Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-19
SENATOR HIGGINS.
THE RECEPTION LAST EVEN.
ING.
The Young Mems Republican Club
Honor Him, and Thousands of
Happy Republicans Shake
Hands with Him.

Republicans of Wilmington and Pepub-
licans from all parts of the State to pay
their respects to the Hon. Anthony Hig-
Rins, the fret Republican United states
Senator-eiect from Delaware.
The reception extended to Mr. Higgins
last night was 10 the hands Of the Young
Mems Republican Club, and comp etc
and elsborae were those arrangements.
The club had a short session early In the
evening ana elected j. Edward Addicks a
| member.
4 The club building was In regular hol-
day dress. Flags iluttered outside In the
breeze and decorated the front, while
electric lights fash their brilliant rays
across the street and Illuminated the
oouutensnces of more than q thousand
happy, rejoicing Republicans. In the in
side OF building portraits OF dstln-
euished Republicans In flames, still
dressed in Christmas green, were sus-
per ded from the walls, while the inches
and alcoyes were resplendent with green
house and tropical foliage plants.
After the meeting OF the club had ad-
joutDed procession was formed, the Re.
eeption Commi tee, James Il. Crippen,
Frank A. Mitchell and Charles NJ Smith,
taking the lead, followed by Hyatts Mill
tary Band.
| About 200 members of the club fell In
l
several hundred citizen Republicans, all
in the happiest kind of mood, and pro-
cecded down X ug street 10 Eighth, along
Eighth TO Mari ct, and up Market to the
front OF scnafor Alggins' residence.
There the W ndows were thrown up, and
la ihe brilliantIy-lighted rooms inside
were seen couple OF score of happy Re-
publicaus, with the newly elected Senator
10 the midst.
l . t..k no
were General James A. Wilson, promi-
nenlly mentioned for place In President
Harrison's Cabinet, and was the man
that captured jeff Davis, while he was
masqueradirg In crinoline TO make his
escape. Charles II. Maull, the Repre-
sentative from Lewes, in Sussex county,
an original Higgins man from irst 10
las', was present telling row he did It
With his his little hatchet, and Garrett l..
Hynson, Representative from Milford
Kent county, was to ling how he came in
with tel ing force at the right time and
clinched the Higgins nail
The street was Completely blocked
with p ople from Senator Higgins door
on one eide TO Senator Gray's door on the
o. her side. The latter's steps were
crowded with joyful Il pub icaus who
. heartily applauded as Mr. Higgins pre-
Z dicted the smash-u2 of the Democratic
| llDgFAl
i refnIm measurrs.
Red ghts lit up the surroundings, and
u when the baud ceased playing thousands
Z of hats were swung in tht air AID thou
sands of threats gave three Tremendous
a eers for United Statee Senate r-eiect
q Anthony Higgins from Delaware.
u Mr.. Stigma proceed to the dor
: stoop, and there facing tht great crowd
. and Senator Gray's house across tie
: atroot, spoke In tubstanee as follows:
: "Gentlemen of the Young Mems Re-
= publican Club, my neigh DOrs and my
y y friends would be insensi bile to the feel
{ ings OF kindness and esteem which aetna 0
you, did not feel deeply touched by tue
manifestations OF kindness which have
: coms to me, and of which thts demon
ration tonight is but a pa T. / do not
think thst IL is deserved. | am conscious
OF having attempted 10 do timply but my
: duty as l have teen 1t from time to time
It during the struggle Of this last twenty
four years In which | have taken part,
u and i can bet think that much OF the
9 good will which has been shown to me s
s q part of that irheIltance which 1t has
9 been my good luck to receive, bu. VIII ch
u was earned In full measure by some of
s the otle spirits hat h I've passed. away
;, without having had the good fortune TO
:, see the glory OF the coming o! the Lord.
" Laughter.
"rhe Democrats can hardly have any
y reason to complain II the Republicans of
4 Delaware rejoice tnat ut last they control
! one OF the houses Of the Legislature of
T this State, and at last are to be represent
ed upon the floor of the Senate OF the
United States. Applause. They can
not complain, for n is in no spirit of i'll
feeling toward tn IN, In this hopr of our
: congfatulation, that | bring up the refec-
K lion that we were without rep esenlatiOn
!, In that body when the great issue of free
1 soil was fought out upon the plains oil
= KanBas-tbat we were without such rep
Q resent ttion iu'ing all the dreadful trial
8 of the civil war; that when the great issue
3 of reconstruction au1 all that was born
: of IL, for the future of this land was at
: stake, we were without such representa-
Q tIon-we were without IL In ull the great
iina eeial is ues that have been passed
, upon; but at last the fullness Of time has
come and you for the fret time In the hs-
tory of the party will find yourself repre-
sented in the upper houte of Congress.
4 II trust, gentlemen, that may have
the strength given me not to disappoint
the expec atoms of this people or the
great generosity that they have shown
towards me. l trust 1t may be in my
; power to do something for these great
shipping interests which are so largely
centered here; that l may do something
for those interests which depend upon the
| water ways o. the State applanse1, so
that the markets of the word may re
brought as near as possible, and at the
Yeast cost to the homes of all the people
OF the Slate; that ! may be able TO do
something In the interests of the agricul-
turists Of the State, Tor | am free to con-
fess that i was a farmer before was
lawyer, and that AIN but q poor graft on
the city, and properly son OF the soil.
'But, gentlemen, great as are the in
terests of the state In that respect, 1t
seems to me that the triumph In Della
ware was, regret to say, Eot by the peo-
ple of New Castle county, but by our
sturdy brethren In Sussex and In Kent;
that the si ,niticance Of this victory does
not stop with our own borders, but that
1t meaus we are but the first OF what are
known as the Boz der States that are to |
return to their proper allegiance, which |
they always held In the days Of the Whig |
party, when the great Issue Jt protection
was the dominant Issue In the land.
Applausel. shall be disappointed, and
| believe the Republicans oil the nation
will be disappointed, II the brilliant eX-
ample which Delaware has set them shall
not be followed In the next general cleo
tion by Maryland and Virginia, by Ken
tucBy and Missouri, aud that the men
that opco represented them-Henry
Winter Davis and John Minor Bolts and