The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-10

state to the number of 5000 filled tho
Opero House last night to uverfluwing
II was the opening Of the Republican
campaign in Delaware and never before
has their been an initiative meeting that
was marked with more encouraging pros
poets for II successful campaign than it,
The speakers were men Of brain and of
experience in State affairs and it was this
that held the large audience spell bound
from the time the Smyth Post Band
played Yankee Doodle until the strains
OF Marching Through Georgia announ-
ced that the meeting had ended.
Decorators had tastefully shown their
work on the buildings in the interior.
Bunting in the Nations co!ors was festuo
ned about the gallery and on tho stage was
also hung the red white and blue. Palms
And other plants stood on the stage and in
6ho rear was seated the prominent Repub.
licans. Overhead was strung moro bunt-
ing, which surrounded tlvep pointed star,
the emblem Of the party.
twas o'clock whom Chairman STAINS
bury Wiley called tho assemblage to
Charles NJ. Bramm of Pennsylvania Hon.
J. Henry Hoffecker, Hon. Jonathan ).
Willis, Colonel D. p. Barnard, Walter
Hayes, j. Frank Allen OF Dover, John NJ
Clayton of Middletown, DIR. c X. Layton.
Daniel DOLL, Captain j. W. Barney,
Charles w Solloway, Robert G. Fraim.
Professor Moses Well, John i. Wharton of
Dover DR.. George W. Marshal of Milford,
Horace Brown Of Seaford, George " Rob
erts of Dover, stephen Downay W. H.
Robinson, $. s. Pennewell Of Greenwood,
Harry Whitemsn and delegates Of New
Castle and Newark, lIutfeckcr and Willis
Clubs.
In his introductory address Chairman
Wiley welcomed the audience in the name
Of tho Union Repu blican party, which has
for it's object the verthrow Of the Domoc.
racy which has msrued this State so
long. He scored the Democratic platform
and ended by 5pe akingof Mossrs Huffcck.
er and Willis. Mr.. Hoiferker was first
eulogAoi then introduced and AS he arose
and approached the front Of tho stage the
audience chcercd He said:
ladies and gentlemen pelIn't me to ex-
pruss TO you my aspiration OF the cOmpli-
ment you have paid your candidate by
thi5 demonstration, As | look over this
vast audience | ask why We ara hero2
In answer, because tho great qualrennial
election If 1895 is little less than eight
weeks off and yuu have introduced this as
the initiative meeting of that campaign.
We are here representing the grand old
party of Abraham Lincoln, Of Ulysses
III ant, OF Rutherford b. Hayes, of James
A Garfield, Of Chester A, A rthur and of
Benjamin Harrison.
Why do | stop hsrep BECAUSE at tho
quadrenniA election Of 1892 the mljOrity
OF the voters desired a change And th"y
have it, and If mistake not they are fun
right ut tins tins for another. From the
kall Of Richmond to the election Of lSJ2
can you point mo to "a country that has
had more marvellous prosperity, and more
unboundrd SUGGEST II 50 | am not &C.
quaintcd with it.
Gur Nynlr. pnrnars Nnr,, thnr, nipr,lpvnl
nj good wages. Tho banks will testify to
this by the large number Of deposits from
the wage Carners. But when the change
csmc LOOMS were stopped, mills were closed
AMI factories and furnaces abandoned, 50
that unemployed labor0rs by the millions
are today i'll our land. Hence say,
think the voters are for another change
and now at this election you Will have tho
opportunity of casting your vote for VII
liam Mckinley,a man noted for his sound
ntss upon tho tariff question, and If you
Ind any doubt before his letter Of accrp.
tancg upon tho money question that aGCep-
tancc surely bnnished the doubts
So we nave National candidates and
State candidates TO DC voted for at tho
same time, and from the large number
that will be presented you will have the
pleasure Of u choice. But | am glad to
Say that tho grand old party has but one
for President and Vice President, SO that
with Mckinley and Hobart ut the head of
the ticket you will make no mistake IN
the Judgment Of your humble speaker if
cast for them. And permit me to say a
little further that if you present the ticket
OF the Union Republican party yuu will
also have voted well
stand before you as your candidate, and
fyou consider that am worthy Of yOnr
suffrage ! shall appreciate it, and if elect
ed to the high office, will promise my level
best to give you u clean administration. ]
am not u candidate bound by any pledges
that was required to give. 1t was my
privilege to vote at each election for the
presidential electors have mentioned and
II have the opportunity again | will cast
1t for the grand old party electors. He
then yielded to Congressman 3rumm.
THE MONEY AND TARIFF,
Mr.. BruIHm opened with tho remark
that he felt proud OF following the next
Governor Of Delaware, and preceding The
next Congressman, This gathering Is
but another evidence that never before
1861 has our country been moved more
than it is today From one end to the
other people IRE anxious and hungry to
be fed on the grand and important
Issues, which have boon forced upon them
They arc now departures. Issues that our
fathers fought over. But tho light is
dawning aud anarchy and socialism are
already doomed Ingreo with your chair.
man that there arc other Issues pro.
pose first to talk Oh this free silver
questiOn. 'las
Unfortunately for our people they arc
being mislcl by terms. Our Democratic
friends call us gold bugs, asserting that
We are insisting on n monOn"taiiC basis
and it shall be gold alone That we are
opposed to BImetniism and seek to cast
silver out as money. want first to dl.a.
buse your minds OF that thought The
term free silver rs applied in this Issue
means that bullionists can take silver to
the mint and have every II cents worth
stamped 60 be worth 100 cents sGlyCr
men arc bnCk Of tho movement and want
10 get double 70. their product sixteen
to ono means that u silver dollar shall!
have sixteen tmcs the weight of gold
dollar Nalue has nothing to do with it.
Flat means tho cdiCt OF - government On
subjoc here II has exclusive IUrisdic.
ton. Legal tender means not That the
government will vr can force you to take
my kind Of money, but Il says that II yOu
will not take II you can not use the cont.
abulary to collect 10. The question Is not
whiCn nie.tA 80 Shall have, but how can
we get tho use Of both metals Free CON
age offs!!ver means TINT all Of the silver vi
the world can By dumped here and tho
poTeEnment Will be- vnablc to keep it at y
parFy with god.
Tho FREQ silver men say let tho Govern,
ment coin all the silver oL!niuGGe AID
the demand iors Id VIII therefore b. !. Is
20 1t Will tbun tG.y say allow 10th ltrt.
Als to operate uAtll they nre AZ patty,
NV, low ytn we Bring uuid metals 10.
getl,r. Wno after we hnlo tn .n ID
we kca them ! Their iulincy NHl
the rsAs,c Of our mcE"y I'd WA arAn IS