Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-11
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organizing TOr the Campaign-stir-
rang speech by SION. a. ff. Cooper.
Special Correspondence Of Every Evening.
FEW CASTLE sept. S.--A large number
of the Democratic voters OF New CASTLE
hundred met in the second story OF the
city ball on Saturday evening for the
purpose OF organizing for the campaign.
Enthusiasm and harmony prevailed
throughout, and feature of the meeting
was tho number of party workers present.
Thomas Holcombe, Ed, called the
meeting TO order and George W. Ecktes
was chosen secretary. A committee was
then appointed to select permanent officers
and in d short Tins 1t recommended that
the temporary cflicers be made perma-
nent. A motion taat the chair appoint
al executive committee for the hundred
was adopted bat a'terward reoonsidered
aud a committee II seven consisting OF
George W. Eckels, JOHN J. Gormiey,
Julian ID. Janvler, Frank Landers, David
Mccoy, Samuel Miller and Spencer Arm
strong was appointed to select members
of the executive committee.
The above committee retired spd In a
few minutes reported that it had agreed
on the following, three of whom wers
from the city OF New Castle and one from
each of the four school districts outside;
william Herbert, James j. Toner, Julian
ID. Janvier, Samuel Landers, David
Mccoy, William b. Mccoy and John
ENJOY. The report was accepted.
The chairman appointed l.. .. Eliaaon,
John e. Connolly, Thomas Morgan,
Samuel Miller and Andrew Gallagher as a
committee to organize campaign club.
At the request of MIR. Connolly his name
was Withdrawn and that of William
Pustles was substituted.
On motion of Mr.. Herbert the ex ecu
tive committee WAS authorized to commu-
nioate with Robert J. Reynolds and I'm
W. Oausey nominees for governor and
Congress, respectively and invite them to
address the voters of New Castle hundred
at public meeting during the campaign.
Alexander d. Cooper, Esq, was then
called 90 to address the mseting, and
amii rounds of applause ha responded
and spoke for nearly ha I hour. He
said hs was heartily In favor OF organiza-
ton, which brings about q unity. We
must be united and work in harmony,
said he, in order to win, otherwise tur-
moi and defeat will be the result. /. is
necessary that we should lay ABIDE all
personal and fRotionsl feeling and 40 into
the fight with an effort and defeat the
one great foe, the Republican party. Mr.
Cooper Haid that he had been acquainted
with Mr.. Reynolds, the nominee
for governor, since his boyhood,
and hs had never vat known him to do
disnonorable act. He has always given
the utmost satisfaction in whatever posi-
ton he occupied, both socially and po-
litically, and if elected he would compare
favorably with any Of his predecessors.
Mr.. Osusey is also very popular, and he.
with MIR. Reynolds, is deserving Of every
d mocretic vote in the little Diamond
STATE. 4be speaker brancaei of on ma
tional affaira, and denounced the official
conduct OF Speaker Reed. He also scored
the Force election bill and the Mckinley
tariff bill, which, il passed, would be
detrimental to both the country and the
people aud the passage Of these two bills
alone would be, in his opinion, enough to
defeat the Republican party ut the next
national election. The state of Delaware
has been under Democratic rule for the
past 25 years aud where the speaker con-
tended is there in the Union a state that
has been more prosperous, He urged
the necessity of uniting, and said that il
the Democrats 60 into the fight shoulder
to shoulder throwing sside all personal
feeling the result would be as ii has been
in the past Democratio triumph.
The speaker Mt the conclusion of his
remarks was loudly applauded and the
meeting closed with cheers for the whole
state and county ticket.