Daily Republican., 1880-12-01
what Democracy Has Done fSr
BpelaW are.

LuTe Dub uoF0i III eumHtOhs AuhAo0Ao
turn the tide Of Democracy that ha'
set In. With the death OF John M. Clay
ton, the last dissenting Senator frou
Delaware disappeared from the Unite'
States Senate. A solid line OF Demo
cratic Senators mark the record from
then until now. Only four times IL
all those years was the solid Democrat
ic line broken In the House Of Repre-
sentatives. Elisha D. Cullen, an Amer
ican or Know. Nothing, broke 1t once
George P. Fisher second time; N. 3
Smithers third time, aud James R
Lofand fourth and last time. In th'
Gubern atorisl succession only Peter F
Causey and William Cannon were mum
bered amongst the opposition Govern
ors OF Delaware to ths Democracy. Tc
all intsnts and purposes the rule and
sway Of the Democratic party in Del.
have been uninterrupted, and 1t may
justly be held responsible for wha!eve!
Of evil or good has resulted from legis
lstion during that long and importani
period Of the history of our State.
In what condition did the Democrat.
ic party find the State on their scces
sion to power thirty years ago' The
State did not owe dollar Of debt. The
State Sentinel, that has been looking
back over the past, gives US some in
sight into the expenditures under
Wing rule and the expenditures nov
under exclusive Democratic rule. The
salary Of the State Chancellor under
Wing rule was 81, 100, now under Dem
ooratic rnle il is $7,70O. The salary
Of the Chief Justice was then 81, 300
and now it is $1,000.
The salary Of each of the Associate
Justices was then 81 900 each, now il
is 200 each. The Legislative OK
peuditures were then about $l1 ,O00
b:eunially, now they are about s32,.
900, or nearly three times as much.
The Sentinel thus continues the com
parisor;
Under the old Whig regime, when
such men as Comegys, smithers, Pat
terson, Fisher, Hayes, McFee, and Glib,
bOns filed the positions Of clerks to the
General Assembly, five and six hun.
dren dollars were considered by the
Democrats outrsgeously large compen-
satious for their services; but now, for
such magnificent clerks as Barney
Dawes and that other clerk, who neve,
kept any journal of the proceedings Of
the SenSt7, 81, to 81 300 is consid.
cred a very modest estimate OF the val.
ue Of their inestimable services. Hous.
ton, Wales and others Of that calibre
were content to perform the duties OF
Secretary Of State for $500 per annun,
or in deed, even less but the towering
genius of Grubb and Waloott have
more than twice the old |
Wing compensation, and still they are
ACt happy.
The Democratic party cams into POWER
aR areforn party and in favor OF econt-
my sni the above is sample OF their
reform and economy.
We have already stated that they
found the Stst9 entirely clear Of debt
when tn y gras ped the reins Of govern
nent, but before they we're in power
fifteen years, they had the State sad
1ltd with debt of Il 200, 000,) one
million two hundred thousand dollars. |
It has since been red 1ucad, but it ia still
,750, ,O00) seven hundred and fifty |
thousand dollars.
LIE. us aside from their financial man.
sgement, look at some Legislative gems
which peculiarly mark Democratic Re
form and Democratic economy. When
the rebellion broke out and the South
ern States had seeded, the Legislature
listened TO and entertained rebel Com
from Mississippi, who came
On 10 persuade the Legislature to take
the Slate on. Of the Union, when they
should have had them arrested aud
tried fer treason.
When the call came for the loyal pso.
pie 10 rally around the 6ag aud all the
loyal States w-ra Offering bountiss to
induce men to enlist in support Of the
Union, the Legislature Of Delaware Of
fsred large bountles to her citizens who
were drafted to stay at home. When
the loyal States were pouring ont
money without stint to assist the wives
and children Of those who lad taken
their lives in their hands and gone to
the front, the Dem ocrstlc Legislature Of
Delaware commended the wives and
children Of those who under a mis-
guided impulse had taken up arms
against their southern brethren, to
the sympathies Of the public. A re-
solution to raise the stars and stripes
upon the State House was promptly vo-
ted down. When slavery was abolish
ed, the Legislature refused to expunes
tne slave code laws from the statute
books and 80 far az Delaware Is ind
viduslIy concerned, the slave code is in
full force and virtue yet, but inopera
tie owing 10 unavoidable circumstan