Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-20
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WDai VIII Tney 90 ADout II
VIVA. will the Democrats OF New
Castle County do now ..about rspresen
tation in the Legislature For two
years pas they have s'ultifai them
selves ny making rnmprom se with
their b. '.r-n of the Two lower coun-
ties, BY hi,h they received the i'm
piled pr Mss that they woald ne per-
mitted 10 have the uiyg ,r'ly increase of
four representative more than either
Kent a ID Sussex we're TO have For
this thy lasored and toiled, and fre.,ed
and sw -,,ed, and pledged their word
of honor az nAn AMI faith a. party
that the agreement would be carried
out.
The session Of the Legislature is over
and whore do they End themselves
Mocked,a secuted and laughed at by
the Democrats OF Kent and Sussex,
their presen tatives return home ffom
Dover with nothing but broken faith
and br ken pledges to show for b win.
ter's sork.
We told them how it wou'd be from
the start, but they rsV9sled upon us and
o<AAl tl-c OOuoOtoso WCtb DSoNtr " ~
kept their pledges. We told thsm thai
they deserved defeat Cor not standing NJ
for full and complete representa- ioH by
districts upon the basis Of population
but the reply was the half loaf bread
question to starving man.
Yes, they wanted q beginning made
for an increase and then there would
be no trouble after that. II they 60,
just four more members fro New
Castle County, there would be just tina,
additional force with which 70 work
for more. Only give us start and
then we will 60 right straight ahead.
They got the promise of a start, and
that was all. They asked first for si1
Senators from New Castle County and
In the generous magnanimity of TIT
Legislature they got an increase of on,
Senator, while the other coun
ties took an Traditional Senator each
That is the way the Senatorial repre-
senta.ion was agreed upon, and th,
New Castle members clutched at tn,
Offer.
How terribly hungry they must hav,
been. Did not such an amend mem
deserve smothering to death the fat,
1t me: in the Legislature The in
crease for representation for the HOUSE
OF Representatives was q little more
generous than for the Senate. In tn,
magnanimity of their hearts and tn.
generosity Of their souls, the Democ
racy of Il snt and Sussex Counties did
actually agree to give New Castle
County an increase of four mem 5ers,
where she was entitled to an increase
of nine, or the basis OF equal popula-
ton.
We opposed even this, less than a
half loaf, because IL was an abject hu.
mililaon for the peopls OF New Castle
County TO accept less than they wers
entitled to. We opposed making men
dican's of ourselves for the sake OF q
few crumbs from the II aster'a table
We told our Democratic friends from
New Castle County that notwithstand
ing all their fawning and cringing u
power, they deserved 70 &c and woulC
be defeated. No danger Of that. wa
the r-,ponse OF the leading Democrat
spea iers in last falls campaign. Mr.
Gru51, Mr.. Bates, Mr.. Ba yard AM
Others ali pointed to the resolution
pass by the State Democratic Con
vent \, which they saii pledged -hei
party - the support of the az. grdmen,
Ilere 10 these declarations is tie Sig
mann a by which we shall ccLq1er.-
The Democrats OF Delaware Will no
dare 20 go back upon tn Ir su,-mi
pledge-. given in a Safe Cpu Tent ito
But where do the ID 9m 9cr At who ma i
these declarations find thetI- selves q
day
Taeg waited upon th- T..gisl4tur
when !. vas in session, sir Blya1I
Mr.. Cray, Mr. Wand egrift, NJ. Fare.
Mr.. Dean, Mr.. Bert. lette ar 4 Il uamh-
OF Others. and plead aith the men -
to do their duty aud carry 1ur .9,i
pledges Mr. Bayail's speech
pathetically eloquent, Mr.. Gray 81
nest al. prophetic of dire r ats 10 il
Demecra y ii the pledges were not III
filled. What is the res1l; We ha
1t befge us. Ia tue acton of the Leg
islatu-- we see a deermina. Jpn to d.
prive he y y C.etle ;.e5p'a o. thei
rights ra-y are still 70 Is kept unde
the car Tleel Of oppres sion v hila the,
are under. New Castle County viii
Sill be Iermitted to pay the taxes, an,
the Two lower counties 10 dspoa
of Them ard make the laws. We a-l
again xha. the Democracy Of Eeq
Caste County is going 70 DIP s59u, It
Here We are sill, with 50, 600 people
with a Representation os ZEN member
of the Legislature, as against g., 900 Il
Kenc and Sussex, with Ia euty mem
bers
T. = not abont time that the pool
would ,ry the Republican ,, r,y TT
Den.orra:ic party cannot be trustee
1t soie,nnly pledged an ipcrn ase in ~
resen .a-ion, and Went ha,k dn ia PROM
ises. Can 1t be trusted any Dng=r
The Rep 15licsn parry has al way, be-
in fave Of equitable repre- ,entatiou. \
shown .y it's practice In el-3.iug deli
gates 70 its Sta = Con veniions. TIL
Democrats have been in % yer tiir.,
years In the State, and haze done uo.h
ing to equalize tepresen sarIon. WI
cling longer TO such 40 i'm pbteu, par. /,
THE United States Consul A. Nadr,
has teiegraphed the Spanish hell.h AZ
thorities that the disease tina ia ray
aging the Mediterranean provinces
not cholera, aud tn at there H. no choler
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