Evening journal., 1894-10-01

tor Higgins tho Star Speaker, Assisted |
by Levi q. BIRD aud Others.
DesIrous Of emulating the examnle OF |
their Democratic brethren the local |
Republican leaders arranged for itifica
tion meeting on Fourth street near King.
Saturday evening Two bands the |
First Regiment and Hyatt's, were hired. |
the former to escort the Third and /
Tenth ward clubs, aud the latter the |
Young Mems Republican Club from |
their rooms TO the meeting place, aud |
somewhere In the neiRhborhood OF two |
hundred Of the faithful made the two
professions
The crowd which gathered TO listen to |
the speakers, who, as advertised |
numbered twenty four, but, who as
materializsd, were just seven, was not
as large as that OF the preceding Satur
day night, and a large percentage was
made up OF negroes, boys and women
At no time was there very much enthu-
siasm, although the members OF the
Young Mems Republican Club en-.
deavored to create 1t with their club yell.
IL is estimated that there were about
3, 800 persons In the crowd when 1t was
largest
On the opposite side of King street
from the stand a fRkir was selling
| compound for sharpening razors and an
other little farther away was explain
ing the worth OF a cstRrrh remedy, In
| front OF the City Hall manufacturer of
monogram pins was busy fashoning the
glittering wire into attractive designs,
while at Fifth and Market the corn salve
man was telling how to treat these pests,
aud at no time during the evening were
they without good sized audiences which
as between the Honorable Anthony and
the street iRkir preferred the latter.
| II WAS after o'clock when the march
ing clubs reached the stand, which was
occupied by Senator Anthony Higgins,
Levi Bird, Samuel A. Macsllister,
| Washington Hastings. James Il Wilson,
Charles M. Curtis, George A Elliott,
Mayor Shortlidge. Philip Q Churchman,
M. B Burris, Edmund Mitchell, Jr
Robert Handy, Hugh c. Browne, Harry
| Whiteman, Fl. Il. McMullen, w. @
/ Spruance and Walter Hayes. Edmund
Mitchell, Jr, was chairman and In few
words introduced as the speaker Senator
Higgins.
The senator referred to the ticket and
the candidates as good aud deserving OF
the support OF every Republican and
many Democrats, and expressed his
belief that It would be elected He gave
| the gubernatorlal candidate, Joshua
| Marvil. a pyrotechnic send of Among
the qualifications cited for him we're that
he had started poor and achieved wealth,
that he was exact, yet IL loans he made
were not paid back they were forgotten,
and II paid back he never asked for more
than six per cent Yet with these quail
i6cationB the speaker sadly remarked
that the Democrats we're trying to pre-
vent him from being elected. or Can.
didate Willis, he said he would not be
Cuckoo would not vote for trusts but
would vote for better things
He passed briefly over the Legislative
ticket, which he pronounced good, and
predicted that the time had come when
the Republican party would assume
charge of the state and many Republl.
cans would not be prevented from having
their taxes paid
In conclusion be urged his hearers TO
work to place Delaware at the head OF
the protection states Of the South and
assist In turning down the men who
have been In charge Of the states affairs
for the past forty years
Colonel Benz jamin Nields was the next
speaker and his remarks we're mainly
confined to a comparison between the
administration OF Harrison and Cleve
land He claimed that for the thirty
years preceding the election Of Mr. Cleve
land there was the grestest prosperity
and that the demolition Of protection had
led to the stringency through which we
have been recently passing.
Hugh G. Browne. secretary of the Rs.
publican State Committee, spoke briefly
to the young men In the crowd, urging
them to stand loys to party organization.
William 9, SpruRnce, in his remarks.
made the claim that the Democratic
party had gone to pieces and nothing
was left but the name. He predicted a
Republican cyclone in November.
Philip Q Churchman spoke In eulogy
OF the ticket, and said that working
men and young men should vote for It,
| Levi @. Bird was the next speaker He
cited the Republican gains In the
elections In New York Ohio, Massa
chusetts, Vermont and Maine as indica.
tive that the people desired Republican
rule and followed 1t with the prediction
that they won't get through counting
the majority In Pennsylvania until
after Christmas
The speaker referred to the nomina-
tion of David B. Hill in New York, and
said that although he claimed to be "a
Democrat, bis conferrees in Washington
refused to let him into a caucns there,
on the ground that he was not a
Democrat, although Hill perBlstenty
says Il am. In concluding Mr. Bird
said that If the Wilson bill had passed it
would have been a death blow to vii
mington homes and factories, and
predicted that If the Democrats could
get enough votes in the Senate. aside
from HILL German, Brice and Smith, it
will yet become law.
Washington Hastings was the next
speaker He devoted mis- energies 10
Samuel Bancroft, Jr and did not ven
ture to discuss any Of the issues OF the
campaign, either national or state His
remarks were a pretty fair indication
that Mr. Bancroft need expect little aid
from his friends in the Republican party
He referred to the change in Mr.. Ban
crotts political creed by saying that 1t
was due to his being poet. The change
occurred toon after the reception to
Baysrd Taylor, when Mr.. Bancroft read
an original poem. among the hearers
were Hon. Thomas F. Bsyard. who was