The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-08

bipalS VI lue TdltlebIake anu Wllu cats AT
tempt to make a tariff law for 7O,0O0,OO0
| 1t Is nonsense to expect them to accom-
plish such a task. When that is said to
| Democrat he asks: "Can no good thing
come out of Nazareth" Good may come
out of Nazareth, but Pine Bluff. Arkansas.
is not Nazareth, and Breckenridge is not
Nazarene. The Nazarene raised people
from the dead; these Democrats are trying
to kill everybody; He made the lame to
walk; they strike everything with palsy;
Laughter) He fed the multitude with
loayes and fishes, but these Democrats
have closed the factories destroyed the
banks and caused about 10000 firms to
fail, and-tA voice: Opened soup-houses')
yes. opened soup-houses. U4aughter)
The Democratic party lacks unity OF pur-
pose, said the speaker, and l cannot be
Democrat because never ship on vessel
on which the captain is quarrelng with
the crew. The House is against the Senate
and the Senate is against the President
and the House and the President Is against
both the House and the Senate. The
whole national administration has been
ridiculed by the leading newspapers Of the
country ever since the President was in
augurated. Henry Watterson has been
kicking his own party and William NJ.
Singerly has become sick at the stomach
and there are lots more of them that are
fighting mad. The Democratic House Is
divided against itself and cannot stand.
(Applause)
The party is not only divided against IT.
self, but 1t has attacked the saviors OF the
country. 1t has attempted to discredit the
Union veterans and stop their pensions.
The people will not allow that The coun-
trt, halo tI,o iii
1t. If it had not been for their services
there would have been no country. They
surely have some rights in the property
which they saved. 1t is poor policy to
take a 2-cent tariff off eggs and a 10-cent
tariff off potatoes and to withhold the pit
tance of So or $12 month from few old
soldiers.
Mr.. Willis closed his speech by a refer
ence to the Populists and Prohibtionlsts.
He said that many of these men are
former. Democrats who are dsgusted with
their old party and are coming by round
about way to the Republican party. He
invited them over at once. The Republican
party Will give the people all the temper
ance reform they want and will give them
all the other reforms they want as fast as
they want them. 1t will not do to go
faster than this. To get too far ahead of
the people is to invite defeat and destruc-
tion.
The Republicans are going to carry this
state. (Cheers) 1t is going to make laws
that will do the souls of the Democrats
good. Do everybody good and to this end
vote the ticket from top to bottom.
WILLIAM s. HILLES'S SPEECH.
William S. Hlles was the next speaker.
He began by reference to the election in
Maine and said there was to be a similar
affair in this state about November G. The
Republicans are going to put Delaware
where she has Of right belonged all these
years of Democratic msrule-in the ranks
of the Republican states.
This is a campaign Of principle. II Is
not a campaign of men, but Of issues that
go beyond personal preferences and below
mems pockets. 1t is civic battle for the
principles OF the American Union-for the
freedom and prosperity of the people. Della
ware in this fight is to stand where she
did in 1S61-in line with the loyal states
and in defence of American principles.
(Applause.)
The Democratic party has seen the In
dications pointing to defeat and have at
tempted to meet 1t by nominating a good
ticket. That must not be allowed to de-
ceiye anybody. The Republican ticket is
Just as good and its principles are n great
deal better, Mr.. Bancroft personally Is a
good citizen, a reputable candidate, but
God save his political opinions. Uaughter)
Mr.. Hilles spoke of the Hawaiian episode
as a national disgrace. He said that in
all the history of the world he knew OF
nothing so disgraceful as the sending OF
an accredited minister to government,
processing friendship for 1t and at the
same time carrying secret instructions to
betray and destroy 1t. This envoy had
been instructed to pull down the American
flag and to expose a few courageous, lib
erty-loving Americans to the fury of a saw
age mob. This is not the American princi-
pie. Americas principle is to protect
American citizens in the fullest enjoyment
Of their inherent and constitutional rights
and to encourage every honest effort for
political liberty That 10 the meaning OF
the American flag.
About the tariff Mr.. Hilles said II ap-
peared to him useless to talk. Everybody
knew all about it. While the theory of
tariff making might be difficult to under
stand the effect Of the Democratic tariff
was perfectly plain. He thought the ques-
tion between protection and free trade
had been settled before he was born. CIT
was.'D Yes. 1t is setted that protection is
the American doctrine and there is no
other worth the talking about. Applause) |
Everybody knows now what bad thing |
the Wilson bill Is. But 1t is not half SO |
bad as the Democrats intended to make 1t. |
They threatened to utterly destroy Ameri- |
can industry; but the people did not be- |
lieve that they would do what they threat |
ened and promised. They drew glitterng |
pictures Of glorious cheap era in which |
everything was to be cheapened but labor.
There was to be two jobs for every man.
Wages were to go up and wheat was to be
slips bushel. The people listened and In
a good-natured haphazard way said "Let
us try it, They have tried 1t and God
only knows what bitter experience it
has been. Instead of two Jobs for every
man it is half a dozen men for every half
job. 1t is not merely private loss
but national bankruptcy. The Secretary
of the United States Treasury said
that there would be 900 deficit
before the year was out.
Every lawyer has an experience IL he
dared to tell it that would reveal how deep
this Democratic conspiracy has wounded
the people. They could tell stories of the
efforts men and women are making to save
the little homes which they have been try
ing to pay for, and could tell of the sorrow.
the despair Of old men and women as the
savings of their lives have slipped away
leaving them penniless. To such as these
the Democrats say: I'VE will chip in and
help you.' How do they do 1t? By OPEN
ing soup-houses. The Americans are |
ashamed of their boasted liberty when
they see their friends and neighbors, whom
hey have known as hard working. honest
people, driven to accept charity-oh, My
God, think of it. soup-house charity for
American freemen. And yet this is what
Democratic tariff law does-closes the
hops stops mems wages and opens soup
iouses.
The Democrats say that this Is the effect