Daily Republican., 1880-10-07
LOCAL CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

mnEnt-Fho wfstf0g ui1hed BoDul
lican Loader Takes Abis Issu
en- CeFtain P0,nts-The Ingenu
~ OF DeinW ares AssessaieL
Laws The Cause which led Z
the Writ OF Error I'm tae Hea
Case-stated aud n Camp
Slanoer Related.
Anthony Higgins, Rsg., stood on th
new stage in the Institute Hall Las
night for two hours aud talked u2o
local issues 0f ths present campaign
to an audience of thinking and res pee
table msn, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis, which filed the room to almos
uncomfortable clossnsss. The stage ma
been tastsfully decorated With days ant
bunting by Mr.. Saville. At s o'clocl
the band took its position in the gal
iery, and it having played an air, Georg,
w. Stone called the mesting to order
and named the following otiicsrs OF tn,
meeting, President, George W. Bush
vics Presidents, Il. T. Beilah, John r
Marr, Samuel A. Price, Il. T. Pirkela
James A. Anderson, John G. Baker
W. W. Candy, A. &. Peastsr, Christian
Pebigsr, and D. r. Stuart: Secretaries
n. Macklsm and G. W. Talley.
In assuming the chair Mr. Bush CON
graduated ths Republicans upon thu
victnty Of Tuesday. They had rs
deemed Wilmington and New Castle
county, (spplaussl aud ii they con
tinued tho same untiring work unit
next November they can hope with con
ldeDoe 10 give Delawa ares electoral
vote for Garfield and Arthur Applause
and cheers.
Mr.. Higgins then came forward and
spoke In substance Is follows, and, ad
dressing his audience in slS~ and de
Lucrative tone spoke first OF the fac
that Delaware Republicans had two
years ago not put ticket in the field
Doubtless you came hero TO hear me
talk OF Garfield, the great soldier
Statesman who will bs our next Prssi
dent; { Applause or OF Hancock, wht
is going back upon his record sad re
pudiating ths cause for which ht
fought. Bat until tho psopls Of thii
State have their rights | have no issn'
to pat before them other than ths wrong
which takes those rights away. ZAP
pl2Rse.
The Republicans are no towards to
have submitted to this quietly al have
said and ssen their rignts taken away.
That you may understand this question
of questions | will'beg your attention
IL is . question Of whether We so4tl
have self.govsrnMent or not. The gov.
srnmsDt we have had and this means by
which it has bssn secured ID not an.
titled to the name ct dignifsd oligarchy
II ID not rnle Of TriumvirAts, bat ol
Assessors, Tax Collectors, Lsvy Court
men aud Clerks Of the Peace.
THB ASSESSMENT LAW.
The Democrats are entering no fair
contest to-day. 1t does not stand Up
and fairly disetss the issues before the
people. To-day there are 1900 Rspub-
loans disfranohised, because Of the Gs-
.essment list--in Kent 300, in New
Castle 500, in Sussex 700. II these
men were assessed, as tits intended by
The constitution that they should be
The Democratic ROSTERS in the papers
yesterday would not have bsen 50 large.
The constitution makes it possible
het all adult male citizens, having
yainsd proper residence and peii tax
rhioh was assessed six months and paid
within two years, shall vote. This is
proper. The system Is not wrong bGt
hs actions Of the men who uss 1t are.
I had worked well from 1880 to 1872.
IA the latter year the Democratic party
n its Legislature changed the Law.
rill that time no man could get of the
lists unless the Collector 70.
urEed him as dead or having left the
tate. By the amended Law the asses
n can leave man off the assessment
ist when he pleases. Il
An6 this made thinking over thous
.nds. He puts up notices in an obscure
'laoe,. saying he viii! be at certain
lace, at 3 time to be naLIed by himself, \
0 put ma mes on the Est, and it makes
10 difference whether the man sees il
r not.
Mr.. Higgins went on to speak of the3
ntrioaeies of the assessment laws. It'll
7as optional with the collector to leave
ZEN Oft and thus disiranchise citizens.
Ie did not know II the like was down
outh, bat for dsvilisb ingenuity he
omnsnded it to them IL they wanted
ny thing worse than they nave now.
'siRg asses Jsd il man dess not pay his
TX in March after one election and 22
lonths before the next slection, he is
unless he is . Democrat.
he only way to overcome this is TO rise
D after such q punishment as Della
are Rspublcans have received, and
rganiZe band of your own assessors.
The speaker went on as tOdeseribs the
orh OF the Assessor as he administer
the partisan law Of Delaware, after
aying stated the fact that aseneral 3
sssssment is made every four years,
nd an additional assessnaant for tie
lree succeeding years. Last year the
publicans had been undergoing the
shedding process" for three years as
was ths third after the general as
,ssment aud many of them had been
.rowu of. 1t was the duty Of the AS q
,ssors to pat every man on the list, t
ut when tho day came for the sitting @
the City Hall in Wilmington l2Oe G
ep1blioans came to get assessed. Toi 8
low how obstacles were put in tbea
ny the speaker rsvieG.sd thsasssssmsnt' y
snet both at the City Hall and at New q
.stle bsfore the Levyenurt. He showed h
w men were kept of and deprived of t
ing ass essed aud thus of their votes q
the lev tricksry Of the assessors, u
d Senator Blaine the other day 5
len he said a majority Of one was q a
AMI must he respected surely d
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