Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-27
EDITION
HARVEST HOME.

Temperance Rally IN Brandywine Hun
drsd-spesches for Honscker. Cooper
aud Prohibition - Fifteen HUNDRED
People Eat Dinner.
The blue-rock citizens OF Brandy win,
Hundred, with their neigh bors from
ChristiAna, New Castle, Wilmington
and adjoining Pennsy lvania, turned on
Itifteen hundred strong on Wednesd ~
In Talley's woods, Brandy wine Hun
dred, to eat apple pie, family baked bis
cult, roast me ats, golden butter and 10,
cream, and to hear Q number OF reason,
advanced why prohibition should be
tcome . law In Delaware, and why
James II. Hoffeoker should I've elected
IGovernor Of the State and Richard M
Cooper elected Representative to Cor
; gress.
Talley's woods is o most delightful
Igrove of fifteen acres, SOME five miiti
from Wilmington, near the junction
of the Foulk and Grubb's Corner Oros,
Roads. The grove belongs TO Levi,
Talley, who lives close by and takes NJ
little pride In his beautiful woods. The
Iold white oak tree some three feet In
diamater WAS pointed out, to which the
preachers platform was nailed for the
drst camp meeting held In these wood,
as far back as 1917. The platform for
the Temperance Harvest Home yester.
day was fastened TO the same tree, and
rested on q blut rock and q chestnu,
log.
A party left the residerce OF George
W. Todd, l006 West street, this city,
about $50 yesterday for the woods.
There were five carriages, and In the
carriages were the candidate for Cover
nor James Il. Hoffecker, George w.
Todd and wife, Rev. j. W. T. Boothe
and wife, Rev. 7. 4 Terry of New
Castle, Rev. J. B QuiRg Of Smyrna,
Rev w. l.. s. Murray, John 8. Hof-
fecker and wife, William 8. Bullock,
George Simpson and daughter Miss Sue
iSimpsoD, two or three repre- sentatives
of the prees and others. The party ar
rived on the ground about II O'Clock TO
find thst quite large circle OF CARR.
ages had already been formed around
the seats and platform. The meeting
had already organized by the election
(of John W. Day for president, Alfred
Shelton OF Christiana, Joseph Derrick
son OF Mil Greek vice presidents and
Alfred Pierce secretary.
In front OF huge boulder. rising some
/ NWoANo ioCb ohu Va tho ktOubut tub vet
eran Robert Casey, about 80 years of
age, was stationed with an Ice cream
booth, where he WAS kept busy with
several assistants in waiting upon the
rush who wanted come ice cream to
mix with thern ometer points above 30
Farther back from this rock was q
lspIesd rustic table over 90 feet in
length, where the Brandy wine Hun
dred Indies stopped az they came to un-
Ioad baskets of country pies, biscuits,
meat and butter.
| Albsrt's braes band, 10 pieces, had
yeats In front OF the platform, where
they reused the ECHOES of the grove with
the most inspiring airs. The Whining
ton company found already on the
grounds, Rev, l.. W. Lsyfiell, of St
Georges; Rev. I. r. Hammersley, Rev
Il. g. Jones, Rev. 8. NJ. Hunter aud
Rev. L. l.. Hubbard, making a strong
speaking force for the day.
Rev. z. @. Jones opened the meeting
with prayer, when Chairman Day in !.
troduced Rev. T. L. Terry as the fret
speaker. Mr.. Terry made an able
speech. He said we are Americans al d
glory in that fact. but he doubted
whether we ever appreciated all there
was in being an American. Mr.. Terry,
lpas sing on in his remarks, referred TO
the moral Issues Of the day said that
there WAS no danger to our institutions
Except through tue legalzed sale of In
toxicating liquors. But for the men
that uphold the sale OF liquor he be-
lisved 1t would have been legislated ont
Iof the community long ago. Eth or the
free institutions of our country must 70
or the grog shop must go. We m nst
decide, said Mr.. T.. which, the saloon or
the American institutions. Thirty
'years ago there were no saloons. They
came with objectionable migrants.
He had no objections TO people seeking
homes in this country, but We did not
need tie saloon. Meehat les wages are
regulated by demand for labor, but 1t
Ia the reverse of this in the saloon
business.
Brewers, be said, got ahead Of the de-
mand for beer, and they had to create
more SALOONS and more custom for tn IL
beer. How shall we get clear OF the
and every other kind of sussiou must
be carried on until the last of the evil
dtsappears Referring to craftsmanship
he said that the liquor men had taken
the question of the saloon into politics.
He ridicu!ed the liceI No system and
Mr.. Bsyard's sumptuary principles.
and be believed the evil could only be-
Toured by the temperance men meeting
them at the polls on the issue.
Hearty applause from the audiepce
and spirited air from the bard fol
lowed the address, aud Rev w. l.. S
Murray was the next speaker. Mr..
Murray said the platform on which he
stoo4 was on a log and the log WAS on a
rock, but the right platform ON which
he stood was adopted by the Temper
ance Reform party. He had looked
Through the platform adopted by thu
lDsmocrats at Dover, but he could fud
nothing in 1t about tenn perance, but the
Temperance platform had hard rock in
it, Fred Douglass, when asked about
the proariety of admitting the coored
men to vote, eaid the Irish were in
polite, the Dutch were in, thieves
were IL and wbiskey was in, and he
could net see that the colored man cou Id
make 1t worse, and he (Douglass) was
both white and black already mixed
He believed the men of Brandywina
Hundred would do the right thing
WREN they found what was right.
There was no question he said about
selling and drinking whitkey being
wrong. The fault for whiskey selling
rests with the people. The seller had to
nave license, the law gave him the H.
,cense, the Lit gislature passed the law,
and the people elected the Legislature
that passed 1t. II comes rignt home TO
the voters. I and you are responsible.
but by the help of God will be resp IN
stble no longer stand pledged not IT,
, vote for any man who is not in favor of
prohibition. Now we are bound hand
aud foot, and Cali do nothing but a. the
ballot-box. If the Legislature will
give US the right to vote upon this CUES
!, lon, believe we will vote 1t out of ex-