Daily Republican., 1888-10-20
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IL vas Republican night laat night
In Wilmington, An6 90 nudfoneU &c
large 80 oould aquetKs into the Opera
House listened for two hours and half
70 eloquent and strong pleas for Repub.
ltcAn rule, protection 10 AmeEican In.
duatfise and for the election OF HArFi-
son and Morton from such able and
eloquent speakers a. Gen. Henry II.
Bingham OF Philadeiphia and Anthony
Higgins, Elq OF this city. The de.
iense Of the cause could have fallen into
NO Ablsr hands. A large number Of
Democrats were present, and listened
with the greatest Of Interest to the
speakers.
Whom the hour for the meeting arrived
Henry n, Pickles stepped 10 the front
and presented Levi o. Bird, Esq, as
president Of the meeting. Me-. Bird Was
received with great applause, and ~ be
lo1k his seat the following vios proat
dents and secretaries aled In and oocu.
pied the platform:
Vioe residentG-Willlam a.. Field,
John Richardson, George d. Armstrong,
]. Vincent Flinn OF Newport, William
Lore OF Mount Pleasant, DR.. John W.
D5Wltt OF s.. Gelrsea, Joseph Chambers
OF Stanton, William 8 Hayes, Charles
y. EriiE, ". L. G. Thomas, Charles
BAtsA, J. W. Boott, james Bemple, T..
b. Smith, j. T. Cause, H. 7. Cause,
George W. 8tons, Edmund Mitchell,
Jr., William II. PieTson, Washington
Hastings, JonAthAn 9. Willis, Henry q.
Evans, DR.. k. O. shoFtlldRs. Seth Il.
koagter, u. James Belt, p. T. z. Smith,
Dr.. l. Irving Fllnn, DR.. John P Wales,
BtAnBbury J. Wiley, Henry y. Dure,
Charles y. Thomas, Francis 3. Bradley,
Henry p. Grub, Daniel b. Anderson,
John DilAbAy, Robert o. PrAim, u Q.
4. Butler, WAtson r. 5psrFy, Charles
0rinatb, John Peoples. Major Leitoh,
Henry o. MAhARy, Colonel John n.
Dunn, DIR. LeWls o. Finn, John Rich.
AEdson, A. Mcpherson johnson, Frank
nitcheii, Thomas bolt, Captain George
Frank q Barney, A. ID. VAndeveF,
Morris, I. rrimbie Qaigley, George
Lewis, Thomas W. SAviIle, James Bat.
lldge, Simeon Hood, Henry O. Duncan,
Henry A. Dsnnison, Samuel GuthFie
and BjwAFd Challenger Of New Castle.
eoretAries-SAmuel Ooyle, DAniel
Ross, 8 II. BAynard, J. Paul Brown,
Evans PsnnipRtOD, b, II HoffsokeF, A.
d. Warner, O. II. Rudolph, @. W.
Pusey, Thomas Davidson, John Taylor,
Thomas johnson, James L. Hawkins,
John Davis, WIN. Lindaey and others.
Alter music BY the FlrBt Regiment
Band, Mr. Bird, without any pFelimi.
nary remarks, presented General henry
8. Bingham, OF PhilAdelphiA, As the
nrst speaker OF the evening. Amer the
applause had oaABed General Bingham.
said that In coming TO Wilmington TO
address . Republican audience 10 81.
foTded him she greatest Of pleasure and
TO bring to them the congratulations OF
the Republicans OF PhiladelphiA. He
said the doubtful States that went
against the republicans In 1884 gave
every evidence that they would not re-
peat their action Of four years ago, and
there WAS not the least shadow OF doubt
that all the States that went Republican
that year you d do the same thinR this
year, bat with increased mAioFltlsa.
Whether the little State Of Delaware
would join the BepublioAn column this
year is len for the future TO determine.
IL seems but hs yesterday the OAm.
paiah OF 1854, and shat Whioh was 70.
fsrred to that year iB the main issue OF
to day. Samuel j. Randall, the man
who Went through the doubtful States
and helped the Democrats TO gain q vic
tory by telling the people that the
Democrats were in favor OF protection,
iu sick man to day and unable to help
them this year. Mr.. Randall then In
n House Of Representatives with ~
Democratic majority, had = following
10 CongRe8s strong enough TO aid the
Republicans In striking out the enact
ting CLAUSE Of the Morrison horizontal
tariff bill, but this year against the
whip and spur Of the Gdministr alton b.
was able 70 hold only one solitary vote
and tie Mills bill In . House with 10
Demo cratic majority passed by IS ma
jOrity. The Democratic campaign CRY
sAs "turn the FasoAis out" and the
Democrats said there were men in ofioe
that should ba In the psnitentiRry.
After r publican Tul0 for twenty
four years they did not, however. hnd
q single man 70 put behind the prison
bars They have sScoseded. however,
In turning Republ cans out OF office
despite their pretsnsions Of love for
OWL Service Reform. -Four years ago
the Republicans lost NeW York by
,04T votes, Oonneotiout by 1924, New
Jersey by 4. 412 and Indiana by 6,60l, |
the total being 13, 24l votis; yet upon |
this email margin OF o lease OF power,
the Democratic standardization has |
turned AZ. 900 OF the 90 900 ofloe holders |
in tie country out OF office, and the |
only reason why the other 10000 were |
not turned out was beoAuse they were |
in eeotionA of the country where the
sAlA'ie we're less than 500 year, and |
no Democrat OF sufficient intelligence
oonld be found willing TO take the
offioa He claimed tkAt Grover Olsvs-
lARd bad shAmsfully violated every
principle OF Civil Service Reform, the
principle which alone assured his cleo
4 IN 10 Cffi3a Mr.. Blngham reforrAd to
his term Of pOstmAstsr Of PhilAdelphIA,
when he placed 10 subordinate positions
brave and wounded soldiers, who were
retained until Cleveland came into
OH Q.
TIE civil service Law appIied to ell
enta having 90 men employed.
OF the SOD men employed in PhilAdel
pbiA not 100 Republicans remain, and
there was not single collector Of inter
nal revenue In ofhne to-day that held
of1os four years ago.
General Bingham referred to Henry
o. Lea, who said: "bour years ago
believed that civil service reform could
be trusted 20 Cleveland. He has failed
TO keep his promise aud before 60,O00,.
lG0 ptople has broken his WoEd. / CAN
nos vote for him again"
Speaking OF 9Arhsld, who said: "War
was never over until debts are paid and
and the wounded buried" Look at the
ltatute bSokH and it will he found that
from $50, ,0Os, 900 TO 500, ,000, coo are paid
per ear for pensions. The obligations
By tho war have been but
Amt y Roknowied In the Democratic
platform, These figures are enormous,
but the war was enormous, and the re-
IN IN of the war have been RtuDendOua. |