Daily Republican., 1882-10-12
TRURsDAY, OCTOBER rs 1852.
Mr.. Bayard on Representation.


Senator Bayard has contributed what
is considered BY his party the great
speech of the campaign. The Senator
can enjoy the felicity of at least bring
ing together larger audience than any
speaker or number of speakers that pre-
ceded him. The people were anxious
to hear what the distinguished Senator
had to say on two leading subjects
that of representation and the match
TAX. They heard his views on the first
and but sparsely on the latter. The
match tax partly and the question OF
education wholly were consigned to the
oblivion of silence. he could not in
Justice defend bimself for his course on
the match tax question, which has
increased boxes of matches from FIVE
to seven cents, and on the subject OF
popular education. Mr.. Bayard was
never considered sound in his views
compared with the public estimate OF
free schools fcr the masses. In justice,
however to the Senator, it is right and
proper to say that he unequivocally de-
clared himself in favor of increased
representation for New Castle county.
There was no manner OF reason he
thought, why one man down in Sussex
county should be equal to two men IN
New Castle county. How much Of all
increase in representation he tavored'
he did not state-it may bave been one,
two or three members of the House and
An additional Senator, or it may have
been more-of that the audience and the
public were kept in blissful Ignorance
There was lacking that ringing decla'
ration of political equality and repre-
sentation according to population that
characterized Republican speeches. In
the absence of this declaration and In
the failure of the Democratic State con-
vention to recognize in their platform
representation according to population,
the people must still recognize the fact
that the Democrats after all do not
think that man in New Castle county
should be equal in political Importance
TO one in Sussex. With an audience of
working men before him composed
largely OF adopted citizens, Mr.. BayArd
did not dare to tell them that the Demo.
cratic party thinks 1t would not be safe
to confer on them equal privileges with
the farm hands OF Kent and Sussex
counties. 1t would Pc haps ee unfair
TO Mr.. Bayard to say that az he is bene-
hCred by The political inequality that
exists, he is led to oppose representation
according to population, for silence upon
kIat particular phase of representation
must be construed into opposition. New
ertheless it is true that Mr.. Bayard has
reaped largely the benefits Of the dis
franchisemert of one-third the voters Of
the State. Had there been equal repre-
Bentation his sixteen years of Continu-
Ous service in the United States Senate
would have been broken.
One declaration made by Mr.. Bayard
will surprise large number Of his coz
stituents. 1t has always been the Inn
preston that Mr.. Bayard opposed the
constitution of 1862, and that it was
through the il fluence of his father and
himself that it was defeated, and that
the cause of their opposition to 1t was
because it did not provide for represen'
tation according to population. Mr.
Bayard made the assertion last night
that he favored the adoption of that con
Stitution, becauFe itgave increased rep
resentation, going before the people anC
advocating it, but that it was defeatee
by the party in opposition to him ant
that now demands representation &C
cording to population. We will no
dispute Mr.. Bayard's words. He know
where he stood in those days and wher
his father stood. He of course wouI'
not assume position which the report
ed debates of that convention woul'
contradict.
Democratic Honesty.