Daily Republican., 1880-12-06
Delaware. Co.grsss,ona. Coa'ss,.

The notice rom Hou. Johu W. uouH
ton opon Hon. Z. l.. Martin, that b.
intends to contest his right to a seat II
the Congress Of the United States
comes like a clap OF thunder from a
clear sky, as thors were very few
amongst the Republicans and none
anon zst the Democrats ever dreame
that Judge Houston had any notion O.
making contest. However, We ar
glad that the Judge has come TO the
conclusion to push things" and now
We may expect to hear rattltng
amongst the dry Bourbon bones Of Del
aware such as has never been Heard
before. The maj ity over Judge HOus OF
at the late election wa, only $50 which
in any thing approaching fair contest
would be difficult to overcome, were it
not for the rank injustice that has
bseH praoticsd year after year in the
assessment of voters and the systems-
tice plans which have been put inaper,
tion to defraud Republicans out OF tL cir
votes. Though thers were hundreds
Of illegal votes cast at ihe late election
by rspeaters and by persons rot assess.
ed a, all--fully enough to overcome
the $50 majority that Mr.. Martin got,
the main point in the contest vii bs
the unjust and iniquitious assessment
and tax collection laws which were
framed, adopted and carried ont by
interruptions partisan politicians NOR.
for the purpose Of defraudiHg Rspubl;-
cans out OF their votes than to secure
an honest collsction Of the taxes which
should be- the ultimate and Only
obiscs Of the law. We have always
oonteuded that there wers two thous.
and Republican majority in the Slate
upon fair and full vote OF the people,
and sInos the late election We have no
reason to take any other view 0! the
case, aud the only reason why that
majority was not given its full force, is
because the Democratic party by mi
mica! IegislAtio to prevent the assess
ment Of Republicans and systematic
and successful efforts prevsntSl many Of
those who wers assessed from voting.
Rvery Republican and hsnest citizen
Of the State should rejoice that there is
now an opportunity to expose Demo.
cratic assessment frauds and frauds at
the polls. Judge Houston has thrown
down Il gauntlet not as q partisan
but as a citizen of Delaware, determin-
cd 10 have Justice done, and wnetatr
the Democrat, are willing or not they
are bound to take it up. The time has
come at last when Congressional Com
mittee will halt on its wsy North at
Wilmington aud will make the long
nesdsd inquiry whether Delaware has
q Republican form OF govern uGent. 1t
may bs On exFaneous matter and for
eign to the present contest, but Con.
grsssion2l Committee will not fail to
note that there are 10000 citizeos Of
New Castle co. ,1nty that have no voice
nor 10! il MAXIM the LAYS Of the State,
and in all probabiIN..V never will have
90 long as the domiA ant Democratic
party is permitted to rids rough shod
over the rights of the people by iniqui-
touS Legislation and fraud at the polls.
The Democracy will now be comp lied
TO face the music and answer for tia ir
Irauis. We have more than once pre-. f
licted tba: liglt would succeed night i,
Df darkness, aad 10 the light is break. +
ing. The two Democratic Assessors OF
this city for 1878 and 1879, Messrs.
Ward and Hughes, Will now bs given t
an opportunity for showing why they 4
assessed between 400 and 500 Demo {
Gratis who were upon the error list Of c
1879, contrary to State law. T
The Levy Court Of New Castle couu- .
ty will now he given an opportunity s
for telling why they refused to strike !
those 400 or 500 names illegally &-
sesssd from the as ssessment books. |:
will help the matter along exceedingly ;
to know ths. George Gray, Esq, one Of
the allsst attorneys in the State, now
the States attorney and then, and for
years bsiOye, the attorney for ths LevJ
Court, dseided in an able AID lengthy
decision thst it was per!e tiy legal and
right that such nam should be strick.
en- from the assessment, and that in
accordance with that decision Lul
dreds Of names were stricken from the
list. The Levy Court will now be
called upon to give reason why 1t
was legal TO strike hundreds OF names
from the lists in 1875, willie in 1880
they refused TO strike any names from
the lists which were illegally assessed.
It may come out In the courae Of the
investigation that those stricken from
the lists in 1875 were Republicans
while in 1880 those which they refused
to strike off were Democrats. The