Smyrna times., 1892-07-20
Democratic Ratification Meeting

The flag raising and ratification
meeting held by the Democrats of
Duck Greek Hundred on Saturday
night meet their expectations as a sue
Cess. The night was particularly cool
and pleasant and political meeting
having the novelty of newness, was
given attention to by persons of all
classes.
Shortly after eight o'clock B. v.
Weldon ascended the platform and in a
few ringing sentences pitched SO as to
be heard by all to the farthest out
skirts, called the meeting to order
and nominated B. A. HAZEL for Chair
man. After a short address about the
object of the meeting in throwing to
the breeze the beautiful banners bear.
ing the likeness of Messrs. Cleveland
and Stevenson then suspended over
their heads (the suspension across the
street having been previously accom-
plshed from the roofs of the Cooper
and Cummins buildings at the "fOur
corners and the purpose of throwing
u search light into the dark recesses
of the Republican misrule" through the
speakers, they proceeded to the fur
ther completion of the organization.
Robert Hill, John NJ. VOshell, John
VanGasken, Jas. g. Robinson and
James Startling were nominated and
elected Vice Presidents and H. G.
Budd and w. J.. McFarlane secretaries.
The "Qentral (Ornet Band" made the
music for the OCCASION, their initial
service, preceding and alternating
with the speakers.
The FIRST speaker introduced was r.
r. Kenney, Esq, of Dover, who con-
graduated his fellow democrats of
Duck Greek Hundred on being the first
in the campaign to raise the banner in
the State which he said was to lead to
victory. He took some time in des.
cribing the wigwam and its discom-
forts at Chicago, and then took up the
tariff bill, which he pronounced a
fraud upon the American people,"
Passing from this he pitched into what
is called the Force" Bill, the effect
of which would be a subversiOn of our
highest political rights, aud would
| utterly wipe out State lines In the
direction of centralizatiOp. He said
that an election held under such law
by the Government would be the same
/
| pilliOn, KentOn or any other hundred
and hold their election for them. The
labor riot at Homestead also came
under review with severe censure for
the monOpOlists who were made rich
by protection.
Yietor 3. Wolley, Esq, of Whining
ton who was announced as from u
place where the Force bill had been
attempted came in the place of l.. G..
VandegrifJ who had been announced.
He made short address with pleasing
voice, touching some of the points at
issue.
The next speaker, L. Irving Handy,
was. as expected, the principal speaker
OF the evening, as on every platform
he has ready dictiOn, After res
pOnding to the complimentary intro
duction, the place where he had spent
the first years of his young manhood,
where he had married and taken on
the higher duties of citizenship &C., he
proceeded to a review of the field
rather than an argument of any ques-
tjQn in detail. He reminded them that
the battle OF tho campaign would be q
fierce one, and in Delaware similar TO
that in Indiana four years ago. As
against Capitalization or paternalism he
said the man who did not love his state
better than the nation, his county bet
ter than bis state, his town better than
his county, and his own home better
than his town, was no patriot. He
quoted an item from the personal col
umn of the Philadelphia Press which
he said was authority for the statement
/ hof L. ,..k A..
the highest bidder, and the charge was
made directly to Mr.. WanamakeF on
J this line. 90 the labor question be
said it would be far from him to make
capital for bis party oyer the blood
that had been split qt Homestead, but
as between the capitalist and the
starving laborer,' y his sympathies were
always with the latter. The Force
bill aud the Tariff also came In for a
share Of attention. He had no good
viii for the mapqiaeturers who were
, projected at the expense Ofthe pepple
He Oontended that the taTiff did not
increase the wages Of labor, and in.
stanced that OF haFVGsteFs in the field.
The man who cut a bushel OF nGarlei
top clover and man who cut q bushel
OF wheat got the same wages, yet the
maximum price Of the one was 5000
per bushel and the other s1.O0 PEI
bushel.
: He spoke strongly against putting
money IN manufacturing enterprises as
an easy way TO get rid Of it, aud in.
stanced an organ factory erected at
Newark year or two ago by which
the citizens of that town we've out OF
pocket $25 600 He faulted the DeoDle
OF Smyrna for letting the Taylor estah.