes than cartridge
boxes. He had struggled along through
life, his course was we'll known, but his
race waa almost run.
For SO years his right hand had at
every election placed . Democratic
ticket In the ballot box. In 1854 he
voted his first Democratic ticket follow.
ing q vote he had cast for General ray-
lor. the Whig candidate for Preside ent
Then came the Know Nothing party In
place Of the Whig party, and he chose
the Democratic party to Know Nothing.
i'm. The Democratic party went down
that year, and Elisha d. Cullen was
elected TO Congress. But the people got
q surfeit of the Know Nothing party,
snd in 1866 the American took it's
place.
In 1858 the opposition to the Demo-
orats became the Peoples party but 1t
went down and Colonel William G.
Whiteley of sacred memory was elected
to Congress. In 1850 came up the Re
publican party, which lasted until now,
when 1t has grounded the weapons OF
their warfare and are kr ocking at the
church doors of Democracy for admis.
sion. Now Temperance Reform party,
or cold water party, takes the place Of
the Republican party. Temperance was
a good thing, but he did not want the
Republican party to come into power
under the cloak OF the Temperance
Reform party.
Here they have ticket made up of
Democrats and Republicans, frat IS
Democrat and then o Republican,
saDdwiched in turn about, ard they are
raising considerable excitement ut Har-
vest Home meetings, which are ad.
stay in their pnlpiis and preach Christ
and Him crucified and not be trying to
intro0 uce temperance into politics. You
had better beware OF this temperance
cold water party. You temperance men
think you have got the Democratic
party In hole. Old Pharoah thought
he had the Israeliies too, and followed
them as they were led by Moses into the
Red Sea, and they got more cold water
than they wanted. The waters opened
for the prophet of God, but closed en-
Pharoah and his hosts we're drowned.
Look out, you cold water men, we
will give you cold water bath on the
second OF Novem ber, though 1 do not
want to see suy body drowned. We
bave got q willy foe to deal with. They
want 10 getu us Democrats to fighting,
but they can't do it. When l was .
young man friend told me when got
married ought to have fight with
my wife once year. Astonished and
Mortified, 1 asked him Why. because
the making up WAS 90 good" he said.
We have had little friction in our
party, but the making up Ia aood, and on
the second of November you will see
the Dem mooratio ranks full and the Tenn.
perance Reform party will be buried so
deep In oblivion that 1t will require 8
pretty loud toot of Gabriel's horn to res-
urrect 1t.
MIR. Biggs tn sn passed on to eulOgize
Delaware and the industries of VIII
mington, of which he was proud. He
said much about railroads, the lccomo.
tive whistle. putting harness on the
lightning and ralking by electricity, all
OF which was owing TO the Democracy
being In power il the State for over
twenty-five years. There IL no State In
the union where the legislative, Judicial
and executive departments are admin
istered so eco economically as In Delaware.
Nov after twenty five years OF success
ful administration the people are asked
to turn us out of power, not that We
have not done well, but for self, that
they may get the FIVE loaves and two
small fishes. But the people are not
going to turn us out after having done
so we'll. True, our taxes are little
heavy, but whe re is there State around
us with less taxesr
II am elected Governor 90 into the
office uutrsmeled, and uppiedaed to
any man CT set of men, bat will give
every man his proper status in the
Democratic party, whether he be rich
or poor, high or low. Mr.. Biggs then
referred 10 reform again, and said he
believed the RIG ht way for q man to re-
form was for him to try voluntarily to
do hetter. He did Bot bslieve 10 sump.
tuary laws, and when legislation was
IL vob cd to prescribe what man sball
eat or drink, his private rights are In
vaded. He had nothing to say against
temperance men, but they were men OF
but one idea. the temperance idea,
and they were very narrow and
contracted In their views. he knew
ministers of the gospel, who after
eating meal had to have pipe with q