Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-25
NINTH WARD RALLY.
Interesting Democratic Meeting in Brandy
wine Village.

Interesting Democratic Meeting in Brandy
wine Village.
Despite bad weather conditions o
good crowd attended the Democratic
nesting in the Ninth ward, at Market
street and Concord avenue, Tuesday
Hyatt's Military Band escorted the
Peter J. Ford Marching Club of the
Ninth ward on street parade before
the meeting. james Gegsn presented
City Treasurer William L. Hamann as
the presiding officer. A crowd OF 400 or
500 was assembled and large number
remained, although it rained almost
constantly.
Others on tho platform were Peter ].
Ford, the guberuatnr ial nominee, Hon.
J. M. Giiggs, Congressman from
Georgia, William f. kurtz, John j.
Cassidy, John 7. McCracken, David j.
Kenneally, Gustav KololS and Daniel
Ferren. Among those in the parade
were Councilman Prince Mousley and
George b. Ward, nominee for Repre-
sentative.
Chairman Hamann first introduced
Mr.. Ford. who was cordially received.
He expressed pleasure at being present
and spoke briefly on the trust question,
asking the people carefully 10 weigh
the utteranoes of the speakers, and to
determine what is best for the interests
of themselves and their families. He
asked them to think what had brought
about the closing of the match factory
and the New Castle tube works. He
held that the trust is reality, causing
a condition that appeals to the best in
tslligence to meet. He believed they
would determine it to be the best for
them to vote the Democratic ticket.
Congressman Griggs of Georgia was
also warmly received. He said he would
assume, Hanna to the contrary, that
the people know there are trusts. II
trusts were dead tine stencil from the
corpse would fill the Union. The trust
stiles competition. II the Ice Trust
owners ought to be sent to Jail there
are not penitentiaries enough to receive
all that should be 10 them. The beef,
biscuit and oil trusts all take their
tribute from the people.
The trust is only step towards i'm
perialism. The injunction, go ye
into all the world and preach the gospel
to every people, was not made 10 any
government, to Queen Victoria or to
President Mckinley. Mckinley says
the country has been carried by the
current of destiny, whereas, Roosevelt
said he did it.
To the cry that We are becoming a
world power, he said we have always
been world power since the British
flag went down at Yorktown.
The imperiRlists want to make Uncle
Sam policeman to the whole world.
1t is easy to vote for war when someone
else has to go. If it were law that
when war is declared every Congress
man must 60, then there would be nc
more wars except to protect the coun.
try from invasion or where its honor ,s
involved. The best way to protect your
honor Is to stay at home and tend to
your own business.
As to the value of the Philippine
trade, $40, 900, 900 and the China trade
S153, 900, 900, he held they were not a
drop in the bucket to our other trade,
and their total does not equal the
$500, 600, 900 appropriated for the fiscal
year for the war and matters growing
out of it. There Is likely to be a
deficit of $50, 600, 900 or s65, 900, 600.
The trade of the East has been rain
bow to the people of the West for many
years.
Congressman Griggs referred to the
Porto Rican bill as an evidence of i'm
perialism, it giving the President the
power to appoint the upper. house and
governor general
He urged the people to look out that
Delaware goes right. Whether the
Democrats lose or not, he said, they
should do their duty, and he thus con-
cluded: nt
I'd rather be mourner at the funeral OF
right mH.
Than king of the carnival of victorious
might. a-a.
William F. Kurtz said few words
on local issues, first remarking that the
people showed their interest by staying
10 the rain, The question in this State,
he said, is whether the State will lie
elsewhere will say, 'Oh, that's the
rotten little borough that Addicks
owns, isn't it,"
Think of it! Our proud little State,
the first to ratiiy the Constitution, the
State of the Bayards, the Saulsburys
and the Claytons--from that glorious
history we are to become the subjects OF
Addicks, who boasts that he is going
to buy our suffrages L.-
Let IL never be said to our disgrace
| that man who boasts he is going to
buy the State is allowed to sit at Wash
ipgton and say he owns US, through our
suffrage. 1t is your duty to iebuke
him this time, and believe it will be
the end of Addioks, and you will have
the good men OF the Republican party,
who love the Stale. with you.
The Democratic ticket is clean and
was made up at no mans dictation.
| Hmm. on the other hand. appears to
have tendencies towards Addicks.
The meeting closed with three cheers
for the whole Democratic ticket.