Evening journal., 1892-11-05
,USSEX SCANDAL.
.Sayard Scores Treat,
Willis and Higgins.
WILLIS A POLITICAL FARCE
We Have Fought Everywhere
Surrendered Nowhere"

IeveIand's Secretary of State Discusses
the Finances of Chief Intimi-
dator 1IacaIIister Worse Than scoundrel
John A. Davenport of New York-It
Would BE Unsafe for Mr.. Addicks TO
Try TO Buy the senatorship-Higgin ins
Has Not Made a Reply to wootten's
Charges-He Has Only Quibbled.
Three thousand persons heard Hon.
'homas F. Bayard denounce Senator An
hony Higgins, Minister Watson X.
perry, and Rev. Jonathan S. Willis in
he Grand Opera House last evening.
The first was denounced as man who
lad outraged public decency and the dig
& lity of his office and state by attempting
o bribe a registration officer; the second
T or becoming the apologist for the oifense
+ and writing editorials in justification; ;
md the third as political farce.
A Rousing Big Meeting.
It was one of the last meetings Of the
campaign aud one of the largest. Every
seat in the large auditorium and lobby
was taken and standing room was at a
premium when the speakers arrived.
Upon the decorated stage were seated
| the members of the Young Mems Demo-
. cratic Club, noticeable among whom
were Chairman Willard Salisbury, Jr,
. President Courtland G. Montgomery,
ex-Deputy Attorney General Thomas
Davis, Adjutant- General Garrett J. Hart,
John Rosselle, Worlds Fair Commissioner
Willard Hall Porter, and John F. Gala
han
The First Voters Cleveland Club and
other organizations occupied seats in the
lobby, and were accompanied by Hyatt S
Military band.
Samuel c. Bancroft on Sperry.
Samuel c. Bancroft was made chair
man of the meeting. In accepting the
honor he said:
Probably because I am, as Mr.. w. c.
Spruance is reported to have said with
out brains, it is entirely impossible for
me to imagine what / have done to hurt
the feeling of Mr.. Harrison's Persian
minister, who says l am renegade Re
publican. who uses his tariff profits tC
run a free trade paper, and who stood
round for years waiting TO be seduce
into the Democratic party by very little
fattery,' all Of which is beyond Mr..
Watson r. Sperry's knowledge and out
side of the truth. He, at any rate, hai
not tried what effect "A very little fiat
terry would have in the way of seducinl
me back into the Republican ranks.
have twice in my life talked with thii
man, the first time being on the evening
of Saturday, the DIST of December, 1873
when he was introduced TO me by per
sonal friend, then and now one of the
best Free Traders in the United States
who told me that Mr.. Sperry was one oi
the vice presidents of the Free Trad
league, and managing editor of the news
paper then owned by his father in law
Mr. Henderson, and Mr.. Parke Goodwin
as representing the estate of his father
in-law, the late William Cullen Rryant
and known as the most prominent fre
trade journal in the country.
The next and last time was a fey
months later, when he sought me ou
accompanied by Mr.. Henderson, to as
my advice in regard to his purchasin
the Morning News, then owned by tn
late John O'Byrne and his sister o
his stating that he expected TO make it
r publican organ, ! advised him espe
cially to beware of factional politics
the Republican party in this state, ali
especially of the influence of Anthon
Higgins. which, il he yielded to il, woul
most surely lead him into trouble
Whether the events of the past few day
have fully confirmed my predictions,
not, leave it with this audience
judge.
''In regard to his personal assertion
in relationt to me, would say that mol
than ten years before / ever saw NJ
Sperry, had cast my last vote for
Republican President. -Four years ago
L,I "a sttak -.
casion as this, my very good reasons fC
no longer supporting the Republica
party, which it would take too long TO
over now.
80 far as any tariff profits whiC
have come to me are concerned, l wou
say TO you that they are very much moi
than overcome by my tariff losses, an
the net result is therefore on the 9TH
side Of the ledger and while there
propablv no business n ow conduct,
which is nOmiually more highly prote
ted than mine, the duties running an
where from 80 to 500 per cent. the
duties have no more effect Oh the bul
ness and production of my company, n
on the wages paid its employees, thu
there would be on the wages of the me
who run the pumps at the city watt
works, if Mckinley in his infinite foe
iShneSS, haO seen ut 10 put uulg OF OF
dollar per gallon on the Brandywil
water: and know no more conspicuol
instance Of the absolute folly of q
American tariff than my busine
presents.
But you did not come here this eve
inc to listen TO me, and shall therefor
close with an apology for having i
Aicted on you so much of a person
nature. and ask you to join with me
greeting a man of whom no honest Del
warean was ever yet ashamed.
This speech was greeted with loud a
plause which became deafening when n
Bayard advanced TO the front Of the pli
form. It was some time before he cou
make himself heard. The distinguish
statesman was in full evening dre
Everybody who saw the noble specim
of Delaware manhood and cosmopolit
craftsmanship, knew that he would 1
only open his mouth, but also that
would say something, and that Il
something would be more local in
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