Daily Republican., 1879-09-16

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Mayor Almond Wants . Chance
It is now said that Mayor Almond i
rather anxious that chance shall b
Afforded 10 him TO arrest the illega
voters that outraged law, order aud de
cepcy at the recent city election. M
doubt the Mayor would prove very eff
cisnt now that his reputation for fair
ness and impartiality has suffered 81
fearfully from the actions Of his polic'
force, who were aidsrs and abetters II
the second of September frauds, bu
after all it is not likely that such actor
will restore to Mr.. Almond the los
confidence of the people. Had he giver
proper instructions tv his police befor
the election was held, to arrest ey&o
person voting illegally at said elect
and had he plainly told them that theI
omission to do so would result in theil
dismissal from the force, there ~oulc
have been very few illegal votes polled
and the city cells would have been fill
cd with repeatsrs and FOUNDERS. We
do not wonder at all that the Mayor is
anxious to retrieve his broken reputa
tion, but the best way to do it is tt
weed out from his force of police the
msn who helped these repeaters to de-
bauoh the ballot box. A sharp, quick
spasm Of virtuous indignation will moi
be the rsmemption needed in such al
emergency as the present. The people
have bsesn outraged, their rights have
been trampled into the dust, and Mayor
Almonds police 1--WE don't say all o.
them), have been the agents by which
this has been accomplished. Instead
Of aiding citizens who had votes
to vote Just once, they have in
Inundated and driven them away
from the polls, and they have protsc-
ted and assisted low bummers to vote
In their places who never had votes
When any arrests we're made on cleo
tion day the arrested man was in every
instance reported Republican. Gu,
OF all the crowd of repeaters that sur
rounded the polls and with whom tn,
police mixed freely not one of then
was arrested. These are facts tina
dare contradiction and the sooner May
or Almond meets them as q conscien
c,ious honest upright Mayor shouli
meet them, the sooner will his reputa
tion for fairness and impartiality re.
turn to him, aud the better will it b.
for the good government CT the city o
Wilmington. The Mayor ought tt
know that the respectable people o.
Wilmington will never respect police
men that have been keepers Of unli-
censed gin, mills; that have besnpulled
from sewers and saved from smother.
ing to death after a drunken debauch;
that have been captured by raiding
parties in houses of ill-fame; that are
paid regularly by keepers Of disrepu,
table houses for their protection, and
that debauch the ballot aud outrage
the people in their dearest rights, by
assisting repeaters to vote at the polls
Mayor Almond should know that tc
create permanent reform requires
more than a mere spasmodic offer tt
have these repeaters and FOUNDERS ar
rested that Constables Brooks and
Hickman have tried hard not to find.
We have not particle Of doubt that
the Mayors police can soon arrest every
one of them if they wish to do so, and
IS it is reported that he has promised
to arrest them If information is made
before him, we would say give him a
chance.
THERE ARB three methods by which
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