Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-25
the assessment lists, have been put on,
this NOT 70 the number Of hfty or q
hundred but hundreds.

shs assessment lists, have been put on,
this NOT 10 the number Of ffty or Z
hundred but hundreds.
When the assessors in this oity closed
their work last spring, there were from
1000 to 1900 Republicans who were
qualified 10 be assessed were omit
ted In this city alone. Was there ever
euch n spestacle witnessed in any
other city, as was witnessed here last
spring, when hundreds Of Rspublicana
stood in line from the city hall back
into the street demanding that their
names should be placed on the assess,
msnt list, and the assessors placing
every obstacle In thsir way possible
That Is not all, Republicans who pre-.
sented themselves for assessment, who
we're properly vouched fer and whose
names the ASSESSORS assured them, had
been placed on the lists, were not on the
assessment lists whom they returned 10
tho Levy Court.
And wusn the Levy Court met in
March last We had the scene presented
At New Castle OF hundreds of
Republicans begging the privilege OF
having their names placed on the as
sessment list so that nearly all of the
time OF the Levy Court In March was
occupied in doing very indiffersntly the
work the assessors In the hundreds
should have done. We certainly had
the right to expect that the Levy Court
selected from the body Of the county.
as the financial officers Of the county,
would at once have had this great
wrong corrected and wosld have been
shocked at the great fraud presented to
them and would have placed the seal Of
their condemnation on such action by
at snce having the nsme Of every man
who was entitled to be assessed put ON
the assessment list bat instead OF that
the fraud appeared to have their sppro
val, they acted with indifference and
reluctance on the applications to have
Republicans assessed and that is not
all. Republicans who appeared in
court and who were properly v0uched
for and who were reported by the court
as assessed, were not assessed or ifthey
were their names never were transcri-
bed into the assessment books in the
Levy Court. / am informed that out
Of $50 Republicans in St. Gserges Hun
dred alone, so vouchsd for and report
cd only 20 appear, on ths assessors du
plioates. That Republicans who were
assessed and whose names appear ON
the assessment books Of the Levy Court
are not transcribed into the collector
duplicates. White Republicans names
are placed on the list en- the collectors
books among the names Of Oslorsd men
and the collectors refuse to receive thsir
tax because they are assessed as
colorsd men. And that 10 not all, the
names Of Republicans that appear
properly on the assessment lists In the
Levy Court are transcribed on the Col
Lscsor's books under other and different
names, for instance the name John, is
transcribed James "Harris," a. Hsrri-
son, Young as Yount. These errors do
not appear by the tWentiss and ffies
but by hundreds and they are all
against Republicans. That Is not all.
Over 400 delinquent Democrats who
could not be assessed lawfully are as
Scssel, are on the Collectors hooks, are
receiving their tax receipts, have voted,
and will vote at the next election.
You have all doubtless heard or read
within short time the high encomium
pronounced by Mr.. Bayard upon the
right ofa freeman, to cast free ballot
and how employees were denounced by
him, as tyrants, who spoke to their
employees on the subject Of voting in
the interest Of the employer as we'll as
tho employee. but You have failed to
hear or read one word from Mr.. Bayard
upon these enormous frauds, psrpetra.
ted by his own party in this city and
county, by whioh frauds hundreds of
Republicans are deprived oftheir votes.
How long do the Republicans Of this
county intend to submit to nave their
rights thus trampled upon
ELECTION FRAUBs.
But the flauds are not confined 10 the
The votes that are on the poll list
when cast by Republicans are not
counted as they were east. As there
was q systematic scheme Of fraud to
Keep Republicans names of the poll
list, so there Is also systematic scheme
Of fraud not to count their votes a.
,hey cast them.
Al the late election in this county
knewn 40 the "little eleetioH," in the
Western district Of the Third ward,
1877 Republicans now openly certify
shat they voted at that election, for
Nr. Frederic Pyle for Inspector. Yet
,nly 126 votes were counted for Mr.. |
Pyle, and Democrat. whom majority |
II the voters did mot vote for. was
yiven the office. In the Western dis
riot Of the Fifth ward, there were 40
more votes reported as cast than there
we're names on the poll lists, and a
smocrat thereby given the Office. In
he Ninth ward, whore 2o7 votes were
,ast and Mr.. 2ibs Ferris received 104
# them, and was thereby elected and
lis election publicly announced by the
,Aicsrs who held the election. Yet
..tsr the election was closed. the bal
OTIS counted and the result announced,
hey deliberately threw out Republi-
an ballot which made the vote tie,
he presiding otiosr then assumed to
i've an additional casting vote and the
ertifcate which had been heretofore
isnsd py the Republican officers in
flank to be delivered to Mr.. Ferris
nth his name thereon was delivered
o Jesse @. johnson, = Democrat.
The Court OF this State BY solemn
Judgment has declared that Mr.. Fer.
is is the lawfully elected Inspector Of
hat ward. This judgment was rem
lered by the Court after full szamin-