Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-04-05
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The Vote for Delaware.

Grant II, lis, Greeley 10, 206, o Come
47S. The running Of Greeley as th
Democratic candidate created an apath
in both parties which prevented tn
polling Of about 1000 votes. Grant
majority in Wilmington at that election
was 1855, in New Castle county iaclud
ing Wilmington, 1855. and in SUSSEX
By. Greeley had majority Of AZ!
over Grant in Kent county. Grants to
tai majority in the State was 9O9, AMI
436 over both Greeley and O'Corner
A. the anne election James R. Lofsrt
Republican was elected to Congress b,
amajority Of S55 over Gusts W. Wrish
Democrat. At that time there was /
tolerably fair assessment of the voters
but many Republicans who had 90
soured at the enfranchisement of tn,
negro voted with the Democrats, though
many of the latter RETAINED from vo
ting at all. Large numbers of the Re
publicans who at that time were alarm
cd a! the cry of negro suffrage and
were csptivsted with the destinations OF
. white mans party have at length
walked up to see the deception and are
now ready to renew their allegiance to
the Republican party again.
In 1874 the machinery of the altered
assessment and tax collection laws
which were passed for a partisan pur-
pose was put into operation and result.
cd in the disfranehisment of greater
number Of Republicans than the
Democrats had maj ority in the State.
This being the Gubernatorial year, a.
747 votts we're polled, divided as fol.
lows: DR.. Isaac Jump, II ,259; John P.
Cochran, l2,4S7. This was year of
unusual political bitterness, en- election
riot at Odessa in St Georges Hundred
1ntlmidatirg more colored men from
voting Than what the Democratic ma.
jority was in the County. More or less
intimidation prevailed throughout the
state and still the majority for Coch-
ran was only 1929, very small thing
70 overcome in q vote of 24,747. The
majority for Williams, Democrat, the
zane year over Lofaud was 1878. The
Democrats in Congress- who have IL
rented plan by which to blot gu. q ma
tority o: 1912 for Washburn in Mime
sofa, would not higgle long over ma
jorily Of 1878, provided a State was
wanted to aid in the election of a Dem.
ocratic President, should the election
be thrown into the House.
In 1916 another Presidential contes.
took place. A new assessment had
just been made but the large majority
OF the Assessors being Democrats a yery
1mperfsS: assessment was made of tn.
Republicans who only had poll tax to
pay. In this year the Republicans
labored under the disadvantage of hav.
ing had over 5000 OF their party dis.
ranch sed under the workings of the
partisan assessment and tax laws, vet
notwiths anGing this fac. they came
Withia ZSI9 votes of carrying the State
out Oh total poll Of "a, O7l.-
In 1876 the total vote in WILMINGTON
was 6,4t7 out Of which Hayes, Re-
puolIcan, had amaiority of So only. Had
there been full assessment in tina
Southern District as thsrs was in tho
Northern District the vote would have
reached 1900, and the Republican ma
Jority would have been nearer 600 than
b. In the county outside Of yVilmipp.
ton The total vote was GAS out of which
alden hal a majority of $50. Upon
to.erA ly full assessment ard q fair
vote the Republican majority would
have been 800, making 800 in the
county for Hayes instead of COZ for
Iildea. The largest falling off Of the
Republican vote was in those Hundreds
Whe:e thee was large colored vote,
In st. Georges for il stance in 1874 the
Republican vote was 4S9 in 1876 it {
was 4os, falling off of 81, while tho =
democratic vote 10 1874 was 460 and in
1876 i: "aB AGA, an increase of only a ,
votes. ln Appoquinimink inoludino
Blaekbir Hundred, in 1874 the Re-.
publican vote was 27O, and ia 1876 it +
hs fallen to 100. The Democratic vote 4
in the same Hundred in 1874 was .472 .
and in 1876 in it was 48l, an increase i
OF only nine. We give these iustano.o =,
to show that ghite there was such a h
Large shrinkage of the Republican vote t
through Acknowledgement, the Demo :
cratic vote did not increase-indeed it 2
was hardly up 10 its natural
growth. This also shows that h
ths Republicans through digfrap.
ehised and cheated did not vote IT,
Democratic ticket.
In Kent County the same state of af- {
iair' existed, the greatest falling off Of q
Inc republican vots being in Hundreds a
where there was a large colore vote. ,
In kass Dover for instance in 1874 y
there was Republican vote for Loft and I
for Con Yass of A95 tba D.....,