Daily Republican., 1886-10-15
T%.;RD EDITION.
NEWPORT HARVEST HOME
Fiseen Hundred People spend the Day
IN the w oods--A Great Success.


held in lyman g woods near Newport yes-
ttrlay was, with the possible exception OF
tie Mill Greek Hundred gathering, the
largest held in the county during the
Harvest Home season. TAe number
present could not have been less than
1900 though many persons placed the
number as high As 1000. Had the weather
been favorable there would have been
nearly twice that number on the ground.
The people Of Newport and the farmers
surrounding it made especial prepare
I ons for large turnout of people. The
Wemen's Christian Temperance Union,
assisted by the Y. W. c. T. u, took an
active part in the preparations, and this
accounts for tho very tasty manner In
which the stand was festooned with flags
and bedecked with flowers and vines.
Over the heads of the speakers was an
arch upon which were the word" Temper
ance Reform" A long table, probably 100
feet long, was arranged In rustic style
with seats, and the loads of pies, biscuits,
meats, butter, milk, jellies and preserves,
that were unlDaded from the farmers
carriages were wonderful to behold. A
large number of ladies chatted and
laughed merrLly as they loaded the
tables. Contrary to the usual custom of
taking up collection to meet the ex-
penses Of the meeting, which generally
left deficiency, the Newport friends
charged TWENTY-FIVE cents for dinner,
price which all of the 500 and more
that ate at the tables paid willingly for a
meal that rivaled IS cent dinners at the
great hotels. This plan proved grand
Successes all the expenses were met, with
money over, and there were large quanti-
ties OF provisions left which were auction
ed of after the meeting was over.
As early as $50 in the morning dele
cations from schools and Temperance
lodges commenced to assemble on the
ground The schools at Newport, Stan
ton and Marsha Alton being closed for the
day, some of them came to the meeting
in body with banners raised and flags
flying. The stanton school was conspicu.
Gus in this res ect.
There was nothing, however, in the dis
play line that attracted more attention
than the csva'cade Of uniformed horse
men and horses from Fairview Lodge, /.
o. q. T., at Milford Cross Roads, Mill
Creek Hundred. The horsemen were
dressed in black pants with white stripes,
white shirts, Blue shoulder sashes, red
belts, and head dress according to fancy.
The horses were rugged out in a red
blanket covering for the hips, upon
which was the inscription : "Fairview
Lodge, O. ~ T." on either side.
There were probably forty ho-semen.
and they were 70 lowed by a couple
OF handsomely flag-festooned hacks con-
tanning the lady members of the lodge.
By II o'clocg there was such q labyrinth
OF carriages around the circle that IL las
difficult to reach the seats or the speak
ers' stand. The First Regiment Band in
their bright new uniforms, made more
attrac i've still by pretty button-ho lie
bouquets pres ented them by the ladies,
was present aud added cheerfuluess and
life to the scene by their delightful music.
The meeting was called to order by Rev
W. II. Nelson, of Newport, and at the
suggestion Daniel Green OF Newport was
elected President, and Abram Chandler,
Edward Crahston, George C. Simpson,
Edward Challenger, William Little and
enry D. Kent were. elected vice-Presi-
dents.
Richard NJ. Cooper, the Temperance
Reform candidate for Cong es =, was h,
first speaker introduced. Mr.. Cooper
spoke about half an hour upon the
great need OF q Constitutional Conven-
ton. He showed the great difficulty o.
getting the Constitution amended
through the State Legislature, and there
fore Constitutional amendment wa
preferable. 1t was 100 years since tbs
Constitution was adopted, and "a year
since il was amended, ard he though
IL WAS high time some changes wer
made. Al the close OF Mr.. Cooper
address the meeting adjourned Tor In
ner, no fewer than 500 persons tskin,
dinner.
80 O'Clock the soaud OF Wal
smith corle' called the people tcRethe
again, ard William Dean was intro
duced as the frat speaker Of ths after
noon.
After Mr.. Dean got warmed up wi.
his subject he nsde 1t very interss,ln
to the audience WHO Gro wded around l
hear him. Seeing his big IN phew
in the audience he charged him 10 nc
misrepresent him. In dzasing a con
parisOn between the present and tn
past he said when he WAS SC poor b
hadn tmoley enough TO pay the parsoI
and he worked for 81 week. Ii
"liked the looks of Brother Cooper.
He was an honest man, and he was tot
raised as fine family of boys as coul
be found in Kent County. He ha
differed With him in politics, especial
on tt tariff but be would vote for hin
knowing that he was hope st, and thu
was what could not be said of til
twenty three Democrats in Coneret
who were elected on he Democrat
platform of tariff revision, and whei
they Cos there they went back on ihei
party. B1other Cooper would lot d
that.
Mr.. Dean went into "a exposure
the Democratic frauds at election
COMMENCING with the county meetiu
at New Castle. He was there, but " b,
could be done against Charley" NJ
Whorter' d train leads OF drunken rNu II
he brought over to the mes;ing "Cha
ley" Now orter and his gang ran IL
meeting At the nomination for Sheri
which followed, there wtr. more vat
cast il Wilmington by the Democ-a
than there were voters Of all parties
the city, some said woven and cL lar,
thrown il He then referred to CORFU
ton of the delegate elections to L
Safe Convention. He went TO TIA
fonvention, but he looSed in and "a
If this was Democracy he was not
Democrat. The convention waa run
"Charley' McWhorter aud John
Saulsbury. Only think Of it.
But Mr.. Biggs had to be nominst
on the first ballot or not at all. Apoth
olec1ion Was heIo III inc Guy VI w
mingtou for Representative to t
Legislature, In the Third war
where the Democrats had poll Of 8
votes, they p0lled l 4 "If / we
James W. Ware l won d indignant
refuse such a nomination I"
Mr.. Dean, in referring TO he Sheriff
nomination, said there was fraud !;
around. The Lambson men the Chal
bers men and tho Alien men all col
mitted fraud. One was as bad as t
other: it was fraud al! through.