Evening journal., 1888-11-06
HocKEsslN VALLEY.
Republicans of Min Creek Hear the Las,
Speeches Of the Campaign.
BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.

Speeches of the Campaign.
BY Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.
HocKEsslN, Del, Nov. 6.-Odd Eel.
lows Hall was filled last evening with
Republicans, Democrats and Prohibition
lists TO hear the last speeches of the cam
paign. The meeting was got up at very
short notice, the hand bills not being sent
out until yesterday at noon The result
last evening was very gratifying to the
local committee and IL is generally re
garded az the best meeting held here by
either or all parties this campaign.
Spencer Chandler presided and vii.
liam jackson was secretary. John g. Jack
sen, ESQ, was the first speaker, and de.
voted himself largely to the Prohibition
lists, for whose benefit he read a letter
by the venerable Oliver johnson, pub
lished recently in the New York tribune.
Mr.. Jackson told some wholesome truths
to his Prohibition neighbors. He con
cluded his interesting address with a few
sarcastic criticisms on a speech made
here on Saturday evening by Lewis Cass
Nandegrift, Esq. of viii
mington. When Mr.. jackson rot done
there was left about as much Of Lewis
Cass VANDERBILT as was left of his dis
Senate in 1852 after John Nj. CLAYTON had
paid his regards to the Lakewood prevari
Gator. Mr. Nandegrift had said that the
Mesyrs. Golding kaolin dircers, made
$40, coo clear month: that they shipped
fifty carloads Of twenty tons each q
month, and received $l4 a ton that thev
employed sixty five men. paid $500 for
interest and was much more for wear
month. Mr.. jackson showed that the
Messls. Golding shipped Only % carloads
o month that a carload rarely carried
more than 10 tons. that they rot less
than $l4 a ton for it that they employed
100 men and 20 horses; that their lumber
alone cost 81 600 year; that fuel costs
them 81, 600, and that the farms on
which the mines are will depreciate from
800, 900 to $25, 600 Mr.. jackson spoke
about an hour and was warmly applauded.
especially as he exposed the misstate
ments and untruths uttered by Wander
grit.
Francis M. Walker, Esq. who resides
ingthis hundred was warmly received by
his friends and neighbors He dwelt
altogether on the tariff and the temper
ance vote. His calculation of what the
tariff has done for the farmer was espe
cisly apt and instructive. He demon
strated that farm produce was higher
now than it was in 1853 when wages
were cheaper. He exposed the hypocrisy
ofthe Cleveland administration which
pretended to be for protection and vet
performed every act in the interest of
free trade. In conclusion he appealed to
Observation-Disclosures, Tef which there are
about score here not 30 make the mistake
to-day of helping to elect the Demos ratio
ticket Mr., Walker who was repeatedly
applauded spoke for thirty minutes
The meeting was concluded with
speech from Frederick E. Bach, editor of
the EVENING JOURNAL, who spoke for an
hour and twenty minutes on the national
and state questions. He thought that
the men was unpatrigsic or else did not
understand his duties who would waste
his time and strength on the temperance
question when one-thisd of the LAND Was
resting under the curse Of Suppressed
ballot Mr.. Cleveland could not possibly
be reelected but for the solid south and
the criminals, gamblers and prostitutes OF
New York city; and especially ia Della.
ware was the man shanefully lax Ia his
duty to the state, that triAed his strength
away on the third party, when the Re rub
lican party was already tied hand and
foot by legislative enaotments.
The meeting closed shortly befnrs IL
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