Evening journal., 1892-10-26
GRAY ON M'KINLEY.
The Senator Impeaches High
Protective Legislation.
GUARD THE DELAWARE TREASURY.

Clay, Garfield, Grant, Plumb, Sherman,
Allison and other Republicans Have
Declared for n Revenue rarif standard.
Mckinley Blows Hot and Cold Demo-
Gratis DO Not Want wildcat silver.
Fully 1900 persons heard Senator
George Gray speak In the Grand Opera
House last evening. Many Of them were
Republicans and women
Chairman Willard Salisbury, r., of the
Democratic county executive committee.
presided. Music was furnished by the
Opera House orchestra and the First
Regiment band. Among those upon the
stage were ex-City Solicitor H. O. Turner,
Patrick Neary, Register of Wills T.. T.
Cooper of Dover, and forty-hve members
Of the Cleveland g. Stevenson Democratic
Tariff Reform club Of Elan, Delaware
county, Pa The members Of this organ.
ization wore white caps, red shirts and
dark trousers They rode from Elan to
this city on horseback. When Senator
Gray appeared he was greeted with pro-
longed applause.
Chairman sauisbury's Speech.
Chairman Salisbury opened the meet
ing by saying
| FELLOW CITIZENS, LADIES AND GEN
TLEMEN: Eloquent lips Of other states
have told us how this great fight goes
elsewhere. but tonight, we have one man
10 speak TO you who, one Of ourselves,
will tell us what are and should be our
binding principles and what we ourselves
should do. Delawarean as / am, with
every fibre of my being bound to these
three counties, / should be ashamed, IL
resisting manfully outside oppression
and dishonesty for thirty years, little
Delaware should finch and fail when all
the country is rising to hurl from power
those who have too long polluted the high
places Of honor.
"We are free people now in the midst
OF a struggle for our liberties. Besides
the local issues Of free bill methods, and
the venality extravaganza and corrup-
tion In the Republican bodies that have
fastened themselves upon this county
and this city tariff issues to seem tame.
Here we have the ignorance OF the state
banded together and oiiicered and led by
INSCRIPTIONS politicians who care moth
ing for the welfare of this commonwealth
or this community aud have no
concern In its welfare In this city
balance in the treasury OF $50 600. which
one year Of Republican management
dissipates and with an increased tax rate
the first year Of Republican rule leaves
deficit Of 500, 900 more.
partisan Republican levy court tries
to bankrupt the county and ruin it's
finances by refusing until compelled by
the courts TO collect money due to It
! and defaulting in its interest while it
spends thousands Of dollars in useless
law suits and by jobbery denounced
, even by one or two honest members Of
its own party in open session 1t loads
unnecessary burdens on the county
while IL seeks TO drive corrupt political
bargains in awarding its contracts. 1
denOunce the Washington street bridge
! as a corrupt political job and predict
should Republican success be assured
! in this state the million dollars accumu-
} lated in our State Treasury by honest
5 and economical Democratic management
will soon become a prey to greedy Re
b publican strikers who are now lighting
J for the state
) Fellow citizens protect our little estat
by your votes on next election day.
v love its oaks and pines, its rocks a d
sands As a child played amid its sands
! a boy its broad level stretches Of field and
y orchard were my home and as a man
!, feel proud to know that as firm as these
d hills Of granite sturdy as the oaks that
o grow upon them. our people Of the
n whole state have stood mp for their rights
& and liberties. and outside oppression
}, has never made them finch or dishonesty
I controlled them.
n You will hear tonight from one who
has in the National Congress well-foughi
q and won one great battle for your liber'
l. ties and detain you only 10 announce
d the speaker Of the evening Hon. George
l. Gray.
% As Senator Gray approached the front
Of the stage the band played my Mary.
\ land, but the music was almost drowned
= by the applause. The senator said, IN
Il part:
= sympathy for the President.
= FELLOW CITIZENS LADIES AND GEN
y TLKMEN IL thank you for this reception.
a Allow me TO say that the president OF
i all the people and Of all parties sits in
the shadow Of great bereavement.
10 know | only express the sentiment Of
everyone here tonight when / say that
!. we tender to him our most profound
a sympathy But the duties Of the living
= remain. They cannot be prevented o.
,s postponed.
II Issues which Eject the People.
a There are issues which are to be decid
ed on next Tuesday week. There i
10 no issue which so effects the people il
e all walks Of life as the great power o
" taxing II you tire of what is sometimes
d called the dry subject Of the tariff ther'
q. are those who win relieve you Of thi
burdensome consideration.
"a There are men whose fortunes hav'
is been largely increased by the tariff VIII
10 will be glad II you will relegate tn
whole matter to them for settlement
But If not, you will bear patiently witt
me while discuss this truly importan
issue.
q The Tariff is a Tax.
''It is useless for me to discus
whether the tariff is really a tax. Nh
u Mckinley said in his speech in Philadel
g, phia: In the fiscal year 1892 the revenu
r collected was SOL 900, 600 less than 70
q, the fiscal year ending June 30
1890, so that he burden Of more thai
$51, 600, 900 has been removed from tn