Evening journal., 1896-10-20
POLITICAL NOTES.

mass meeting will be held this
evening by the Single Tax party at
Delaware avenue and Union street, to
be addressed by Herman b. Hetzel.
John 5. Crosby Arthur II. Stevenson,
and others of Philadelphia.
Il see dot Shairman Hanna say dot
Telaware ish toubtful sthate." said a
German from the First ward to an
Evening Journal reporter this morn
ing. dot ish all wrong. / knows
What | ish dalkin' apout, und | tells
you she ish not toubtful. She will GER
tainly go Won way or de utter"
Lindsay Gordon, of New York, an
eloquent Democrat, will speak at Dover
on Friday and in this city on Satur-
day.
The Kent county regular Republi-
cans have issued an address to the
voters denouncing j. Edward Addicks,
and reciting the difficulty over the
attempt to elect Colonel Henry Du-
Pont United States senator.
The Executive Committee of the
Sound Money League of Delaware held
method of conducting the plans of the
vigorous campaign the party is wag-
ing in Delaware.
II is learned at the Vatican that the
pope is sending special instructions to
Archbishop Martinelli, the newly-ap-
pointed apostolic delegate to the
United States, in regard to the attitude
OF the Roman Catholic clergy in Amer
lea in the present political campaign
and coming presidential election.
--
William Winston, Frank Robertson
J. Brinkley and William Rogers adj
dressed the Maryland Club, a negro or
ganization, last evening.
At Fourth and Market streets last
evening Volney b. Cushing, of Maine
addressed Prohibition mass meeting
A meeting of regular Republican
election inspectors will be held to-mor-
row evening
AT the Young Mems Democratic Club
on Thursday evening. the gold-headed
cane voted to Hon. Ebe W. Tunnel at
| the st. Patrick's Church celebration
]
Candidates John c. Higgins and Rob
ert c. Houston made short addresses
before the Mckinley and Hobart Ger
man Republican Club last evening.
Hon. John c. Higgins and Robert G.
Houston, the regular Republican candi-
dates for governor and congressman
respectively, attended the meeting of
the Republican First District Commit
tee last evening, and were introduced
to the members by Chairman Knowles
and made brief addresses. Francis S.
Bradley, member from the Ninth
ward, was removed and John EmOr-
ing elected in his stead.
Fifth ward regular Republicans will
hold a meeting on Thursday evening.
Congressman Turner, e. r. Cochran,
Jr., John G. Gray and Franklin Brock
son addressed an enthusiastic meeting
in the Eighth ward last evening.
William A. Sutherland, of Rochester
N. Y, one of the lawyers engaged in
the Lexow investigation, will address
an Addicks meeting in the Auditorium
tomorrow evening.
Bayard Legion Democratic Club met
last evening and perfected arrange
ments for reception of the state and
county candidates on Thursday even
ing at the clubhouse, on Shipley
street. The attendance will be restrict
ed to members and invited guests.
There will be speaking, music and re-
freshments.
The Democratic County Executive
Committee met this afternoon and can
vassed the registration returns.
Il was stated in regular Republican
circles this morning that the AddiclSs-
ties were swearing their men TO vote
for Hoffecker and Willis before they
J were given money to pay their taxes
Howard E. Staats. secretary of the Ad-
dicks First District Committee en-
phatically denied the statement to an
Evening Journal reporter this morn
ing. I'VE have not sworn a man." he
( said. Not only that, but we permit
our men to take their receipts home
with them, showing that we have con-
hdence in them. All day yesterday
the work of paying taxes went merrily
on, until the campaign managers ran
check was drawn, and the work was
, resumed.
Senator Higgins. Levi c. Bird. Will
liam s. Hilles. William NJ. Byrne anC
e Robert G. Houston will address a reg
{ ular Republican meeting in the Tent
e ward this evening The Twelfth war,
p regulars will meet at their club-housi
and. headed by the First Regimen
Band, will march in a body to tn
3 meeting.
Il State Senator Robert ]. Handy ha
returned from Cecil county. Md, wher
he has been looking over the politica
field.
y The Addicks people say that as a re
& suit of their naturalization labors i
d the United States Court yesterday an
If to-day the country will have twenty
Eve new citizens.
~ The Honest Money Democrats wi
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