The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-03
ENDORSED CAHD DATES.
Single Takers Ratify the Nomina-
tions Of Bryan and Sewall en-
Saturday Night.

Bryan and Sewall meeting was held b!
tho Single TAKERS at Tenth and Kins
streets in this CITY on Saturday evening
| The crowd present varied from very few
to about 1900 people and then to a very few
| again. Harold Sudell. the New Castle Sin.
| gle Taxer presided. and the meeting was
preceded by parade in which the Single
Takers, headed by their own fife and drum
corps, took part.
MIR. Sudell declared the object OF the
| meeting to be the endorsement of Bryan
T and Se~ah,s and then Introduced G. F.
| Stevens of Philadelphia, who is the presi-
dent oLethe Central Democratic Club OF
| Philadelphia.
Mr.. Stevens declared that the people now
had chance to throw down the bosses and
| asked those present 10 uphold the action Of
| the Chicago convention. He arraigned
Willard Salisbury. Senator George Gray
and others for failing to endorse the action
OF their party William Horan, who was
pardoned from Dover Jail by Governor
Watson. was the second speaker. and he
also paid his compliments to the Democrats
who were not supporting the ticket. He
declared that it was time for paupers like
himself ard his hearers to take some ac-
ton toward lettering their condition. He
said that 80 per centum OF the Western
farms were mortgaged. and that in Will
mington Sc per cent. OF the people were
slaves of the landlords. 1t was time, he
said. for the paupers to get together. He
did not favor the free coinage OF silver
but he thought that it would be well to dis
pose of the politicians. and then the COM
mon people could get their rights Higgins
and Gray together, he said, would not be
able to carry this state for Mckinley. The
Single Takers control majority of the
votes of the Democratic party in this
county.
Bryan. the speaker said. was one of tho
common people. When he visited this city
he did so in that way. In aliuding to the
prominent Democrats Of this city he said:
"If we stick together we will bury the
Democratic machine of this state deeper
than damnation itself next November II
we win, inside Of five years every state in
the Union will become sure for those
Democratic principles of free land and free
speech. Salisbury thinks he's Democrat,
but he isn't. He's like the Graye, Coch-
rams, Bigges, Ponders and Watsons,w who are
like the Tories of hundred years ago, and
would knife the ticket without the least
hesitation if they thought they could keep
in office"
William NJ, Calingham of Camden spoke
briefly. He thought that if Bryan was elect
ed be would be second Lincoln, Jackson
or jefferson in the interests Of the people,
He declared that Mckinley stood for spe-
cial privileges, land grabbing railroads and
A. J. Wolf OF Brooklyn declared that he
was Republican when the Republican
party stood for something. He had later
been compelled to go to the Democrats. The
people have had two trials OF so-called
Democrats, and now they will elect man
of the people. Mckinley and D. B. Hill
stand for the bankers, but they have been
kicked out by the farmers longtoed boots.
Bryan was nominated by the common peo-
pie aud he will be elected by them.
II. V. Hetzel, who was delegate to the
recsnt POpulst convention, was the next
speaker. The masses, he said, are now on
one side and the machine on the other.
The common people pay the burdens OF
government while the nlonopolsts reap the
benefit. Four years ago the people OF the
South and West wanted the free coinage
Of silver, but when they did not get it |
they supported the ticket Now the COM
bination Of Cleveland, German and Hill
would do anything to down the nominees.
He said:
Let them go. Let them vote for Nc
Kinley. That's where they belong, with |
the party of monopolists and special priv
ilesed classes. Something Will be bumped
in November for the people have their
backa up. The monop0lists have been fill
ing their pockets at the expense of the
people, Wall street don't ask privileges
they demand them. They control national
banks. The bends Of the government give
them monony. The goyernment cannot
get enough gc!d to pay its debts. 1t can
get enough II it issues bonds to foreign
capitalists. Then the capitalists can de-