Daily Republican., 1880-02-11
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PsLlTIos IN KsNr.

| Auo ohssessment L..
-The PreSrsmmo Arrans,a :.
Righteous Judge.
Special correspondence Of the RepubH.,,
Down, DsL., Feb. 10th, ,lSn f.
Tho Democrats have OF last av.l.,,
TO the fact that the Republican, =
Kent county are more that maRn,tjrs
that they are earnest in their efforl, !
secure fair vote At the spproscbi,'
election. The sinoppure, really sI,,n
ed and fearfully apprehensive are s,..
at this moment caueusing In the spc,,.'
Of back Offices and there endea, ,or!p,s
smooth out their i'll defined fears ss
establish come line Of action BY wLA
they might retrieve II possible, o, .
least make up for the lost oppsrtupi,is.
which have glided by In the letLarp,t,
reposs in which tho party has ban
thrown, luIled as 1t was by dream, d
complete security.
The fact Is they have been out.v.
eralled; aud 30 quietly have the h,
publicans been carrying on their /,
bors that when the elimination Of vbn
had been transpiripg evinced itself |,
the extraordinary out-pouring on e,,n
assessment day the adherens Of n,
regeme were dumbfounded, even to a.
moralization. Loud and bitter were Il,
lamentations that went up from d,
tents Of the faithful
&Ths Republicans continued quiet,
working and the result of that labr
was, upon the opening Of Levy Conn
last week, an additional pang to n,
trou bled souls Of the Salisbury LCc
and their faithful henchmen. COlorS
men came into town by tens and dozsu
each clamoring for privileges Of citizen.
ship. 1t was thought by the RepuBL
can sthat the Levy Court would pN
open the books. In order to CHECK
mate those who were disposed tO'gO@
the courtmen formed scheme postpOp
ing registration until March; the Snp,,.
visors, recently appointed by the Fedsn
Government, stepped In and with the a.
sistance OF Hon. Nathaniel b. Smitheu
and George v. Massey, Esq, prepsra
several legal questions bearing upon
the duties of the Levy Court.
These being submitted to the varOu
Democratic lawyers in the county thg
at once agreed that was the law snj
that the Court had no alternative tu,
to take them on. Lokman in his mu
tication of the melon that gave bin
fame never made the faces that ths
Levy court men did ever this, to th.u
most nauseating dose. In obeyanCe
the laws set forth the books were opsr
ed and one hundred names were added
Men kept coming, even faster TIM
entries could be made until at lg
despairing of ever being able to trans
act regular county business ID.
Court decided to set apart days of A,
month during which every hundN
could have an opportunity. Thbi
the programme
East Dover Hd., Tuesday, Febru1
10th.
Ddck Creek Hd., Wednesday, Fgtn.
AIRY llth.
North Murderkill Hd., Thursisy,
February 18th.
Milford Hd., Friday, February 18Th.
South Murderkill Hd., Monday, Feb
ruary 10Th.
Mispillion Hd., Tuesday, Februsy
l7th.
Kentou Hd., Wednesday, Februy
18th.
West Dover and Little Creek HIS,
Thursday, February 10Th.
To-day being the day for East
Dover Hd., aud the expectation ofthsr
being an influx of applicants the Re.
publicans have secured teams and made
other preparations which will tend TO-
wards facilitating the assessment great
ly. Those of other hundreds upon sub
segment days will be conveyed to and
from Dover in wagons, which are to bs
loaned by the farmers of the vicinity,
To the demoralizsd Democrats
there was only one CLEAN of sun
shine AID from 1t sprang hope; bat
unfortunately for them it was lsH
one and now that single simple ray
having disappeared there is deeper
dispondency. This hope was created
under the impression that there wOud
be no notaries to obligate those intend
ing to vOuch, and that there would ari's
such confusion on assessment days IS
would materially impede the work Of
putting on names, and thus in a mes
sure Illustrate the end sought. But
fortunately for the Republican partyS
benevolent hand was stretched Ou
through the veil of this uncertainty
and back Of that broad, honest hand
was the goOd-natured face OF Judge
Dickson, who in times past has been
most malicieusly maligned hy thOseo
his own political faith. To him the
hour of Vengeance has arrived and as he
sits, like Daniel in judgment, Repub
ican votes drop from between
bis fingers with persistent and
'lOck-work regularity, bringing to
ais mind visions of an unuLter.
lble hate, which sparkling and sCinti.
ating with the most expressive and
most emphatic terms of disapprobation,
'nly fill his soul with the pleasure Of
,ratifisd self complacency. APF.