Evening journal., 1898-10-10
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING
SEVERAL INTERESTING SPEAKERS
ADDRESS A LARGE AUDIENCE.

ADDRESS A LARGE AUDIENCE.
CONGRESSMAN HANDY SPEAKS ON
THE WAR ISSUES AND THE
DlNGLEY BILL, AND READS A
DEAD SOLDIERS DIARY-OTHER
SPEAKERS.
The Democrats of this city held a
big political mass meeting on Saturday
night on Sixth street, between Market
and King. John S. Rossell was chair
man and introduced the speakers. A
large audience was present. The first
to speak was Congressman l.. Irving
Handy.
Mr.. Handy commenced by saying
that VIC taye met here tonigl 1t to rar,fy
the w5oie Democratic ticket, and every
man that is ON the ticket can feel as
sred that he will get every DINO
cratic vote cast. First, in regard 70 the
Dinsley tariff bill. When they asked
Us TO pass that bill they promised us
that 'he bill would restore prosperity
and Increase wages. There has LVl er
been a bill in the history OF he nation
TIA; las put the taxes as hisa as that
BIZ. mas, and so decreased the wages OF
the iaPoIing man. Again, they said It
would give us revenue, and in n year it
pre- rotd a deficiency of fifty million
d1llars. Where is the working man
who is getting better wages since that
bi.l2 Where is the business man l..
aas N. de prosperous? But it uAs mace
cne class OF mem prosperous, and that
is the corporation and the syndicates
Every industrial house in New York
was feAefitted by it. Over one nun.
dred II, lion dollars was addei to tacir
sn p g. In speaking abou. he wal
he said that every bit Of the suffering
aud starvation of the soldiers could be
traced 10 the doors of the War Depart
ment He read a diary written by
Fran Carpenter, a private in Com
pany II. of the SeYenty-first New Norl,
regiment, in which he spoke OF tho vile
TODD thty were given to eat, and OF the
reglF' 'f the sick and wouOdel. Noe
only IN Cuba. but in our owr country.
This young man died of fever in a
hospital at Nontauk. after rotgrnirg
from Crba, and in his diary ne speaks
of tLa mouldy hardtacl1 and dry
c1rntJ teef full Of fat that they were
given 20 eat. and some days key hal
40 tirer, he also spoke OF the loctof
DeiTg erunk most Of the tine ard
91.y ccming around to see them once
in two or three days. The young man
lreItior ed several times that he be-
nevet he was starving to death, ana
said he thought he could get well If he
olly h9d something to eat. Mr.. Han
dy clos,d by speaking Of the cOlLIion
Sussex county was in under the Ad-
dicks Levy Court. He said that talk
ing about fifty-cent dollars, that Sussex
mrty orders were fifty-celt 1ollars.
He said that a firm in Baltimore who
hal betD supplying them VITA blaLA
books had refused to send ery more
b'c Il WIS so long since they ha i
got thtir pay for those sent during the
past two years. He said the govern
ment under the Republicans in Delaware
at its lest has not been as good as that
under the Democrats at its WIS.
The next speaker, Mr.. Bigge, said that
n a gccd government like ouls where
he people govern themselves, Il IS an
iuI "Ent duty Of every man % him
self srd to his family to go to ,he polls
and vote for the party he thought was
right Therefore it is your duty &c
register and get your neighbors to reg
ister No state has better credit than
this state No state has a better pub
lie school system, where you don't ever
have to pay for the books your chill.
dren use. Surely we do not owe thi.
to the Republican party. They have
never had control enough Of the state
and it is to be hoped they never will
if they govern it like they do our sis
ter states It is due to the Democratic
party. He closed by saying that there
is not a man on the ticket who does not
deserve your vote, so when you go tc
the polls on election day, vote fol
Handy Rose, Bishop and the wholeDem
ocratic party. The next to speak was
John C. Gray. Mr. Gray commenced
by saying: My sympathy and inter.
ests are with the masses OF the people
Governments were not made for the
strong and the rich, but for the masses
and the Democratic party has always
taken up the issue to protect thS
masses and against the capitalist