Daily Republican., 1882-10-13


were omitted you could not get off the
list unless through the scheme Of a
Democratic office holder. The speaker
asserted that under the law as then en-
acted you could pay your taxes on up
to the time when the window closes,
and under the constitution you could
vote on auy tax receipt for four years,
(if you we're a Democracy. Previous
TO 1873 no one had dreamed of q devise
to prevent man of the opposite party
from voting. This law, however, was
altered by the Democrats by this sim pie
and fatal devise. The collectors of taxes
were instructe to post notices in Ger.
tain places that they would sit on three
certain days for the collection Of taxes
at the usual voting plNCes, and If they
failed to come up their names should
be stricken from the list. They even
went farther and said that any person
stricken from the list could not be re-
stored for twelve months, making two
years Acknowledgement in all. That
was the devise by which the crime
against suffrage was worked. The
Democrats then cried out, Why don't
you pay your taxes?" To which l re-
ply that men are often dereliGt In the
performance OF their political dutief
and they don't pay enough attention tc
the matter, but the main trouble Is the
notice iS not sufficient.
The speaker said at tho end nf 1873
or 1879 there were IN the State nj least
5000 people who were disfranohiscd
and when the assessors met In the City
Hall over 1900 were found To be dis
franchised in this city alone and we
had proof of that the other nigh
when Mr.. Grubb, who spoke in 1nsti
tute Hall said: "That il they permit
ted the Republicans to get hold of the
taxing machinery Of this State no Dem
ocrats will be permitted to vote" HI
(Biggius) guaranteed to say that II
the Republicans were successful IN
getting control of the Levy Court there
would be no hope for the Democratic
party.
The charge l make against the law
and the men that uphold II, Is because
1t doesaot protect the political privileges
Of the people and any man, white OF
bIa,k, unless he owned real estate,
would find himself disfranOhised un-
less the party OF which he ohanoed t.
belong created q quasi official organi'
zation to keep his name on the assess
ment list.
The speaker said he did not want to
be mtsund derstood, but had no objections
of being distinctly understood. 1t II
generally known that the majority o.
manufacturers In this oity were Re
publicans. 1t had been the only chance
which had made 1t humanely possible
for N - Rioriy of Republicans to enfran
chise themselves by meeting thest
election laws. Men Of means had re
spondeI whenever required, and to-
night the Republican party Of Della
ware stands ia line before their polioi'
cal opposerS and calls them to account
The most ensctive, indispensable ant
most important part Of this camapigE
on the Republican side was already
done [applausel. That the work OF
organization had been gone through
with in March last and Messrs. Nc
Lear and Stone In accomplishing tha
work had laid the foundation Of theil
success which he believed they wert
going to reap. But suppose you loose
the Levy Court, where will you evel
get the effort again displayed and
doubt whether you ever get 1t again,
viii you turn 1t over to the Demo
cratic party and leave it for the Collec
tor to say whether or not you shall re-
main on the Assessment list. The Col
leCtor carries Democrats and turns owe
Republican.
They were entering this campaigl
ss with loaded dice, 1t was "heads
win, tails you loose" Laughter The!
lived under rule by the people ant
under law by tho majority, A major
ity of one was just as sacred % a major
ty OF million. ,-
He spoke about the Ninth ward two
years ago, and said that a majority
Of one did not seem to stand with the
Democratic party. He said that party
had used the mighty arm of the Law
to strip the peOrle Of their rights. IN.
senior Senator from this State had sale
the night previous, that it was no easie
for a man to vote in Pennsylvania O
New York than it was In this State
but ne denied the assertion, for in thi
State a man must be assessed one yea
ahead, while in PennsS lvania a NAL
can be assessed until within ten days
of the election.
In this State there are at least 100
men who are deprived Of their Votesan'
unless these laws are repealed by IN
next. Legislature, he would be boil
enough to say that the coDstitutionSllt,
of the law that disfranchises SO man
citizens vii De tested before an0the
tribunal. The present election law
are in violation of the constitution c
this State, and they will so be declares
when they are brought before tn
Court. An effort was ma de at the Las
session of the Legislature to have thes
unconstitutional laws repealed, an
while every Republican voted in favo
OF their repeal, every Democrat VIII
the exception of one voted against 1t,
Mr.. Williams Of Sussex, all honor b
to him, voted In favor Of sustalnlni
them. Last night their leaders stoo
on this platform and told you thes
laws were good, and should remain o
the statute books, and he (the speaker
was opposed to any man going TO tt
Legislature who entertained such opli
ions. The speaker continued to sho
the evils of the present system at som
length and said, that if a collecto
would keep away from hone and hlo
in the swamps when Republicans Wat
ted to pay their taxes, no would
doing right according to Democrat
views, and was pretty sure OF beln
taken up for sheriff.
i He called this crime against tn
saffrage-s crime of the first magnitude
L. deprived the people OF the right
selfgovernment aud took away trol
the individual the right OF exercisln1
his fall control over affairs. IL reml
tad them to despotlsm MOI
odious than that Of the Gar or BIZ
marck without half its respectaolllt!
Proceeding to consider the subject I;
equal representation, the speaker sal
that the constitution of 1881 gave Ne
Castle county equal representation
| .Lo Taojalatnra Al that time the Dol