Daily Republican., 1880-09-04
Reforms Zee e,mmended by Repub-
llcans.

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favor Of either increased representation
for New Castle County, or represents
tion according to population. Neithei
was a word said concerning district
representation, or In favor Of the Levy
Court being elected by the Hundreds
instead Of by the Counties. There is
scare, ly an intelligent Democrat wbo
Is not IA favor of thess reforms and yet
their Platform is as silent as the grave
in reference TO them. These are live
issues OF the day, and yet our Demo
cratic brethren entirely ignore them,
They are not blind to the fact that New
Castle County with population OF
76, 900 has only ten representatives
while Kent with a population of $4,000
only, has the same number, and the
same may be said Of Sussex. On the
other hand the Republicans in State
Convention at Dover on Thursday last
boldly and honestly met the issue.
They firmly established themselves on
the principle Of representation accord
ing to population. They were unwilling
that one man in Kent County should be
considered of more importance than
two and a. half men in New Castle. As
it has heretofore been claimed that
both the Republicans and Democrats Of
Kent and Sussex were opposed to any
increase in representation, the fact that
Republican of Kent County drafted
the resolutions in favor of representa-
ton according to population, and that
the Republicans of both the lower
counties gave their hearty assent to it,
is creditable to the Republicans Of
these counties, and this act Of generos
| ity on their part to even do what jus,
tice demands, will We trust be appre-
ciated by the Republicans Of New
Castle. There lie no quibbling nor hall
way measures on this question. The
old fossil idea Of representation by
counties and each having the same
representation simply because 1t is a
county, is too prepostsrous to stand
long in the face Of an intelligent corr,
munity. The absence Of any alluSion
whatever to the question must be taken
,s evidence that the Democrats are
afraid to grapple with it. II is not to
the interest Of Mr.. Bayard that there
should be any increase in the repre-.
sentation Of New Castle county, and
though We do not wish to do that gen.
tleman an injustice, his silence now in
reference to the unequal representation
in the Legislature of New Castle county
does not accord with his public acts
when he was younger man and when
ne with his father took the stump
against the adoption of the new Con-
stitution simply because 1t did not re-
cognize representation accord 'ng to pop
ulation. There is more need for agita-
ton on that question now than there
was in 1854 when Bayard publicly ad-
vocated 1t. Bu: whether Mr.. Bayard
is in favor OF representation according
to population now is not the question.
The principle is right no matter who
opposes it and the Republican party
has had the independence and the man
illness to adopt it as one Of the leading
planks in the platform. There are thous-
ands of Democrats in New Castle coun.
ty who are heartily in favor Of this
pr 'nciple Of representation and who
are tired being considered only one
third Of a man compared with those
perhaps not as good as themselves in
Kent and Sussex counties. The only
hing such Democrats can do this fall
il they want to give a true expression
of their feeling and their principles
upon this question is to vote the Re-
publican ticket.
If they are in favor Of tbs election Of
the members of the Levy court by the
respective Hundreds they represent,
the only way to attain that object, is to
vote the Republican ticket, and 1t is
only by voting the Republican ticket
that large amount of property can be
exempted from execution process and
that the possession Of real estate shall
not be the test and qualification for
holding certain Offices. 1t is only by
voting the Republican ticket that ex-
preston can be given in favor of elect
ing all the county officers by the peo-
pie and a reduction Of the salaries to
liberal and just compensation. These
are the living issues Of the day which
glitter in the Republican platform and
% which the Democratic party not hav.
ing the courage, gave no expression.
Upon such platform as the Republi.
cans have adopted they should succeed
and will succeed if party prejudices are
abandoned and the people will vote for
the reforms they favor.
THERE SEEMS to % no doubt but that
General A. T. A. Ttrbert was q passen-