The sun., 1898-12-29
|E|R SECOND Anniversary
he Democratic League Cefe.
brated the Event at
Their Headquarters.
WILL. NOT LEAVE POLITICS
|6O Hon. Il. Irving Handy Declares
in Speech-.-Was Sorry the
Party Was Defeated, But
Thinks 1t Will
Arise Soon.

program OF speeches anu HuslC Hau UecI
arranged and was carried out.
The exercises were held in the large
hall at the leagues headquarters, Fourth
and King streets. The hall had been
prettily decorated with festoons Of ever
green's and flags. Professors Prosho and
Bittner's orchestra of ten pieces rendered
choice music during the intermission.
The success of the affair was due to the
untiring efforts of the reception commit
tee composed of Geo. NJ. Gillespie, Geo.
/, g. Morton, Geo. Dunlap, John q. Ire
land and Robert Crozier.
The officers OF the league received con-
Sgratulations during the evening on the
growth and prosperity OF the organiza-
ton, They are as follows: William H.
Alexander, president; Charles Hurlock,
vice.president; W. E. Broomall, secre'
tary; George c. Morton, treasurer; Thos:
MCCARTHY, financial secretary; Michael
Devine, sergeant-at-arms.
A light lunch consisting Of cold ham,
cheese, rolls, celery, salads, etc., was
served on the second floor Of the head
quarters.
The affair commenced shortly after 8
o'clock when there was large attend
ance OF leading Democrats and members
of the League President William H.
Alexander acted as chairman and seated
with him on the platform were John q.
Gray, Hon. L. Irving Handy. Senator
John Pyle and George G., Morton.
After a selection by the orchestra,
President Alexander raped for order
and called the assemblage to order. lie
:, said political parties were organized for
the betterment of mankind and that the
so)emocratic party had been born when
\ ne Declaration OF Independence had
y zen made and the constitution promul-
~ .ted.
VI )He then said that they had men with
Fb fm whom they all knew and who al
~ .ys stood up for Democratic principles.
: lie said, 81 have the honor of introduc-
ing Hon. L. Irving Handy"
4 Mr.. Handy said ''as your chairman
has very well put it before us, the Demo-
cratic party is one very honorable in its
history. The greatest of the apostles
said on one memorable occasion in q
boastful manner, 4 am a citizen of no
mean city, If Paul could SO boast OF
Tarsus, surely every Democrat can lift up
his head and say, 4 am member OF no
mean party 1t is not only not mean
party but the greatest. We met crush
ing defeat at the polls last November.
No one felt it more than / did except
perchance it was the Sheriff, and he, l
suppose, feels much as do. On elec-
ton night felt that as had been con-
tented to stand with the Democracy of
Delaware in the honor of its prosperity l
should also be composed to fall with the
party. 1t will rise sooner or later, how
ever, and l believe it will be sooner.
'Some newspapers in the State say
am out of politics. l am going back into
the ranks Of private citizenship but in
one sense will never go out OF politics,
not as long as bees 60 after clover bios.
SONS, 'possums after persimmons and
boys kiss pretty girls"
He asserted that he believed that I'M
less the Spanish war had taken place,
the Chicago platform of 1896 would have
been readopted in 1900. Now OF course
new issues had arisen which would be
added to the platform.
Some one in the audience said no new
question had arisen and Mr.. Handy said
"Yes' and the person then said
eyes, mismanagement OF the war;" to
which the speaker agreed and said there
wee also other issues.
He dwelt on the question Of the new
territory acquired by the United States
and said if we annexed something, we
should annex something worth annex
ing. He said IL a young man had kissed
half the pretty girls. he ought not to be
expected to come out and kiss the COW
or every COW in town. Because we
should like to annex countries like Can
ada where white people live, it don't
follow that we ought to annex islands
where the people don't speak our
4 language.
''We want no vassal people. Porto
Rico is about the same size as Delaware
and has two and half times as many
inhabitants.
II received a letter from friend who
was surgeon in the army, in which he
said that the Philippines was the only
place he was ever in, which he would
have been willing to leave and go to
hell.
"We don't want to act the tyrant over
these people. All people want to be
free. Although am stouter than ]
used to be and can't kiss as well still l
want to do all my kissing myself and
also want to govern myself. l am
Democrat and believe in human liberty.
/ would not give the islands back to
Spain" Some one in the audience said
give them to Ireland.
The speaker said ''No, but l wish Ire
land had been made coroner of New
Castle county. l don't believe in live
saints. don't believe in st. William
but believe in giving Mckinley all rea-
sonable support"
He warned the Democratic members
Of the Legislature not to fuse with the
Republicans but let them gnaw their
own bone as dogs and settle their own
dispute. He said he meant this in a
fgurative sense.
Professor Thomas Prosho then gave a