Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-24
For the Daily 0asette.

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prised t. fihd that the COmserctoi cannot DIV.
you any information in reference to the little ,,. |
rey"idrihes. a. 1t calls them which haonen.d |
!by accident Of coWse) 1t the nrst Hspublicsn
Nomination tor Mayor. From tho onset the Com, /,
mercint has laborsd vigorously 10 shov that M |
'rands were perpetrated, and that ns candidate
was nominated by Al fair vote ~ il usu a . csst
notwithstanding the fact that the Eiitor l. vell
aware, Tor at least should be- ~ ono OF his rsnor
'ers Il Secretary Of the COMMITTEES who isyeetips
ted the frauds that gross frauds were perpstsatsi
IN several wards AZ least, aud perhap. in eyerv
ward IN the city. he would make il appear that
the irregularities were all in tho Second Ward
whrre there were counted more tickets than there
were voters on the list Of votes poiled. Does not
If Jinkins know that Marshal Dunn and Saw.
er were receiving votes in the Third Ward be-
ore the other election officers arrived, and that
hey refused Messrs. Tazwei, Toulson, and Buck.
u. he re9ul election oficers) abundance an.
III MIR Tazwsll threatened to make forciSly IN.
rance, and when they were admitted, did not
Dinn and Sawyer sny that nine votes had been
| rsc",ved. and that Dunn had nine namss OF vo-
'-rs on the list; does he not know that this box
Stich contained nine tickets. according to Dunn
| mi oawrers statement. was removed from tie
ah'e and safely secured for further exam, ma; ,on
M that a nsw baIlot-box was procured tu deposit
| he o her votes IN. Does he not know that Dupp
| ,nd Sawfers box. when examlI ed WAS found to
! 'oltan one hundredand thirty-hvs tickets. Or
| other wor,is each ticket deposited by Dunn and
| wv'r mad like the wdoa', cruise Of oil spoken
OF in the scrpures.) Increased to tisteea ticksts
4" he increase bs'n2 for Dougher,yr Doss he
| ot know tlat Dunn pleaded very earnestly to
mptv the contents Of the box into the water clos.
II without axamlnlticn: hhe does not think Mr.
| Hers.y could give HIM the evidence! Does he
not know that specifications of fraud were filed
with the committee from the Fourth, Ffth, Sixth.
| ,uh renrh Wards, and that numerous witnesses
v-;o rea " TO be sworn from each OF those ward,
| - Prove those chareesT 1t he does not know it,
r- should have known the facts before he asserted
~ n NY On. Ward was there any evidence
of frau!.
4, i, il. pubic.n. (since the organ,z .tion OF the
l,rty) IN sorry to say that the frauds p-rpetra
ei on nat occasion Is u stigma to any party: and
an utterly surprised that any editor will try tc
nooth such frauds to bolster up any cand
ulte. 1t was his duty to fully expose the fraud'
n justice 70 the other candidates: they were a.
| tnpubicanS, and all were entitled to the
consideration from the Commercsal which (St
east, calls itself the organ Of tho Republican
party OF this city, though it is very willing to gt
, anywhere outside OF its party to select Council
men. il the party don't attempt to interfere will
the nominatlon for Mayor. What gross inconsis
tency. 1t really docs seem that this self-coiceiv
. eiitor believes that he and few others ut tn
L. 5 Custom House are the Republican party o
Delaware. and that all the brains OF tho party ar
. contained IN those few craniums. Has he forgot
ten the recent delegate electionS or nust We agar
give them another Waterloo defeat to eonvinc
them that they are no. tho Republican party q
Delaware, separate and distinct from the masse
: OF the honest voters Of the party. Tho Republic.
party OF Wilm,n Iton need first class daily RI
!. publican paper. and am glad to hear that tn
Comp,e,ciaFs treatment Of the masses Of the pal
ty is likely to speedily produce the desired result
> rumor says that one Of the wsalthest esntlems
: : in this county has offered to furnish any amour
q of capital that may be necessary 10 run the ms
chinery successfully, and that an sx-county on
! GER, Ia member Of the New Castle county bAr.) b,
! been rendered the editorial department, and
likely to accept 1t. We will then nave An orso
. which will represent tho party, not . clique: OF
:, In which every Republican can have an oppOrt'
u nifty OF having frauds exposed without besgiu
}, the indulgence of the Democratic press ~ has
:. come necessary at this time il you don't hold Il
Il same views as Howard. the Chief
5 RAsuBLSeAN.