Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-03-30
Mr.. nayard 20 be saved,


Mr. nayard 20 be saved.
| Elsewhere will be found an extrac
from letter from a Wilmington cores
i pon1ent of the New-York "Times" il
which a full detail is given of tn,
plan by which Delaware Republicans
have been cheated out of their votes
and the Democrats kept in power.
When the correspondent came to notice
New Castle he was particularly but
deservedly severe in his reflections
upon Senator Bayard, blaming him for
never lifting his voice against the
Ubiquitous partisan plan which result
cd in the temporary disfranchisement
of thousands of his constituents, sim
ply because they belonged to a party
in opposition to the great Senator and
would if they had the chance have
voted in opposition to his wishes. The
late assessment shows that there have
been about $500 disfranchised Repub-
licans in Mr.. Bayard's own native
county through which disfranchise
ment he has been enabled to retain his
seat in the Senate, who would, could
they have spoken out by their votes
have consigned him TO his law
practice in the Courts of Delaware in
stead Of sendipg him to the United
States Senate. 1t IL true as the cor
respondent Of the "Times" says: Mr..
Bayard was home some three weeks
ago, just at time the excitement was
most intense over the assessments, and
when the Levy Court was acting with
the greatest disrespeet to the repeated
applications made by leading citizens
for fu Il and fair assessment, and he
was not known to utter a word in
favor of full assessment. One word
from him would have secured it, but
that word was not spoken. Why this
evidently studied silence on the part Of
Mr.. Bayard9 Was it because he knew
that if there was a full assessment and
a fair vote, the people of his own county
by their votes would condemn him
A man of his kno Wedge and general
intelligence must have known the vote
of New Gaelic County honestly express
ed would be against him. Had the
Democratic OK been gored in the same
manner the Senate chamber would have
resounded with his eloquent dsnunci-
atoms of such wrong, from cellar to
dome. However it is we'll known that
the vote Of New Castle County will de-
termine whether Mr.. Bsyard will be |
sent back to Washington as one of
Delaware's Senators. Should New
Castle be Republican and Kent and
Sussex counties Democratic, the Sus-
sex Democracy will claim the Senate
rial PLAN, and MIR. Bayard will be left |
out in the cold. Is this not why Mr..
Bayard's voice has been hushed in re-
gard to Republican disfranchisement &?
Is this why leading Democrats say that
though they are in a minority in the
county the Republicans cannot, nor
must not carry the county? Is this the
reason why they say they cannot afford
to let the Republicans carry the coun-
ty ? 1t looks very much like it. And
this is the reason too, why Democratic
money is to be used in corrupting and
buying Republican votes that Bayard
may be saved from defeat. 1t is well
Known by leading Democrats that on a !
ull and fair vote there is Republican /
majority in New Castle county of 1900. Il
'ut it is already evident that an attempt I
) to be made to beat down thai MAORI II
y by violence and fraud, simply that !
DR.. Bayard may not lie b.aten in his 7
wn county. Will Mr.. Bayard accept /
f offic4 under tn So circuI snae ? He 7
las d ne SO in the psst, by which tie 7
uture is t, be judgsl. I