Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-16
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Higgins Thanks God for the Mar
shais and vsiliTtes DenOcracy-A
PEARSON on the Taritf-Mr. Massey

ParsOn on the TariKf-Mr. MASSEY
On the Same COptc,
Special Correspoudencot Gazette and Journal
GEORGETOWN, Oct. Yesterday tho Re
publicRns of Sussex county held their rati,
iication meeting hero. When the day
opened 1t looked as though the weather
would be almost too bad to hold meeting
but at noon the sun came out Hnd beau
tiful afternoon was the result. But not
withdrawing the fine weather the crowd
did not reach the numbers here on last
Tuesday at the Democratic meeting. Until
noon the crowd was small, not larger than
usually attends court on Tuesday, but
when the noon trains came In II swsled the
numbers to about 1000. The Young Mems
Republican Club of Wilmington attended,
as did l5o the Republican club of Cedar
Greek hundred. The Laurel, Georgetown
aud Bridgevllle bands furnished music for
the occasion.
At about o'clock the meeting was called
70 order by the county chairman, j. Francis
Bacon, who read the following list OF on.
cere: Chairman, William d. Wilson; vice.
presldents, John H. Johnson, George Hall,
William l. Wilson, Charles Il. Atkins,
Abraham Reed, Joseph L. Black, william
z. Nichols, Walter Burton, Thomas j.
Truxton. John A. Lingo, Burton O. Pretty
man, Peter II. Burton, William &. Matthews,
George Il. West, James NJ. Steel, Daniel
Short, Daniel Burton, Peter o. NAPLES,
Charles B. Betts. lorenzo b. Cannon, Robert
Short, George K. Phillips, Tilghmsn Spicer,
Stansbury o. Matthews. Hamilton B.
Owens, Joshua H. Marvel, Samuel ].
Thomleon, Thomas Curry, Henry W. Nor
gar, SMinos s. Oonaway, Ell Il. Sharp, VIII
liam Stewart, Henry A. Adams, Wellington
Pattin. Garrett 3. Layton, John 4. Rich
ards, Wlliiem j. Thoroughbred, James A.
Evans. Charles t. Pepper; secretaries, j. E.
Gutenberg, Theodore Townsend and. Levin
Il. Cooper.
Several clubs came In as the meeting or
Ranized. After few preliminary remarks
the chairman introduced George v. Massey,
Esq OF Dover, who spoke for over an
hour and o half on the tariff question.
After Mr.. Massey had concluded the
chairman introduced Senator Anthony Hig-
gins. Mr.. Higgins started out by saying
that the tariff had nothing to do with this
campaign; that this was q campaign of
local Issues. Such statement, by Mr..
Higgins, was almost an insult to Mr.. Mas
sey, after he had tried for one and one-half
hou to explain the tariff. After this he
started In on as seurrilous and abusive ad-
dress as the people Of Sussex county had
ever listened to. He accused every man
who had ever had anything to do With the
Sussex levy court up to two years ago
OF being rogues and thieves. That
the report of the investigating
conmittee had been read and seen by
every man In Sussex county and from that
the people could see that the Democrats
had stolen $34 900. That the miserable
assessment laws OF Delaware had disfran-
cniehed thousands of honest voters, and
the election officers OF Wilmington were
periurers and that they made false counts
ana false returns. He then abused the
Democrats of Delaware for getting
BreeEinridge and Blackburn OF Ken
lucky to speak here in Della
ware, insinuatlng that there was
no talent In Delaware equal to his own. He
proceeded to state that the cheek of the
Democrats OF Delaware was enormous to
yell out against the Lodge Force bill, when
they had since 1873 been disirenohising
voters. But his statements were given the
lie by his not using any argument. He
than ed God that deputy marshals would
be appointed to attend the Wilmington cleo
tions this year. For two hours and half
Senator Higgins kept up this strain OF
abuse, refraining from anything that would
appeal to the sense Of the Sussex county
people.
Inc preacher politician, the Rev. Jona-
than 8. Willis, was next introduced and he
tried to make the people believe that the
tariff is nor taz. How he succeeded may
be- inferred from this statement OF his.
"Now the Democrats tell you that the
tell you 1t decreases the price and now
my honest farmer friends go home and tell
your wives that the Republicans have
taken the tariff OF Of sugar and 1t will be
two cents cheaper pee pound" Brother
Willis can't make an Intelligent Sussex
countian believe that the tariff is not tax
when he says In one breath that the In
creased tariff on tin decreases Its price and
In the nAxt Gays that the tariff being taken
of of sugar makes 1t two cents a pound
cheaper.
The colored contingent of the meeting
wa fully ono. half of the Republican crowd.
They stick to their maste with wonderful
IN DID Sussex. The latter part OF
the afternoon the party OF great moral
ideas looKst es II 1t had struck some strong
driilk, and It's drunkenness was disgrace.
While, OF course, the Republicans claim
their meeting q great success, yet 1t was
not what was expected.