The daily gazette., 1879-08-30

THE REPUBLICAN ADDRESS An
address ostensibly emana.ing from the
Republican Executive Committee, bear
ing also significant signs As II oil ihhu-
snces of the "committee Of twenty SIX,
appeared yesterday afternoon In the
Repubiican and Every Erening ana
Commercial, endorsed by long aud
leading editorials in both papers.
This address is signed by the chairman
of the Executive Committee, aud all
the candidates OF the Republican party |
except two, Mr.. Samuel A. Price, who Is
absent from the city, and Mr.. John
Alden, who very discreetly withheld his
name from a paper that, to say the least
of it, is an indicate effort to praise and
extol its endorsers themselves. 1t was
put forth in the chosen organs OF the
party and its signers, at late hour as
If purposely to give the Democrats no
opportunity to reply, If a reply was
thought necessary aud is cunningy de-
signed to mislead the people, and draw
portion of the Democrats from their
regularly nominated party ticket. In
fact 1t is aimed at the Democratic party
OF Wilmington with view TO break up
that organization and separate its voters
from the party OF the County, State and
United States. With this view the ad-
dress is uttered, and both its organs copy
1t with elaborate comments, and COM
mend and urge that disintegration,
which Is the constant theme IF The no.
party advocate, as found in the following
carefully drawn aud studied sentences
"No National or State issues are in
evolved in this contest. 1t is purely
local in its character, aud in endorsing
sit and voting for It's candidates no
"Democrat need sacrifice his Democracy,
"and the success of this ticket will be
"more of victory for the people than
"the arty."
We need not call the attention 81
Democrats to this effort to deceive them,
and influence them to the desertion OF
their party, which is the aim of both the
papers in which the address appears as
their editorial articles accompanying lis
publication fully indicate. No Demo
crat will be 50 easily entrapped into the
the little song of the spider to the fly
might very appropriately be quoted
No Democrat believes that Republican
victory in Wilmington on Tuesday will
not be regarded as Democ attic deIea
all over the State and the nation. /
will be caus III; up and flash with Ii hit
ming peed to Maine aud Ohio, f,om lh,
st. Lawrence t. the Pacific as victor,
over the Democrats of Delaware, In tn
very home of one Of her Senators. w
cannot believe that any Democrat
friend Of that Senator could approve {
thus breaking up the well defined couIs
of the Democratic party; and we appe;
to every Democrat to faithfully adher
to his ticket, and to vote it entire. OF
party candidates are good substanti
cllzens fit and competent while "
point to the reduction in the expenses
the affairs of the city, and the reductit
of taxation by the Democrats the pd
year as guarantee, not of mere prom
ses to do but as proof of what thu
will do we point to what they ha
done in one year. While the Repub
cans, as their organ says, had been
power nearly uninterruptedly for I
"la.t twenty years." and yet they h
increased the expenses every year Ill
the people took the affairs out of th
hands. 1t Is fact that, as the GAzE1
has said heretofore, they have made I
public Improvements, and when
very men now seeking to get b
to the Council had an opportunity to
great work economically, they fal
utterly, and threw the city into loss ar
useless expenditure of about $4,000
the wasteful manner in which the {
Spring Reservoir was managed u
taken out of their control.
The address continues:
"All men honestly DESTROYS of
success of this policy, should embr
this opportunity by voting for 4
p edged to its adoption as rule
action. To vote against these nomiI
is to express dissent in its most etfec
manner to this much ne .ded reform.
one direction lies material progress
development, vigorous growth AM
proud future for our beloved city.
the other, stalk the spectress of {
taxation, financial embarrassment
ultimate reputation.
Fellow citizens, we leave this ques
in your hands for decision. You
by your votes, establish this prime
and inaugurate this policy now. '
you, for this once, lay aside your D,
prejudices and help US to make it i'm