Daily Republican., 1882-10-28

q treeholder that he is q citizen. Now
men are put in jail and even hung OF
the evidence Of men that are not free
holders ard yet man must have a
freehOlder 20 allow him TO be placed In
a condition 10 exercise the divine right
of suffrage,
He read the present assessment laws,
and showed their iUjuStice, and the
opportunities they gave the assessors Of
committing fraud. There are bad meE
al we'll as good men W both parties,
but when the Republican party COM
mits such frauds upon the people as
had been psrpetrated by the Democrat
party, then as much as he loved the
party, he would be one of the first to
ask the treemen of Delaware to put
the seal OF condemnation upon 1t. In
conclusion he said that a party who
would enact system of laws like these,
and then use them 10 perpetuate their
power as the Democrat party had done.
and were still doing, deserved the un-
qualified condemnation and reprobs
tion of every honest man in the com.
munity. The only Iemedy there is for
these frauds upon the people, is the
abolishment Of all laws that makes
prepayment Of q tax necessary to Gu.
able man to vote.
The principle of the Republican party
was that every man was entitled To ex-
press his opinion through the ballot box
as to the laws and men by whom he
should be governed.
George V. Massey, Esq, was then
introduced, and said that he congratu-
lated himself that the great principles
of good government we're thoroughly
understood by his auditors. There had
not been time within his recollection
when such great issues as are now pre-.
sentgl, were before the people. The
people of New Castle county have
everything to gain, or everything to
lose--in this eau paign.
Democrats were not disposed to
abate or abandon one jOt or little of the
power they held and had so contin-
uously exercised in the past in the
State of Delaware. Unfortunately the
State was made up Of three counties,
and New Castle was only one of them,
and inasmuch af the two lower coun-
ties have been purely Democratic and
the vital forces largely drawn from
them, they stood up and said "The
power of the party emaDatea from US,
and we'll dictate It's policy"
The people of this county pay the
taxes, and the other two counties run
the machine. You furnish the fuel,
and they set man to watch the thrOt
tie valve, and run it to suit themselves.
The principle of the Democrat party
seems to be representation according 10
taxation, and not presentation &C
cording To population. In railroad and
other companies men vote according to
the stock they hold, but in this Demo
cratic arrangement they want to hold
all the stock and do all the voting.
Taxation without representation was
uurepublican and undemooratic. In
New Castle county the whole assessed
value for county purposes as disclosed
by the last auditors report in 1881 was
S42. .693, Jos; in Kent, ,Sl2, S42, ,249; in Sus'
sex, So, ,388, ,288. The total for the three
counties was $64, 923, 1888, New Castle
furnishing within fraction Of twice
as much as the other two counties to-
gether, while in indirect taxation she
turLi ished three times as much, and yet
you arc enjoying "a government today
! rediCated on representation according
to taxation. Last year New Castle
county paid three tin es as much tax az
the other two counties put together.
The Democrat party says to the peo
pie of this county you are sick, and we
will admit you are, and we will pre-.
scribe for you after while, but the
very worst time to prescribe for man
is after he is dead, and Unless the peO-
pie of this county have some reIiet ere
long, they will be dead and the remedy
of 30 avail.
whe DeIl ocrats have always been
extremely soIicitous to protect the
voter from fraud, but the great trouble
has always been that the protection
comes from the inside. He said that
be referred to the sweet sounding law
that gave us the uniform ballot. There
ia nothing so sacred as the ballot, and
he the ught the Democrats would agree
with him in saying that nothing requlr'
ed greater protection than the BALLOT
Mr.. Massey then read the election law
passed by the last Legislature, an1
said 1t was prepOEterous to, say thai
the instrument that decided the fate of
the peopl4 Of this State, should De
lust aix inches long and three inches
wide.
He said that such legislation does
not belong to these times and WIN
burst of 0loqueICe said do liVe IN
The nineteenth century under the
American flag, or am l turned 30 far
hack that | do not know more ina
this. am under one man power
The speaker then proceeded to show
how this law made it possible Ior tnt
iuspeCtor TO decide the election TO sun
himself The law says that If any
ticket has any mark, or is folded IN d
manner that in the opinion OF the IN,
spector would show who had deposite91
it, he must lay it to one sioe; what Tor;
RI il is needed it can be counted
again, and if not, the law says he can
tbro " 1t out; we had an illustration OF
il AT the Little Election the vote STOOD
n Jie and there was one vote YET u
count and no doubt that Democrat In
snector wished that it was Democrat
ia vote, but when he opened it, 1t was
Repubiican, and the next thing TO De
done was TO hunt for distinguishing
mark, and he turned 1t over and over,
and car fully examined it in every
mart. Arer while he found q Hy
specL; now the speck was there and al
IL was there it must have been pul
there, and az it was put there II mus
have been put there for a purpose,
That was the logic that was passing
through the inspectors mind as he ex
amined that ticket. 80, A.,
He then takes that ballot with the
Az speok In his hand and says, LIN sor,
nv, but there is a mark on this tlGKet
and nusr.tbrow it out he hanu9 IL
to bis colleague who looks at II care
fully and not seeing anything on IL
saws must put on my glasses ana
then he looks at 1t again, and he hoIds
il up to the light, and after Whlle nc
secs it, and he says oh yes see 1t now.
and the more look at 1t the larger l.
Gets The Inspector then with the lasl
snark of honesty crushed, throws tAe
I'll. ort and decides the election