Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-01

81 his treatment of, all around him. He
Is beloved wherever he is known; he is
trusted wherever he is known.
Therefore, when the people of the
State OF Delaware are asked to make him
your governor, they can feel that there
never will be an hour of his life in
which there cannot be absolute cent?
dence imposed in his integrity, honesty
and good sense. Applause.
am an Older man than Mr.. Bancroft.
have lived in the same town, where
we were born, in the same community.
Within the last ten or fifteen years, he
who was originally Of n political de-
nomination different from my own, has
by himself and by his owastroug reason
and manly intelligence thought himself
through those things which he now be-
lieves to be errors; and he is as well in.
formed and successful manufacturer,
as useful q citizen, as this State con.
tains. Applause.l There is not man
IN this State who, If he held stock in a
bank, would not be glad to know that
MIR. Bancroft was a director. There is
not u man i'll this State who, if dying,
he desired to place money in the hands
OF another to devote to the care Of his
orphan children, would not feel CRATE
full if Mr.. Bancroft would undertake
the trust. lApplause.l No man can
expect to escape the slurs Of malignity
or the assaults of personal luminosity.
am sure, my friends, that there are
few things value so much as tho kind
hearts and the expressions Of respect
and confidence that | have received so
honestly here In my home. | know
therefore the value to man of the respect
and confidence of those among whom
he lives, and having known this
/ citizen whom your convention
has chosen--not upon his own selection
TO stand for you, to go 10 Congress
and to assist in carrying out the practical
and benefcent principles that arc to
give you confidence and remove distrust
| and panic, that are to restore equality
in our taxation; that ara to make for us
sound currency; that IRE to protect you
in your dealings and in your property.
may say that this State contains no
man more capable of casting correct
and safe and an honest vote than your
nominee for Congress. Applause.
was going 10 say that despite the
proof of the, to me, delightful confidence
J and friendship that | value so much, |
/ am aware that am constantly attacked
and held up as being very much the re-
verse of the man that my friends think
| am. Applause, That cannot be
avoided. Sometimes think that when
u man is unjustly attacked; whenever he
is meanly attacked BY railing accusa-
tons that he cannot answer, coming
| from anonymous sources, am inclined
m think tIppp il aAn,nihtt1fr Ia, t,,t,, l,
Of fair-minded people that rallies to that
mans defence aud insists that he shall
have justice.
BE thou chaste rs ice, as pure as snow,
thou shalt not escape calumny.
No man can escape this; but then
there is u phrase near our own day,
applied to man in higher station than
| that to which Mr.. Bancroft aspircs. II
was once said of our honest President
by one that 1--WE love him for the
enemies that he had made" Applause.
LOOK TO TIE REGISTRATION.
There is but one word more-and |
beg pardon for this long speech; | have
kept you so long that will detain you
no longer A voice, go on, 20 on ~
Under our wise law the registration Of
voters must be made, and that makes it
necessary for each man to look after
himself, in order to exercise this high
| privilege; and no man can condone
in himself or others delinquency in
this regard. 1t is his duty to
register and vote in accordance with
his conscience. The laws of this State
permit a fair registration. Whatever
some may have said, in the State of
Delaware it is less trouble for man to
qualify himself to cast an honest vote
than il is in any of the States that sur
round us. Applause. have made II
comparison Of the laws, and challenge
contradiction. 1t is easier for man to
qualify to cast an honest vote in the
state OF Delaware than tits in the States
OF New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
Vania or Maryland. Applause
IMPORTANCE OF DELAwAkE's VOTE.
My friends, there is one other thing
that l wish to speak Of. DO not sup.
pose, because this is an off year and no
PRESIDENTIAL election occurring, il is less
important to attend to the election, or
that the election OF member of Con.
gress may be less important and that we
can afford to let it go by. Remember
this, that it is quite in the range of
,,nssibility--tb ar, 4, -, s.,,,,. -, ~: 2,
III Ss i, ,;,;,,,,, - a'e soile lnuicatlohs
s,,"E ~ MAJ Pais Utmost withlh the
iSn v ~ pto ',. ihe vote OF
no,,'' a. my o?ii'Ioi ue G.ectioh oil
e aii a"aS a., heei I!.,,,, ~ lovo'
~, U'ei tnc Uni'Iu 2t"'es there are
*. ~ ~ Pai''rs WIN l9rces
~ vsrv ~ grn au' au' untt'st@ha' ms
are infinite Interest,", Tnorn I i i neto
portion OF the country where. him,
economic error strangely nr.vnils-2
where errors in regard 10 our currency
prevail, where men mold totullydiiTcrrn,
views from those have eyurrssn,i r.,