Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-10

Many Of the Democrats who are ap |
plying to President Cleveland for ap- |
pointment to office are spoken OF as be- !
ing not only competent but thoroughly /
honest and incorruptible. The same
class Of men were in office before the
rebellion, and We remember very well
how faithfully aud honestly they acted.
Under their management the treasury
was bankrupted, northern forts were
robbed of their armaments, Tor the bene-
At Of southern locations, money was
diverted from Its legitimate purposes,
and men in the army and navy, Sena'
tors and Representatives, as well as,
various office holders, betrayed their
trust, violated their oaths, and prepared
to overthrow the government they had
sworn to uphold and defend. Many Of
these applicants for office are the very
same men who are now referred TO as
incompatible They are loyal now
and perhaps they may be- trusted. 1t
will be well, however, to watch them
closely, or else it may eventually be ne.
cessary to fight the battles of the rebel
lion over again, or submit 70 the sub
version Of our government.
Be this as it may, scores OF Union
men are destined to give place to those
who served in the Confederate army,
and what they failed TO cffec, by bullets
they may eventually accomplish
through the ballot box By the shot
gun method the south is, 70 be kept
solid tor The Democratic party, ant by
the distribution OF office and the power
of money, New York and New Jersey
are to be influenced 30 as To stitie the
voice of the people and render Republi-
can success, for a long series of years
impossible. This is the program laic
down, but whether it can be success
fully carried out, OF prove failure, re
mains to be seen. We hope the Pros
pect, which now seems no fair, and u
promise 80 much, will, like dead se'
fruit, turn TO ashes on their lips.
) Mr.. LOre's Laurels.
Ifpublic feeling is to be tested b.
: public expression, the attempt 10 tax
l from Mr.. Lore the credit that was hi
j due for getting an appropriation
9 $3.50, 600 from the general government
for the building of new post-offit
: building in Wilmington, and TO give
: to Mr.. Bayard, is recoilinyw 18th terribl
force upon those whom it was intende
s to benefit. Hundreds of intelligel
% gentlemen who never before took muc
. interest in the matter are now on
81 spoken in their friendship for MT Lor
Z not simply because princi pally throue
70 his iHstrumentality Wilmington is
e | fl,os, hn IN
ID of the rather mean attempt to rob III
of the credit that was clearly his.
theDemocratic party alone had a chan
to express itself at the polls in regal
10 to choice for a United States Senate
g Mr.. Lore would get two votes to one
d any other candidate, and II the who
n people of the State had an opportuni
10 to OK press choice at an election OF
id Democratic Senator, Mr., Lore won
e' distance any other candidate three
ce one. Mr.. Lore has been in Congr'
only two years, and the crowning act
his two years service shows that he
Dy a true friend of the peoples interes
lot A new post-offi e is a very pre-
ch browning sheaf for two years labor, a
~ covers the mistake Mr.. Lore made
TO voting for free trader for Speaker
in the House.
ire Mr.. Bayard was sixteen years in
IN Senate and although lie was ever rea
10. TO enter into debate upon theoreti
m. subjects, aud maintained his side "
Nd marked intellectual ability, he CO..
he hardly rsBe out from amongst his w
ere in that time the passage Of any meas
SO Sfnt "a a
40 his native city, dne to MS lnstrum
The tality, as the one that rounds up
vas Lore's two years Of labor.