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PRICE ONE CENT.
WILMINGTON, DEL., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 , 1882 .
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ready for the contest ? Why should we not
this is a God-forsaken country and occupied
in and vote for
<
AT1FIED!
the Fullest Sense
of the Term.
SPIRITED RALLY
Endorse Stockley
and Lore.
ENTHUSIASTIC meeting.
rata
.Ho.,» Crowded Md Mrrte«
MM le by Senator Hsolibury,
WUteler -nd Mw-re.
stockley. Woleott, Martin,
Model Uatlt
I "in
«Millau»—*
»nd
Democrats of New Castle County, at
• and enthusiastic meeting in the
Hook U»t nljflit, «tilled the nom
s of Stockley and Lore. The audi
n.wiled long before the meet.
people could
filled.
o was e
BUI »'"« 1
Unit man
Jests, aud tlif gallery w
•was Hnclv dnorutrd with naffa,
w ar a haudaomc ban
frutre wae a picture
wJarkaoD. On either ride of the
portrait* of James A. Bayard and
iu Jefferson.
«the «taw: sat leading members of
motratli- party, most of them officers
; meeting, and prominent among them
Charles C. Stockley, Charles B. Loir,
w Bsalsbiiry, Congrossiiiau Martin,
i C. Chandler, Robert .1. Reynolds,
Trewurer aud chairman of the State
■1 Committee, Hon. W. (1 Whltcley,
■nor Hall, Seerelary-of-State Woleott,
H. Paynter, Esq., I. C. Grubb, Esq.,
t Gray, Esq., and many others,
rtly after 8 o'clock, after the First
ent Band had played an exciting air,
Cochran came forw ard and announced
officers of the meeting :
r the plat If»
1 loowil in the
bllowltig
PRESIDENT.
Gibbons.
stepped
and
He
Mr.
here
speak
note
he
minutes
grand
nected.
not
Hie
betokens
the
nation
come
the
and
recently
marks
William
VICE PRESIDENT».
; R. DuPont,
M. Kennard,
N. Bn*
Fullmer,
r DuPont,
un C. Lodge,
R. Lvuain, .Ir., «1
J. Baldwin,
Joseph Roberts,
L. K. Davis,
, James Carmichael,
Rotiert H. Taylor,
Francis McCloskey ,
Lot Cloud,
*8 Nedry,
Joshua B. Barker,
J. R. C. Oldham,
Michael Keclv,
Albert II. Silver,
P. L. Springer,
jrt* l). Medlll,
am B. McCoy, Joseph Lefcv
Frank Dunlap, James U.
Yaink*grift,Sr. Samuel McCall
tee Vandyke,
ft Wells,'
|. JohUhDl),
lari Ferguson,
P7 Eckel,
George Houldeii, Jr.,
Samuel Hatihy,
Harry Sliurplcy,
William bright,
P. Campbell,
A. Ilaydcu, Jr.,
George M. Riley,
T. W. McCracken,
Howard O. Moore,
Win. B. Wtlrner,
John C. Farra,
Wm. A. Huber,
Titos. C. Doud,
John Otto,
when
an
It was
the
up
light
sition
plbslmer,
J tiillagtirr,
riiTsylor,
J. A. Dra[«:r,
'Cleon,
■ Carpenter, Jr.
ft T. Touer,
tottingliam.
hW.
S. B. Knee,
Hart,
Francis Jones,
Johu Lock cru tail,
Joseph Whitlock,
James Gray,
William Hickman,
A. P. Crockett,
Win. P. Biggs,
Charles 8. Horn,
H. J. Cripp
Edward W.
Truman Rose,
R. L. Naudain,
Graves, Jr., J^U.i W. Carey
thaoiel MotlierAll. Ï. C. Grubb,
Fi« McErwee.
o. W. Morrison,
te J. (larmley,
tblam Muffin,
torrt A. Moody,
Kmlah Aharon,
®'L Griffith
Alllhone C'aiut
instated
cratic
blame
to
tii
acts
or
ware.
of
up
to
and
having
with
tended
Tlie
more
has
and
• his
of
time
the
its
ana
acts.
of
tlie
r
ttn
the
at
I
f
.. Osborne,
3. VandegriH,
» Biggs,
n Guthrie,
i McMeiiamiu,
ie Sharp,
1 . B. Norton,
Iter Piero*. Jr.,
® Kilgore,
»id Pria-,
>eu,
- Grieves,
''
ii,
John J. Toner,
Jacob Butz,
A Ivan Allen,
William Stewart,Sr.,
Anton Hauber,
Myers Hayes,
T. N. Williams.
Wi(KTAR!H8.
1? Emmons, William J- FerrlB,
-flsr. Klclmrilson, Joseph C, White,
Iwl.HnisIlsy, YV. g cutt Way,
•KPeimfuKtou, J. prang Rail.
uMi'cis were elected, and Mr. Gtb
" m wmiiing the ehalr made a few ap
w™s remarkK. He closed by lutroduc
*Ho».W.(i. Whltcley.
COtONEL WUITEI.EY'S SPEECH.
'• Pruiilent and Fellow Citizen. :—Some
8«g<j' fellow citizens, when asked by a
ffS"! , ', a,Ures " th l* ratification meeting
Efi V 1 ' 1 *'«4 » <Hb Interest In
«iifilul? '"'"I'kign, I hadheen so long—
Ah.,!? o , ls year—makhig had and tn
yhS.i ti ■ HH'-erhcs and having ar
ak . o "fie when army officers can
nd iff» . tu lj ' : placed upon the re
luuithtV to lie excused and I
Irwiiiri'! 1 . lH>l|r "fi (> l ht> t Iwould not
111 h.iI k' '""he 4 speech However, I
«^torm monk tile lee- for' the able
E»»,,.,* 10 "re*0follow me. Two years
ov.JI ri a, "l we arc in the midst of an
I. "'"l'atgu important to us as Dcmo
Shwan' IO* "" ei'-ltoiiB of tlie State of
Hotnlnn»,.. ' " assembled to ratify the
k » t SS 4 « hy our party at Dover.
Sain 1.1 o '''"Uoii 1 it fa an endorse
1'he'Hiiiiiijio-b of the party, by w'*" 1 '
0" *« 1" blade that we will sir
MMUA f**.' believing ft to be for the
kt III imw.r **■ ai "tb- Th® Democrats
I**. lS o® wl 1 * 1 two excep
•M John w 1 <0 democrats lost the State
rtndii «... j.V ' went to the Senate to
111 iimnl 1 " 81 ' Ï 0,1 th*' great treaty he
IkJK »»d hi 1855 was when
ßbllwlHud a, f Kn ownothlngl8m swept
then we have had the
" single exception, and
Snkt5.ï V" patio party of Oela
W A.'J'JstbPy "t the Legislature of the
11 Pat» ,!.j, 1 °* the history of the State
^»olmm-rr ■ aS f G r| ne<l daring the
U V'; rl 'Y 11 °P au 4 Ipr Ipternal
*b„ t|1 til that fiebt Ip four year*
IbUtiTi-'b.- half of It and funded
Wan,., ill" 11 ' interest, and can
Www«! "fr at any tinte.
Hiiiiü witi.p Heiaware Democracy are to
•»« 1 a| u ,,, 1 the law books of the State
an-:;. !' them, anfi the conduct of
M heilig „„"'"'Ws that the party is capable
■beat. Vested with our local govern
u. "PPoneuts are untried In Uela
*Wt fio wJr.e* ""thing of what they
them l,v , 1,1 |M>w, ' r ' ,mt we must
they I.« ,tlr courae lu other States
ft'eniffie,,. e ° lltr ol and by the general
01 ft* bartu « 806,118 tii at the only object
S° We r UVo ? lu , Stiftes where they have
? 4t, tiu av |j* rwvl(le an abundant treasury
h. ,i 8<lUaiulered - T be history of
l "° 8e States aud iu Congress
be
Ht
pay
The
tion
not
for
in
the
shows that. In view of this it behooves the
l»eopl« of Delaware to see that Charles
< J. Block ley [applause] and Charles
B. Lore [loud applause] and the
whole Democratic ticket are elected.
The Democratic party in Delaware Is de
serving of support and confidence. Not
a dollar has been lost to the State by a
Democratic official, and there never will be
while you have such a class of men In
office. I do not say this will not be the case
under Republican rple, but you must judge
the party by its * actions elsewhere. We
have candidates in whom the utmost confi
dence can tie reposed. As to
for Governor, let me say a word of Charles
C. Stockley. [Applause.] In intellect he
stahds high, in business he is a leader. He
was sent to the Senate in 1878, and became
the Speaker of that body, and while there
his acts speak louder than aught I can say
for him. I will only say, that taking the
Governors from Ross to Hall, he can only
reflect credit and honor upon that great
galaxy of noble names.
In the case of Mr. Lore, what need ts there
for me to say anything ? [Applause.] He
stands among the highest In Wilmington.
His talent and industry have hput him among
the leaders of the bar. He certainly is able
to represent Delaware in the lower house of
Congress with credit to the State and to the
aide minds who have preceded him. In
I860 a gentleman, who had been for a long
time clerk in the Secretary of State's office
iu Washington, then 80 years old, told me
that though a Pennsylvanian by birth,
of the proudest things to him was
that Delaware had a list of Senators
not equalled by any other in the Union. If
you think we have lost anything since that
time I refer you to the elder Bayard and the
younger Bayard. [Applause] And to the
elder Saulsbury and the younger Saulsbury.
[Applause.] Our Senators have kept Dela
ware's flag to the fore in the Senate, i have
said our old time delegation equalled the
Senators of any other State and so does
delegation of to-day. (Applause.]
have to-night to ratify something else than
the SUite and county ticket. There is some
thing else with which we have to deal. I
say on this point that if the Democratic
county ticket is elected it will Ik*, in favor
of Eli Saulsbury to the
United States Senate. | Applause and
cheers.] I believe this will add strength to
the ticket. In conclusion all I have to say
Is that 1 believe ttie New Castle Democrats
will finally ratify on November 7, when we
send Charles C. Stockley to Dover—not to
the Executive Mansion, I wish we bad one
—Charles li. Lore to Congress aud Eli
Saulsbury to the Senate of the United States.
[Applause.]
SENATOR
candidate
I
at
of
We
of the return
iCLSBlItY'S SPEECH.
Senator EH Saulsbury was then introduced.
enthusiastic. As he
stepped forward loud eheers broke fourth
and he could not speak for several minutes.
He said :
Mr. I 1 resident and Fellow Citizens : I come
here this evening with much less desire to
speak myself than to listen to others. My
note of invitation said the speeches would
he short. 1 will discuss with you for a few
minutes the questions of interest to the
grand old party witli which we art; all con
nected. Your presence here, gentlemen,
not only shows a manifestation of Interest in
Hie Democratic party of Delaware, but
betokens appréciation and endorsement of
the ticket, State and county, placed in nomi
nation for the suffrages of the people. I
come here to do all I can by act or word for
the election of the whole ticket—Stockley
and Lore and the county nominations
recently made. 1 was pleased with the re
marks of the gentleman who preceded
;d to the history of the
His
ieepth
when he refe
Democratic party of Delaware. 1 hough not
an old man t can remember the time when
It was the minority party in tills State,
remember for fifteen years, as a member of
I assisted to hold
the minority of the State, I assisted to hold
up the banner of Democracy. [Applause.]
Although defeated we would renew the
light and kept it up until we saw the oppo
sition beaten, and tl»e Democratic party re
No act of tlie Demo
iu
in
man
was
able
It
at
he
in
instated in power.
cratic party in Delaware can bring any
blame to any member of the party. I point
to the proud record of the party from 18W!
tii tbe present time, and challenge a lair
examination of it. It was opposed to all
acts that would not be for the State s interest
or against the dignity of the State of Dela
ware. The speaker then went on to speak
of the State debt, and related how he drew
up the law providing for the appropriation
to nay for drafted men. It was a dark day,
and people asked for relief to be kept from
having to go to the war, and the Legislature
with a liberality, which did honor to it, ex
tended State aid to pay for bounties.
Tlie debt thus created is now almost extin
guished, and to-day the assets of Delaware
more than equal her liabilities. The debt
has been funded at a lovy rate of interest,
and tho credit of tho State stands high. Qn
• his subject I would like to «ay mqch.
would like to d Hate upon the bright history
of the party to which I owe so much, but
time will not permit. Now let me speak of
the Democratic party as a national urga
zation. i know our opponents call
Bourbons, but we are not, I<et me siieak oi
its record. I remember iu the days of
Jefferson when we added tho great Louisi
ana purchase to our territory, and I "
member how the whole western «*»f fc w"
added. I point, to this as one oi its brightest
acts. While all these things Rave boon I
must say that no page 1* brighter than that
of the National Democracy of late year®
When I went to the Senate a few years after
tlie war, what was the condition oi affairs to
fourni then ? The Republican party In
supremacy and the dangerous tendency of
centralisation being encouraged. The
Démocratie party arrested tliat tmdfifioy
r Applause.) At that time we saw the Re
publican party encroaching upon personal
illierty, which was at a discount,
ttn d It was only the position of
the Democratic l»rty that arrested that
tendency aud preserved the liberty W« enjoy
at this hour. * And 4 say to you that, while
I do not desire to disparage the national
Democracy of former days, yon will find
f f lÄlre Äak [ Äe ] r party
IVoin'whlch^po'wi'/l'pray 'the ^
defend us. We are not here on the 'l 0 *» 11 ;
sive hut to charge on our enemies who arc
seeking power, and it Is not for the Interest
of Delaware's people for them ™ e eeed,but
fhr the interest of a certain das» who aie
after the sptfils of office. I dislike person
aimes and don't Intend to Indulge In them,
but 1 would like to call your attention to
the leaders of the Rennbltekns, In the Ke
nn bile an ranks thele are many pure and
honorable men for whom I have a high re
cäHäKSä
are P ut * u l , who made the
rÄÄ conclave ofwould-be diet*
ÎSt .".yTthiÄSMr. CWW »>; o d t
Hastings 1 must say tUat d U r am reminded
nominees oi t.hu party, and I am rein
of Nasby'e description of a mule. ,®J, th J 0Ut
ever hear it? ft was, he sMd, j
pride of ancestry or hope of postorij.^^
must say the Republican ticket
can claim no pride of ancestry and nc.hope
æfr Tou must vote' for
I
ap
a
In
tn
ar
can
re
I
not
I
able
years
an
Dcmo
of
the
1 '
excep
State
to
he
when
swept
the
and
Oela
the
State
Ipternal
year*
are to
State
of
capable
govern
Uela
they
must
States
general
object
have
treasury
of
Congress
Hi
be
ci
Ht
pay
ing.
time
up
This
our
in
party if you do not want the
campaign to result disastrously to this State.
The danger consists in the Republican inten
tion of altering all our laws and adopting £
policy foreign to the feelings of the
people of Delaware. I need not lie
plainer. I understand at their ratification
meeting the other night one speaker said
that the party must open the free schools to
white and colored children alike. They
desire, it seems, to legislate for a class and
not for the whole county. The Republican
»arty has used the taxing power until it col
ects $4,000,000 of reveuue, and if it gets
control It will regard the taxing power not
for the public interest but to promote private
Interests. What have they done with the
money iu Congress ? At the last session of
Congress $78,000,000 more was speut than
in the forty sixth Congress, leaving out of
the question the pension and deficiency bills,
and the appropriations just made are not all
that will be required, as there Is a deficiency
bill of $25,000,000. But this is all I have to
say to-night. I end abruptly because 1 have
consumed too much time already. At some
future time in the campaign, if the oppor
tunity is afforded, I will discuss
ters more fully with you. I thank you for
your kind attention. [Applause.]
MR. PAYNTER'« SPEECH.
the Democratic
the
de
a
be
In
We
he
He
say
the
only
He
able
of
the
In
long
me
was
If
that
the
the
Dela
have
the
than
some
I
favor
the
and
to
say
we
to
one
Eli
and
the
arc
to
of
these mat
The next speaker was John H. Paynter of
Georgetown, and, on being introduced, he
said :
Mr. Chairman and Fellow Democrats : I
beg leave to congratulate our party upon the
and enthusiasm of the
Is most auspicious occasion.
I beg leave to congratulate the Democratic
party upon the nominations that have been
made by the State Convention for tye offices
of Governor ami Representative in the Con
gress of the United States. [Applause.] I
beg leave, Mr. President, to congratulate
the harmony that exists [ap
large gathering
Democrats on th
the party
plause] and the disposition to march up
solidly In one solid phalanx for victory, and
elect Charles C. Stockley and Charles B.
Iaore. [Applause.] The party was never
in better condition to light than now.
There are all-sufficient Indications that in
November we will achieve' a victory of
which we may be proud. I came here to
give you the good news that Sussex is
more thoroughly Democratic than ever in
the campaign of 1882.. [Applause.] I know
different reports of dissension have been
spread, and I know they are untrue, so far
as the Democratic party is concerned. I have
been in Sussex, 1 have coine through Keut
and I have come to New Castle to-day, and
everywhere l find the outlook most cheer
ing. The party was never in better condi
tion to meet the black Republican party
than now. This canvass is au important
one. This meeting Is more than a mere
ratification. In Delaware certain principles
are at stake, and the men who sit before
you as our uominees are the exponents of
those principles. We do not want a change
as some people ask. Who would change from
the Democratic party to a party which wants
to go through the State Treasury and our
liberties ? [Applause.] Will we give up
bv the Constlt ution
We
he
fourth
come
to
My
would
few
the
con
in
but
of
nomi
I
for
re
the
our rights, allowed
of the State of Delaware and have a com
pletely Organized govern ment such as has
made our State noted, for a provincial
government, with a black Republican
organization lu power, led by such men as
are now at the head of the party ? I was
reading the proceedings of a Republic
ratification meeting held in the Opera lions*
last. Tuesday. I was surprised at some of
the remarks made then, If the gentlemen
were correctly reported, and out of charity
I take the reports In their own organs. 1
will briefly refer to some of them. It was
remarked by one of the shakers that every
platform of the party was a He lor 2U years.
it uot
elples
such
any
public
one
very
like
that
The
has
that
to
ware
crats
have
the
the
in
lias
this
•ion
the
a
urv
I
the
sion
of
is
tho
*
us
II
This is not a time for me say
that afterwards,
rtrait here just now.
lie. I will argue
But I saw a po
[Here the speaker panseil and walked
to the right of the stage, pausing
iu front ol the large portrait of the late
Janie* A. Bayard, amid applause.] Here It
1„_James A. Bayard—who was prominent
in our councils. 1 would ask you, whether
Republican, do you think that
man capable of fixing up a platform that
was a fraud and a lie? Could his honor
able son fix up a platform that would be a
fraud aud a He ? Could Ell Saulsbury do
that, and could Charles B. Lore do that '(
It can't he that our platforms have been a
fraud aud a lie because such men have been
at the head and made the platforms. Another
gentleman made a speech about their candi
date for Governor. All I can see lu what
he said Is that Mr. Currey could run a
straight furrQW. What has that got to do
with the Governor? It Is well that he can
a good row, because he will stay at
home all his life and run them. [Laughter. ]
Another man In tliat meeting made a
speech about the Democratic party having
kept the State back. I ask if there was
such a thing to Impede the progress of the
State why the speaker himself left Wash
iugtqn and came back here. The State ol
Delaware was not big enough to hold him at
first. He weut to Washington to spread
himself In the District and other courts, and
they say he had tocomeback. [Laughter.]
Another speaker denounced the draft law by
which a debt was created to pay bounties.
The facts are that the State of Delaware,
when the act calling for an eulistment wsb
in force, many people cried out for relief.
The State of Delaware said, "We will save
you from the enlistment," and It gays each
man isuo to purchase a substitute, The
mau who Stoqd UP here In the Opera House
the other night and denounced that act of
the State, was ouo ot the first to take ad
vantage of tt. [Laughter.] HewasaDemo
cratthen aud In 181» was elected Clerk of the
Senate of the State of Delaware, Now he
up here to denounce the Demoorauc
nasty tul protecting men from the draft.
He sneak* trot'of the State offering f'JOtl for
volunteers to go to the war. He passes that
by, add the man who took $500 to save his
poor little carcass from bullets m;w de
bounces the Ejenrocratiu party for glylng the
money, Tho State did right, and has since
paid off that debt by funding the old one
into 4 per cent, bonus. The debt was funded
and much to the surprise of New York,
Pennsylvania and Other Stab», the bonds
were put on the market and sold above par.
[Applause.] The RcpubltcaU party is not
to lie trusted, It was conceived (U frauil,
perpetrated In power by deception, and It
filially Stole tire Presidency of the united
States by a wholesale thelt and robbery
[Applause.] It will net do to trust the
Republican party, Whatever may
have been our differences,
iro on now and keep the Démo
cratie party In power aud preserve our
liberties and our prinolples. we hear the
Republicans speak of «ie unblushing man
Diamond State of the Union, and yet they
thov will make an effort to purchase her
men like sheep in the shamble But they
cannot do It, If the Democratic part. Is
kept In power the State will stand
as It did In the days of your Beads, McKeans
and Bayards, [Applause,]
MB, RATES' SPEECH,
Georee H, Bates, Esq., the Democratic
eanffi for Representative in Wilmington
next introduced, and he received what
ovation. When the applause
Democrat
^
;
to
Ke
re
the
was In fact
filed away he said:
0Ut Mr Chairman and Fellow Democrat» of
j Cattle County; 1 have no apology to
make, fellow cltltens, for repeating what
L already been said iu the way of an
as ^ ^ oonB|der the importance ot
for | the campaign on which we are now enter
ci unes
HI
M
W
ing. There certainly has not been anotl er I
time when necessity required a man to come
up and be a true man in his political duly,
This Is a time when, standing confronting
our opponents, to look in the lace the men
chosen for candidates and to carefu ly
consider the principles involved in tills I
campaign. Fellow citizens, as we stand |
in battle array and look at the can Ji
no reason to blush, and we may I
gladly and proudly nail their names to the |
masthead and carry them on the way to i
victory. Our candidates sit before you--1.he
chosen representatives of a free party, a free I
people. They were chosen by what the Jve- I
publicans are harping about so much, a free |
ballot and u fair count. They
candidates named in a little room iu a he tel
who had nothing to do
dates I
v .
]
1
ï I
. I
w
no parlor
t
and sent to
carry out the will it had delivered,
the Democratic party of Delaware th
twenty men who can
be the leaders of the people.
arc no
who can
hope the time will never come when suc|i a
thing can be done. [Applause.]
different must feel the candidates of
»ublican party from the candidates of
democratic party Î IIow humiliating
must be for them to know that they are
chosen by the will of the people and are hot
accepted by a large faction of the par;y !
with the Democratic
party. No, gentlemen, we stand shoulder
to shoulder and by the help of God we in
tend to stand shoulder to shoulder until
mardi from tin* Brandywine to the Na
coke, until we have swept away every hart
of the party which has a desire to gain sway
and seeks to carry out evil paposes, and has
corrupted every State in which it has gained
The methods which have been
B
the Re
it
Tills is not the c
I
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selected by our party in Delaware, aud
ithods which
be applied by both in the discharge of
duties of their offices if they are elected.
No man has any doubt that if Charleé C.
Stockley [applause] takes his seat he will
he Governor of Delaware. But no matter
how straight a furrow Mr. Currey may plow
if he takes his
We want to
voting for and what will
b
our candidates
of
is
of
up
no one can doubt that eve
seat he will not be Gove
know what we
be the result if we succeed in this election.
The earmarks of both the Democratic and
Republican party are to tie seen iu
campaign. The Democrats are iu favc
the voice of a free popple. The Republ:
party on the other hand essays to keep iiaelf
iu power and perpetuate itself by the B|»oils
of party. What is it made of? Bob* ism
and the spoils system ! One feeds upon the
other ; one is supplied by the other. Who
will dare to say that the Republicans of
Delaware are not controlled by bossisin and
the spoils system, and who will not say that
the Democratic Legislature of Delaware
will always act as nearly as possible with the
will of the people of Delaware, untiara
rnelled by any boss. This is the issue, and
it behooves every man to pull every pound
he can.
tills
r of
not by uiy own will,fellow eitlaiens,
that I was placed upon the ticket oil the
Democratic party, [loud applause] not be
cause I do not feel proud to have any place
of that kind, hut I would rather he lit the
rauks. However, and I say it with pride,
that I would rather be elected a Road (|
missloner by the Democrats than President
by the Republicans. [Applause.] I an not
here to ratify my own nomination to night,
hut I will say that if I am to go to Doter I
go because 1 am elected by the Democrats
of Wilmington to represent all people ill the
Legislature, and since 1 am in the position
of a candidate, 1 * ant to speak up >n a
certain subject which has been much
discussed anu very recently argued it a
political meeting held iu the Opera Ifouse.
I will take care to speak hereafter ti|t the
people of the city and county upon the prin
elples in our platform, and I shall do ko in
It
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was
a
such certain terms that no one will have
any doubt as to what my vote will lie on
public measures. Just here I will speak of
one matter. The public school system is a
very dear to every true Delawarean. It is
like a child under the protecting care <>f Its I or
mother, and it has been fostered and has I
grown. We hope with the help of Godj that I
that system shall be preserved and improved.
The right of suff rage giveu the colored race I
has confronted us with a problem
that requires straightforward honesty I
to solve. The people of Delà
ware will never submit to any system which I
iuvolves a mixture of races iu the public
schools. [Loud applause.] But the Demo- j
crats oi Delaware arc uow, I believe and I
have been ready to do equal justice to all
people in this matter. A mass of igubrant
voters is an enemy and I venture to sat that I
the action of the Democratic party ! with
reference to schools is in accordance with
the progress and growth of public sentiment
in this State. From the beginning there
lias been an advance of sentiment oiji this!
subject A tax has been levied op the J
colored people for their own schools, but
this proved insufficient and at the last ses
•ion of the Legislature, a law was passed by I
the votes of men upon this platform making
a direct appropriation from the State Treas- j
urv and directing the payment of these I
funds for disposal to an association fecog- I
nized to be a real friend of the colored I
»copie —different from the Republican party.
Laughter and applause]. It is nofv de
mauded bv the Democrats of Delaware, and I
I think I know a little of the sentime nt of I
the party, that a just and fair provi
sion shall bo made out of f the
funds of the State, for education I
of the colored children apart from [white I
children. We shall do this because I be- I
Hove it is right, and I hold that what i i right I
is always expedient, [Applause.] We
shall do this also because It is necessary for I
tho protection of the State. I sus Jet the I
Reuublican party are uot so earnest for the |
education oi colored people as they seem, 1
because I think when they are educated and I
made intelligent the party vyill lose t large !
oortion of its voters. [Laughter.] I
* T sav in this campaign the Democrats oi I
Delaware are thoroughly united. Do you
know of any dissensions in the Dem »cratic
oartv of Delaware f We Democrats have a I
wav of talking out in meeting, and if you I
know of auy dissensions Jet us heat from I
vou Speak out and tell ns. If you have I
anything against any fellow Democrat* let I
us know also. When Mr. Stockley got up
here to-day he asked me if we were united I
and 1 told him "Yes." Is it not so? [Ap
ulause and cries of "Yes."] 1
At this point Mr Bates turned around to I
Vlr Stockley and asked hlm a question. I
Turning to the audience ho resumed: "I I
•isk Mr Stockley how it is with Sussex and l
he gays Sussex to as one man. 1 JsH the
lion. EH Saulsbury what of Kent, Ind he I
tails me Kent is always united. [Aiimause.] I
II there are any Republicans here! am «lad
to sec them, and il they are dissatisfied we
would llko to have their votes. Up ill Penn
sylvania the Republicans are divided badly,
They have bossism there too, and there has 1
been a revolt , and the Republicans saijl that if
the Democrats put up a good min they
could elect him, owing to the division of the
Republican votes. They put up lj'attisoh
and are likely to elect him. In Delaware
we have given a man who is such [a good
one that the Republicans need not be
ashamed to vote for him, and they can hon
estly do it. It won't do for dissat is led Re
publicans to sulk. No time for Republicans
to lag backward. Come in with us|. [Ap
plause. ] Follow Stockley and Lore right
through the State or be whipped in] by the
other side, and go up and vote the die
tator's ticket like a dog with
his tail between his legs. If any
Republican wants to come in let him come
and give liiqi a chance to vote for si ch meu
Stockley for Governor and Lori 1 ! for
Congress. It is a surprise that good Repub
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I licans do not come right in and vote for
suph noble men. This is the first time we
have had no sulkers and laggards and we
still go on. Let every Democrat stand up
to his work. You have put me up as a can
didate, [applause] I would rather be in the
I ranks, as I said. If there is anything I can
| do PU do It. It Is a time to tight, and when
we defeat the Republican party it will kill it
I for years to come. [Applause.]
| MR. stöcklet'» remark».
i Mr stock ley arose from the sofa upon
w jy ch i, e had 8ea ted and was received
I w jth rouud after round of applause, which
I some time iu subsiding. Chairman
| Gibbous then introduced him
as "the next
Governor of Delaware," which caused the
cheers to be renewed.
Mr. Stockley began, saying in substance :
Friends and Fellow Citizens of New Castle
v . County : This meeting has been called to
] ratify my nomination, but I think it pre
1 sumption on my part, therefore, to say any
thing. But there is something I would like
to speak of. It has been reported aud circu
lated throughout the State that my nomina
tion was made in opposition to some parties
in this State aud that it meant the downfall
of the Democratic party in the State. It is
ï I not so. As far as I am personally concerned
I have made
for myself. No
word about my nomination,
L did
urged and I found it to be the will of the
majority did I allow my name to be used.
This is the first opportunity I have had to
speak to the citizens of Wilmington, and I'
extend my heartfelt thanks to the
Democrats of New Castle county for the
I strong support given me at the convention.
There is one question I ought to speak of
1 and mention to-night. Some papers here
have made some unkind insinuations
me. They charged me with making an in
sincere resignation of the directorship of
the Junction & Breakwater aud presidency
of the Breakwater & Frankford railroads.
They were, in truth, resignations in fact,
and I would say to the editors who thus
wrote that when I undertake to do anything
I do it. If they had applied to the
secretary of the roads they would
have found that my resignations were
in in hand and that a meeting had been
called to till the vacancies. It was a duty I
owe myself and to those with whom I was
connected. I did the best thing I could. 11
elected I want to be free to act impar
tially to all the industries of this State. My
nomination was made by a majority of the
delegates of every county of the State, and
if chosen to be Governor I will see that the
interest of each and every county Is carried
out. As I said before 1 did not coine here to
make a speech, as I didn't think it proper.
I wanted to see my Democratic friends of
Wilmington and New Castle county
aud to shake hands with them—
to see them and to ask their support. If
there are any I haven't seen and who would
so desire I would be glad of the opportunity
to shake their hands. And then, with a few
words of thanks, the next Governor of the
Diamond State took his seat, and as the
band struck up, a very handsome bouquet ot
j flowers was handed to Mr. Stockley from
some
greeted with applause.
CONGRESSMAN MARTIN'S Bl'EECU.
a
!
in
it
flgbt against any
ever heard me say a
in fact
not want it. And not until
C.
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I I Hon. Edward L. .Martin, who was intro
1 duced when the excitement had subsided,
the I said that he knew that it was natural in men
I to worship the rising rather than the setting
a I 6un, but be knew, too, that there was some
much thing that drew men together. He was
a present to thank all for the confidence that
I had been reposed in him by two elections,
the J and he assured all that he appreciated the
prin- trust and used hlB best efforts to discharge
in his duties for their interest and that of the
have country. He would not notice the charges and
in the audience, which
country. He would not notice the charges and
on insinuations against himself iu the public
of prints of this city. He could refer without
is a blush to his record, aud had no regret for
is any act of his own, either public
Its I or private. He had never forgotten the
has I honor of Delaware or the interest of
that I her people for one instant while he was in
Congress. All his efforts bad been in their
I behalf during that time, and he had known
them as one people, aud not as Democrat!
I or Republicans. He challenged any busi
ness man to show any vote h* had ever east
I that was not in the interest of good govern
meut aud for the welfare of the people of
j Delaware. What was the condition of
and I affairs, he asked, when he had entered the
all Forty-sixth Congress, and when the Demo
cratic party assumed control in 1875. I he
that I people remember that after the Greeley
with campain there was scarcely a grease spot
with left of the Democratic party. Even in Dela
ware, the Gibraltar of Democracy, the party
was defeated. What condition did the Re
this! publicans leave the country In after that
the J election? They knew no bounds. They rushed
but into indiscriminate appropriations and did
ses- all in their power to centralize ever} thing
by I In Congress. There was established a system
of subsidies, and corruption ran ram
j pant. What was the result? Almost with
these I out a canvass the people—who always regu
I late such things—turned out aud went to
I to the polls and wiped out the Republican
majority of two-thirds and gave the Demo
de- crate a good working majority. And then,
and I what did the Democratic party do at once i
of I Samuel J. Randall, a strong worker iront
Pennsylvania, put himself at work with
the others to the retrenchment oi expenses,
I asdsted by an honest Democrat from Dela
I ware. In the fo«t ® e " io " °^?"^ res ® th .^'
be- I expenses were reduced $32,000,000. So it
right I went on, and what was the result upon tbe
We country ? It tilled the treasury with money,
for I We were paying Ö per cent, when the Demo
the I crate got control, and before they left Cou
the | gross passed a blU to refund the old debt
seem, 1 at 3 per cent. When the Democrats took
and I charge of the House of Representatives the
large ! lobby reigned supreme, aud extra rules were
I found necessary, and passed, to exclude the
oi I lobbyists and to keep all from the floor
you cept ex-Representatives and ex-Senators,
»cratic and they only on siguiug a pledge that they
a I were not interested in anything before the
you I House. There was uo corrupt business for
from I six years, aud no appropriations iutlieiuter
have I est of the lobby. But what do j
let I but an increase of $78,000,000 iu expenses
up and the lobby once more supreme! Ihe
united I Republicans, two years ago, told the labor
[Ap- ing men that they were the party of
tion aud tariff, and that if he (Martin) or
to I General Hancock were elected, tree trade
I would result, trade would bo decreased.
"I I and that the bone aud sinew ol t »
and l country would he brought down to tie
the level of the pauper labor ot Europe,
he I Hundreds of good Democrats were thus de
I celved, and many were coerced and bull
«lad dozed by their employers to
we their consolenoe and their principles, lne
Penn- result was that they placed the Republican
badly, party in power to improve the taritt and to
has 1 raise wages ! Can you, he asked ol .the
that if laboring men, buy more comf ort and
they 1 pleasure with a day s wages now than you
the eould two years ago ? Have they shown any
lj'attisoh I consideration for your welfare or comiort ?
Have they confined themselves to skilled
good mechanics ? Haven't the y gone to the
be utmost parts of the worldMor cheap laboi ?
hon- The Democratic party is the laboring man s
Re- party, and all the prosperity the country
en joys has been brought about by the
[Ap- Democratic party. We were told a tew
right days ago that we had a Chinese wall around
the us, aud were driving capital away, ihe
die- men who declared that should remember that
with old Sussex, which they say is going against
any raised more corn this year than the whole oi
come New England, and the State more wheat
meu than New York. Look et the immense
1 ! for peach crppi the abundance of Holt and
Repub- be pie*. They would have you believe that
ley
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this is a God-forsaken country and occupied
by Hottentot and heathen. "I have
traveled much." he said, "and have yet to
find in any community more comfort, intel
ligence and liberty than is to be found in
the State of Delaware." What has been the
course of the Democrats in the interests of
Delaware i The Democratic Legislature
chartered the railroads that have built the
State up. They resolved the loan that
proved the credit of the State to aid in
building those railroads, aided by our candi
What has the National
date for Governor.
Government done for Delaware ? What did
Fisher do ? What did Smithers do ? What
did Lofland do or ever get for Delaware ?
Why, the present Congress
more, in the River and Harbor bill,
for the improvement of our water courses
than all Congresses heretofore. He then re
ferred in a general way to the thieving pro
pensities of the Republican party, ana spoke
of Phipps trying to steal an almshouse ; the
attempt to steal a State in the South, and
Dorsey's effort to steal the Treasury of the
United States. He did not propose to dis
cuss the issues of the campaign, but this
matter of Government Is a serious question,
whether we were to have a good or bad Gov
ernment. Reflect upon it calmly aud not
under the excitement of passion. Thank
God, the people of tide country are sovereign
and can say who will be their rulers; you
given every two years to call your public
servants to account, and If they have proved
unfaithful and betrayed the trust confided
in them, you can get others. You don't
of
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did
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as
is
discharge a faithful servant in your
private business, but when you g
a good man you keep him and trust hii
until you are satisfied that he has betrayed
your confidences. If that is so in private
life it should be the same in public matters.
Have the servants of Delaware proved re
creant in the past 25 years?
created taxes or misappropriated a dollar of
your money ? If they have not It will [>e a
serious thing for you to set them aside. 1
have not heard or seen one single charge
against the Democratic party in Delaware
that amounts to a snap of the finger. Why,
even some Republicans have paid a great
tribute to the Democratic administration
here.
How do the Republicans propose to carry
this State ? It is by buying votes in Sussex
county. They have their canvassers at work
now and making out three lists—one marked
Republican, one Democratic, and one doubt
ful, the last marked with dollars aud cents.
But It won't work. They can't corrupt a
majority, and
than hsretofore.
uarded county of Sussex, in which all
eviltry Is said to be concocted, will not be
the first to go under. We have known
Charles (J. Stockley for 40 years. Even in
the disastrous battle of '72 his white plume
waved al>ovc all. The honest, frank, brave,
outspoken candidate will be. the Governor
, but the Gov
ave they
majority will be larger
Poor, traduced, black
party of
of no man
ernor of Delaware.
After a passing compliment to Hon.
Charles B. Lore, the speaker retired, and
followed by
IION. JAMES If. WOLCOTT.
He thought that it there was auything
ratification meetings the Republicans had
the decided advantage, tor they have already
had two. The first was held on the 27th of
July, in Dover, when the convention called
to nominate candidates for the masses of the
Republican party simply ratified the nomi
nations made by a lew men. What a
spectacle it w as to see the party of moral
ideas bow to the shrine of personal ambi
tion, and to see also a platform to vindicate
aud at the same sacrifice the
rights of the people for personal aggrandize
in
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We have met to-night to ratify the nomi
nations and endorce the principles of the
convention. It Is a subject of congratula
tion that the meeting is marked with such
harmony aud unanimity of feeling. Stock
ley and Lore are the unmistakable choice of
the people for the positions to which they
had been nominated. It is a pleasure to
note that the harmony of the Democratic
not a mere suspension oi a
disgraceful strife for factional supremacy.
But the harmony of the Democratic party
was for the g
perfect good government In the State, and
preserve its Institutions from the blight of
Republican ascendancy—a harmony that
insures victory in November. This is no
idle campaign, indeed. The principles which
guide our State are of too great importance
for the people to slight them in any way.
It is not a question about which there is any
doubt—with reference to the success of the
•ratio party. What has the Demo
cratic party done that the confidence aud
support of the people of Delaware should
be forfeited ? Let the people answer. There
has been nothing done by the Democratic
party that the people should lose confidence
in its intelligence aud intellectual character.
Fellow Democrats of New Castle county,
there can be no question where a man should
stand now—we have the same principles now
that we have fought for in the pa6t.
Afteç a hit at Stalwartism, the speaker
turned to the matter of reformation called
for by the Republicans, and said that the
principles of the Democrats were familiar to
even the children of the State. When these
people, referring to the Republican leaders,
talk about reform it is a buries upon re
form and retrenchment. When a speaker at
the meeting on Tuesday night said that a
reformer was a grumbler aud a seeker after
spoils he uttered a truth he did not mean to.
Many of the meu who present themselves as
advocates of reform iu this State ought to
first reform themselves. They need reforma
tion most. It is indeed, a burlesque upon
the part of the men who talk about reform.
What about the District of Columbia?
Affairs became so corrupt there that Con
gress appointed a commission to take the
matter in hand and reform things. And
these very men who pluuged the city into
debt are parading themselves before the
people of the Slate of Delaware as reformers.
Talk about reform ! One oi the orators, a
few nights ago, foreshadowed the pro
gressive policy the Stalwarts. He said he re
ferred to the open advocacy of mixed schools
in Delaware. Is it progress that leads
through the school rooms of this State? If
more wish to make, ,it would be
that they would not make the innocent
hearts of our white children the fulcrum on
which to put the lever to overthrow the in
stitutions of the Delaware. A man who
eould stand before an audience and say he
is opposed to the interests of our children is
an enemy to good government in the 8tate
of Delaware. The Democratic party Is the
champion of all that lies nearest to the
hearts of the people of Delaware.
A plain Democrat, a workingman, had
said only a few days ago that the Democra
tic party was absolutely necessary to the
happiness and welfare of the people of the
State. And it. was so. The people are in
favor of the principles of which the Demo
cratic party is the advocate. Every man
should do his liest, so that on the morn
ing of the 8th of November the Republicans
would wake up an remark : "Verily there is
no enchantment against. Israel."
There is no question about the resu.t.
New Castle county will be all right because
the principles of the party are all right.
You have from now until November <th
prepare for a battle that will eclipse all
other battles. Why should not Wilmington
as Kent county ? Sussex
and will give a majority
in behalf of principles and exponents
of principles. Why should not New
Castle be the same ? There is no reason at
why Delaware should not be Demo
cratic from one end to the other- There is
doubt what the result will be. Are you
convention
of all. It is our desire to
he had
to
s Domocratie
united
Is
US,
ready for the contest ? Why should we not
unite as one man and strike a blow a* Stal
wartism that will crush it beneath its own
cloven-foot,
stinct should prevail. When men tçy to
establish a tiling repugnant to them It
Is high time to strike for liberty,fbr country
ami for rights.
Reason, conscience and ia>
MR. LORE'S SPEECH.
Mr. Wolcott sat down amid applause that
showed how his speech had been appreciated
and the band played a brief air with spirit.
Then calls were made for Mr, Lore, and as
the Congressional candidate stepped to the
footlights the whole audience arose with one
acco
and loudly cheered him. Again and
again he attempted to speak and each time
the applause broke out afresh. Finally, It
subsided and be said :
"I see before
at least 1,300 Dela
wareans, either by birth or by adoption, and
I know that the honor of their little State is
as dear to them as the apple of their eye. It
little State squarely
is our duty to place
before the people. By the public press the
Republicans would have the public believe
our State was not enlightened and our in
stitutions were of the middle ages, and that
Delaware was not the peer of her sister
States. Let me say as I have known you for
30 years. Going from one end of the State to
the other as a laborer in your ranks, I have
found your farmers as intelligent as those
of the Republican States ; and they
can ruu a furrow as straight, her mechanics
are as skillful, her womeu as virtuous, aud
their children as good aud pure as those of
any other commonwealth. The people of
little Delaware are as pure and intelligent,
aud are not behind any of the other States
that are more extensive but no better. It is
not too much to say for the present that iu
the past her Representatives in Con
gress have been the peers of the
noblest and brightest In the land. I
challenge the array. You may take the
Bedfords, Reeds, Bayards, McKeans,
Rodneys and Saulsburys, and I challenge
any State to present better, truer or abler
men—men to utter thoughts to live and
burn in the hearts oi the nation. They
were ever foremost in the State. No Repre
sentative of Delaware
smirched with crime or mouey clinging to
his pockets. [Applause.] The Credit
Mobilier came and good men went down,
but those from Delaware had no
money iu their pockets or scrip in
bank. Her Representatives have come back
pure. 1 was just thinking that suppose a
Bayard and a Saulsbury were left at home,
and a Watson or a Lofland were put iu their
place, would you feel safe ? Not that such
a thing is possible. I mean no disrespect
to the men I mention. Butsupposc a sudden
clap of thunder should lift the Republican
party of Delaware out of the mire, what
would be the result Î It will never, however,
strike them so hard,as to secure their success
in our State. We are organized. I care not
who our leaders are, our principles of truth
aud liberty will carry us through. Where
liberty is success must perch upon her ban
I believe in equality and justice, aud
should have all that is
of
a
1
a
all
be
in
came back
of
the
a
the
that the colored
due him. We mean to protect him against
the Republicans. When he is able to read
his ballot he will aid the people who pro
tected him in his rights as a man and not
for his vote.
You have seen proper in your-good pleas
to make me your candidate 1er Con
in this State. If I
my highest desire to do nothing to dishonor
the name of my State. It I go I will come
back clean, ami I will go. [Applause.] I
goat your behest aud at your will. If I
receive your approval, I shall feel that my
life's work has been nobly done.
ATTORNEY GENERAL GRAY'S SPEECH.
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The next speaker was George Gray, Esq.,
and his speech, while short, was eloquent
He said that the Democratic
party was the party of Delaware; the party
of her poor men; the party of her soil. The
Republican party offers no protection to the
wife of au honest laboring man when the
party behests require her sacrifice. He
accepted the definition of the Bourbon party
party that never learned anything or
forgot anything, and said the Democratic
party had never learned that lesson of cor
ruption which should bring a blush of shame.
He eulogized Messrs. Stockley, Lore? BateB
and Cooch, pronouncing them clean-handed
Democrats and challenged inspection. At
the conclusion ot his speech Mr. Gray called
for cheers for the candidates, and the audi
ence for a moment went wild In responding.
Mr. Gray took his seat after reading the an
nouncement that the City Democratic Asso
ciation had secured Institute Hall, and it
would be opened on Tuesday evening next.
The last speaker was ex-Representative
THOMAS N. WILLIAMS.
and spirited.
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He made a short but stirring address, and
one of the most forcible of the evening. He
spoke in a general way, eulogizing
nor Stockley, saying he would be the Gov
ernor of the whole State. I have
always contended, he said, that it was
the duty of the State to educate all,
and her children should have it. But let
the white and colored schools be kept separ
ate and apart. Mixed schools I say, never,
no never ! Let the State, however, provido
liberal appropriations for whites and blacks,
upon which depends the future success of
Delaware. Let all go forth and strive for
victory so crushing that the Republican
party will never have a political resurrec
tion.
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At the conclusion of the speech, and
while the band was
persons stepped
hands with the
present. With rousing cheers for the whole
ticket the audience dispersed shortly after
11 o'clock.
During the evening CharlesB. Lore, Esq.,
was presented with a handsome bouquet.
playing, a number of
upon the stage to shake
distinguished gentlemen
JL>eath of Francis Kelley.
Frauds Kelley, the well-known wholesale
liquor mei chant, died at his residence at
Third and West streets, last evening, at 6.30
o'clock. Mr. Kelly came to Wilmington in
1849, having been born in Ireland in 1819.
He leaves a widow and seven children, aud
one of his sons is the Rev. George Kelly
of St. Joseph's Church.
An Engine Arrives.
The Washington steam fire engide arrived
to-day from tile Amoskeag works, after
being nearly two weeks ou the way. She
has undergone many improvements, but it
will take a few days to get her iu order,
having been packed to prevent her rusting.
Eye Injured.
a Front street railway car re
A driver
ceived a severe blow in the eye yesterday
afternoon from a brake handle which slipped
from his hands, striking him suddenly. His
optic is very badly swollen aud discolored.
BASK BALL.
Our Boys defeated th j Experts yesterday
by a score of 11 to 4. The game was a good
one.
The Reading Actives have accepted the
challenge of the Defiance of this city to play
in Reading ou Thursday, September 28, the
occasion of the excursion of the Knights of
St. Lawrence to that city.
LOCAL LACONICS.
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of assault and
battery were settled by the Mayor last night
and one case of drunkenuess this morning..
The jury in the case oi Daniel Martin,
drowned last Saturday night, have not yet
rendered a verdict, but will meet again ou
Monday morning.
One drunk and