Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-16

ought TO be good for the county and
State. There ought to be laws to prevent
the control OF our State elections by the
votes Ct repenters and men not qualified
to vote. We are in favor Of manhood
suffrage. We have been told that the
issue of this campaign Is 'tmanhood
| against money" We accept this issue
and we stand for manhood and honest
| suffrage.
Senator Higgins then reviewed the re.
suit Of the investigation of the affairs Of
| Sussex county by the levy court com
mittee, which showed the misappropris-
tion Of $3i 900. We are asked, he said,
to point out the man who took the
money, but we are content to point GU
tho money that was talk N. The speaker
referred to the mysterious death of
WheRtley, the dsfaulting clerk of the
peace, aud described the bogus orders
with which he robbed the county. He
criticised the collectors who cashed
Wheatley's bogus orders without any
question as TO their character aud held
that it was probable that more than
WheRtley knew what was going on. Mr..
Higgins claimed as this result Of Repub
lioan levy court in Sussex that in the
hundreds represented by Republicans the
expenses had bsen reduced, while in
those represented by Demo rats they had
been increased. He said they wanted to
look into the books here, as in Sussex
They wanted to look into all the circum-
stances attending the building and fur
nishing of tue alnlHhouse. This can only
Ds done by electing Republican Legis-
lstute and levy court.
flNpatitv1tioOal g0pua,atinta v,9yf oIaffoa,1 -
Senator Higgina' attention. He referred
30 what no styled the notorious Grubb
amendment" which was passed by the
Legislature Of 1883 and very properly re
jeoted by the Legislature OF 1856. Tee
convention election OF 1887, he said, was
held when half of the Republicans OF
this State were dlsfranohised. But still
TIE vote in favor of a convention was an
overwhelming majority of all the votes
cast, and In the opinion Of Republicans
was sufficient to warrant the calling OF q
convention. Now, after eight years of
broken promises, the Democratic plat
form contains not one word about con.
stitutional convention, and has nothing
TO soy about the other needed reforms in
local affairs. These reforms, he said,
You will never get from the Democratic
party.
In the course of nature, said Mr.. HIg-
gins, there must soon be q reforming OF
the Judiciary Of this State, The sole
power Of appointment is vested in the
governor. 1t is best, under all clroum-
stances to have these appointments made
by Republican governor. Here Mr..
Higgins spoke good word for Harry
A. Richardson, the Republican candidate
for governor, and followed with an en-
dorsemeut of the Congressional candi-
date, Henry p. Cannon.
Then, notwithstanding the lateness of
the hour, Senator Higgins at 0.2O O'Clock
branohed off into national iaeuez. Ha Gu
logized the course of Speaker Reed, en-
dorsed the eSilVer bill and said it was waste
OF bresth to talk about the tariff in this
campaign, as 1t was settled question
settled by the votes Of the American peo-
pie in 1858, whose vii! Congress had
simply carried out. He said that with
ont the prop of a protective tariff our
morocco factories would be closed and
our iron manufactures shut down. He
closed with an urgent appeal to every
man to do bis part 10 recover this State
from the hands OF the Democracy.
His speech lasted two hourB, and was
dry and uninteresting throughout.
Mr. BIRD IS SILENT.
The audience, as Mr.. Higgins sal
down, called loudly for Levi o. Bird,
Esq, who Was on the stage, but he failed
to respond. Chairman Hastings intro
duced tho Rev. j. B. Willis, who indorsed
Senator Higg ms speech, and told the au.
dience 20 ponder we'll upon it.
Then, Chairman Hastings declared the
meeting adjourned, and with three cheers
for Senator Higgins the audience de
parted.