Daily Republican., 1886-10-11

|. OoFfo1pondonoo OF tno hEfUbLfOAN.
STANTON, Del, Dot. 9.-Ir you will
allow mo space In your paper I vii
endeavor 10 inform the public how
nominations are made in Mill Greek
Hundred and by whom they are made.
Having been o candidate for nomina.
tion for Levy Court three different
times. know well the plans that were
used for my defeat. In the first place
L shall have to commence ut the county
meeting, II I may call 1t By that name.
The ring candidate musters his forces,
goes to the county meeting, gets his
man named for Executive Committee
man In order that he may appoint
judges favorable to his nomination;
then the next move 10 to try the virtue
of whiskey, and as we have Kaolin
works In Hockessin Valley with some
10 or 90 laborers, the ardent Is freely
used among them with satisfactory re-
suits. And understand that money
and tickets were left ut taverns and
saloons In Wilmington, the proprietors
to serve out the whiskey and tickets;
and further, the ring is not confined to
the hundred as met two county on
ciAls from Wilmington on the Sabbath
day going TO one Of the riugsters OF one
hundred. have omitted the names OF
the two men, but can give them and
also their business; rs they had an axe
to grind 1t could be easily told. Some
OF their tax receipts were produced at
the nominations by men residing In
Christiana Hundred, and were not en-.
titled to vote at our polls. There
In another official who lAbored hard
and made himself quite busy.
He is styled Marshall Of the State
of Delaware. Those men have no
right to interfere with the nominations
OF our hundred. There never has been
over four hundred Democratic votes
polled In our hundred, while st the last
nomination, after about fifty voters
being absent. they polled four hundred
and twenty votes, which result shows
IN excess of seventy votes over any
previona election. 1 understood those
Ksolin men formed club about sixty
strong and ssid they would all vote
solid for one man for the Levy Court
providing he would allow them one
collector and constable ont of their
club. As don't do business In that
way, did not 60 to SEQ them, but un-
derstood one Of the candidates swal.
lowed the dose and that q free use of
the ardent before the nomin alton by
the present nominee caused por.
tton of them to break ranks and
come over to him. 30 now, Mr..
Editor, you see there Is no use
for an honest, upright man coming out
for an Office under the present way OF
holding nominations, as the most in
telligent and respectable portion of the
community are completely overthrown
BY the use Of money and whiskey on
the class have referred to. The col
lector also goes around eleotioneering
for the ring candidate In order that he
may follow rs o candidate for the Levy
Court at the proper time. This is the
way things have been going on for the
last ten or twelve years. The time has
come In this hundred II q man expects
to get the nomination he must soak
himself and certain class In whiskey
This is beneath my notice, as have q
character which prize above such work.
have been n lifelong Democrat, and
have been voting SO years, but have
become disgusted with many of the
nominations that have been made In
the party. As there has been good bit
said about q back salary grab of $4,000
which 1t appears belonged to Mr.. Biggs
ohoho hoc uOoh y kEhu Va SOVVu III tutn
hundred which q great many people
would like explained. allude to the
grab that was opposed by Mr.. Nc
Cracken Of the Levy Court. I feel sorry
that we have not more such men. -Four
years ago when 1 was q candidate
against Haman it was said by his
brother IL WAS nominated and elected
that 1 would make family job of 1t.
Now as had no family to give any.
thing to 1t certainly was false, but on
the other hand Hamsn was nominated
and elected. Said brother and step
sH'her have been most faithfully pro
vided for at the connty's expense By
painting, pottering and bossing abou'
bridges, in which business they have
been for the last ten or twelve years; sc
In conclusion shall have to call that 6
family job. have already intruded
too much on your columns and mus
close. Yours respectfully,
BENJAMIN FOOTK.