The sun., 1898-10-09

ucdlcI. LIE VlcH stdLeu LIldG LDe TAX or
beer, tobacco and the commodities ol
life was taken from the poor man and
not the rich, land when Uncle Nelson had
been informed of the fact that there were
20, 600 men who owned the wealth of this
country and that the tax should have
been raised by placing the same on theil
fortunes, Uncle Nelson had asserted
that it was not right, and that the only
way out of the difficulty was to tax the
poor and sell the bonds to the rich.
Mr.. Handy next asserted that the ad.
ministration had only spent $3.50, 900, ,OOC
OF the $500, 100000 raised to conduct the
war, and this was also including the
amount that had been "stolen." The re-
mainder, he said, was stored away in the
treasury, and it now contains $307 ,O00,-
600 of the peoples money.
He then read a number of extracts
procured from the diary of Frank Car
penter, who went to Santiago with Com.
pany f, of the Seventy-frst Regiment,
New York, and who had subsequently
died from the fever that he contracted
through the greed OF the contractors who
were supposed to furnish supplies by the
War Department to the soldie. heroes in
Uncle Sans service.
The cruelty with which our soldiers
we're treated, Mr.. Handy said, was dis
grace to any nation and he claimed that
Miles instead of Shafter should have
been sent to Santiago to command the
army. Shafter, he said, had never lost
one drop of blood in battle but had been
known to have lost as much as four and
a half buckets Of sweat in day.
He next stated that patriotism was
dead in this country for number of
years to come throug gh the mismanage-
ment, incompetency and cruelty ex-
hibited by the War Department, as d
Delaware boy who had been at the front
had stated to him only day ago that he
would gee "Old Glory" lying in the
ditch before he would again volunteer to
fight for his country.
Democratic Congress was elected in No
vember one of their first duties would be
to ascertain why $l5.O0O,OO0 were ex-
pended in moving soldiers up and down
80 much. The Delaware officers, he
claimed, had been appointed regardless
of political affiliations and by an honest
governor. He next ran over the names
OF the sons of prominent Republicans
who had been appointed by the adminis-
tratien. He called the attention of his
hearers to the comparison between Cap
tain James G. Blaine, who was never
sober, while his distinguished father
James G. Blaine was always sober. !,
Society people, he said, called Col.
r. A.&n In s1o
he was designated as Jackass.
Mr.. Handy next called attention to the
State of Pennsylvania under Republic
can government and said that you could
not discuss state issues with them but
that John Wanamaker was doing that
for them and Quay was not the only one
that had shaken the plum tree.
He then referred to the big $4,000, 900
canal steal in the State of New York and
said that Teddy's line of march was not
long enough to cover up that big steal.
In conclusion, he referred to the terri
BILE condition of affairs existing in Sussex
county, this state, under Republican rule
by stating that they even did not have
sufficient credit with Baltimore firm to
secure blank books for the reason that
Cney OWeu enough already.
He also spoke of the Regulars and
Addicks Republicans as lying in one bed,
but on different sides; the setting up of
old King Caucus; the rottenness of that
party, as he claimed the purity that ex-
sted in the old Democratic party
Hon. John Biggs was next intro
luced and he asked all Democrats to
register on October %, as it was a duty
hey owed themselves and family, and
| duty they owed the state that for
orty years had been under the honest
md able government of the Democratic
party. He claimed that there was not
i state in the Union that was more
or economically governed, and
hat Delaware owed smaller debt, had
ess trouble and secured lower rate OF
interest on her floating Indebtedness.
In conclusion he requested that
he people support Handy, Ross, Bishop
md the entire county ticket
John G. Gray was the next speaker
,ut owing to his voice giving out was
compelled to stop in the beginning of his
emarks.
Martin E. Smith was the last orator
# the evening and said that he was op-
,osed to acquisition of foreign posses
ions. By this time the crowd had
lwindled down to twenty-five people
nd the meeting was over.
A reception was held at the Mercantile
]lub later in the evening, followed by
'anquet.
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