The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-18

/ willis, Willis" and explained General
P0rier's absence and Mr., Willis came to the
, front amid applause. Mr.. Willis said:
| Gentlemen and Comrades-I have come
at your invitation to join in the celebration
of a great battle, and am glad for this
friendly occasion. l serve no one man, no
! juuta, but all our people l am pledged to
the right of private contract. am pledged
to retain the Supreme Court. am pledged
to sustain the Executive in efforts to sup
press riot. ! am pledged to liberal pen
sions. tremendous appause)
remember a Confederate brigadisr's s
experience with cheap money, when he
paid S27OO for a suit OF clothes. That was
cheap money.
Mr.. Willis then proceeded at length to
discuss the silver question and denounced
tho free coinage proposition vigorously. He
spoke at great length on this line and then
addressed himself to the old soldiers.
Mr. Willis concluded his speech amid ap-
plause.
After Colonel Barnard announced that
the Old soldiers would support Mckinley,
Hobart, Hoffecker, Willis and the whole
ticket, Mr. Hoffe,ker, candidate for
Governor spoke for II few minutes on the
debt owed to the old soldiers for their
| faithfulncss TO the country, and their
pensions should be paid in honest dollars.
Every dollar worth lOOCGnts.
AT THE AUDITORIUM
While the Opera House meeting was in
progress there was another mass meeting
with about 1900 persons present held ut the
Auditorium under the auspices of the
Mckinley and Hobart Business Mems
Club. The stago was profusely decorated.
! Tho meeting was presided over by Il II.
Warner, president of the club, who made
a stirring speech
He said in part that each one is held re-
sponsible for the election of Republican
electors from Delaware. Tho women
must be energetic in this campaign be-
cause their homes are assailed.
have said this hour of our countrys
greatest peril, mean it, The announce
mcnt that The first gun hal been fired up
OIL Fort Sumter-nndI remember it we'll
was not more appalling than the an
nonncemcnt of tho lack of principle in tho
Chicago platform. Thnone was an open,
brave, chivalrous, though misguided de-
claratiOn Of war in order to establish cor
tain principles which the majority of our
Southern brethren believed to DO Just, and
for which, whether right or wrong, they
stood ready to sacrifice their llfos best
blood.
Protection to-day requires no defence or
defender. The impotent financial legisla-
ton Of recent years has enabled protec.
tion to cast aside It's swaddling band and
march forth IN stalwart manhood, fully
competent to di,arm with graceful case
amy nssalant having the temerity to at
tack 1t.
The question then remains, shall we
prove false to this great trust which God
has placed in our keeping, this glorious
inheritance, this land Of liberty, this gov,
ernment that is the envy of tho world;
false to this government that has prosper
ed beyond the fondest anticipatiOns of its
foundersS Shall our Supreme court, tho
most honored of all tribunals; our Fed
cral courts, respected by all mon, bo made
subservient to tho will of an almost un-
known adventurers l leuyo you to an
swcr this question
Mr.. Warmers address was loudly ap.
plauded.
The orator of the evening was then intro
duced. The Hon. Frederick Taylor of
New York spoke rs follows:
When Sumter was fired upon, he said,
the loyal men of the country. regardless of
politics, Joined together to defend the flag
of this nation. Within thirty years history
repeats itself. But short time ago the two
great parties were arraycd against each
other. Each had the love OF country at
heart and no object save to promote its
welfare. AS the two lines stood in firm ar
ray there came that convention in the city
upon the lakes. The Democrats in that
were outnumbercd by the men
who represented nothing but discomfort.
They dominated in all its proceedings un-
der the leadership of one whose true char
acter is that of an anarchist. Indeed, the
unlike anything American, sug-
gested the early days of the French revolu-
tion. The country looked on in amazement.
After tramping under foot all of the pre-
cedents of the Democratic party, 1t put forth
an alleged platform which was a blow at
the honor Of this country. Then, as be-
fore, the Democrats, like the Americans
which they are, united with the Republic
cans to save this country from dishonor.
Between the two great parties there Is
but one issue, the tariff. Compared with |
the other great issue the tariff Is of such |
little Importance that to quarrel over it |
would be like quarreing on the deck of a
ship as to which may steer her, when in the |
hold of that vessel an effort Is being made |
% scuttle her. The Democrats are in favor |
of tariff for revenue and their own has |
1ot produced revenue, and so they must
low agree with the Republicans.
II there was no other reason for repudi-
lting the platform of the Chicago conven-
ion, 1t should be sufficient that it at
empts to repudiate the national credit.
True 1t is that the obligations of this coun-
ry provide only that they shall be paid in
,oin, but among the nations of the world
t is understood that this country will not
Jay its obligations in debased coin. De-
;pite the efforts made in our own country
o discredlt 1t, the national credit, like
Caesars wife, Is above suspicion. As each
nan is jealous of the fair fame of those
whom he loves, SO should he be of the
redit Of the country In which he lives, nor
hould he lay aside that feeling to satisfy
he silver mine owners.
Back Of all this agitation and this silver
eminent are the mine owners. What tho
liver men are trying to achieve Is to COM
rel this government to purchase every
'unce Of silver taken from the earth from
hem at twice the cost of mining 1t. Our
'opulist friends talk OF the plutocrats but
be present plutocrat would be a little one