Daily Republican., 1879-08-18
New w..i1 IL work IL Delaware.

Msw Wssll Il work ie DelawsreS
Reports Of bulldosins cases ~ com
ling up thick and fast from Mississippi.
lNambers Of persons, mostly oil inds
D ,ndent Democrats, who have dared to
snnounce themselves as candidates for
lofics ON an independent ticket, have
been waited upon and notified that il
they did mot Withdraw from the canvass
and get outside the State they would
have to put up with the consequences,
which Of course meant assassination.--
Thus is the Yazso plan bearing its fruit
and the "Gazetts" calls it little Demo,
cratic rows. As the "Gazette" and the
other Democratic papers OF this city,
rather smilingly approve any plan
which will keep their party in power,
they should try to have the Yazoo plan
introduced in Wilmington. There is a
pr babiity that there will be several
R.pu blicans elected to the City Council
at the city election two weeks after to
day unless the Gazette" gets the Mis-
sissippi plan atiwork soon. If the Dem
ocrats would 60 to work now and wait
upon all the opposition candidates that
are running and notify them that if
they did not withdraw from the can vass
they would have to die, 1t Is quite like.
ly that rather than be killed and leave
a widow AMI several helpless orphaned
children, they would give up the can
vass, aud then the Gazette" could
Announce, as did tho Democratic organ
at Yazoo, that the Democratic flag floats
proudly without rival. This is what
the Democrats Of Mississippi are doing,
and the ''Gazette" dare not denounce
them. 1t has expressed its regret that
there should be any division in Demo,
cratic sentiment in Mississippi, aud
goes SO far as to call the Independent
Democrats fools for attempting to divide
the party, but it has not word of
condemnation Of the Mississippi plan
as applied to Republicans. From this
We must infer that it is in favor Of the
Mississippi plan, but it should not bs
applied to Democrats, or tina. Democrats
should not be so foolish as to break
away from the solid party and attempt
to run an independent candidate. If
this plan is good for Mississippi it
would be good for Delaware, Psnnsyl-
vania and other States. Is the ga
zstte' in favor Of its introduction hsreY
Saturday's Democratic Skirmish.
The lively Democratic skirmish of
Saturday evening placed William H.
Blake of the Third Ward on the ticket
for City Council from that ward. A,
there was no opposition and there were
2S5 votes polled the Democratic "boys"
must have voted for tie fun of the
thing, or perhaps just to get the ir
hands in by the day Of the election.
The Democracy OF that Ward however
oan poll twice that number of votes and
not half try. So far as we know the
candidate, Mr.. Blake, is a gentleman
and will no doubt make very crsdi-
table Democratic member of Council IL
elected. At last fall's election there
we're 304 votes polled for Mr.. McGlin-
caey for Council so that there we're only
10 Democrats absent last Saturday and
only one candidate running. This is
stiff voting.
1t is noticeable that in the Fourth
Ward the Democrats were forced to
renominate Mr.. Paynter or have the
machine smashed so far as that ward
is concerned. Mr.. Paynter is one of
the ablest members of his party in
Council, and Mr.. Adele though untried
may make a good member, but as there
is No vacancy We can hardly see what
he is running for.
Probably Mr.. Hart may resign now
that Mr.. Paynter is renominated, and
who knows but Mr.. Abele may Just
step into Mr.. Hart's shoes and pursue
the same independent course.
From the Eighth ward comes ex Coun.
Gilman William McMenamin to the fore
again having distanced all other com
petitors. Should Mr.. McMenamin be
elected and he be made Chairman of
the Street Committee, there will b.,
Democratic economy then sure.
Things are always lively in the Ninth
ward, but never more SO than on Satur
day evening. George T. Barnhill cross
ed swords with E. c. Knight the pre-
sent member of Council, and carried
off the nomination. This cannot fail to
Improve the ticket and to improve the
moral standard of the City Council.
For the one year term Martin Farrell
an ex member ousted C. P. Dorman the
present member, for the nomination,
though the latter had scarcely got set