Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-13
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER IS, 1886.
The Levy Court,

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OF New CASTLE County, and these are
the Democratic and the Temperance
Reform ticket. The latter having been
endorsed by the Republicans becomes
~ we'll the Republican ticket OF the
county. In another view there are
twelve candidates nominated for the
Levy Court, six Of whom are Demo
Gratis and six Of whom are Raforme1s.
1t remains now for the voters Of the
county to say which OF these sixes are
to be elected. The election OF the sIx
Democrats viii mean that the affairs Of
the county shall be carried on as they
have been since 1873, with increased
extravaganoe and . continual piling up
OF the county's debt It means that
certain selected families are TO be kept
ut the expense Of the county, not Is
paupers, bat - contractors and jobbers.
1t means that every county tax collec.
tor shall be rigid partisan Democrat,
that will care more for the success OF
his party than for collecting the to xes.
1t means that every Republican In the
county who 10 only assessed poll tax
shall be returned to the Levy Court as
q delinquent and cheated ont Of his
vote II possible. 1t means that Demo-
Gratis who are only assessed o poll-tax,
though returned as delinquents, shall
not lose their votas. 1t means that
Dem ocrAtic collectors shall issue tax
receipts complete in everything but
emitting the name to whom issued,
which blank 10 10 be filled with the
name Of any person who can be found
willing 70 vote upon 1t for the Demo
cratic ticket. 1t means that these same
tax receipts are either gathered mp from
those who use them for future use, or
they are destroyed. We have strong
Democratic authority that some are de-
stroyed and some saved. The election
OF the Democratic Levy Court ticket
means dishonest elections such as We
have had in late years. 1t means sup
port for ballot box suffers, false counts
and intimidation ct the polls. 1t
means that every man can vote, no
matter who he Is, where he comes from,
assessed or unassessed, who will vote
the Democratic ticket, and IL means
that no Republican shall vote who does
not own real estate. II means that
many Of the latter shall DO 90 intimida-
ted and disgusted with the fraud and
corruption ut the polls that they will
not attempt TO vote. Farther the cleo
ton OF Democratic Levy Court means
that the county OF New CASTLE shall be
annually cheated out OF Ave thousand
dollars In taxes, that from three to four
thousand Republicans shall be cheated
out OF their votes, and to make up these
lost taxes 1t means q heavier tax on
real estate. II the voters Of New Castle
County want this state Of affairs to con.
tinue they will of course rally to the
polls and elect the Democratic ticket.
But are we asked what the election
OF the Reform ticket would mean9 We
are prepared to answer. 1t wo1ld mean
the opposite exactly OF what the cleo
ton OF the Democratic ticket would
mean. 1t wonld mean the appointment
OF non partisan, honest collectors OF the
taxes. 1t would mean that the taxes
should be collected from every man
who owes q cent. 1t would mean that
no man shall vote without paying his
lawful tax except those who vote be-
tween the ages Of 81 and % years. 1t
would mean that from five to six thou.
sand dollars not low collected would
be collected and the real estate OF the
county would be relieved to that extent.
AS surety for the bipartisan action
OF the Reform ticket, IL elected, Ia the
fact that there are upon it both Demo.
Gratis and Republicans, whose only
recon mendation to the people ia tina,
they are honest men, that they are no,
partisan. that they have never held
office and never sought an Office. They
belong to no clique nor ring, nor have
any OF them made any promises before.
hand OF political preferment. They
nave no friends to reward, enemies &c
punish, nor no master TO serve excep'
the County Of New Castle. What bet.
ter ticket do the voters Of New Castle
County want?
On the one side is partisanship and
ON the other independence. On one side
Is political chicanery, on the other sim,
pliciiy and honesty. On one hand are
from three to four thousand voter,
cheated out Of their votes by partisan
administration Of the law; on tho Other
Will be an honest administration of the
law that will give every man the
chance to cast an honest vote. Which
will the voters OF New Castle County
choose? The tickets are before them
with fraud backing up one and honesty
the other. Can honest men have I'm,
one choice between them?
Yes, but says one, this Reform ticket
is also the Temperance ticket Of th.
county. Well, what II IL Is? Doe,
that make the candidates upon 1t an,
the less honest or competent? Th,
Levy Court is net like the Legislature
1t cannot make local option nor any
other kind of laws. 1t can make re
forms In the management Of our county
affairs, and that is what Ia needed. L
the Reform Levy Court candidates arr
tenn perance men, that can do no harm
Oannot sober men transact business
better than intoxicated men? We have
no reflections to make for partisan pur.
poses, but we are only stating a plain
truth when we say that 1t is no unusual
thing to see members of the Levy Court
30 intoxicated as not TO be qualified TO
transact business. Surely men who do
not become intoxicated, nor are in dan
ger OF becoming intoxicated, can trans
act business better than they.
Ihere are hundreds of Democrats in
the county who, though they may de-
sire to see their general ticket success.
1ui, yet want An opposition Levy Court
elected. They want the scandalous
election frauds stopped, and they wan
more economy In the administration OF
the county. Now is the opportunity
given them to make q change. The ory
OF the Democracy Is "Saye the Lew