The daily gazette., 1882-10-04

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a sweeping Democratic victory In this county
| which has gone Democratic by at least 2O0
majority. In Wilmington on the popular
vote the Democrats have a majority of Is on
assessors and 81 on inspectors. The Repub
licans have of the II inspectors in the city,
however, while the Democrats have II OF
the ~ inspectors in the county. The city
two years ago at the Little Election gave III
majority.
The result in New Castle county is great
triumph for the Democrats on such small
vote.
In Kent county the Democrats have six
out OF the nine inspectors, and they have a
small majority on the popular vote for these
officers. The Republicans have small
majority on the assessors vote. The sur
prising result In Kent county is due to the
large vote In Milford hundred, and an apathy
on part of the Democrats in some other
hundreds.
The result in Sussex county gives the
Democrats majority In the Board of
Canvass.
In the city the election was characterized
by the most unblushing interference by the
special policemen who were appointed for
the sole purpose of helping the Republican
cause along. Fred. Ryan and Hugh Shields,
In the west precinct of the Fifth ward,
specially distinguished themselves for their
bulldozing propensities, and crowded around
the polls all the time.
In the East precinct of the Seventh ward
there WAS q most disgraceful exhibition of
negro bulldozing. At this place there was
not policeman when he WAS needed
Charles H. McWhorter, the Democratic
candidate for inspector, relates what took
place as follows "There was light colored
vote up to between and $50 O'Clock.
Then black mob, numbering between rs
and 100 came up. Many of them were very
drunk and quite disorderly They at once
began to run In voters on age. The in
spectors took number of them without
requiring any voucher or qualification
After 10 or Is of them had been taken thus
l said we had gone far enough
and that there must be vouchers, as
voters on age must be qualified. At this
there was general rush at me, and half
dozen assaulted me. The disturbance was
intense and drunken negroes swore and
made efforts to tear me away. No officers
were about and the disturbance could not be
quelled. Eight or ten Democrats tried to get
in TO the window and the negroes declared
thatnot another white s--of b-should
vote. They took control, shut up the win
dow and afterwards tore off the shutters.
That was at $40, and not another vote was
cast. Mr.. Stroud, the Republican candidate
for inspector, did all in his power to restore
order, but was powerless.
The general inefiicency of the police yes
terday is u matter Of consideration to-day, |
and expressions of disgust at their apathy SO |
far as preventing disorders is concerned are |
frequent, They took no decidedly aggres- |
sive position, but stood passively by in many |
while roughs belonging to their |
own party bulldozed voters and cursed and |
swore around the polls. They did not |
seem powerless to prevent disturbances but /
were decidedly indisposed to interfere, even
in several cases when called upon by inspee-
tors to preserve order. If they were given
ing their duty they failed to profit by it. At
nearly every voting place the blue coats
took possession and did what they could to
run the machine, and instead of insuring an
orderly election undoubtedly created one of
the most brawling one, as far as talk goes,
that the city has seen for some time.
In the Second ward three ofthe "models.
made themselves perfectly at home from the
start, and officer Cannon declared, before
the polls opened, that If Samuel Roberts
acted as the Republican inspector there
would be no election held there. Ali day
long number of black men, under the
leadership of Jack Allen, a hard case, who
made several dire threats what he would do,
obstructed the sidewalk and made
It unpleasant for any respectable person to
During the day George Quinn,
we'll known Democratic voter, attempted to
vote just about the time disturbance was
created, with which he had nothing to do. |
He, however, was seized and dragged to the
City Hall, but was subsequently released Oh
bail and allowed to deposit his ticket. No
effort at all was made to stop the disorder,
but two other Democrats besides Quinn were
arrested and after the polls closed bailed out
by Mr.. Lore.
At the west district of the Filth ward,
Seventh and Madison streets, disgraceful
scenes were transacted all day, and as usual
The police encouraged the rowdies by not in
terfering. Fred. Ryan, from the Third
ward, and Hugh Shields, from the Tenth
ward, who were evidently employed by the
had mere to say than any of
the voters entitled to word there. They
challenged Democratic voters and inter
Tered with them In divers ways.
When an appeal was made to =
officer Bowers TO quiet the men, that
official replied "These are the kind of
men we want" Officers Morris and Bow.
srs were ordered by the Inspector to arrest
Ryan, but no attention was paid to him. I
other reliable men were also treated with
,corn. Ryan, on different occasions, seized
workers and made savage
threats, but no blows were struck. The
larkies, too were very officious and cursed
and upbraided the Democrats upon the
,lightest proyocation.