The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-01
SENATOR HIGG!NS'S SPRECH.

My Fellow-Citlzens. / do not say "fel-
low w-Repubicans," for this vast audience
demonstrates that the depth of interest
felt hy the people Of Delaware, in common
with the people of all the United States,
is bounded by no party line. but is az pro
found as the distress which Democratic
government has brought upon ALL ZAP
plauseJ
We are met to ratify the ticket put in
nomination for your suftraGes by the Re-
publican party of Delaware. 1t is a good
ticket, from top to bottom. and in every
county. applause and volce And it
will be elected. too.') 1t deserves the sup
port of every Republican. and | trust it
will get the support of many Democrats
II deserves the support of every good citi-
gen and l believe will be triumpbantly
elected In every county throughout the
state. (App!ause0
No man has ever had his name sub
mitted to the sui1rages of the people of
our state under circumstances more calcu-
lated to be gratifying to him and his friends
than those which have characterized the
nomination of Joshua Marvil for governor
(Applause) 1t was neither credit, nor dis
credit to him, that he started in life abso-
1ute!y poor. 1t is known to his neighbors
that he started also absolutely honest, but
by his own efforts, unaided. he has
achieved the competence Of fortune. To-
day he stands in his county as an eXem-
piary servant for uprightness, for fair
dealing, for justness, for beneYolence and
for doing right to every man, 50 that when
hts name was mentioned all others we're
withdrawn. There was no other candt-
date for the nomination in that county or
In the state, If the people could get him
to consent to the use of his name. They
know what his Democratic neighbors
know, that his fairness and his generosity
never knew party line, If a man was de-
serving though poor, he could get from
him help and accommodation. He loaned
his money to his neighbors, he never ex-
acted more than 6 per cent interest, and
he never pressed any man for interest
when 1t was hard for him to pay; and the
greatest difficulty the Democratic party in
Sussex county will have this fall will be
to put barracks high enough, and strong
enough, to keep their party from voting
for him, applause. A voice: 'They can't
do it.'o
jonathan S. Willis, our candidate for
Congress tapplause), needs no word of
commendation to this people from any
body. He has been already tried before
you. and 1t is enough to say that he ran
almost ahead of President Harrison on the
ticket throughout the state. There are
some things that you may be sure he Will
not do, and will not be. He will never be
cuckoo" uaughter) He Will never
vote for the Sugar Trust infamy Zap
plausel he will never vote to let the
Whlskey Trust get all its spirits out of
bond before they have paid the tax
Naughter1; he will never vote To tear down
those industries upon which the welfare
and the prosperity of us all, in such large
measure depend; and, gentlemen, he will
have an opportunity in the next House
Of Representatives, by the aid of your suf-
frages and those of your fellow citizens
throughout the state, to vote on these
questions in the next House eF Congress-.
tApplause.)
You have had put before YOU by the peo-
PIE Of this county a ticket for the Legis-
latnre that has not been surpassed in Its
character within my experience-men who
are known in their communities, and who
will receive the endorsement Of the people
at the polls The same can be said of the
tickets for the Legislature in Kent and
In Sussex counties. So that when, at last,
after forty years Of Democratic rule, the
good people of this state will come again
to their own, and you will have law and
Constitution made over according to the
principles of freedom and of justness. Zap
plause. Voice: We need tn Freedom
fer every man, however humble. to vote
once. aud have that vote honestly counted.
lareat appiause)
DISTRACTIONS BEFORE THE PooR
MAN.
We have had obstructions put before the
poor man in this state since 1913. which