Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-18
DEMOCRATS AT BRIDGEVILLE
Candidate Ford Has a Very
Busy Day There.
MASSMEETING IN THEAFTERNO0N
Speeches by Ford, Salisbury
and Others.


Bridgeville, DEL, Oct 12.-Yester-
day was an active day for Mr.. Peter j.
Ford, the Democratic nominee for gov
ernor.
He paid visit to this town, when
he met number of the residents, but
found that many of the townspeople
had gone to public sale about four
miles distant. When Mr.. Ford learned
this, he at once determined to carry the
war into Africa. Taxing double team
in company with Mr.. John G. Gray, a
start was made for the place where the
sale was going on. He arrived there
in time to hear the terms of the sale
read after which he started out to meet
the people.
Farmers, merchants and mechanics
were alike sought out. Mr.. Ford told
them he was seeking the high office of
governor and had come to see them and
ask their support. This frank state
ment seemed to please many of the
people.
After spending some time at the sale
he returned to Bridgeville, where he
| Alexander M. DAILY, the candidate for
| Congress. At 2 p, m. a massmeeting
was held near the depot, which was at
l
| tion Of the hundred. In addition to the
voters number of ladies were present.
Messrs Ford, Salisbury and Gray we're
presented bouquets of flowers.
The audience applauded as little tot
Of s years walked up to Mr.. Ford and
| handed him bouquet. The guberna-
torial candidate won the ladies' hearts
by taking up the little one and giving
| her resounding kiss.
| WILLARD SALISBURY SPEAKS.
Messrs. Ford, DAILY and Gray all
made effective addresses. Mr.. Sauls-
bury. who is the chairman of the State
| Central Committee, made his first
| speech of the campaign and was
warmly received. He said:
"Under this great and beneficent Re-
publican administration certain condi-
| lions have assumed SO threatening a
character that the people of this coup-
try are beginning to see the eff cot of
these policies which Democrats have
opposed for many years. No policy Of
the Republican party has been more
strongly assaulted than that of protec-
ton. Democrats year in and year out
have denounced laws enacted by Re-
publican Congresses and signed by Re-
publican Presidents which have given
special favors by tariff protection to
special industries. They have pre-
dicted that IL the natural course of
business was interfered with for the
benefit of favored classes these favored
classes would soon assume 10 own the
country and operate the government.
And these have been shown to be no
idle fears.
1.-The American people have trusted
the Republican party so many times
and SO long with the control Of Con-
gress and the executive branch Of this
government that manufactures have
been fostered and encouraged beyond
all precedent. And when, as was nat
ural in lines of business which were
profitable, inordinate competition has
appeared and three factories have been
built where one was entirely sufficient
TO supply the needs of the consumer, it
has ow come about that the owners
of the three factories have gotten to-
gether and formed a combination. The
owners of three other factories some-
where else in the country, or OF 300
other factories of the same kind, have
gotten together, until the production
of almost all those manufactured arti-
Giles which have become necessaries OF
life has been concentrated in few
hands and few companies capitalized
at hundreds OF millions of dollars have
obtained practically monopolies in all
branches of business.
"These are the great trusts of the
country. Mark Hanna the other day
said there were no trusts, and yet his
platform, adopted by his conven.
tion at Philadelphia, denounced trusts
and said his party was opposed tc
them. It took Mark only "a hours &c
come off his erch, and he said thai
be meant in the eyes of the law there
! were no trusts, because the law was
sufficient to deal with them. And il
Mark had wanted to go little further,
) be might have said there were re
thieves in the world, because there was
! q law against them. Laughter.
"But, fellow citizens, TIT re are trusts,
there are monopoies which have beer
crented by virtue and under the pro
lection of the laws which Republicans
have enacted. They nave reached out
,, and seized upon almost all the profit
! able avenues OF business In which mer
, as individuals have been accustomed tc
! engage. At almost every station along
. the Delaware railroad is the pbysica
,, sign and emblem of enc of the creates
/, trusts in the United States, thu
! Standard Oil trust. Near every station
.. you will see large tank into which IL
pumped from cars the oil which yor
are compelled 10 nave to light and heal
your homes. 1t has only been withir
the last few years that these tanks have
! been erected, and wherever they have
been the independent dealer VINO sole
oil TO your family or drove arou nd anC
delivered it at your house has beer
, forced out of business. This is thu
great oil tiust.
Go into grocers' store and ask
him the price of sugar and he will tel
you that sometimes it will be up hall
{ cent and sometimes it will be down
' half cent. but that he does not ii,
i the price. 1t is fixed by tho Sugal
: Trust and the merchant gets only his
commission.
"Buy a pound of white lead and yor
contribute to the White Lead Trust
: Buy plug of tobacco and tie Tobacco
Trust gets its croft. Buy bottle o.
= glue and the Glue Trust gets it
3 'Iake-off' You cannot put sewer it
{ your house unless the Glazed Pine
: Trust or Tube Trust taxes you and geti
? the money into its treasury. Under thu
: tariff law, Democratic orators hav,
' told you that you we've taxed from thu
8 cradle 10 the grave for the benefit o
Q private individuals, and under thu
3 trusts, as the bene6cent Republican
I laws Iermit them to exist, you arr
: taxed from the cradle to the gray,
/ because when you are buried cofiir
: trust gets its share. Laughter.
! care there trusts? Is Mark HAM;
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