Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-13

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as words from Delaware at to she
people.
1t has been twenty-five years sInse |
stood In q state convention. II YVES NOT
because | was not interested In your
welfare, but because | felt that after
had been elected to the high and respon.
sible position in the National Congress,
it was not my place to In.
terfere with those affairs. but
although ! was not with you / have
ever kept myself informed of the politi.
cal condition of Delaware, and 81 all
ever feel the deepest interest in affairs
Of this state Here lies the dust of my
ancestors; here lies the dust of my
children and in this soil soon my own
dust will lie.
But | have q different feeling now.
Freed from office, / considered myself at
| liberty to again come befsre you, and to
bring message from people OF which
| Delaware forms part. did not come
here to please any man. nor to further
the interests of any man, hut / came
here to sit in council with you and to
speak to yoH of what threatens the
whole structure of civil and religious
| liberty In this state and country.
| have just read to you the report of
the committee appointed by you to form
ulste a platform upon which we are to
base our fight during the coming cam
paign. There are three subjects-three
measures and they tell the story. They
have been placed before your
The hrstR one deals with the arbi-
trary ratings made in the national con
gress by Mr. Reed. / ask you can a body
be called representative one when all
the power is vested In one man and the
minority have no voice in
its deliberations. Can IA be
| anything but q machine, made TO be
moved at the dictation of one man. What
use is it, ask, for man to be chosen
as representative of people when his
very existence is ignored by the presid-
| siding officer OF the body of which
he Is member. 1t is the high duty of
representative to carry out the will OF
his people and to guard their interests.
But how can he represent his people
when his voice is not recognized by
presiding officer as coming from the
people. he arises with q petition
1t matters not how impor.
tant 1t is, nor by whom IL
is signed. Bat IL he be the opposite In
political faith TO the man who is the
presiding oficer, he is met By the cynical
smile or cold EReer as he is told
that "the gentleman Is not recognized
| by the chair. This is no overdrawn state
ment. 1t is a hard fact Read the rec
ords Of debates as published from day to
| day or the accounts of the
Congressional proceedings and as pub
lished in the daily press
throughout she dountry, and you will
see that Mr.. Reed absolutely denies the
the right of the minority to have any
| voice whatever In formulating measures
and laws affecting their constituents.
There Ia as mach to be saved by the
passage Of bad measures as by the pas
! sage of good ones, and the
power or influence that prevents
the passage of bad laws is worth
three time that which passes good ones
and during the stormy period between
1880 and the present time, thank God
the Democratic party has been a
safe guard 30 the people and
prevented the passage In Congress Of
many laws that would have been fatal
to the advantages vouchsafed as By the
constitution.
Many Of the blessings now existing in
this country are due to this fact and
many curses have been warded
of by iss eRorts We have
always supported the constitution and
made men look up to Ii with reverence
and respect, and the fact that it has so
long remained intact Is dRs largely TO
the Democratic party.
Mr.. Bayard then passed to the Force
| bill, characterized il az an infamous
measure to make the Congress Of the
United States a registration o@ce TO
/ say whether man miEht or
might not exercise the elective franchise;
that 1t was contrary to al ideas Of
American liberty. and obnoxious 70 the
| liberty loving American people and
would meet their condemnation
he next took up the Mckinley tariff
bill; showed how 10 operated
! against all classes save those
against whom it should operate.
quoted David A. Wells Of Connecticut.
in statistics, showing clearly that the
present system Of direct and indirect
Federal taxation maintained by the
Republican party is q systematic robbery
Of the public.
He then passed to the Importance of a
proper selection Of the gubernatorial
nominee, calling especial attention to
the fact that he would probably
have two or three judges to appoint and
in conclusion advised that all factional
and personal differences should cease.
and sllunite to elect the ticket by an
overwhelming majority In September
next.