The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-08
HOFFECKBR
and WILLIS
Address a Mass Meeting at New
Castle.
CONGRESSMAN WILLIS PLEDGED
Laws Which Walter H. Hayes
Favors Changing in the
Constitution Of the
State Of Della
ware.
WILLIS PLEDGED


Immediately after the City Corne
Band paraded tho streets this evening
followed by large crowd Of enthusiastic
Republicans mass meeting was held IL
| the Opera House There were about 50t
| persons present among whom were scat
| tered dozen of Bryan's supporters urget
on to disorder by man who bows to Eng
lish aristocraoy and who has no vote but
who has enough anarchistic sayings to
keep ignorant men stirred up to a pitct
OF feeling where they do not support the
constitution of the United States.
The meeting was called TO order by
Joseph Orr, president OF the club who
nominated Edward Challenger as chair.
man of the meeting, who In turn intro
duced Mr.. Hoffeeker. He said it was
very gratifying to be with you this even
ing and stand before you without vim
diotveness. A campaign with principles
requires no vlndioation at my hands, and
you know that the Republican party
never deserted its sprinciples in three de
cudes. Having the principles that have
been tried take it that the candidates oil
the Republican party will receive the
majority Of the votes Of the voters OF this
county.
There are two topics before the country
to-day. II your mills, the looms and
splndles, the furnaces and forges were in
operation they would give employment to
the wage earners Of the country. With
out protection and with tho principles we
have been operating under the past four
years we see foreign products have como
into our markets, and the result Is. that
our people are idle. You want the finances
of the country to be In u healthy condition
that when you receive your wages that
each; dollar will be worth at least 100
cents.
Mr.. Hoffecker was struck with ono
feature of Mr.. Bryan's SPEECH ut Dover.
The letter from Bismarck. But since then
he saw letter from the president of Cor.
nell University in which he says that the
translator of Bismarck's letter had put in
the paragraph concerning the free coinage
Of silver.
Brysn's campaign is ono Of agitation
and not education.
A gentleman friend of his who has been
in southern CALIFORNIA and who visited
Mexico handed dollar for his din.
ner and was given back Mexican dollar
in exchange.
He thought the walter had made mis-.
take, but was informed that Che dinner
costs half dollar and the Mexican dollar
was passing at half Its face.
He thinks that the country will stand
by tho principles that have sustained Us
for over thirty years. On State affairs he
said that not one has any recollection
when there were more candidates He
hoped when all the names are on the bal
lots that all will accord their votes for the
electors of Mckinley and Hobart and
for Willis and Hoffeoker.
Walter H. Hayes said that never since
1860 have the people Of this country been
so aroused. All money OF every kind ia
divided into two descrlptions-it has an
t.l. at- Il ~otk tfp Yrnlt ,hN,
melted and money like the silver dollar in
circulation here to-day.
Gold did not go up in the time Of the
war. Until International agreement Is
reached the Republican party is opposed
to the free and unlimited coinage Of sill
yer.
Some one is going to make the difference
between So and 100 cents. The men with
the bullion will make 1t and the dollars
will be coined at the expense of the Uuted
States. Silver has not been demonitizad.
The Republican party favors increasing
the duty on imported goods so that the
ing wages to the men who do the work.
When our fOrefathers made the consti-
tuition of tho United States they made 1t
three fold. The Democratic party Is op-
posed to the Supreme Court, 1t says that
tho President shall not have the power to
enforce the laws of the Uulted States
Any man who tries to stir up suoh feeling
so that the masses are arraignod against
the classes he Is unworthy Of holding any
office within their gift.
On State affairs ho said when he pre;id'
ed overthe convention at Dover he knew
they had nominated honest men. The
situation produced by the Georgetown
convention we are not responsible for.
The reasons assigned for the withdrawal
of the electors applies to the candidate for
Governor and Congressman.
saMr Hayes favOrs the abolition OF prop
erty qualifications, the additions of POLL
tax rs II qualification to vote, he is in fay
or of electing county offices, tho appoint
ment of judges for a limited time,
The courts want to be changed. Imagine
three judges like last week trying man
for stealing % cent blacking brush at u
cost Of S42.
Let us vote by districts for our represent
atives and then we will have minority
When we send q man to
Congress we want man and knowing
the work he has done and who would not
lobby for the seating of u certain man as
Senator of the United States, we should
send Congressman Willis to represent us
again in Congressional halls.
The appearance Of Congressman Willis
JullON lptph q pipiOhSNe outbhiop Va
olausc. In the course of his remarks
Willis said that the Chi
,ago candidates are Populistic and annr-
,histic to the people of tho United
States.
We never have had to confront since 1860
such radical men as the Chicago cOnven.
ion has presented to us in the person OF
William Jennings Bryan. As Mr. Bryan
s fond of quoting scripture he quoyed
ome for his benefit. He paid his compli. |
ncuts to Governor Atgeld Carl Brown |
md if he was elected it would be only to |
upposo that the whole crowd would be in
he cabinet. Tillman would be Secretary
# War and Altgeld would be Secretary Of
hc Treasury.
And then as asanothtY radical idea they
want to overturn our money What this
ountry wants is plenty of work for its
masses and paid in honest money. There
eyer yet has been n country where there
we're two currencies that one was not used
nd tho other boarded. He was reminded
v Mr.. Bryan of the passage Of scripture
Woe unto that lalM where the king Is
HID"
Mr.. Bryan's statements are like back
ction machine he works both ways.
Go where you please and you will find
nat tho wages of the men are down TO
othing in free silver countries. In speak.
ig of Bryan's seed Of dissension he would
ke to know who were the masses and
asses.
Who was Garneldf Who was Lincoln?
Who was Henry Clay?
They stand before you as a mighty and
'hite robed host Men who rose from
umblc paths. The journeymen Of to-day
ave become the millionarcs, We.havu
o throne but tho ballot box and yet here
this fellow trying to arraign one part of
le people against the other. He is pledg'
l to all the people Of the state without
,gard to faction.
He is pledged to the old soldiers, tho
vers and harbors, he is pledged for sound
loney all the time, ho is pledged to
Dlligercnt rightsto Cuba. He longs to
&C when the nine million of lido people
Ill % to work II the country prospars
will have to be under the party that
cod BY the guns at Gettysb urg.