Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-09-13
MONDAY SEPTEMBER II. 1856.


Another lie otion Farce.
Another election farce has been
n, ,yed In New Castle County, espe-
ciaily in the city Of Wilmington. It's
none the less farce that 1t WAS po-
Iitical play, and that the actors were
Ali Democrats. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, II the play so cleverly acted on
Saturday will be appreciated in
general sense by the Democratic party.
The fsrces after plays in the opera are
generally s,mething to laugh at and
seud everybody home in good humor
In this political play IL acted differ
eutlv. IL made one half the Demo-
cratic party mad and sent them home
swearing spd cursing at the other half.
We are not surprised that 1t does this,
for even In farces people as rule de-
test dishonesty. There was no fairness
In the election held last Saturday, and
the BayArd. Gray combination politi-
clans who set up the job and the men
who counted the JOB through all know
1t. As Republicans we have had these
election farces practlced and played
upou as 30 often by the Democr that
we are familiar with them. We have
been made acquainted with them ever
since 1873, when Mr.. Bsyard aud his
friends opened the sluice gates OF fraud
by the passage of the present assess-
ment laws by which the Repu olicans
were cheated out OF their votes TO such
an extent that they have deemed 1t
useless to run q ticket, though in New
Castle County they would have thou
fnll and a fair
count. Yes, they know all about these
farces, for they know the players OF
them. The men who in the past city
and general elections encouraged re-
peaters, who took them around In
closed carriages from poll to poll, who
helped them to change their clothing
that they might the more easily dc
their dishonest work, who stood by
them at the poll windows and swore In
their votes, who changed ballot boxes
after they had been doctored and
stuffed, those are the men who did the
work on Saturday, and who did II
before. There is no Republican party
upon which to train their weapons g
fraud any more and 80 they trsine<
them upon one faction of their owl
party. They know all about how 1t 4
now; the Republicans knew how /
was long ago In looking over the re-
turns 1t will be seen that scarcely
single district in the city will bear hon
est scrutiny, and some In the countr
have been VIGOROUSLY doctorsd. Is |
well-known fact that . light vote Q
the Democratic party was polled Ii
many OF the districts, but there
scarcely one in which the vote pole.
on Saturday does not exceed the fol
vote OF the party, and in some district
1t is more than doubled.
The Third ward has again creiite
itself with four hundred more votes ca,
than there are voters in the ward. NJ
MoCloskey, an honorable gentleman
stood by the polls in the Third war
and kept an accurate tally OF the vote
as they went in at the window and /
registered 1896. This would have bee
fair honest vote Of the Democrats
the Third ward az a nomination ele
ton. But look a. the vote resumed
l43l. We risk nothing in say ing tht
this is the tsllest voting ever done
Delaware. But while this ward led G
in the farce there are others that kel
close on its heels. Every poll WI
fairly saturated with false counts ar
fraud. But the job is done, what q
the Democrats going tod about is2 l
they intend to pocket the insult al
keep on voting for a par witho
honesty? 1t should become questl
of how far this saturnaiia Of fraud
20 CO. We have had nc honest ele
tions since 1873. Are we to have
more for all time 10 come? IL becon
a serious matter when broad farce
made OF the elective franchise OF I
people. 1t becomes useless for hon
men to go the polls 10 vote any mo
A few paid adopts Of the party, school
In manipulating votes are PLACED wit
in the polling rooms and the work
done. These few men elect and COT
In whom they please. But after a
what more could have been expecte
The men who held the elections W,
appointed to do the work they hs
done. They understood their busIne
and have no; disappointed their maste
We are glad In one sense that the fra
Is 80 plain aud palpable, and tina. IL
all in the Democratic family. II
there been general legslizst elec.i
with Republican ticket in the field
the victim Of the fraud, there woT
have been no Democratic tessimo
against II, They would have united
perpetrating 1t and with one vo
would have sworn that the election v
honest. But in the present Gaze 1t
different. One faction is charg
fraud upon the other. Republic,
have nothing to do but to stand by q
enjoy the kilkenny fun, sincerely b
ing that the Democrats will get tired
such fArces and will return to hor
elections once more when Republic
as well as Democrats can vote
molested and have their votes coun'
We sincerely hope this last farce L
carry with 1t q mora that will result
honest elections hereafter.
WE CAN HARDLY realize that His
ShArDley Esu ia now numb ef6d Y