Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17
Ticket of Union Republicans
Ratified Wednesday Night.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD
Many Women In the Large
Audience.
Speeches Made by John II. Hofrccker. Con-
gresham Brunn, ex-Consui Gracey anu
Congressman j. s. WILTSHIRE Audience
Tickled by the Pepnsyivanian.


opening of the Addicks campaign, in
the Grand Opera House on Wednesday.
The Congressman from Pennsylvania
discussed the money question at length
and tho tariff question rather briefly,
| and tickled the audience by bis replies
| to questioner in the gallery.
The Union Republican party in
augurated its campaign before large
audience, which included many women.
with much enthusiasm. The theatre
was decorated with bunting in the ma
| tional colors. Above the stage which
contained pictures of Mckinley and
| Hobart and was decorated with Ferns
and palms, hung large five pointed
star, the points marked by electric
lights. The star being the emblem OF
the Union Republican party, some
bright mind had conceived the idea to
allow the star itself to convey hint
how to vote at the election.
| The meeting was strong IN its num-
Dor of vice presidents. More than 100
men were seated on tho stage with the
speakers OF the evening. Many of
them were from out of the city. Among
them were Simeon Pennewill of Green
wood, DIR. George W. Marshall of Mil
ford, William 4. Smithers, J. Frank
Alice and John b. Wharton of Dover,
and Harry Whiteman of Newark.
George W. Roberts, editor of the State
\ Sentinel, was on hand. Horace Brown.
OK Representative from Seaford, was
in attendance. Among the Will
mingtonians noticed were Charles
Ewing, Daniel Dohl, Moses We'll, Wal
ter II. Hayes, Medford III. Cahoon, ID.
p. Barnard and Robert @. Fraim. The
colored population and the g. A. II.
men were represented on the platform.
One of the latter supported an Amori-
can flag near the centre Of the stage.
State Chairman Stansbury j. Wiley
presided. On his right sat Congress-
city and S. L. Gracey, now of Lynn,
Mass, who was formerly Methodist
Episcopal minister in the Wilmington
Conference, and was United States
Consul to Foo Chow, China, under
President Harrison. On Chairman
Willey's left were John III. Hoifecler
of Smyrna, the gubernatorial nominee,
and the Hon. Jonathan s. Willis, the
Congressional nominee.
After music by Hyatt's Military
Band State Chairman Wiley made his
opening remarks. He greeted the
audience in the name of the Union
Republican party and gave it as the
party's object the overthrow Of Demo-
cracy, which he declared had ruled the
State with rod of iron and debauch-
cry, and to carry the State for Mckin
ley. With complimentary words he
introduced Mr.. Hoffecker, who was
greeted with applause and cheers for
several seconds. "Why are we hereY
asked Mr.. Hoffecker, and he replied
that Two are here representing the
Grand Old Party, tho party of Abra-
ham Lincoln, [applausel, U. S. Grant,
\ [applausel, Rutherford b. Hayes, lap
plausel, James A. Garfield, cheers, !
Chester A. Arthur, hand clapping i,
benjamin Harrison, [eheersl. A band
that was making big racket on King
street back of the theatre while MIR.
Hoifecker was talking was called down.
After speaking of tho national candi-
dates he added Perhaps it would be a
little premature in your speaker If be
would say more than present the ticket
TO the Union Republican party. Zap
plause. l stand before you, fellow
citizens, as your candidate. [Applause
and voice You'll get there'. And If
you consider l am worthy of your
suffrage / shall appreciate it, and il
elected to the Office promise you will
do my best to give you u clean admin.
istration. ] am not a candidate, follow
citizens, bound by any pledges that
was required to give''
Applause follower! tho close of Mr..
Hoifecker's speech and Mr.. Wiley next
introduced Mr.. Brumm OF Pennsyl-
vania, who expressed himself as proud
to have the honor OF following the next
Governor of Delaware and preceding
the next Congressman of Delaware.
Mr. Brumm devoted himself largely to
the silver question giving clear OK.
PLANTATION of the terms free silver, Ii to
l, fiat and legal tender. He argued
against the experiment of the free coin
age of silver. He upheld the Republi
can party in its declaration in favor OF
bimetalism by International agree.
ment and held that although England
and Germany might not join such an
agreement, Russia, France, Belgium,
Italy and Austria Hungary might dc
so. He argued that the silver question
might also be solved by allowing the
government to coin the silver and take
the seignorage, which ia the difference
between the market value of the silver
and its coin value. Quoting an inter
view he had with Senator Teller at the
time he, Brumm, had introduced q
seignorage resolution in Congress, the
speaker showed that Teller had agreed
that Brumm's plan was safer than free
coinage, but because the silver men
had been educating the people of the
South and East for free coinage they
would not come forward and change
their plan for the admittedly safer one
of seignorage. In answer to the free
silver mems plea that silver he treated
like gold Mr.. Brumm showed that
should the government stop coming
gold the decrease in the demand would
not decrease it's price; 30 the increase
of tho demand for silver would moi
bring parity between the metals. He
held it 10 be dishonest for the bullion.
list to get more than the worth of the
silver; rather by the seignorage let the
government that is the people, got the
benefit.
II was at this iuncture that man in
the gallery started SOLE fun by asking
Mr.. Brumm If it wouldn't DO dishonest
on the part of the government to issue
the 81 cent coin as dollar.
IF it is dishonest, exclaimed the
Congressman, AZ Silver Dick Bland is
the most dishonest man in the United
States" And at the retort the au.
dience went wild. The people at.
plauded and cheered and showed grea,
delight. When the enthusiasm died
down Mr. Brumm went On and pictured
Bryan and Sewal standing behind
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