Evening journal., 1910-10-28

State Chairman Thomas f. Bayard. II
who presided Robert c. White. OF
Georgetown, candidate for Congress,
and Millard r. Davis, candidate for
State Treasurer
Among those who sat on the stage
besides those mentioned We're James
G. O'Neal, ]. Harvey Whiteman, Rob
ert Pennington and President OF
Council Banning
The auditorium OF the theatre was |
but half-flled with people. There |
We're few I'm the gallery. Perhaps IL
was because of apathy OF lack or
interest among the Democratic rank
and file. Perhaps It was because the !
voters are not attracted any more by
"spellbinders." Perhaps IL was be-
cause the meeting was not heralded as
much as II might have been. Any
way, the attendance was very small,
and the frosty aspect of the gather
ing gave some Of the party leaders a
chill.
What's the use Of having political
mass meetings anyway" remarked one
prominent Democrat as he left the
hall about 9 o'clock. use the money
I'm the districts and get better re-
buiA0s III kRAAAk h0AAi AAA A'AAH
Prior to the meeting Meets Band
played I'm front of the Opera House
and attracted a big crowd. After the
band had played every selection In its
blue book the musicians went into the
theatre Most of the crowd didn't
Chairman Bayard opened the meet
ing with brief address.
Mr.. Bayard began by referring to
the necessity Of bettering the govern
ment on a business-like basis and a
bi-enniel taking account of stock" "
The taking of stock" this year, he
added, showed that the Republican
party stood before the people of Della
ware as party of broken pledges
Criticising the Republican party gen
orally he scored its tariff principles b.
referring to 35 cent bacon as an ex
ample of the increased cost of living
Following out the scheme of business
he declared il was necessary tina
business-like candidates should b.
nominated. Mr. Bayard then intro
duced Robert c. White. candidate fol
Congress.
"BOb" White Tarlff Expert.
Mr.. White expressed his apprecia-
tion Of the responsibilities of the Of
fee for which he was candidate, and
then took up the tariff question. He
said he had studied the A B Of the
tariff and could attribute the high cost
of living directly to the tariff laws.
This was one of the wealthiest nations
I'm the world. and its wealth was pro-
duced by the laboring man. Accord
ing to the natural law, therefore, this
wealth should be in the hands Of the
laboring class.
But the laboring man did not pos
sess It, Mr. White continued and he at
tIibuted this to the tariff. He defined
the tariff as a means of revenue by
which the government should be sup
ported, and by the last analysis must
come from the people themselves. The
origin of the tariff was a logical one,
he said, and the theory was fair one.
"Our Republican friends" however,
had subserved the high tariff to the
benefit of the manufacturers, and the
American laboring man was not BEN
Gifted. The theory that the working
man would benefit from the high price
for manufactured goods by receiving
higher wages from the manufacturer
who employed him. didn't work out,
Mr.. White said, since there was nc
protection for labor.
Mr.. White read an editorial from
THE EVENING JOURNAL of last May
in which comment was made on the
fact that the manufacturers demand.
ed unrestricted immigration so that
they could obtain cheap labor, where
as for The protection of their Owl
commodities they insisted upon a higl
protective tariff.
This condition Mr. White said, ex
planned why the great wealth of tn
nation was IN the hands of Others
than laboring men. The benefit of tn
tariff to the working man was jus
what benefit the manufacturer chose 4
give, and he never chose to give any
Mr. White said.
The tarif wall should be throw
down. The tariff is unnatural and un
godly.
Following Mr.. Whites address MI
HolcOmb announced that Congress
man Henry had been unavoidably de
tanned, and introduced Millard
Davis, candidate for State Treasure
Mr.. Davis did not attempt 10 make a
address, merely remarking that h
was a candidate for the Office of Stat
Treasurer and would like to
elected.
The next speaker was John G. Gra
who was greeted Nociferously. NJ
Gray didn't think Il was a squal
deal to call on him because he ditn
know of the meeting until few mil
utes before and he was sure the
were a lot of other Democrats, WI
didn't know about the meeting-ar
Mr.. Gray looked around at some
the vacant seats.
Every Good Man a Democrat.
Mr.. Gray thought the insurgen
were hot-footing it for the Democrat
camp. All the successful Republica
were now insurgents" Mr. Gray
clared The. failure of the Republic
party to filfull its promise to redu
the tariff made a moral issue for I
voters to consider and Mr.. Gray
sisted that every good man was me
ally bound to be Democratic.
Smacking his left fist into his ris
palm, Mr.. Gray insisted that the Del
ocrats should uphold the integrity
Delaware by defeating the whole X
publican ticket Then Mr.. Gray
down, although some folks called 4