Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-16

0tkAts rs E<s ofARhb. WilMiuktoh-
more Democratic UsurpsiiOS.
A liftle more Democratic manipula-
fion and interference with the peo.
pies rights in choosing their own local
officers has just come to light. 1t was
generally understood that the Levy
q ,urt was empowered withthe selection
Of district election officers for this year,
until the people had an opportunity to
select their own, and elect them GU the
general ticket, but it was not generally
known thst this power is delegated by
O partisan Legislature to the Levy
Court for all time to come or until the
law 10 altered. The abrogation Of the
October, or Little Election, as it was
called, made 1t necessary to provide tor
the appointment OF election officers by
the State. Naturally the Levy Court
was suggested a. the proper body to
appoint suck Off ;ers a. it was natu.
rally suggested that the City Council
was the psoper body to appoint such
officers for the first city election under
the changed law.
Nobody corld reasonably find objee-
tons to tina, indeed 1t was rather a COM
mendable feature of the law that the
Levy Court was enjoined to appoint
Democratic election officers for Demo-
cratic districts, and Republican officers
for Republican districts. After the
Rrst year, or after this new election
machinery was put in motion, it was
fully expected that the power to APP
point and elect alecrion officers would
revert back to the people again, but
this 1T seems was mistaken idea 1t
liz true that in the rural districts or any
where outside of Wilmington, the peo-
Pile are still permitted to choose their
own election ofiie as usual, and to
have them elec, ed on the general tick
ct, but to Wilmington, the city agains
which all the malevolence of Demo
cratic PARTISAN hatred is leveled for dar
ing to be Republican, though tramplet
into the dust by the iron heel of Demo
cratic tyranny, no such privilege is &C
corded.
While the people Of the county out
side of Wilm, gton are to be- permitte,
To meet III their own MR., select thei
own cleo ion oficers anu place then
upon the general ticket to be voted for
the people of Wilmington are deprive'
of that privilege. A partisan Legisla
Iure woald not entrust the people 4
the various election districts with tn
responsibilities of saying who their cleo
ZION officers should be. This is actual
= fact
The law in the case requires the Lev
Court to meet the second Tuesday
October, not this year only, but bier
nially, to select and appoint electio
officers for the whole county Ne, bt
for Wilmington alone. The courG WI
not to meet this October alone for thu
purpose, but in every October hereafr,
IN election years, to select election IN
.ers Eor the election districts in Wi
mington. The people in the count
outside of Wilmington can select the
own in the manner they choose, bl
the court must select for Wilmingto
The people out in the county are cap
bile Of taking care of themselves, b
for the people of Wilmington the Lev
Court is empowered to act as guaIdia
and to choose their election officers j.
them.
~ 10 u uC bbdb TIC AothA phioy Va Shh
cations of either party may suggest pc
sons suitable for election officers, b
the Levy Court Is under no Obligaiic
to appoint them. If the court is i
tensely partisan and Democratic it ca
II it secs proper, appoint Republics
election officer. who are blind or vi
cannot read ticket, or somebody VI
bears the name of Republican but
Democrat at heart. --Xes, but 1
Levy Court would not do such , THU
AZ that we are told. Perhaps 1t wou
aud perhaps 1t would not, but 1t won
be more likely TO do it if Democrat
emergencies required 1t.
Democratic boards do it in 9th
Southern States, and they will do
here If necessity requires 1t.
The Levy Court is composed
eleven members. Ten OF them a
from the rural Hundreds, only one
elected from Wilmington.
Thirty-five thousand people outsi
Of Wilmington elect ten member
fifty thousand in Wilmington elect 0
member. Biennially in October he
after these ten members from
country are to meet the one memi
from the city and these eleven are
select our election officers. Should
one member from Wilmington, kno
ing the most about Wilmington have
list OF persons suitable for elect
officers, the ten country memb
may have another list they deem m
suitable.
This we gran NAV not occur but