The sun., 1898-11-06
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING
The Last Speech Made at the
Bijou Theatre Before a
Large Audience.
FOR SOUND MONEY
He Scores the Every Evening and
Comes Out Openly.-.Ex.Sena.
tor Anthony Higgins Gives
a Resume of the
Grimes Of 1896,

The Republican mass-meeting held ii
the Bijou Theatre last night was wei
attended. A number Of Republican
clubs marched to the theatre in body
The stage was decorated with palms ant
chrysanthemums. The First Regimen
Band entered the theatre shortly after {
O'Clock. Charles B. Schirm and Levi R
Thompson, both of Baltimore, who were
to have been among the leading orators
OF the evening were unable to be away
from their State.
Samuel A. Macallister, Consul to thu
Barbados, who expected that there
would be rather long list of speakers,
arrived shortly after the meeting closed
Mayor Henry G. McLear presided.
He introduced Hon. John II. Hoffeckel
as the next member of Congress from
Delaware.
Candidate Hoffecker was literally ap.
plauded as he stepped to the centre Of
the stage. He said
live in your sister county OF Sussex,
and as far as | am able to see, not from
the returns, but from the comparisons Of
the registrations, we will carry Sussex,
mean carry it for the State ticket. Some
districts will probably be carried by the
Democrats, but the State ticket will be
given majority in Sussex.
"The meeting was large one and we
may say without doubt that everything
seems harmonious and we have every as.
surance that Milford hundred will give
not the usual or abnormal majority, but
a good. round majority for the Republi-
can ticket. can also assure you that
Sussex and Kent counties will give ma
jorities for the ticket. l would not stand
up here and say that New Castle is not
going to give Republican majority
also, for l believe it will. Yet am not
as we'll posted with regard to it as to the
others. There is one point | desire to
take up for the benefit Of my friend on
the Every Evening.
81 did not think any one doubted my
soundness on the money question. Yet
the Euery Eueaing has published squibs
from, time to time, demanding that /
should say how l stood. This is,
think, good time and place to answer
those squibs. I do not think l can do
better than to read from the platform OF
the Republican party in reference to the
question"
Here the speaker read the sound
money plank OF the platform, which en-
dorsed the principles as laid down at the
st. Louis convention and was adopted at
Dover.
Mr.. Floffecker continuing said: "This
plank is as strong as any statement
could make. l believe in having dollar
that is worth dollar. When 1 make up
my pay roll for my men, if man gets
81. so a day, and draws SO week want
those SO to be such that he shall be able
to get with them anything worth SO,
just as gold would do. If elected by
your votes to Congress I shall claim to
be recognized as belonging to the sound
money party, and have no idea that l
will experience any difficulty in per-
suading them where i stand on the
money question"
He then spoke of intimidation of the
colored votes by the Democrats and de-
precated the means they were resorting to
20 again carry the State.
The Mayor then introduced ex- x-Senator
Anthony Higgins.
After giving an exhaustive view of the
good derived under the present National
Administration he spoke on local issues
md said:
SIN 1896 the Democrats declared for
rec silver, anarchy and socialism. The
'tory of those years was four families in
me house, no rents collected, mortgages
oreclOsed, etc. Times improved at once
With the election of Mckinley and the
)ingley bill put away all fear from the
minds of the people,"
He then said an article of interest to
Mr.. Salisbury had appeared in a Phila-
lelphia paper in reference to Mr.. Gray.
Mr.. Gray, he claimed, seems to be grow
ng cold where heretofore he has been
tiff in his gold views for he voted to pay
he bonds
He added that under Delaware's new
Constitution 1t was no longer possible
or inspectors to undertake to falsify,
aise or change returns.
He next stated that he had been pull
d out of bed at 2 or 3 O'Clock in the
norning in 1896 to stop election frauds,
which resulted in persons getting mild
entences by the court, but they won't
% it again. They stole State conven-
ion.
Enough districts were thrown out, he
ontinued, to elect a senator, as the
Democrats needed the senator to acquire
majority.
"The iniquitous delinquent law is gone,
nd now we have the second degree-the
l head. This issue-$l head-is the
lost important OF the campaign" In
onclusion he said:
"We should have free ballot and
manhood suffrage; man given vote
ecause he is man; no distinction be-
Heen rich and poor. This issue has re-
nited the Republicans.
"The division made in the State is
early equal, and the old game of Kent
nd Sussex, or New Castle and Sussex,
two counties making majority, is all
YER.
"In conclusion let me say, vote the
epublican ticket; vote it on the
LATE ticket, city ticket and county
cket."
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