The daily gazette., 1882-10-10

tion-Republicans 10 Repudiate' Their
Leaders.
tTo-day's PhIla. Times
The way was open for clean-skirted Re-
publican victory In Delaware this year, and
snch' Republican triumph would be q
blessing to the more progressive elements Of
the little Commonwealth but in Delaware
as In most other States, when honest, intelli-
gent, progressive Republican victory was
possible, the clammy hand of the Boss
machine grasped the Republican sceptre and
doomed the party to defeat. The "little
election F." held on Tuesday, when carefully
analyzed, forecasts the defeat of the
Republican party in Delaware--not be-
cause the people would not accept q
trusted Republican control Of the State,
but because the people of Delaware will
not, and cannot, accept a Republican
mastery that presents all the evils Of Bour-
bon illiberal rule, and corruption and dis
honor besides. This Is clearly ,f0rshadoued
by the returns Of the little el>ction." In
the strong Democratic counties Of Kent and
Sussex, the Republicans made creditable
gains, but In New Castle, where Republi-
canism has its best footing, the Republicans
lost both their power and prestige, aud that
indicates the loss of the State that was SO
nearly within the Republi, an grasp.
The load that has crushed the hopes Of
Republican victory in Delaware Is the
"Dover Junta," baud of Boss political
freebOOters, among whom Albert Currey,
George P. Fisher, Richard Harrington and
James Lofiand are chiefs. Currey is the
nominee OF the Junta for Governor. He Is
an illiterate man, is opposed to free schools,
and believes In machine politics because he
lacks the intelligence to be prominent in
any other method Of political control. He
is the mere dependent Of Fisher, Harrington
and Lofand, and it is well understood that
they have already parted the fruits of
Currey's prospective victory between them
selves. They have cooked the hare and
now they are trying to catch 1t.
With Currey In the Gubernatorial chair,
Harrington would make himself Currey's
Attorney General the vacancy in the Su-
preme Court that Is reasonably probable at
an early day, will go to Fisher, and Sauls-
bury's seat in the Senate is Lofiand's part
Of the machine swag. 1t was this now well
founded apprehension that made the better
element Of the Republican party in New
Castle, under the lead of such as Higgins,
conspicuous by its absence at the recent
Republican demonstration In Wilmington,
and that made New Castle county dethrone
the Republicans from their achievement,
over Bayard himself, at the last election.
Judge Fisher was the District Attorney OF
Washington and Harrington was his Assist
ant, VIXEN the memorable safe burgl. .ry was
perpetrated toshield machine crime. Fisher
YVES conveniently absent and Harrington con-
veniently on duty, when the safe burglary
was executed, and Harrington cooled his
Stalwart enthusiasm In Canada for some
time thereafter. With Harrington Attorney
General and Fisher on the highest judicial
tribunal of Delaware for life, there
would be an administration of law
and justice ill-beftting the sturdy
integrity that has been the silver
lining TO even the darkest Bourbonism; and
there are many Republicans In the State
who will refuse to gain n Republican tri.
urhph that must come stained with inefface-
able dishonor. That is the lesson of the
Republican defeat In New Castle on Tuesday
last, where the foundation of honest Re
publican hopes was shattered, and It very
strongly foreshadows the election of the
liberal Democratic candidate for Governor.
He is not only liberal and free from the
slavery of faction, but his intelligence and
integrity are undisputed.
1t IL reasonably certain that a large ma
jority of the people of Delaware would
prefer some other man than Mr.. Salisbury
to represent the State in the Senate {; but all
the Democrats and four-fifths of the Repub-
licans who can read and write, would prefer
Mr.. Salisbury as Senator to Mr.. Lofand.
Salisbury stands still when Delaware ought
to advance. He is not conspicuously able
and he is q generation behind the times,
but he is honest and sanctions NO
dishonesty In others, and between
an honest Bourbon and the type of profit
gate and corrupt progress that Dick Har-
rington would inaugurate, all honest citi-
zens of every party would suffer the ills
they have rather than fly to-, the unknown
evils of the Dover Junta that has Harring-
ton as its architect. When the Democrats
shall carry Delaware in November next az
now seems much more than probable, they
should unite In a vote of thanks to Dick
Harrington and his Dover Junta as the
authors of the Democratic victory.