Daily Republican., 1880-11-20
PENCE, acy and tho negro Vo.~,

luo hSeFy bSoniuS nso boAo W WA
siderable trouble to Try t. ascertain Il
numb Of negro votes cast at the la'
State ele ,tlon ami it has figured Il.
1881 in this city, 1912 10 the hundlsi
ontside the city, in all 1898 in tn
county. According to its publishes
researches the Democratic white yot
in the city is 1882, the Republican
white vote 1928 and the Republican
black vote 1881. In the county in
cludiAg the city, it has demonstrates
to Its own satisfaction that the tota
Democratic white vote is 1920, the to
tai Republican white vote 1907, AMI
the total Republican black vote ii
1895, and then it strikes balance anG
shows thai of the white vote Of tht
county the Democrats have 2,7l9 ma
jority. We do not accept this cslcula'
ton IS correct, though We do not deny
that the colored men 50 generally vot,d
with the Republicans as to make their
vote practically solid. Yet 1t is a well
known fact that quite a number o.
oolored men reaching probably into
hundreds voted the Democratic ticke'
being induced to do 80 through pecu.
mary considerations offered by the
Democrats themselves. The entsrpris
ing efforts Of the Democratic organ are
incomplete without at least an approx
mated computation Of the co!ored Dem
scratic voters. That there were not
more to vote that ticket was no fault
Of the Democrats. Every thing was
done that could be done to secure COL
ored votes for the Democratic party,
but it stands to the credit OF the coIored
voters that though poor and needy
as many Of them were, no money could
buy their votes for the Democratic
ticket. We have no hesitation in say
ing that tbs number of colored votes
said to havs been cast has been grossly
exaggerated. There were no So colorei
votes cast in the Third warI, and
neither were any thing like 1877 cast 10
the Fifth ward. The same exaggeya
ton no doubt holds good throughout
the county. Those who overhauled
the poll lists for the names OF solored
voters, must have counted with them
the names Of hundreds OF Democratic
repeaters wi o generally voted under
fictitious names.
The object of this lsbored effort on |
the part Of the Every Evening, is
plainly shown in its comments. 1t is
10 stir up feeling of hostility on IL o
part of white voters against the black
voters.
1t is to show the white voters that
hey are overridden and crushed down
~ the Republican party, aided by the
leZro vote, as without that it is trus
hey could not have succeeded In elect
NJ their ticket in New Castls County.
Ifter viewing the question in all its
arious phases, the Every Evening I
ONES to the orclusion that 1t Is very ,
Insafe for any party to hold power
through tie blin1 adherence OF a mass !
I unintslligent AMI do3ile voters.
hat is just the concIueion the RspRt y
can party cams TO long ago after ears
proof that the Democratic party was a
ept in power through the ignorance -.
the great mass, of its voters and ths y
7ilsof So ,h ignorance were plainly seaa t.
New York and other cities where a
prevailed to an alarming b
tent long before the negro had c
ote. n
But t, Q Every R5ening while it has +,
rem 'dy to propose woald not dispoI- Ii
10, the negro Of his vote by disfraL-
Isment. 1t admits this cannot |,
J done. Nobody will ever live to see r
. The tendency Of the nation is to- II
ards universal suffrage, and the ne II
20 will continue to vote and what gals O.
lat paper is as it states, he will con- c
nve to vote to sustain the effort of the b
oh to rule the poor, Of thu employing u
ass to treat the vote, Of the employed
part of their property. These r,
re the Every Evenings promises, not a,
urs. Finally it proposes a remedy a
n the evil and like all other dilem. =,
las it has two horns to it. What are q
ley9 The first one Is that "every a.
hits working man must come out Of h
ae Republican party" Yes, must.
here IL no temporizing, halfway n
leasures about it. :;
he must come out ald d, mat join b
no intelligent and Lone1t hard work. ii
1g men Of the Democratic party of the n
at Gardner stripe. The other horn Of
he dilemma is that, failing in the first,
tAs negro vote itSel must be divided"
'hers Is also "must" in this case.
70 mild persuasive means trs to br
Employed. If the negroes, like their .
white brethren, are 80 stubborn asluot
70 leave the Republican party and make