The daily gazette., 1879-08-20

Orr SUFFRAGE LAws.-ln most Of
the Republican States in the north voters
are required to be enrolled or registered
before they can vote. They must go |
themselves aud enter their names and |
residences or have them entered. Beside |
this they must pay poll tax before they |
can vote. 1t will be seen that he sui
frage laws Of Delaware are much more
liberal than those of the Northern States.
All man has to do in Delaware is to
go to the collectors office and pay his
taxes The collectors are always to be
found al their offices. The Republican
newspapers of the State have for the
past several ears been laboring to make
their party believe the Delaware cleo
ton laws were of the worst possible
character; and have succeeded so far as
to induce the Republicans to abstain
from pay ing their taxes and thus having
their names reported to the Levy Court
as delinquents. The laws require the
names of all delinquent tax payers to be
stricken from the assessment lists of
voters. Thus the Republican papers
have been blindly leading their voters
to abandon the polls. In fact the party
has no existence except in New Castle
county, owing to this policy. They APP
pealed to the other States, in their ignor-
ance, expecting to find sympathy. But
when the Republicans in other States be
gan to examine the Delaware law, they
found it more liberal than their own, an,
of course became disguised with peopl
who, as the Republican now says, are to
"dilatory" or ''lazy'' to pay their take.
The Democrats have not been s
"dilatory" and lazy" and being moi
willing to contribute their share to IL
sustainance of government have pr
served their right TO vote from year
year.
Now, the Republican Of this city h
seen the error of the Republican pre-
and has all at once changed its tone.
no longer tells the voters of its par
that the laws of Delaware disfranchi
them. On the ,ntrary it now tells tn,
in plain language that they disfranch
themselves by not complying with I
laws. It tells them they are not vot
because they are too "dilatory" a
"lazy" to go to the collectors office &
pay their tax. Let this Democrats n
this and remember it. 1t does not s
at saying this once, it repeats the Sc
ment in other words more empha
And again in its issue Of yesterday
replying to the GAZETTE, it lectures
Republicans as follows:
1--WE still say to them that aohile
allou themselves to become diyrdnch
through their OUn Indifference and
elect to haJe themselves assessed dnt
pay their tdres, the fault is principe
theirs"
That is the truth. But it is also I
that the Republican and others OF
party papers led the way to this sin
ference" and "neglect."
All this noise and confusion nov
because the Republican finds its p
utterly unable to get enough voter
the polls on the I'd of September to C
the wards necessary 10 give it majC
In the City Council. In fact after
amining the field for sever al weeks
leaders of that party are fully convi
that they are sure of being beaten.
they have no where a majority ex
In the Seventh Ward, and will be be
everywhere in the city if the Demo-
only do their duty, which is to rote
man in every ,odrd. They can cleo
whole ticket if they will. Let no d.
crat be induced to split his ticket.
member that your party is pledge
Q reduction of taxation and that
Republican party had control of
city for about fifteen years and in
that time continued to increase the
debt and raise the taxes hi .her