The daily gazette., 1879-06-03

THAT "LITTLE GAME."-The little
game the Republican party started to
play off on the people of the United
States almost fifteen years ago has not
worked to its entire satisfaction. 1t
was to be sure on the principle of stalls
! win, heads you lose !" but was so man.
ifestly unfair that the honest people of
the Republican party would not stand it;
and so not unfrequently the machinery
all prepared to keep the carpet-bag and
scAllawag rulers of the South in power |
for life fell into the hands of others for
whom ~ wac IcAe. oil aooISnoo.
Hence the "terrible solid South" that is
30 much talked Of Coming nearer
home, they attempted the same "little
game" in Delaware they played off IN
Maryland by Cresswell & CO.,
! but they could not hold their men.
After all was ready and found to work
to their greatest satisfaction, through
the disfranchisement of every Democrat
whom Republican assessor chose to
prescribe as "sympathizing with the
South" and, therefore, "a rebel, having
no right to vote" a good deal of dissen-
tion arose at putting on the voting lists
all negroes without regard to fitness,
and leading them to vote out of influ-
ence the purest and best Republicans
in the various counties. At this Gov.
Swami kicked in the traces-but he
was soon told that he must keep quiet
and obey his masters or go over to the
prescribed Democrats. He was strong
er than they thought and when the
time came he took their advice, aband-
oning the Cresswell party he appointed
Democrats to make the assessments and
enroll voters throughout the State. He
thus carried the political machinery
with him, and that" little game" was there
played for the last time by the Republi-
cans, and ever since they have beer
drinking Of the poisoned chalice they
mixed for the Maryland "Rebel Democ
racy." They thought they would pla,
the same little game in Delaware will
the aid of five thousand negro voters
They expected to carry the Legislature
and fix up registry law similar to tn
one In Maryland But they failed; an
now they have five thousand negroe
hanging upon them as weight minu
i've or six thousand whites that weI
over to the Democrats. So the "littl
game" failed here. 1t has, howeve
served them better in Pennsylvania an
some other States. And they like it ,
well that they tried it on a nation
scale. So we see the Returning Board
the use OF the troops at the polls al
81 finally the U. s. Marshal trick as play,
BY Johnny Davenport in New York
secure Mr.. Conkling his seat. It wor
ed so well that Mr.. Hayes became
convert to II also, as he was conv'
before to the Returning Boards, and
though he declares he is opposed to t
rr use OF troops at the polls and that tf
shall not be used at the polls under
administration, he stands by and
tends the right which the "stalwar
claim to use the various forms of th
"a a"little lgame," Iand force it upon
al Democrats whether or not.
5+c Now, what the upshot of this maj
will be no man can tell. But if
s.s.a Democratic party is compelled to 60
= the contest in 1880 with all this
% tH chinsry against them, and the "ll
=. game" fails in the nation and they "
~ and all the paraphernalia of rogr
81 falls into their hands, such whine
~ go up, as was never heard before.
. : The people will be the gamer as has ,
the case in Maryland, Delaware and