Daily Republican., 1878-11-13
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Delaware no doubt has voting pop
ulation Of about 2s, 900 provided every
body Of voting age WAS properly as
sessed and qualified to vote. The lar
gest vote ever cast in the State was in
1875 when it reached 24,073 for Presi-
dent. II Is reasonable to suppose that
there were 4, 900 who did Lot vote, the
most Of them being Repu blicans were
disfranch ised under the delaware
plan" for the collection Of taxes. The
State shows q gradual increase in the
total vote since 1872. In that year and
up 10 the present time the vote In New
Castle county has been as follows ::
1872, Rep. 5s75, Dem, 5os6. total, TO-
97l. In 1874 the Jump and Cochran
campaign for Governor, the vote was,
Rep. s, ,625. Dem. 5,796, total, ll,42l.
In the Hayes and Tilden campaign Of
1876 the vote stood, Rep. 6,0o4, Dem.
6,6ll, total, l2,6l5. 10 the present
campaign Just closed the vote on the
Sheriff was Rep. 3,06l, Dem. 4,62s,
Grrenback, l79, Temperance, AZ, total,
1906. The vote from 1872 to 1874 in-
creased 45O, and from 1874 to 1876
l,ls4, and in ITS the falling of was
4,709. The falling of the latter
year can be accounted for In no other
vay than the effect of the Delaware
plan for collecting taxes by which
thousands Of Republican voters have
been disfranehised and could not vote
and others became so disgusted that
they would not vote. The falling of i'll
the Democratic vote since 1876 was only
1885, while the falling oil in the Rspub-
lican vot. was 2943. This tells the
whole tale of Republican disfranchis-.
u,- Mt in New Castle County.
In Kent County in 1872, tn. Repub-
licans pollsd 2507 and the Democrats
1898, total $500. In ls74the Republica' .
pOiled 275l, the Democrats, 3l7s, total
5929. In 1876, the Republicans polled
1885, the Democrats 3277, total 52l2.
In the present campaign only 22ll
votes were pol.ed and all except 80
for the Democrats. The largest Repub-
lican vote ever pOlled in Kent county,
was in 1874 when 275l votes were cast
for DR.. Jump. The Delaware plan OF
disranchlsemeut was commenced in
Kent county, immediately afterwards
and in 1876 the Republican vote fell to
1885. Still more acknowledgements
followed this reduction to make the
result more sure for the Democracy and
in the campaign just over the remain.
der of the party discouraged and dis
guated put no ticket in the field,
Notwithstanding this fact, the Demo
Gratis instead fpol!ing their usui Il vote
fell 1869 short of their vote in 1876.
There are not less than $500 voters IN
Kent County, and be it said to the
shame Of the Democracy that only 224l :,
little over one third took any
part in the election.
In Sussex County the case is some
what ditfereht, the field being aban-
don.d by the Republicans was occupied
by the Greenback party, but with n"
better success than the Republicans
have had. In 1872 the Republican,
polled 1888, the Democrats 1864, total
1897, an increase of 467 in two years
In 1875, the Republicans polled 2757
the Democrats 34o9, total 6246, de-
crease of Isl in two years. In tn,
present campaign just ended the Green
back party polled 22ll and the Demo
Gratis 3445, total 5657, decrease Of 5S!
since, 1876. There are not less thai
1000 voters in Sussex County, of whom
l343 with but few exceptions were dis
frahchised Repu blicans and could no
vote. A glance backwards from 1877.
shows a total vote in that year in tn,
State of 22, ,4Ol; in 1874, q, TAI; in 1877
24,O73 and according to this geuera
ratio of increase the vote this yeal
should not have fallen short of 2J, 900
but instead of those being the figures
We have before us the comparatively in
signifcant vote of 18Th, decrease in
round numbers OF 10000. 1t is doubt
fvl if there is state in the Union no
even excluding the bull-dozei states o
the South that shows such falling OF
Ia the vote. Inc delaware Democrat
deserve credit for the invention Of
plan which so quietly and PEACEFUL
disfranchises the Republicans, bu
they have not practiced the Souther
art of polling the full vote of the Stat
by stutting the ballot boxes with tissu
paper ballots. They have yet to 60
step farther and by adopting the Sout
Carolina plan poll the full vote Of tn
State including the natural ratio {
increase and then their victor
will be complete. This diminish