Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-25

Saturday evenings massmeeting of
Democrats at the Academy of Music
was as wei! attended as the accommo.
dations of the building would allow.
There were from 500 to 1000 persons
kept outside as they could not get the
seating they needed,
Hon. James Lindsay Gordon, the
speaker of the evening, made an elo-
Quent address. The audience was very
enthusiastic. The points made by the
speaker were cheered in the heartlest
manner. The Third, Tenth and
Eleventh and Twelfth ward clubs were
present in large numbers as was the
Bancroft Club Of Christana which came
TO the meeting wearing its club badges
4 and escorted by Hyatt's Military Band.
Mr.. Gordon was escorted to the Acad.
envy by a delegation of the county com
mittee. On the motion of Peter J. Ford,
I DIR. w. 2. Tomlinson was made chair.
man. Among those on the stage were
Senator John Pyle, James Carmichael,
the sheriffalty candidate; Caleb 2. John.
son, John w. Aydon, Registrar Ezekiel
Il. Cooper OF Kent county, j. Harvey
Whteman, Victor b. Woolley, Thomas
Davis, Howell 5. England, John A. Jor.
dan, George Is. Ward, Thomas G. Frame.
Jr., William T. Lyman, Peter ]. Ford,
DR.. Howard Ogle, DIR. j. z. Pyle, DR.. NJ.
j. Hughes, CORTLAND Montgomery, John
Il. Callahan. Armon ID. Chaytor. Harry
McCloskey, Leslie w. Pyle, DIR. Willard
Springer, Dr. j. A. Ellegood, John A.
Kelley, Justice Lewis Sasse, Emil
Butcher. William ]. Gibbons.
Chairman DR.. Tomlinson in introduc.
ing the speaker said that the Democratic
cause is based ON the broad principle OF
caring for the interests Of the masses
against those of the few and this, at the
bottom of all, is what the contest to day
is. He then introduced the speaker,
Hon. James Lindsay Gordon of New
York. Mr.. Gordon, who seems to be u
great fayurite among the Democrats of
the city, was received with an ovation.
The cheering continued and was again
renewed. The speaker was suffering
from a severe cold contracted at Smyrna,
Friday night last, where he addressed q
large Democratic meeting. Nevertheless
his voice was clear, every word being
heard with ease throughout the building.
He said in substances: In thanking
you for this cordial reception let me say
TO you that it gratities my heart to stand
on the soil of Delaware once more. |
do not feel, my fellow-countrymen, that
am stranger here, because, two years
ago, in that great historic campaign
which is now passed into history and
which had staked upon its issue every
thing for which our grand old party
stands, it was my pleasure to stand with
the gallant Democrats OF Delaware, SO
that when your message came to me in
New York, where | was engaged in the
work Of my profession, remembering
the splendid reception had received al
your hands, / Immediately put aside
my business and came here
Ever since | was old enough to under,
stand what the word government means
! believed that the government of this
country is the greatest in the world. Sc
! believed that on the Democratic party
depends the perpetuation of this coun.
try. Statesmen sometimes make mis-
takes, politicians prove false. The as
pirations and hopes of those who love
their country and its best good are from
time to time deferred. Legislation has
different effects in different parts of tic
country. Laws which may be satisfy
ing to the farmers Of Delaware may 81
dlspleasing to the sugar planters o.
Louisiana; legislation for the vine claC
hills of Maine may not suit the orcharC
men of California; laws that suit thu
tobacco growers OF Kentucky may bt
objected to by the wheat growers o
Kansas. The commercial cXigence5 o
Denver aud San Francisco may no
lind relief and sympathy on Wall street
Notwithstanding the fact that no legls