Daily Republican., 1880-01-28
Republicans Must Ges Assessed.

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Republicans Must Get Assessed.
We notice that the Republican papers
outside of Delaware, most notably the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin speak
as il it was a foregope conclusion that
Delaware would be carried by the Re-
publican party at the next election.
We have no doubt that our Republi,
can brethren outside the State really
and sincerely desire that the State
shall cast in its lot with the Republi-
can States, and we are sure their desire
in this respect is no stronger than that
OF the Republicans of Delaware them
selves, but at the same time we must
insist that outside do not understand
the condition of affairs in our State
when they talk of the bright prospect
of it electing the Republican ticket this
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we'll as those who live within her
boundaries, narrow though they be,
and have made Delaware and Delaware
politics especially subject of study.
There is no doubt that there is a Re-
publican majority of two thousand in
the State, if the voters could be assessed
and brought to the polls on election
day. Bu. with all the election machin.
cry in the hands of the Democrats, and
the laws so manipulated in the inter
est of the Democratic party, Republi-
cans find themselves as completely dis
franchised as if they had been met by
a rife club regiment or dispersed by
midnight White League riders. To reor-
ganize is now what Republicans should
and must do If they ever expect to carry
Delaware, but the great thing to insure
success is to get assessed and qualify
for voting. This is more difficult than
it is Ee presume in any other State of
the Union, In Pennsylvania qualify.
ing TO vote is made easy, but here the
time for qualifying drags out over De-
rioa of some nine months or a year, and
the plan is so tortuous and intricate,
made so with purpose in view, that
there are thousands who cannot under
stand it and give up in despair rather
than run the gauntlet of getting their
names upon the assessment, and even
when they are assessed that is but the
beginning Of the difficulty in the way.
Should they even get their names upon
the assessment after procuring the re-
1uired freehold voucher, they still
run the risk of their not ap-
psaring upon the tax collectors du-
plicates, and possibly should they
get there they will be so horribly
distorted by bad orthography that they
will not be known. These are things
which will have to be looked after by
the supervisors Of assessment which
have just been appointed by Judge
Bradford. If due diligence is exercised
by Republicans and all will lend a
helping hand there will still be chance
to carry the State but bsfore this can
be done Republicans must BIZ assessed,
and the best opportunity offered for that
purpose will be on next Saturday at
the City Hall. Ifevery Republican in
Delaware will only take the trou-
BILE next Saturday to attend the
specified places where the assessors
have promised to meet them, and have
their names put upon the assessment
lists, then We will join our valued con-
temporary, the Philadelphia Evening
"Bulletin," and other Republican pa
pers outside the State, in predicting
Republican victory next November,
but unless Republicans take the trou-
BILE to 90 and get assessed, there will
be no more chance Of Republican vic
tory in Delaware than there is in Ken
lucky.