The daily gazette., 1880-08-31
FOR SHERIFF,
PURNAL j. LYNCH.
FOR CORONER.
JOSEPH YARNAI.L.

a GOOD SIGN FOX THE DEMOCRATS
Good Generals never expose their
strength to the foe. But the Radical
party in Wilmington has not been mind
full of that caution which is one of the
main reliances for success in military
operations, although they started out in
the campaign with cap, torch and he'll
met, and all the paraphrenalia of camp
life with several majors and colonels and
General to lead them. ANY one who
will take the figures that may be found
In the GAZETTE, or either of the Repub-
llcan papers of yesterday, will see that
the forces of the two factions which
made desperate struggle on Saturday to
get every Republican voter to the polls
without regard to his qualifications, or
prepayment OF tax, were only able in
the whole city to poll 2591 votes. Had
they required legal tax receipts to be
shown it is doubtful if they would have
polled so many by several hundred. A
the city election last September Mr..
Llchtenstein, who was certainly the
strongest man they could put forward,
received 2l92 votes for President of the
Council, and was beaten by Mr.. Sbarp-
ley, who received 2596 votes. Sharp
ley's majority being 404. The Democrats
should do better now. But this will
serve for comparison. Our object is to
prove to our Republican citizens thai
the Democrats will beat them anyhow:
and, therefore, they should keep in theI
pockets any money which the politicians
are urging them to give to help carry
the city election; and to furnish them
with another reason for permitting their
party TO be beaten by the Democrats on
the score of economy. We think every
nan of sound sense seeing that the
Democrats have reduced the taxes ten
per cent. in two years, would conclude to
continue them in power in order to
Keep the tax rate down to $1.1O or get
1t to 81 on the 800, if possible. Such
Is our object in seeking to prove from
the vote of Saturday of the two parties
that the Democrats will carry the city
election on Tuesday. To prove this we
submit that in the whole city the Re
publicans could only poll 2502 votes,
while in the Southern District alone the
Democrats polled 1900 votes. Now
there are more voter in the Northern
District than there are in the Southern
Therefore, if we give the Democrats
l6CO votes in the Northern District
their vote would be 32OO; which gives
Them majority Of 6Gl uotes in tie cttv,
And that is perhaps somewhere near
what the official result would be in ,
vote as full as that of the contest, n
Saturday. In looking over the officja
vote on the Assessor in 1877 we find tba
IN the Northern District Mr. Provost
received 1916 votes; and Mr.. Kennedy
9O7, making 2228 in all. In the South
ern District, Mr.. Kyne received 1143
and Mr.. johnson S7S, making 2O2l il
all. These figures make the case ratbe
better for the Democrats, since the,
show that they have gained largely II
that District. Last September the yot,
in the Northern District was for Sharp
ley, 115l; for Lichtenstein, 1891; max
ing 2542. In the Southern District, fo
Sharpley, l445; Lichtenstein, sOl
making 2246. This result is also fayora
BILE to the Democrats, showing as it doe,
that the Republicans cast more votes o,
Saturday than they did last year at the
sular election.
We, therefore, conclude that if tb,
Democrats do their whole duty, anr
come out to vote as they should, the,
will carry the city by about 600 maiori
ty. Should this prove true it will >,
Set down as it should be, as a vote f,
economy more than as Democratic
triumph.
Now, it must be remembered il
this connection thai the GAZETTE last