Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-07-02

called to rstify the nomination OF Har
rison and Morton, made by tho Natlona
' Republican Convention OF Chicago
/ General Harrison was the opposite q
Mr.. Cleveland in the fact that he Is a.
orator and soldier who risked his llf,
In dofonse Of his country. He is alat
, his opposite in the fact that he ia !
Statesman. He then gave a brief sketch
OF General HArrison's record as {
soldier, and said that he is opposed by d
man who reYer was a soldier, who "a
not statesman, bearing o standard %
which is attached an old snuff.odored
bandenDa with a remnant of the stArs
and bars.
In speaking OF the platform be So ID
its declaration OF principles Is n renew.
Cd assurance to the people thbt the Re .
publican party is In favor OF pTORress,
and the elevation OF the whole people.
Nowhere in history from the BEGIN
ming OF time can be found period when
euoh progress was made In the develop
msnt OF country, In the elevation Of
its people from the humblest, the poor.
est and the lowest AB was made IN this
country from the Inauguration Of
Abraham Lincoln to the death Of Jsmes
a. Garfield. During thst period OF 2B
years when the Republican party was
In power there were more miles al
railroads built, more oitiea and towns
bHllt, more wealth accumulated, more
individual wealth than in this country
or any ether country during q like
period OF time. There we're more
schools and colleges built than Of any
osher period, There were thousands Of
schools and hundreds OF Oolleaes Allied
with race which prior to that lime
had never learned nor known the
alphabet.
II you 20 Into the house OF an artisan
or WorkingmAn to-day you will fnd
mBgszlnes, newspapers and q ubrAry;
you will ind his floors oarpesad and his
home supplied with all ths neoessaries
and many of the luxuries OF life. You
will find him surrounded with mora
comforts and luxuri6s than the 90 called
rich had fifty years ago. To what ia
this great growth and prosperity Rttiib.
utAble2 Is It not due to tho fact that
the Republican party rescued The labor
OF this country from the condition OF
slave labor, and protected the Rrtisaus
from the conditions Of slave labor. and
also to the further fact that the Rspub.
liosn party has protected the artisans
md workinRmen Of this country from
the conditions Of the unpaid or paupsr
labor in foreign countries, and it ia
unQuestionAbly true that what pros.
psrity there is ct present is due to the
beneacient laws and policy adopted by |
the Republican party.
He Bhid that tariff Is absolutely
necessary for the production Of cur
homo irdustrles, As there are mauy |
articles thas cAh be manufactured in |
the free trade countries OF E1rope and |
brought TO this country cheaper than |
they eau he manufactured here. 1t will |
also be admitted that the workmcn EN-.
ployed in making these srtioles receive
less wEge7 there than the same olass Of
workmen do here. 1t will also be I'D
mitted that II the duty be removed
from these articles and they be allowed
to come In this country free Of DUTY
they will be sold here for the same price
they are sold for In the country where
they are made plus the cost of trAng-
portatior. 1t will also be admitted that
tho mauufscture OF Huoh articles 10 this
country will ba diminished in proper.
tiOn TO and just as their importation 10
Increased. Therefore IL must follow
that ss the manufacture Of these art..
oles In this country is diminiHhed the
factories must he olOse3 and the work
men employed therein turned out uu.
employed, Now the question is, are
the wOrklngmen Of this country ready |
to vots to be turned out Of employment; |
are they ready 20 vote the uews. |
papers, magazines, iibralisS and |
oomfOrtB oat OF their homes; aud |
are they ready to vote their chill
dren oct of the schools and into tho
factories to help procure bread for their
families? In conclusion he said that |
the Republican party presents General
b Arti5on against Grover Cleveland, a
man who believes he stapds on the !
wheel OF fortune, End by the lucky
turn OF that wheel and with such frau.
dulent election laws as we hAVa in Della
ware aud elsewhere in the Southern
States, he will be returned to the White
House for the next four years. We
present him as we did his grandfather,
Old Tippechnoe of forty eight years
ago, A9alnBt the wiley Martin Van
Buren,, and we believe we will elect him
with Rs greet majority AS we aid his
William Henry Harrison"
Anthony Higgins, Esq.I was intro
1uoed, and opened by saying that he
this meeting ons OF the most
demonstrations ever hold
In this State. He then proceeded 10 re.
view the work done by the Republican
party during the past twenty seven
years, and said that 1t had brought the
country safely through a disastrous
waF, abolished slavery, defended the
bid dag and oemsnled the Union in in
iissoluble b0ndg. In addition 10 NIL
his 1t passsd the Morrell Tariff, and
lnGer It's Wlse provisions Wilmington
las grown from struggling village to
. large manufacturing city, and is now
ho home OF thousands of happy, con.
ented woEklagmeu.
This growth and prosperity has eK.
ended to ths whole land. and tho pop
llNtion os this country is double to day
What 1t WIS when the rebellion was in
while the man nuiaotorie1 and
have increased Ia like pro-
portion.
Washington Hastings, upon being
iSlled upon, made brief speech, after
which Charles n. Curtis offered series
u resolutions endorsing the candidates
md the platform, which were unsni-
nously ADOPTED and the meeting ad.
oufnsd.
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