The daily gazette., 1880-08-31
For the Daily Gazette.
HIGGINS COLORED TROOPS
FOUGHT BRAVELY.

FOJGHT BRA ELY.
The Republican nomination election
for delegates 10 the State Convention
drew out u large vote. The Postoffice
Department was almost entirely desc T.
ed IN the afternoon laboring for the Hig-
gins faction generally. In the Fifth
ward five postoffice employees could be
be seen a: one time working like beav-
ers for the Higgins crowd. In she Sew
enth ward Postmaster Pyle with two of
his letter carriers we're early on the
ground, working to secure the Seventh
ward delegates for the Higgins faction.
In the Sixth ward Tom Saville, with
one of the letter carriers, was on the
ground early with Mr.. Bach, President
OF the Young Mems Republican club,
assisted by crowd Of rough negroes,
clamoriBg for votes for the Higgins fac
tion. The low-grade negroes were clam
orous and outspoken in favor of the
Higgins faction on the ground that HIg-
gins had secured a respite for the brute
Neil, the negro who has been convicted
of the heinous crime of rape on white
woman, and that Mr.. Higgins had got
the case carried into the q. s. Court, so
that negroes hereafter will have to be
placed on juries in the criminal courts of
this State. This seemed tD be the only
motive that induced the ignorant ne
groes to vote for the New Castle county
boilers, as they are termed by the State
Conmttee. 1t was self-eyident TO q
calm loOker-0n like your correspondent
that without this ignorant negro vote
the Higgins faction would have been
completely annihilated in this city, par.
| ,icularly in the Sixth ward, where The
| white men evidently voted in very
large majority against the Higgins fac
ton, but the negroes, many of whom
| were hired aud had Carriages placed at
their disposal, worked hard for their pay
and to crafty their desire for seats iu th g
Jury box. Mr.. Bach, President of the
| Young Mems Republican club headed
the Higgins ticket in the Sixth and
worked like a beaver till the polls closed
and then kept tally list of the votes un-
| I'll Tho result was announced but this
wouid-be leader and orator must have
felt somewhat chagrined wheL he found
he had run behind his ticket ana that
Robert q. Frain, Esq, who headed the
| State ticket, had reduced Bach's maipr-
| ity to eight, while the other white men
had eleven majority for the Higgins
faction. In this ward, however, several
white men even Of the Higgins wing
refused TO vote for the great colored
orator, l.. z. b. Henry, who ran behind
bis ticket 30 as to tie with v. ID. Smith
of the S'ate ticket, leaving one vacancy
IN the delegation from that ward. In the
Seventh ward the Intelligence of the Cit
| iZons was too great to be overthrown by
the negro Neil element, and the Big
gins ticKet, headed BY the old war horse
of former days, Washington Hastings.
was completely annibtlated, being beat
Gu over ninety votes.
| In the Fifth ward the five postoffice
employees, assisted by the old Ipdepei .
dent veterans, carried off the PALM for
Mr.. Higgins and Pickels, and they secur-
ed their rights to seats in the Conven.
ton. In the Eighth and Tenth waids
the negro Neil element was rampant
and the Higgins faction scored a victory
In The Ninth ward James l.. Hawkins
completely anDihilated the Higgins-N N eli
faction end the postoffice ring in gen
eral, carrying the ward by 167 to IL
Hard on the Postmaster. In the Other
wards the election passed off smoothly.
The vote polled was unprecedented at q
delegate election, but to any person who
is unbiased in his views, and who took
a walk abound to the different
| polling places during the election OIL
Saturday last, would have been forced t.
the conclusion that If IL had not been fol
the Ignorant, drunken, colored vote, The
Higg gus-Neal faction would have been
IN ost fearfulIy beaten in nearly all the
| wards of the city.
This, however, is not our fight. Mr.
Higgins and his negro allies can make
1t very warm for the State Commute,
party at the Novembe elect on by eithel
voting with the Democrats or RETAINING
from voting altogether, and thus Civ,
TIE Democratic party an overwhelmin nl
j rity in New Castle county, and this
thoy very likely will do. However, lei
the band play the dead march, this is moi
our funeral. DRMocRAT.