Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-26
Hard But r ~.


1t is we know hard for Democrats
TO bear the accusation that Grover
Cleveland owes his election as President
TO fraud and violence, but they will
have to learn TO endure as tie charge
Is true beyond successful refutation.
In an article in yesterdays REPUBLI-
CAN We alluded to the Independent
newspapers report that Hon. Branch
*. Bruce of Mississippi, now Registrar
of the Treasurer, esding colored
man, had denounced Mr.. Blaine's
charges of unfairness and intimidation
in the Southern States w . falsehOOd.
and we expressed our belief that If Mr..
Bruce made such an assertion, he did
it with his eyes open and with the de-
liberate intent of lying. We did not
see how Mr.. Bruce could say what was
Imputed TO him with more than half
the vote Of his own State suppressed by
shot gun violence without lying. We
thought that perhaps Mr.. Bruce had
become trucking colored politician,
who found that IL he remained Mis-
Mr.. Blaine and profess conversion TO
the latter day peace principles of the
Solid South Democracy.
We find now that We were too severe
on MIR. Bruce and We owe him . hum
Bile apology. Instead Of him lying
about MIR. Blaine, the New York
Herald and other so-called Indepen.
dent papers have been lying about him,
rs the following telegram from him toI
the New York tribune proves
lSDIANAPoLIs, Nov. 2a.-The dis
pa,cn nom Philauelpbia which I'D. |
peared in the New York Herald on |
November 22, purporting TO be the sub.
stance OF All interview with me in Ie- /
gard 10 MIR. Biaine's Augusta speech, 10
d lur. fabrication, with lot y word of
Truth IN 1t. b. X. BRUCE.
We would very kindly refer our
esteemed Democratic friend, swho called i
upon US to inform US Of the greatness
OF Mr.. Bruce rising above party 80 far
as to denounce Mr. Blaine a. q dan.
gerous demagogue, to the dispatch
above published.
1n all probability all the other letters
Of similar import that crowded the
Of the Sunday editions Of the
A'O" ioAA Aiohhiu duu the fhllauel-
phia Times, were manufactured Just AZ
Mr.. Bruce's conversation was manu-
factured. However, il makes no diff
terence what any paper or any person
says about fair, full and honest vote
being cast in the States of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
south Carolina 30 long rs the vote cast
proves every such assertion 10 be uni
lualifedly false.
Why is 1t, that Louisiana in 1851
'ast 100, s97 votes, and in 1884, eight
ears later, with rapid increase in
population, only cast 100, 243 votes FL
Why did not the other 81, 700 voters OIL
hat State vote
Why is it that South Carolina in 1881
asst 1S3, 1888 votes, and In 1884, eight
ears later, with large Increase OIL
otes, only cast 81 ,0R3 votes What has =
ecome OF the 10O, OOU votes Of that State Z
lot Cast
Why is it that Georgia, that cast a
'ote OF lsO, 534 in 1876, only cast a vote
4 li2, $40 in 1884, with An increase oil
1900 voters What has become Of the
y, 900 votes not cast ?
why Is IL mat mississippi cast in
$40 vote OF l64, 11s and in 1884, with
1000 more voters cast only l2l 1921
'otes. What has become of the other
8, 900 votes not cast I
Why is it that Alabama cast in 1876 t
vote OF l1O. 232. and in 1854 with AL
Increase of 1000 voters, only cast 3d.
81 votes What has become of the y
'ther 81, 900 votes of Alabama?
The same suppression of votes would !,
'e FOUND In nearly all the Southern J.
'tates, but not TO the same extent an on
nose we have ma med. At least GOO, 900
otes were suppressed in the South
RI States compared with the vote oil
$40. when even then the Southern vote
vas light.
Ihls is the first time In the history
f our country when President elected
~ the suppression of 100000 votes by
faod and VIOLENCE will take his seat.
mere Will be no opposition to it by
ne people except by keeping the fact
'eiore the people that fraud and
'ioience in beha II OF Grover Cleveland
made him President Of the United
't.ites.