Evening journal., 1888-10-20

much Of it was stolen. II the Levy Court
and the poor trustees have managed their
affairs honestly, why Is it that honest
men will not remain In their serviceg
Why have James Bradford Nathaniel vii
liams, Columbus Watkins and other hon.
orable men left the associations OF the
poor trustees2 In Wilmington we have
a debt Of over 81 500. 900. For IL we
can show the water works. an unde
veloped park and the school houses. Bnt
look at our streets. Laughter Our
real estate is taxed to its full valuation,
and what have we for the burdensome ex.
actiong Why, Democratic councils have
declined for years to levy even as much
money as they needed for committee
meetings and public expenses, too. and so
the public necessities were allowed to 20
by the board. so corrupt did they be-
come that responsible Democrats went to
Dover and begged the Legislature TO de
priye these people Of the right Of self gov
ernment and now we have a government
OF commissions. This stops temporarily
the ravages Of the rascals. But they
made bold dash for the commissions
themselves. They nominated their can
didate for mayor who was to appoint the
commissioners and 1t was only partisan
schism in the Democratic party that
saved the city from this calamity, and
gave II Republican mayor An accident
saved US from a mayor aud police force
which Democrat journal had proved TO
be in collusion with the gamblers that In
Tested the city. But is the Democratic
party better than the men who were dc
feated last Juneg Did IL not unanimously
renominate as assessors the three men
who perpetrated the crime of
distranchisng this people last
winter perpetrating it by the
aid, the brutal assistance Of the chief OF
police and his ofiicers2 Has not the party
for many years honored such meng The
leaders Of the party conspiIed to disfran-
chise the voters and then it's representa-.
tives in office, not fearing the punishment
of the ballot, drained the life blood out
of the community by taxing and malad.
ministration. This is the work his
work, which Mr.. Bayard comes all the
way from Washington TO call good
| Applause, Let me make the laws and
will bring the people to my feet, says the
the Secretary Of State Yes, as we look
over this city aud comfy aud see more
than 1900 men defrauded Of their right
To vote we take in the full meaning OF
hr. Bayard's words He boasted on this
platform the other evening that his sym
pathies were all.with the poor man as
against the rich, and that such was the
| spirit Of his party. and of the conatitu
4 tion. Every man dsfranchised to-day is
poor man. In violation of the eonsti
! tuition Of the state, Mr. Bayard and his
associates have created a property quail
/ tcation for voting in Delaware. Unless
a man hold real estate he is in constant
peril Of being deprived by this system Of
all that free man holds dear in this
country Here we are about 10 choose a
President, a member Of Congress and a
United States Senator, all of whom are
to act upon this vital question Of the
American system, and vet we have nc
voice, This is not free state and we
have not a free ballot The curse OF
this tyranny is on every thing.
1t is blight on the prom
Use and prosperity Of the entire
community. Capital will not come to
such a state, so misgoverned and so
robbed, and this evil weighs upon every
man IN this vast audience II stunts the
growth Of the city and 1t disgraces us in
the eyes Of the world My last prayer is
that Delaware be taken out Of the hands
OF these conspirators, both great an !
small, and made free and great and
prosperous as she deserves TO be.
Mr. Higgins spoke about an hour and a
half holding the vast audience to the
end The lobby was even filled with
eager listeners, and as the band played
three hearty cheers were given for the
eloquent speaker.
Mr. Bird was then loudly called for
from all parts Of the house as he slowly
and apparently unwillingly arose to ex-
press his appreciation another mighty
cheer rent the air Mr. Bird felt that il
was too late to say anything more than
that he had never before listened to two
such interesting and instructive ad
dresses He sat down amid warm ap
plause Then came calls for Willis,
Willis and as he rose three cheers for
Jonathan s. Willis" shook the building.
lie referred briefly but felictously to the
echoes from Oregon, Vermont and Maine
and predicted a glorious victory next
month. The meeting theu adjourned.