Daily Republican., 1880-01-31


after Nov. 8, Of that year. We wish
Nil voters to attend to the mattsr in time.
The Asses ssnent I'm st Georges.
There can be no doubt that the
Democrats are determined by every
means in their power, fair or foul, to
defeat an honest assessment Of voters
and consequently an honest election.
In evidences Of this we have the report
from st. Georges Hundred Of the action
Of the assessor, wherein he positively
refused to place the names Of large
number Of colored men upon the as
ssssment. The names Of these colored
yotsrs in the Western district of the
hundred, had been gathered up and
handed to the assessor who promised
faithfully that they should be put on,
and that Republicans who took the
trouble to gather dp the names for the
assessor being personal friend of that
gentleman and having confidence in him
as an honest and upright man rested
easy believing that the names had been
entered. By some arrangement in the
Hundreds outside the city where there
are two election districts the assessor
its on Friday in one district and ons
Saturday in the other. Yesterday we
are informed that he sat in Middletown
where and when it was discovered that
he had failed TO place the names upon
the list as hs had promised, even the
name of the man who lived on the as
SCISSORS own property and within few
Yards of his own door. When attention
was called to it, the assessor candidly
acknowledged that he -" dare not incur
the displeasure of his party, however
muca he was disposed to do right"
As usual with such assessors, this St
Georges officer knew nothing about the
co ored men living right around his
own dwelling, for after the names had
baen furnished him none Of them were
put on the assessment list. A more
deliberate refusal to do his duty by
an officer of the county cannot
be found, and if the United
States laws are not sufficient to reach
such a man they are useless. The as
SCISSOR sits in Odessa to-day, that being
the Eastern District OF st. Georges, for
the pretended purpose Of making cor
recti jns in the assessments in that dis
trict, and assessing those who may
have been omitted, but if he does his
work there as he did in West ST..
Georges there will not be less than two
hundred and fifty disfranchised colored
men in that Hundred. To day the Re-
plbli1ans we're to have teams hired and
couple Of hundred of disfranchised
Oolored men were to be taken before the
assessor at Odessa to have their names
put on the lists, 80 that Mr.. Gray can
not possibly have any excuse for not
doing his duty without committing a
plain, blunt violation of not only the
State, but the United States laws.
By such outrageous proceedings as
have been referred to the Democrats still
expect to perpetuate their power in
Delaware. St. Georges has larger
solored vote than any other Hundred in
the county outside Of Wilmington, and
If a fair and full election was held
there the Republican majority would
not be less than two hundred and fifty,
or three hundred. Instead of this how
ever it has been carried by the Demo-
Gratis for several elections past through
the means Of the most outrageous
trckery and a positive refusal Of Dem
ocratic assessors and collectors to do
their sworn duty.
No doubt that Mr.. Gray was honest
in what he said when he declared that
he "dare not incur the displeasure Of
his party" and there can be no doubt
that he has acted in obedience to the
dictates of the Democratic leaders and
Democratic lawyers in the county. A
meeting of the latter it ia said was held
in this city last evening to consult over
the situation of affairs and to Aud some
ground upon which to stand to secure
IN ty Of action in opposing the action
of The Supervisors of election, and any
interference by which an honest and
full vote of the people Of the State
might be had. BY Just such tricks al
that practised in st. Georges Hundred
yesterday the Democrats are kept III
power in Delaware.
They know thata large majority ofthe
people of the State would vote the
Republican ticket if there was fair
assessment. and hence they resort to
such outrageously dishonest means to
def at an honest assessment Of the vo-
ters and an honest election by the peo-
pie. Had the Republicans been guilty
as a party of the gravest outrages