Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-29

Free Silverisn, Middle OF the Roadism,
Classism, and every other ism that the /
rawlings of sordid mind. and dehauehed
intellect could conceive, banded together
hand in hand, to build up thnt which ,
was false and unstaple, against that |
which was permanent and true. Down |
with the rich, as though that would !
build up the POOR. Down with the I
railroads, as though the stage coach /
could take their place. Down with the |
corporations without Prescribing the |
medicine to cure their evil effects. |
Everything that was evil, corrupt, pas
Nsionate and unlawful congregated to
pour out the vials of their wrath |
against the government, against sound
money, against the companionsbip Of
labor and capital. 1t was convention
stormed and carried by evil thoughts,
wild imaginations, bittor dsnunoia-
tions. and unjust accusations. Thank
| God it has passed away. II is dead. 1t
is buried. have only spoken thus long
| of that event that you may better APP
preciate the conditions that existed
when Mr.. Mckinley took the oath of
| his high Office. Look, my friends, and
| let your kindly vision remain for awhile
in comparison upon the days of his
\ ascension TO power, and the last two
years of his administration.
What picture it presents! Fall
| ing workshops, wasting industries,
worn-out steamships, idle shipyards,
depleted railroads, manufactures pla.
carded with bills Of sale. deserted homes
with blocks upon blocks of houses to
rent, on the one side; on the other, busy
work shops, living industries, magniti-
cent steamships, crowded shipyards,
prosperous railroads, manufactures
swarning with artisans, homes happy,
and no houses to rent. Surely it is a
pleasant comparison. Ii the Golfers of
the rich are being filed, the larders of
the poor are overlooking. Happiness
and plenty, confidence and composure
go hand in hand, and sit side by side.
"Soon upon the advent of his coming
into power came the troubles in Cuba,
followed by the more serious ones in
the far off Philippines. The situation
called forth tie utmost prudence, the
most delicate handling, in our relations
with the nations of the Old World
divided sentiment in his own party,
coupled with the strong desire OF the
opposition TO see whatever course he
might adopt absolutely fail These
were the surroundings that beset the
administration. Let those who critioise
his policy in those matters, tell us what
! they would have done under like condi-
! tions., And yet. with all, let us look at
the results accomplished. Precious
,, lives have gone. Vast sums of money
/ expended. Yet, what American, from
, one end of the world to the other, is not
, a prouder American? Does not hold
, himself higher-is not more respected
, everywhere in the world?
: 1.-The flag of your country today is
better known, more respected, COM
| mands more allegiance than ever in its
history. Your army and your navy
! challenges the respect and admiration
: of the whole world. The North and the
q South fighting side by side, until now
. almost for the first time since our own
war are like one great, strong, happy
= and united people, able to battle with
e any power on earth. 1t is unfair to
look at those islands in their present
condition. Wait, my impatisnt friend,
until the flag of our country floats
4 successfully over the Philippines. Wait
until this government, under it's civil.
:, zing influences, and its Outstanding
n effects, has the oppoi tunity to bring
q order out of confusion, method out Of
4 chaos, and'C Christianity out OF idolatry.
"Macauley, in one of his essays
/
= the first effects of liberty, says:
10 LIN the same manner the final ant
10 permanent fruits of liberty ARE wisdom
moderation and mercy. Its immediat,
=. effects are often atrocious crimes con
,f flioting errors, skepticism Con point
Il the most clear, dogmatism on point
- the most mysterious. 1t is just at thi
- crisis that its enemies love to exhibi
it. They pull down the scaffoldin,
: from the half finished edifice; the
al point to the flying dust, the falinl
Az bricks, the comfortless rooms, tn
o. =, frightful irregularities of the Who'll
~ appearance; and then ask in scor
= where the promised splendor and com
o. fort are to be foundf If such miserabl
!, sophisms were to prevail, there woul
= never be a good house, or a good gov
"a eminent in the world.
~ Continuing, Mr.. Bird said 18th
" ~ country is safe, because it has conf
- dence, and confidence means strength
10 and strength means life and yigor. Th
~, country is safe because prosperity
az waited upon every breeze. The oountr
~, is safe, because the country know
.a that in gratitude it will again selet
10 Mckinley as its leader and STANDARD
,;s bearer, and with him as your leader
he SUCCESS is as certain as truth is might
,at and courage bold -
'eo Mr.. Bird said he had attended
L. conventions and this might be his la
10 one.
Of MR.. WILLIS POSITION.
am Former Congressman Willis also mac
for speech endorsing the resolutions.
said they represented his sentimen
and always had represented his sent
. n ments. He euloeized President NJ
81 Kinley. He believed true politics az
gu true religion were Matched in the san
y nest. He did not care who called hi
,n', the preacher politician; the servants
US the living God always stood for Il
inn right. The children of the devil,
a,S they are not watched, will control Il
IS government, and when all of the peop
- ~ of the county become atheists Il
~, country will have government of d
~ devil. Mr.. Willis did not believe tn
an government would eyer Cypress d
on people of its colonial possessions al
90, on endorsed the Presidents remark Mt {
, = Waldorf Astoria, that "the deliver
~ can never become the oppressor. NJ
Is Willis said he hoped his hearers
ao not regard him as an interloper. ''Y'
oyn are the interlopers, he said. II d
~ the meeting and you are here by /
lie consent. The only charge have
nd make against you Regular Republica
,an is that you have been SO long in int
l;ad preting my position" He said ar
iii body who accused him of serving O
-, man in political matters made S