The evening times., 1900-10-11


and measures alarming 70 yvur III. ii IS,
but the few evidences which voa ave
witnessed of Republican -entroI II =.
State or in any of It's CO unity gov.
ments have been anything hut assurss.ses
that you want that party in con,r,il- :
again.
John G. Gray in part said:
Il have not come TO 'addrt IS u N c.its
alone, but Republicans as we'll We are
waging this fight for the restoration OF
the rights CT the people and the eurt ng
of the trusts. There is not a r Republioaa
he-e who is the beneficiary CT any If the
trusts that are dominating and cCn1rol-
ling his country. ! want TO prove the
proposition | shall lay down at the star
that, not a single Republican here has
anything 10 gain, but much to lose, ,by
the election of the Republican ticset
Let US lock at the condition as it is
light here al home. | Will ash you To
read an editorial of today commenting on
the census OF Delaware. You Will see that
in the last ten wears sections of this State
have not gained but LOST popula ton as d
Whole. This is an agricultural section. Il
Was once prosperous and independent Ey-
cry year you are seeing lands that were
once titled standing idle. hoIses vacant,
and even once thriving towns losing pop
ulation- Your neighboring town of Laurel
has lost
This section is dependent upon its pro-
ductions OF grain, fruit, and vegetables.
You are sending your surplus TO the cen
tres Of population, where the industries are
controlled by the trusts that are simply
marking up tie prices Of what you buy
keeping down the wages of the laberer
who must buy your product and closing
down the factories and mills to destroy
competition until the once fair. !ndepend-
ent section is simply impoverished, be-
cause ii has been growing produce 10 sell
to impoverished Iaborers
The prices of your plows machinery
barbed-wire, provisions, clothing, and
fuel have been marked up, while the re-
turns from your productions have gone
down and the trusts are consuming you
from both ends How much longer do you
think you can survive it2 Every day YOU
are drifting further into condition of
industrial servitude and trust dependency
If you ever intend to check it you will
have one certain opportunity to do il
peacefully III November. But if this op-
portunity is wasted it may require force to
restore these conditions later. The over
confidence of the people or their indiffer-
enee may cause them TO bIindly follow
party and neglect the welfare of their
homes, but ! want to ware them to turn
before they are driven to that condition
from which there is no appeal but force
Let me read my Republican brethren
the prophecy of the grandest leader their
party ever had, Abraham Lincoln made
in 1855:
q I see in the near future a crisis ap-
preaching that unnerves ME and causes
me to tremble for the safety of my eoun-
try. AS a result of the war corporations
have been enjhrOned, an area of corrup-
tion in high places will follow. and the
money power of the country Will endeayor
to protong their reign by working upon the
rof.a aivsdt Of ,S,a
is aggregated in few hands and the Re
public is destroyed. l feel al this moment
more anxious for the safety of the coun-
try than ever before, even IN the midst
of war;
This was Mr. Lincoln's prophecy in
1865 What think you my Republican
brethren, would have been his advice to
you if he could stand before YOU today
when everything that he prcphesied has
been realized except the destruction of
the Republic Do you think he would ad-
wise you that you should save that by
voting for Mr.. Mckinley for whose re-
election the enthroned corporations and
trusts are contributing the startling sum
OF $25, 600 GOO to prolong their reign?
These millions are not being contrib
uted frcm the pockets OF the 6 000, GOO vot-
ers of the Republicans. but from the
treasures of few trusts that expect TO
reap countless millions from their cam
raigp investment. Can any man make
You believe that your duty, TO yourself
your family. or your State is to be served
by voting with the trusts to elect their
candidate
How richly they are repaid is evi-
denccd in the case of the armorpiate trust
that has been. charging your Government
$3.50 per ton for aTmorplate. while it is
selling il to Russia for $249 per ton. That
money SIS being paid out of the treasury,
which your tax contributions have sup
piled and must replenisa.
u appeal to all Delawareans. regard
less of party, te rally to the cause of their
homes and their welfare, rebuke this
trust-faForing and trust-tolerating Ad-
lninistratien and vote the Democratic
ticket frem top to bottorf What | say
to Delawareans applies as well 10 Mary.
land. There. is bur a line between us
marked by the street ut the fool Of this
lawn. The fight being wage7f for Dali