Evening journal., 1896-10-02
Mr.. GRAY ON THE ISSUES
Declares Against Bryan But
Supports the State Ticket.
NOTABLE GATHERING LAST NIGHT.

AND ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
Senator Gray addressed a large
sound money meeting in the Auditor
ium, at Eleventh and Madison streets,
last evening. About $500 persons heard
him discuss the great issue of the cam
paign for the first time since the Chi
cago convention declared for free sill
yer.
The demonstration was held under
the auspices of the Democratic Honest
Money League OF Delaware, and was
in the nature of ratification Of the
nomination of Palmer and Buckner by
the Indianapolis convention.
There were two good and sufficient
reasons why the crowd which greeted
Mr.. Gray was not larger One was
that many persons who wished to hear
him believed that he would be too sick
to keep his appointment, and the other
was that the man who had been en-
ployed to post the bills giving notice
of the meeting is said to have failed to
properly perform his work. But most
of those present were enthusiastic and
earnest, and apparently in perfect ac-
cord with the speaker.
There were hundreds of ladies in the
audience, Mrs. Gray and some personal
friends being among them. Several
silver Democrats and Republicans Of
prominence We're also present.
Mr.. Gray spoke from the side plat
form that was erected for the use Of
Messrs. Dos Passos and Nields, the
handsome decorations being the same,
the only difference being the removal
Of the large portraits Of Mckinley and
Hobart.
The First Regiment Band was sta
toned on the stage at the south end OF
the room, and the presidents had
four rows of reserved seats immedi-
ately in front OF the speakers stand.
They were:
DR.. James A. Draper, Andrew G. Will
son, A. d. Poole, John X. Bradford,
Joseph Bancroft, F. e. Kelley, Daniel
w. Mullen, H. A. Miller f. j. McGov-
ern, Samuel Murphy, Sr., Edward Nc
Allister, State Road; John G. Mahoney,
KirkwoOd; Frank A. Cooch, Cooch's
Bridge; w. A. Fleming, Smyrna;
James H. Price, Patrick Plunkett, d. J..
Mention, George +. Young, William II.
Swift, Joseph Dean, Newark; Spotts-
wood Garland, George T. Brown, VIII
liam T. Lyman, ]. Bail Peirce, Mich
san, j. Parke Postles, F. +. Evans
Smyrna; c. c. Kurtz, DR.. ]. A. Ellie
good, Daniel Farra, ]. II. Gooding, Ed
ward c. Higgins, Fergus Kelly. Hum.
phrey Lynch, Dr. Alexander Lowber
William r. Foulke, Captain Philip Rey.
bold, George F. Stevens, A. G. Fletcher
Thomas e. Young w. NJ Ross. OF
Seaford; William B. Norton, John p
Almond, Winfield S. Byron, William
A Jester, Delaware City; Edward M
Duren, McDonough.
IN THE AUDIk-SCE.
Among those noticed in the audience
were: Chief Justice Lore, Judge Grubb,
Judge Cullen, Judge Marvel, Aubrey
Vandever, OF Clayton; Allen Cav
throp, Henry +. Pickles, Andrew c.
Gray. Frank Williams, James S. Dobb
Thomas Davis, Attorney General
White, Colonel Layfleld, Samuel Ban
croft, Jr., Emlen Hewes, Christopher l.
Ward, District Attorney Lewis c.
Vandegrift, ex-Congressman John W
Causey, Prothonotary Victor B. Wool
ley. Levi A. Bertolette, Thomas F. Bay
ard. Jr., sound money congressional
nominee; DR.. Thomas A. Brown, DR.
Peter Tomlinson, Philip @. Church
man and John X. Bradford.
WILLING AWAY THE TIME.
At 7.3O O'Clock the First Regiment
Band took its place on the stage anc
plaved two long medleys OF popular
airs, which helped early comers u
while away the time until the meeting
opened.
APPLAUSE FOR THE SPEAKER.
Applause greeted Senator Ora,
as he ascended the platform
In company with Presiden
William d. Mullen and Secretary G. l.
Ward. OF the Honest Money League
John S. Rossell, secretary Of the leagu
executive committee; ex-Governo
Charles c. Stockley, Of Georgetown
ex-State Senator w. M. Ross, OF Sea
ford; DR.. James A. Draper, General j
Parke Postles and Andrew G.. wilson.
ORGANIZATION EFFECTED.
John S. Rossell called the meeting t
order and named General Postles 70
permanent chairman, saying:
Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
men: II devolves upon me to call tn
meeting to order and to name th
chairman. Permit me TO introduce
you a gentleman we'll known to us a
-one who has been long identihe
with the business interests OF Wi
r mington, and always a valiant Dem'
J. crat-General ]. Parke Postles.
The general, in assuming the chai
manship, said:
II deem it an honor, fellow-citizen
to be called upon to preside on tn
occasion, and over a meeting like TIL
see assembled before me, for | reali
that this is not an ordinary polite
meeting. II is a meeting that has bes
called by those who have been cor
PEELED to take issue with their o
party associates.
THAT party has announced primo
pies and promulgated policies whi'
we feel, IL carried into effect, wou
= strike blow at the honor and cred
of our country, and at prosperity al
happiness OF its people. We are a
sembled in a measure tonight to rati
the action OF those Democrats who a
sembled in convention at Indianapol
on September 2, and who promulgat
9 what we have been taught to belle
are sound Democratic principles-pri