Daily Republican., 1882-07-08
GPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKEI
SATURDAY, JULY ., 1889



The organization of what is called
the young Democracy of the State,
suggests that the young Republicans
could not do better thing than to Or
ganize also. The coming political con-
test will be the most hotly contested
of any that has ever taken place in the
State, The Democracy are in posses
sion of the State government now and
have been practically SO for the last
twenty-five years and they will not
give up their hold upon it without a
desperate struggle. They have sucked
and pulled at the teats of office until
they have grown fat and arrogant,
bidding defiance to all efforts to dis
lodge them so long as they beld the
machinery for making votes in their
hands. But now the machinery
is slightly out OF order. A cog has
been broken out of the main wheel by
the recent city election and the wheel
revOlves at an irregular and humping
gait. Now is the time for the young
men of the State who want to take this
machinery out of the hands of the old
Bourbon dynasty that never acknowl-
edges that the world moves. Organi.
nations should be perfected in every
election district in the State, not for
the purpose of making a parade show
bnt for the purpose of working for the
success of the party. This can be done
in various ways. 1t is too late of
course to get voters assessed, but much
can be done by reminding voters that
they must pay their poll taxes if they
would vote in October and November.
Much more can be done by assisting
some honest but poor Republicans to
pay their taxes. Intelligent argument
would also be of great avail with many
who ian give no other reason for being |
n Democrat than that their father,
grandfather and great grandfather
NCIo DouloCIdCS' AuOoAAIkouO dEBu'
ment consists in showing how the
State has Jagged behind her sister
States in all that makes people pros
porous and happy. While other States
elect their rulers Delaware clings to
the old plan of the Governor appoint
ing nearly all the State officers thus
concentrating in one man power and |
a privilege which should belong to the
people. Ofall the officers elected for
Ihe State at large the people are only
permitted to vote for Governor. The
judges, the Chancellor, the Attorney
General, the Auditor, the Secretary Of
State, the State Treasurer and the Su-
PeFintendent of Education, officers
elected by the people in other States,
are all appointed by the Governor in
Delaware. Of the county officers only
the Sheriff and Coroner of each county
are elected by the people. The Protho-
notary, the Recorder of Deeds, the Reg
lister of Wills, the Clerk of the Orphans
Court and the Clerk of the Peace are
all appointed by the Governor. The
people who should have something to
say in the matter are relieved of all re.
sponSibility in the matter by the Gov
ernOr naming all these officers. The
people are not entrusted even with the
election of Justice of the Peace or a
Constable In addition to this, we
still have Judiciary appointed for
life. Once a Judge always Judge.
This plan works very well, when the
Judges are good, but when they are
not what theM should be there is no
redress. The people only say who the
Governor, the Legislature, the Levy
Court, the Sheriff and the Coroner shall
be, that is all. Another argument to
use with intelligent men is that there
are 81, 600 disfranchised citizens in New
Castle county alone who have no voice
W hatever in the Legislature and the
mahO uO OlOLI W COEEcCO UulS
glaTing injustice. 1t can be seen also
that education is in the back ground,
shoBgh some progress has OF late been
DaG9e in that direction. The most of
She reforms needed will have to be at
tanned by Constitutional Convention,
but the Democrats will make no move
Eor convention 20 long as they can
hold the power without one. These
and many other reasons may be ad.
vanced in favor CT change and there
are many intelligent young Democrats
WhD in preference to being tied to the J
dead body Of an effete and worn out
Bourbon dynasty that never moves
forward, would gladly unite with any
party with live principles and favora.
bic to living reform movements.