Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-25
The MAY0RALTY.
,r,,,v TO TUE COMMUNlCA'
r,oN OH ..TRUTH."
-. o,aIiacstie.s Necessary for
..usidats-Mr. vlncests
u.,., for she Omce-One or
tns pioneers Of Republi'
cspism I'm the state d
mover deserted his
Party.

,.0a IN a communication published
..dsr the signature of Truth in tn
% naiIv Morning News, that Mr.. Vincen
!. asrecially Objectionable to that Por
~ isom IF the party that demands ability
s snI snerry, as the quality Of the Chic
Maoistrate sI Of the city. This same com
nusioation also says" that he (Mr
W;ncsnt) has only one card TO play anc
.hst ia sympathy. In reply l woulC
..ate MI. Vincent has raised a fami y
N our city, all of whom were born IL
Wilmington, ~ where he has Away.
Mood since boy hood, and that he has
nsysr M asked or received assistance from
Living soul. That he has been active
syer ,ince he was of ags In the affairs
~ tbe CITY. State and Nation. Thai
Ss was an energetic Republican in
nrincple mr. before the Republican party
20, organized. That he attended the
srut nnblic meeting called at the Mob.
II, hnilding 10 organize the Republican
narty in 1866, and that he has been an
active member of it ever since. Thai
he has always freely subscribed to the
nsrty funds, to enable it to carry on
Ia campaigns, and that the prizes OF
the marty have always gone to some one
sIss Thai he has never held any bu,
electiye offices, and only two of them
Wv Alderman and Treasurer or the
city Of Wilmington. That the Alder
mans Ctice was mainly one Of honor,
having but little pay and the Treasur
ers office the only one Of emolument,
and il paid $1,000 a year. That he new.
er split bis ticket, but always voted il
openly which he got from the Repub
licsn challenger at the window.
That he has always done his best tC
elect the party candidate, and never
uttered . word against him after nomi'
nation. That whenever he ran for
Office he was in every instance ahead
Of his ticke,, and in many cases the
highest man on the ticket. That he
was the highest man on the ticket for
Alderman in 1867, having 200 more
votes than some of the candidates.
That he was also the highest man in
his two last runs for Treasurer. That
the last time he ran for Treasurer he
was near seven hundred above the
party ticket. This was a greater vote
ahead Of his ticket than any man ever
received in the State before. That he
never applied for any State or National
of6Ce and never opposed or slandered
any of the candidates. That as regards
his energy and ability | will give the
following sketch of his past public life,
and detail few of the measures he has
3Orlginated, proposed, and carried
through, so as our citizens can .jldge
for themselves as to whether he does,
|or does not possess those qualities. The
matter may probably not Ue uninterest-
Ping to your readers, as their rela ton
will, In measure be
HISTORY OF OUR STATE AFFAIRS
for the last 81 years, much Of which
Is unknown to many Of our citizens at
The present time.
In lS45 when first Of age, he started
lhe Blue Hens Chicken which became
pneofthe best known, and most largely
arcuIated country papers in the United
ohes. 1t was the only paper known
10 Delaware thai paid the original
proprietor. All the rest were built up
npon the ruined fortunes of 4 CT 5 in
pl'lduals. In this paper he proposed
numerous measures for the public
Denefit, many of which were carried
hrough. A nongst them were the
following viz The calling of
CONVENTION TO REFORM THE CON-
sTlTUTIoN OF THE STATE.
10 carry TINS measure through he i'm
neuiateiy commenced to ag,tate the
nat'er by articles pointing out the de-
ects OF the present constitution. In
ko4o he lssued circular letters to the
aha,dates for the Legislatures of both
(ne W mig and Democratic parties, ell
ulrlng OF them, If cit tcted, whether
ley tIey "oulu vote ln favor of q bill
~ calling convention 30 as to make
~ otate Constitution more Republi-
hh IN us character. The principal
poolncatlons he desired were the eloc.
on OF all officers by tie people, and
'ing representation in our State Leg
,a'ufe according 10 population. Tho
s''a'or' however, when elected,
FUSED 10 pass law for that purpose.
ne leaders vt both parties opposed it.
1onn NJ. Clayton, the great leader
sno wing party, was against the
oasure' 90 also was Mr.. James A.
!afu, the great leader of the Demo-
AZ party. The latter gentleman at a
mocldIlcc meeting held in 1913,
ovou t'at some resolutions offered in
or Vi Convention be laid upon the
Ile. G. AT tie Whig County Meeting
Nv Nv AZ delaware City in May the same
Al tne late Philip Reybold being in
e9air' Mr., Vincent himself intro.
0eu resolutions in favor OF the meas
Wv ,he meeting refused to adopt
%' But he stuck to it until in 1851
neeisiature passed a law leaving
matter to the people. The popular
;ts VI .he state was overwhelmingly
iIs tav'r. The Convention was
tea' IL met on tho 4th OF March,
-. substantially every measure
soinmended by Mr.. Vincent was in.
porated IN the Constitution they
S. out one, VIZ: Representation in
,n" StaCe Legislature III proportion to
a.loh. naV. All the state anu County
eis were made elective including
S's, d, Ms sglstrales, state Treasurer,
l, lmt, oierk, Prothonotaries, &c.
ihgtoa indeed had her represen-
Un ua Increased, having two represen-
to,o v0 oy law instead Of one by party |
WIN as was allowed here then. On
avcount he gave this constitution |
.rd spport and Mr.. Clayton and Mr.. |
'u also opposing it, 1t was voted |
on anu the State is now under the |
su Sne - made in 1880. We need badly
4" constitution now as the reforms |
eala. n mat Instrument are now loud.
"ou lot by our fellow citizsns.
bnoh y. the expenses in pushing
W. W. thls Convention came out Of
,;oL ,;,Lu'ents own pocket. Many of |
NAeCs aud CIRCULARS were printed |
~t OK x pense. At one time he paid |
hole ,ho ient of the room rented to |
MID d1 convention Meetings. He al
haa S lor making all the benches, SC. |
M na, no earthly interest in the mat.
pa,. m,. rom the public good. The
l"''er he drove through was the
ENG OF THE WILMINGTON
BRIDGE.
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