The daily gazette., 1880-12-09
WILMINGTON. DEL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9. $780,
For the GAZETTE.
THE HOUSTON-MARTIN CON.
TEST,


The attempt of the Republican
managers in this State to seat Judge
Houston in Mr.. Martins seat in the
House of Representatives is the end
OF desperately planned project to
seat a Republican Congressman
from Delaware in the 47th Congress.
II was fact self-evident to the
Democrats OF this State, that during
The entire campaign Mills, Harring-
ton, Fralm, and Fisher, of the Re
publican State Central Committee,
were leaving nothing undone that
they could accomplish, to seat a Re
publican in the next Congress from
this State. There is no use of at
tempting to disguise the fact that
Harrington and Fisher, of Kent,
backed by Fraim of New Castle
County, (who is the Secretary OF the
State Committee) have been the
shrewdest political managers that
have ever attempted to run a Re-
publican campaign in this State.
Neither time nor money was spared
to accomplish their object. Their
work was 80 secretly performed that
the rank and file of their own party,
as we'll as the old Higgins factioH
therein, knew scarcely anything of
their movements. The desperate
means used to place all the renegade
negroes on the assessment list in
February and March last was the
starting point of these men to cap
ture Delaware. Your readers doubt
less well remember that on the last
day of the Levy Court session at
New Castle, in March last, II. G.
Fraim, Esq, with other Of the U. S.
Supervisors, attended at that meet
ing and that Fraim, both as a citi-
zen Of New Castle County and as a
Supervisor Of the U. S., demanded
publicly in the open session Of the
Court that the names of over four
hundred persons who he said were
returned and confirmed as errors by
the Levy Court in March, 1879, who
had been illegally assessed, should
be stricken from the assessment.
The Court declined to accede to his
request. He then stepped up to the
Clerk of the Court, and laid pack
aye of papers ON the desk, exclaim-
ing, "On behalf Of the Government
of the United States l object to the
persons whose names are ON those
papers being continued on the
assessment list of this county, as
they were returned and confirmed as
errors in March last, and are there.
fore illegally assessed under the
laws of this State" The Court re-
fused to examine the papers left
with them. Fraim's motive at that
time was not understood by the
Democrats, but since Houston has
contested Martins seat in the House
Of Representatives it is now self
evident he was laying the plan tt
contest Martins seat if the vote
should be a close one, which after
ward proved to be so, and they
therefore will ask that over four
hundred persons whom they claim
voted land say they are prepared tc
proved voted) were illegally assessed
as above stated, which would only
leave two hundred and thirty-one
more votes to elect Houston to Con-
gress. They further claim that over
one thousand men who would have
voted the Republican ticket hac
they been assessed were deprived by
Democratic Assessors and the Levy
Court of their power to be assessed
after they had performed everything
legally required of them to have
their names placed on the assessment
list as qualified voters. They Will
leave nothing undone in their power
to oust Martin, and the Democrats
must at once arouse to action
There were certainly large mum
Der of fraudulent Republican votes
polled all over the State, particular
| ly in New Castle County, and unless
we 90 to work at once and be pre-
pared to show up the Republican
frauds in this State, Republican
Congress will seat Houston in th'
47th Congress. Committees shoul'
be appointed in every Ward AM
Election District in the State with
out delay, to be prepared to check
mate Harrington, Mills, Fraim, an
Fisher in their desperate attempt t
overthrow the Democratic majorlt
in the State. Arouse, fellow Demo
Gratis there is no child's play L
this matter. The Republicans VIII
have the matter in charge mea
business on their side. We mus
meet them with energy and talen
Four more earnest politicians, wire
| pullers and manipulators than thoi
above mentioned have no place
: this State. They are backed by an
! amount of money from Washington
S They are shrewd, intelligent mel
Il and three of them at least exps'
prominent positions under Garfield
administration. Aud they will III
doubtedly be rewarded handsome
, for their work in Delaware. Fisht
y and Harrington, it is said, are
=. 90 on foreign Missions, and Fralm
D to fill an important and lucratl'
}. position at Washington in the Ii
n terior Department. VIOLENCE.
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