Evening journal., 1898-10-26
THE PEACE JUBILEE.
Grand Demonstration Project
ed for This City.
POSTMASTER BROWNE PREsIDEs

ItiE MEETlNG WAS PURELY NON
PARTISAN AND POLITICAL DIS,
CUSsION WAS TABooED-REPRE-
SENTATIvES OF ADDICKS PROM
ISE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORr in
CASH, HORSES, DECORATIONS
AND FIREWORKS.
Scene-Republican Headquarters, Will
mington, Delaware. Time-Tues-
day at Midnight. Dramatis Per-
sone - Certain Public Spirited
Citizens Who are Averse. to Per-
mitting Philadelphia and Chicago
to Carry OFF All the Jubilee Honors.
Honorary Secretary-The Way
farer.
Browne-Gentlemen, this evening
we are assembled for a most laudable
purpose. Heretofore gatherings OF
those whom see before me have In
variably been in some manner, closely
or remotely. connected with politics.
might say. with the redemption OF Del
aware from Democratic domination and
misrule. 1t is my pleasure on this oc-
casion to state that this is a nOn-parti-
san meeting in every sense of the
word. / don't see many Democrats
Single Takers or Prohibitionists here
with US, but that lis their fault and moi
ours. Delaware was settled in 1888 b!
the Swedes. They cleared off the tim
ber and then the Dutch came in anC
sccoped the land. The Dutch plowet
the land and then the English came il
and took it from them. Then the Eng
. lish put in the crops and the Ameri
cans got in their hooks about harves
time and drove out the English. Jus
, when we thought we had everythin
our own way the Irish, under the lead
ership of John T. Dickey and Patrlc
Neary, drove out the Americans, an
that is why we are in the minority &c
day. This, gentlemen, is the true his
i, tory of the rise and fall Of the State {
9 Delaware. It makes me blush wit
o shame to recite it, but must do 81
fer my blood is at fever heat.
: Flinn-I thought this was to be
, non-partisan meeting.
Browne-So it is. wasn't talkir
, politics, but briefly reviewing the hi
tory OF the beloved state in which v
live and which we all love so dearly 4
what we expect to get out OF it if thin
~ go our way.
nj Robinson--If there isn't a lie on I
face Of the registration books, It is Z
opinion that we shall have to walt "
= years before things go our way. '
are partially sure of Sam Knox, b
n Walter Hayes made such a blunder
- the certificate Of the Union Republic
party that he's in doubt now.
Browne-That's very nice les
- question which can't be determined
~ a fire-pot, a soldering-iron and a d
= OF tin-sheans. The gentleman Is 1
- only entirely beyond his depth,
- also clearly out OF order. We did I
:, meet here this evening to talk politi
but to make arrangements for the ce
bration Of a peace jubilee. or cour
- we can't expect to conduct 1t on
- same broad lines which character
=. the demonstration now in progress
Philadelphia. but we can at least
- on a pack of shooting-crackers and
"a the world know that Wilmington
cognizant OF the fact that the wal
over.
Titus-Do you think it's right
have a jubilee SO soon after Saturd
ua staats-That's what was think
pT Now, If we'd taken this thing up
week when everything looked so
4. It wouldn't have been a bad idea,
,oa+ where will you find a Republican
- the county or state who can put
49, heart into a jubilee celebration?
"a my part, I'd rather have basket
A. mic out in the woods somewhere
,,sA don't believe in a man putting on
face when he feels like crying. Ger
-,,. men, the uiggers went square bacl
o,5 us at the last moment, and here we
.ba to-day without anything in prospec
NJ, Dumpson-Does the gemmen frm
Eighth ward 'lude to me wen he
.ho niggah-'cause ef he does he might
as we'll pull off his coat an be dun
hit. Use cullud man, but wan''
-row no-'count pore white-trash Addic
to 'stinctly undehstan' dat hail
niggah.
D. Staats-I didn't say Niger, SAID
lol ored man.
farst Browne-Dumpson, sit down, OF
IN shan't stand on my office steps
re- more. Howard. il you don't wa
Word peace Jubilee you don't have to pa
aaon nate in one. AS for the registr'
d the keep your mouth shut behind a
place upper lip and put on bold front
all know that we're licked, but n
the word until after election.
- ., Staats-Did those tissue-pape
velonee containing q dollar bill