Evening journal., 1896-07-01
M 'KlNLEY AND HOBART
Wilmington Republicans Rat
ify their Nomination.
ADD1oKg TROUBLE NOT BRoAoHBD

spssches We're Made By Prominent Reg
ular RepubiicaDs-Ex-sep Higgins
Loudly Cheersd by the Crowd Action |
OF the Chicago Convention on the Cur
reDoY Question Anticipated.
Tne Mckinley and Hobart ratification
meeting held at Tenth and King atreets
last evening could but crafty those
under whose auspices It was held It WAS
large. orderly aud regular. aud in strange
contrast with the post convention Rasco
held under the auspices OF the Union
Republican Club and other AddickslteH.
Fully 3 600 regular Republicans crowded
about the stand to hear the speakers
discuss the issues OF The day. with par
ticular reference to the ST. Louis nomi-
rees
Those who had stage tickets and used
them were: Rev. Merritt Hulburd. e Il.
Warner, William G sDruance. Job f.
jackson Colonel w. A. LaMotte. George
w. Vernon, Speaker H. g. McM1illn,
| Charles Fl. Maull. of Lswes Hugh O
Browne Robert Baird. Charles Baird Dr.
lip. Wales. James g. Knowles. James
h. Clark Of Delaware City; w. @. r.
l Colquhoun, General James d. Wilson.
Henry f. Pickles, William Michael
Byrne, Arthur w. Spruance Ben
iamin Nlelds, Martin B Bur-
ris, Thomss b. savery. Edward g.
Bradford, Francis b. Walker, Sheriff
Paul Gillis, A. s. Reed. @. N. Trump.
Gaorgs W. sparkle. James s. Sterling,
Francis Il. Hoffecker Dr. Davie and q
w Baker Of Dover. Purnell B Normsn
OF Lewes, George e. Smith aud William
Spicer OF Laurel, Joshua Parker OF Dover
and others
After the First Regiment Band had
played q selection Hugh o. Browne, soc
retary Of the Republican State Central
| Committee, called the meeting to order
and nominated Charles Baird. president
of the Board Of Public Education. for
chairman There WAS not a dissenting
voice, and. as the chsirman elect ed
vaposd to the front OF the stage he was
greeted with applause he said:
I'VE are here to ratliy the choice Of
the Republican Convention at st Louis
The convention met under extraordinary
circumstances. The country had been
PLUNGED into trouble. Men have asked
for work without being able to fad it.
Now we propose to show other countries
ana people Ia our own country IS well,
: 1 what We can DO. To secure prosperity
Ne have but 20 put In Office the man
whose life has bseu given to the service
OF his country II that stalwart Statesman
| William Mckinley. To give him q COM
panlon NE have called upon our sister
state to Eerye US. ana she gave NJ
r Hobart"
Tho General eads His Piece.
After Introducing General James q
Wilson, he seated himself The cspture
, OF JEFF Davis rsnd bis speech which vs.
carefully written Ia the course OF hi
remarks be said:
I'VE have come together to ratlfy th'
nomination OF our candidates for Presi
4 dent and Vice President and TO declar
our adherence 10 the platform on whic
they stand These candidates ver
selected with a unAnimlty rarely equalle'
In modern days. And they were selecte,
By the people, not by the bosses. ard tn
people will elect them In November by Al
/ overwhelming majority. Senator Thurs
n ton. who ensily carried Of the first honor
,. at st. Louis as orator and statesman. sal
& In tones OF impsssioned eloquence thi
h is the year Of the people, when all mus
.. bow to their sovereign will You will a.
"a remsmber how the Democratic orators
h. during the last campaign with singuls
Ia uuanimity. declared that the McKlnie
"a tariff WAS a robbor tariff; that the manu-
"a fActurers were robber barons; that the
# had not divided fairly with the lsborln
ID men that their hands had been ramme
down into the laborlng mans pockets u
lv to the elbows; that the prosperity whlc
n aeemed to prevail under the McKlnle
ID tariff was fictitious; that the rich wer
os growing richer and the poor poorer; tbs
"a 4rrl,k fC n n fr
sr Cleveland; elect Democratic Congress
,e which would repeal that iniquitor
" measure, the Mckinley tariff act, AdoI
l free trade capture the markets OF ia
n ! world, and thus create an unlimited Dc
N mand for the products OF our mAnuiac'
urers and our farms; that then wage
ID would rise. and wheat would sell FOR
, dollsr and a quarter a bushel All Il
~ demagoguss. Populists Anarchists Singl
an Takers aud free silver men joined In tk
n hue aud cry.
Ak By the aid OF dtquali6ed Republican
,er Cleveland was elected and Coxey and h
he army marched on to Washington. II
sd Wilson tariff bill was passed aud r
or eiprocty was repealed, but long bofo
of the Wilson bill had fouad 1
,Iv plsss on The statute books. the dslud
m voter, the Democrat as well as ths K
publican, they had baguted away fro
the party which had given them SUI
prosperity for thirty years as the wor
es. had never known; like the foolish b
"a that hitched himself to mule to tai
by him down to water. knowed he had m~
ext a mistake the very first jamp the mu
be took.
nd "In few short weeks shops and ia
ne. tories we're closed or runiDg on halt
the quarter time, and lsbDrlog man OF ia
eds hitherto prosperous and happy lsnd we
the walking the streets IN idieness
zen thousands. A blight had fallen upon I
II a country.
ITO day Is everywhere discomfort a
unhappiness. The Republican par
which has conceived and passed AL I
rnAi great remedial measures Of tue last thi
Ay of century, comes to you now with
OK able and honest ticket. and a plAtfo
on sound In every plank. II asks the peo
uly to again put 1t Ia charge ot the Cover
Do meat. Aud will you do lti
Thus stands the grand old Reput
can party, where 1t has always stood
~. the people, for law, for prosperity