Evening journal., 1888-10-02
FREE TRADE ELooUeNcE.
A Bright Speech from Youth who Has
Travelled r Judge" Paynter Was
Recommended but not Chosen.
BY Letter to EVENING Journal.

Recommended but not Chosen.
BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, Del, oct. 2.-The
friends of Edwin r. Paynter editor of
the Delaware Democrat, are wondering
why he was not put on the
ticket as Presidential elector for the
county as was suggested and recon
mended by the retiring nominee, DR..
Robert g. Ellegood Mr.. Paynter has
been faithful party servant and he is
the only one of the company owning the
Democrat who has not been rewarded and
rewarded literally Why was he shghted2
It Is true his paper fought hard last
fall against constitutional convention,
but other good Democrats who were Just
as much opposed to the measure have
been given places on the ticket, and that
could not have been the reason. 1t has
been suggested that Georgetown wants
the insurance commissioner and nothing
else just now. Laurel, at least, has Sc
cured the Presidential elector and GER
talnly cannot expect all the Offices.
The first Democratic hundred meeting
for this county was held in the Court
House here on Saturday afternoon. A.
I. Robinson, Esq, called the meeting to
order, apologizing for the small number
present. twenty five men and one boy, and
was glad TO see so many Republicans out.
lie spoke for a few minutes compliment
ing President Clevelands message as one
of the strongest ever coming from the
White House. and claimed for it that it
does not mean free trade. Hereferred to
Mr. Blaine as 'Pucks Trusty JIM" and
nominated Thomas Pepper, Esq, as
chairman Of the meeting
William T. Tomlinson of Milton, who
spent eight months last fall and this
spring in England, was then introduced
Mr. Tomlinson said it was not his inten-
tion to make political speech, but rather
to deliver a lecture, and for forty min
utes he amused and delighted the Repub-
licans present. He started out by say
ing he did not see how any intelligent
man could be anything but a Democrat
All lrishmen should be Democrats
because Andrew Jackson, who whipped
the English at New Orleans, was a Dem
ocrat; all Catholics should be Democrats
because Thomas Jefferson, the father of
the Declaration of Independence, was a
Democrat; all preachers should be Dem
ocrats or they would deny the brother
hood of nations He condemned Glove
land for not vetoing the River and Har-
Dor bill, and asserted that "nearly every
member of the United States Senate is a
monopolist or a railroad lawyer" He
said the first tariff was in Washington s
time, when about forty articles were
taxed, and now there we've 10000 more
or less while England has but twenty.
He referred to the Golden Club as a mis-
sionary and said all that we have that is
good came from England He claimed that
protection countries are poorer the world
over excepting the United States. Al
though the whole tenor of the speech, or
'lecture" was for free trade, the gentle
man afterward protested being so called.
saying there is no such thing as absolute
free trade. He is for freeing trade
such as England has, and thinks "the
Mills bill is a step in the right direction. "
Would not a rose by any other name
smell as sweet?
| r. c. White, ESQ.,, was then called for
and spoke just an hour His speech con
/ sisted chiefly Of quotations from Blaine,
| ingalls,. Folger, and Allison, taken from
the Democratic Hand Book, with com
ments thereon. He deplored the fact
that ali honest Republicans are dead He
asserted that the city of New York is
not manufacturing city TO be compared
! to Philadelphia or Wilmington, popula-
tion considered, and that the tariff does
not protect the laborer. He claimed that
the price of grain is not affected by the
tariff, and asked the farmer if he would
not be benefited If he could ship a thous.
and bushels of corn, at so cents, to
England and buy in that country
| $500 worth of goods with the proceeds
of the sale of his corn and be permitted
to land the goods in this county free of
duty instead of having to pay out 1920
for that privilege And yet Mr.. White
is not a free trader. The speaker closed
by saying that at some future time he
might possibly have something to say
about a constitutional convention.
ID. I. Marvel, Esq, was called for and
realizing the tendency of the two pre-
vious speakers he declared that this is
not a campaign of free trade and protec-
ton but of tariff reduction Owing to
the lateness of the hour the speaker ex.
cused himself from further remarks, and
the thirty-six men present quietly filed
out of the Court House.
At the Republican club meeting held
on Saturday evening, the opinion was
general that the speeches did not need
! replying to as their free trade tendency
would keep the Democrats busy answer
ing interested questioners and that few
more such speeches would make George
town hundred Republican on November