Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-09-12
WOLVES In THE FnLn.

At meeting of the workingmen of Whining
ton, held at the Water Witch Engine House,
on Friday evening last, committees representing
the two political parties were appointed to sug-
gest the names of suitable persons for the legis-
lature for submittal to a subsequent meeting,
which meeting would approve them and recom-
mend them to the respective parties for their
endorsement at their nomination elections.
Last evening the meeting re-conyened at the
City Hail. and the committees begged leave to
retire to finish up their report. Strange to say,
when they re-entered, instead of reporting
names, they presented resolution declaring it
to be inexpedient a. this time to suggest cand-
dates.
The uninitiated will fail to comprehend the
object of this action, but it was eminently
wise and proper The Republican portion of
the committee performed the duty assigned
them in good faith and selected their candidate.
Bat the Democratic part of the committee pur-
sued an entirely different course. They at once
began hob-nobbing with the leaders Of their
party and were advised to name no candidate
but suffer the Republicans to do so, which can
didate they promised should be endorsed by
the Democratic party. The intent is obvious.
The Democrats would sacrifice one member of
the Legislature for the sake of winning to their
support the Workingmen of Wilmington, and
by their assistance carry New Castle county this
fall for Greeley and the remainder of the Dem
ocratic ticket 1t was a desperate game, but
detected by the Republicans, who exposed the
whole scheme and severely censured the Demo-
cratic portion of the committee.
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that there was a sprinkling of Democratic polit-
clans present, watching with interest the effect
which their little ruse would have upon the
meeting. They had innocently supposed that
the real object would fail of detection, and that
the Republican workngmen would swallow with
avidity any ard all plans which would give them
representative in the Legislature. A Repre-
sentative obtained in any such manner would
be worse than none at all, and we are glad that
the Republican workingmen Of Wilmington re-
fused to enter such combination
Verify the Democrats Of this county must be
in desperate straight They are leaving no
stone unturned to distract and divide the Re.
pu)licans. Here was the Gazette which only
yesterday counselled the colored people, if the,
wished their rights respected in the Legislature
to refrain from voting for legislative ticket
and only few hours afterwards plot was ex.
posed by which the support of the workiugmen
was to be turned over to the Democrats. 1t il
easy to forsee the result if such schemes were
consummated,
All existing evils in legislation have come
through the Democratic party, and they will be
likely to continue 80 long as that party remains
in power. change of rulera il needad aud tbo
very best way to effect the change is not by any
one class of the aggrieved attempting to work
the reform itself, but by combination of all
the elements into one party. Let the working
men and colored men all unite with the RepubH
cans in their crusade against the Democracy
and its doom is at once scaled.