Daily Republican., 1882-06-02
THIRD EDITION.
THE DEHOcHATIC GAM,

THE DEMUuHA II GAMF.
now WILM. GIOS Is BEING
FILLRD WITH NE EATERS
FkOM h ALT MOrSE AND
PHI.ADEI.PHIA.
Although the REPUBLICAN has for
several days been in possession OF the
fact that the DemoCrats intended to I'LL
this city with repeaters from Baltimore
and Philadelphia, it has retrained from
saying ag,eat deal upon the subject
until the leaders If that party had fully
matured their plans. Day by day tn )
cry has been raised by the Democratic
organ anu tha mopgrel hat Is IL
journal, about negroes being brought
to this CITY to vote the Republican tick
ct, and bogus interview With Color
ed man who was arrested tor attempt,
ing a theft has been widely publshed
to snow chat he was brought here by
man nameI White as repeater
The coored man who is now IN New
Castle Jail, denies the whole story Oh
the illegal interview, and says tnaI he
came tD this city in search OF employ
ment. As for the man White, whom
thew said brought this man here, II mas
been ascertained thai he has not been
in this city for sCme Eiine, but ls wotR-
ing in Pennsylvania. Ihis ne aeh ilke
many others connected by tne Denoc'
racy is msnuiacl ured out or the waole
cloth, and was no doubt lntehded TO
divert the attention OF honest voters
from the fact that no sooner had the
Democrats organized for the campaign,
than they sent their confidential agents
to Baltimore to engage the service
of gang of roughs, to come to
this CITY and make the election of Mr.
Carpenter an assured fact. These
things were looked upon at first as
mere idle election rumors, but upon in
yestigation they were found to be only
too true, and there are men in this city
who would indignantly resent the least
imputation upon their honor, who have
knowingly been assisting in this scheme
and have promised money to aid in Its
consummation.
The names of several Democratic
office holders who are assisting to per
petrate these frauds are In the hands
Of prominent Republicans in this city
Men have. been sen: from here to Bal.
timore, and through the agency of a
prominent detective of that city have
been brougt face to faco with these re-
peaters, who made no secret of the fact
that they had been hired to come to
Wilmington and vote the Democratic
ticket Many of these men were inter-.
viewed separately, and all agreed in
telling the same story, and Laughing
about the way that they intended to
fix up tho city government Tor the
people of Wilmington. Through the
efforts of this detective it was asoer'
tanned that there are seventy five men
engaged, and their instructions are MOI
to vote less than four times each anC
as many TIM es more as possible. Thus
it will be seen that unless something
is done to check this wholesale scheme
of fraud, there will be at least three
hundred fraudulent votes polled by Bal
timore repeaters alone.
These repeaters are under the charge
If a man named McAlsese, who is al
ready in this city and quartered at tht
house of Democratic official who is a
candidate for reelection. When 1t was
ascertained beyond possibility OF
doubt that these repeaters had been en-
gagged, it was deemed advisable to adopt
some means to prevent their carrying
their plans into execution, and after
consultation, it was decided to employ
the detective Mr.. West,. of Baltimore
and several of his men who know these
roughs, to come to this city, and if they
should attempt to vote to point then
out and prevent their so doing. INT
agreement was made with Mr.. Wes
and he and several of his best men vii
arrive in this city this afternoon or eve
ming, and be quartered at the Clavtol
House, where rooms have been secured
for their accommodation by the Repub
ican City Executive Committee. To
morrow the detectives will be stationed
where they will be able to identify
these repeaters, and point them ou
should they attempt to carry out thell
schemes.
Fortunately these plans were also
discovered in time, and these men arr
80 closely watched that it will scarce
ly be possible for them to leave tor thi'
city without word being sent in ad
vance. There will also be detectives
here from Philadelphia, to whom thes
men are well known and everything
possible will be done to prevent then
carrying their nefarious schemes int
execution.
The Democratic leaders upon finding
that their plans in Baltimore were dis
covered and likely to prove futile, turn
ed their attention to the Fourth War,
of Philadelphia, and with the assistance
of Squire McMullin succeeded in fish
ing out of the slums of this stronghold
of Democracy a sufficient number of 1t
denlzens to carry the election in thi
city unless their plans are frustrated
The ease with which they succeeded il
obtaining the services Of these sem
blences of humanity can be fully under
stood when the fact is known that O.
the day of the last election in Philadel
phia Squire McMullin stood in tn
yard back of his gin mill and bouRh
them 10 vote as he wished, at price
ranging from drink OF common whisk
up to 65 cents each.
The honest voters of this city, th
men who are opposed to Baltimor
roughs, and Philadelphia hirelinG
coming here to control the vote of Wi
mingtOn, can do a great deal towar
putting a stop to this illegal voting
Let every man who values the puri'
of the ballot box endeavor to be aroun
the polls tomorrow, and If any OF
whom he has good cause to think is n
entitled to vote should attempt to do &c
challenge hiil, and use every honorab
means to prevent his vote being !
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