Daily Republican., 1888-10-19
sILvEn-TONeUsD BEEOKINRIDeE
ne Fsils = wnnIsa1oa Audience som,

aa98Ag w buh6AA AaHAtnAQns
one-fourih OF the Audisnos AnyhoW
were Republicans who wanted 70 hear
the stlver.tonaued DemooIAhc free
trade orator from Kentucky, whose
reputation for eloQuenoe filed the land.
They were not disappointed. Mr..
breokinridge 10 the best and most fueht
orator that has occupied q Democratic
platform In Wilmington since the cam
paiRn opened. The Opera House stage
was very bAndBomely feBtooL ed and
decorated with Gags and band anna
calico Foliage plants stood on either
sldo OF tho stage and lent q graceful
oLsrD 70 the surroundings.
Tho First Regiment band allied the
musical part OF the programme splen.
dldly. The time Of reading the names
OF about 800 vioe-presldenta WAS saved
and those efiicsrs occupied the platform
uuAnnounoed. The audience was quiet
and orderly and disposed TO applaud
every promtneut Democrat who came
from the side scenes TO the platform.
Oity Solicitor Ball ROt . greeting, and
Judge TuHner was heartily olApped.
Governor BlRgs, james Z. WoloOtt, Or.
Draper, Hon, O. b. Lore, Secretary
BayAFd and Hon. George Gray, as they
snsersd, were rSosivsi In lively Dsmo-
cratic style.
With the latter came Mr.. Breokin-
ridge, the orator Of the evening. He is
. little maDt atcop shouldered, with q
horid lace, white hair, NhlakeIe and
"a ustaohe.
We're be and George G. Lobdell stood
together Ii would take q second look 10
tell which wAs which After the ap
plauSs was over 10 y. Kane introdu uoed
DR.. james A. Draper as president Of
the meeting. DR.. Draper was ably sup.
ported by such vice presidents ~ MILO
Locke, BeWell o. Blgga, Postmaster
flor, y. N. Buok, q. p. johnson,
AlvAn Allen, William Herbert, h. Il.
Carter, W. II, Lungren and host Of
other prominent oitiBsns.
DR.. Draper, ticking the platform,
thanked the audience for the honor
conferred upon him, and then intro
duoed to the audience Hon. W. o. P.
Breokinridge OF Kentucky Rs the ora
tor Of the evening. Mr.. BreokinridRe
was received with applause, which was
continued for come tilne. This was the
nrst opportunity the audience hAd of
kno wing that the little thin man, with
hoadgeAr Of white hair aud WhiakeEs
wAa Mr. BfeoklnrldRe.
Mr.. Breoklnridge bowed his AoknoWl-
IuAMNuANhkl bhN NullBulALCAI UtAEhau Ou
into an eloquent su!o7F OF the clean.
ness, the simplicity and the honesty OF
Grover OlavelAnd and bis AdminiBkrA-
ton. He congratulated the audience
that the present Canvass had been
lifted from the plane Of indeoency, I'M.
oleAnneGs, VitupeTAtion and heated
inveotlVe TO higher sphere Of intel.
leotuAl thought and made possible .
campaign OF reason, intellect and pa
tTlOtlsm with live issues to deal with.
Mr.. Breokinridge thought that II for
nothing else she present R1ministrA.
tion ahOuld be congratulated and
should be kept In power. he referred
to the great difiioulty there was In deal
ing with and Administering the affairs
Of the nation, oonaideTinR the many
duplex questions that arose In all is
departments for consideration. In the
midst Of all, however, national amity
and good feeling had been preserved
with all the DAtlOrs Of the world aud
with the people ct home rs we'll. The
rights OF al GLASSES OF citizens hAd
been preserved, the country was pres
porous and everybody WAS busy.
Mr.. Breckenridge, referring TO the a.
nAnoes Of the nation, said they had
been honestly administered, and tue
vast revenues OF the nation bad been
collected and dispensed with In such .
way that not faint Of dishonesty ST.
tAohsd Itself 70 any member Of the Ad-
ministratioD.
Il The vast Interests Of the nation had
been 90 conducted and supervised that
all interests had bean protected. Labor
aud capital were In harmony, and there
has been no shocks, panios and revul-
BionS IN money centres. Wage eArnera
have all the time been earning good
wages Is tie result OF Grover OleVe.
llaRd's honest standardization. This, he
thought, WAS Just what the people
wanted, and this he was glad 10 say
was Just what Democratic admins
ltralion had given them. Mr.. Brsokin.
ridge, however. did not tell the audi
enoe thai all this was under ReBubiI'
can rules and law, and that he and hia
Democratic administration were doing
all they could 20 change 1t, and we're II
not for Republican Senate would have
been changed long ago.
Mr.. Breokinridge asid that In some
sections Of the country and be supposed
lit Was the case In WILMINGTON, too, hid
Republican friendA predicted that the
furnace and forge Ares would be put
out, factories would close and grasE
would grow In the streets. he wanted
Ito know II AnyIh ing like this had oc'
CURED In Wilmington. and II any oil
her wage eArners had bsen turned out
TO Rrans upon the grass that didn't
grow In the streets.
II was somewhat surprising to hear
Mr.. BreokiDrldge guBh over with sym.
patty for the WOrkinRmAn, and TO hoAI
him say that when he addressed an
American audience he liked to declare
to them that i'All men are born free and
equal" and that no governments had
. right 70 take the eAInlngs Of any one
individual TO pay soma olner man. MT,
BFsckinrldRe then confined his atten-
tlon TO the next questiOn. Every mAn
should pAy his share Of the expenses Ol
the government, but he shouldn't be
made 70 pay what some one else should
pay. Every man he thought should be
given ohAnoe for winning his white
ISlly, II Mr.. BreoklnrldRe lived in
Delaware he and Mr.. BayArd would
hardly ARree ON the Delaware ASSESS
ment laws. Mr.. BreckinridRe, passing
lou, pronounced the late Secretary Man
ming she RFeAtest and WlAtst Secretary
Of the Treasury for 80 managing the
AnAnces Of the country ~ to cause no
shook 10 the country.
he then passed on to the Gurplus In
the treasury, travelling in Democratic
rutg, with much the BAEs argument
about the surplus, taxation, robbery oil
the pooE man 10 make the rich richer
and hence he brAnohed OF for . reduo
tlon Of the surplus by making wool free
and many other articles free, IS goat
skias have been, and from which the
morocco trade OF the country was never
In better condition. He entered into
= .,,,,, dsfansa of tha MfllR bill in All