Milford chronicle., 1888-12-07

better mode of eifecting this object than
the forming of a Republican Club-or
more than one if necessary-in each and
every hundred of the State, and Of each
and every ward of the city of Whining
ton; and the appointment by each club
of one or more active aud intelligent
young men, whose duty it shall be forth
with to begin a canvass in each hundred
and ward, with the view of making a
complete and perfect assessment Of every
male citizen of the age of twenty-One
years and upwards, never to lose sight OF
any name until it is enrolled upon the
assessment list and until his tax shall
have been paid and receipt given for it.
Those agents should be fairly compen-
sated for their time and trouble, and we
should find that compensation far less
expensive than the hiring of teams and
carting men with their vouchers TO appear
before the Levy Court in order to have
, them put upon the list Hfc Iab01-hoc
opus eSt. "This is the labor-this IS the
work, " for the accomplishment of which
the Republican League of Delaware
should address itself from this day for
ward until the next election in 1890.
And five are faithful in the work, full
aud complete victory will surely crown
our efforts.
The repeal of the DISTINGUISHING laws
to which l have alluded-passed by the
Democratic Legislature in 1873 at the in
stance Of Hon. Thos. +. Bayard-the af-
fOrCling of every opportunity to every
citizen to qualify himself for voting at the
elections without any disqualification ex-
cept pauperism or crime, representation
in the General Assembly, based upon the
district system and population, the abol-
ishment OF property qualification ror can
didates for Office, the mission of our judi
cial system, the prohibition of all class
Legislation, the furnishing of facilities for
education to all classes of our citizens
the white and colored races-each man
aging and controlling their own separate
and district schools, fair and honest re-
striction of the liquor traffic by the prin-
ciple of high license, and a relegatiOn of
the subject to the direct vote of the peo-
pie in each district, the election of all
public officers by direct vote Of the peo-
pie and the calling of State Convention
to revise the Constitution in order to
effect these objects, are the grand princi-
pies which have been time and time again
reiterated by the State and county con-
ventions of the Republican party; and it
is to be hoped that the good men and
true, who were nominated upon this plat
form and elected by the Republicans of
Kent and Sussex counties, and who chal-
lenged the respect and admiration of our
opponents, will not fail or hesitate a mo-
ment to place themselves on record at the
next session of the Legislature in the en-
deavor to make the principles Of our
party platforms living realities.
The roll-call showed that thlrty-One
clubs out of the fOrty-six organized in
this State, were represented in the
convention.
The Committee OH Resolutions,
through its chairman, Capt. Ed. Mitch
ell. made the following report:
"The State League of Republican
Clubs of Delaware, in convention met, are
glad and proud at this early day to ex-
tend to the Republicans of Delaware their
congratulations that Delaware at last has
been redeemed from the black night of
Democratic misrule, and to the Repub-
licans of the United States that Delaware
has been able to make sure the Republi-
can majority in the United States Senate.
Recognizing the serious responsibility
cast upon he Republican party by their
control of the House of Representatives
of the State, we resolve as follows:
First. That republican institutions are
founded upon the will of the majority;
that the statutes of Delaware have long
been at once an outrage and disgrace
in denying to the people of the State the
free and fair opportunity of ascertaining
the will of the majority; and that we rely
with implicit confidence upon the Re
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sentatives passing a bill which, if con-
Cured in by the Senate, will repeal the
odious features of the assessment and col
lection laws, that by system of registra-
ton will secure to every constitutional
voter in the State to freely vote once, and
have that vote honestly counted, and that
will do whatever can be done by legisla-
ton to extirpate in this State the vice of
bribery at the polls.
Second. That recognizing the press
ing reforms that are needed in this State
in its judiciary system, in its voting sys-
tenn, IN its system of representation to
the Legislature, in its unlimited power of
appointments by the Governor and in all |
other matters that can be reached only |
by a change in the fundamental law, we
reiterate the demand made by the Repub- |
lican party in State convention that the |
Legislature call a constitutional conven- |
ton upon the basis of the vote of 1887; |
and further, we appeal to the Legislature |
at its coming session to enact a law that |
shall at once provide for the choosing of |
Levy Court commissioners directly by the |
people of the several hundreds of the
State.
Third. That we recognize and share
the deep impulse i'll Delaware for temper |
ance reform, and demand of the Repub-
lican members of the Legislature the full |
fillment of the pledges of the party to
enact a measure comprehending two fea-
lures oflocal option and high license.
Fourth. That we urge the enactment |
Of proper measures that wall tend to Sc
cure to the people an economical and |
honest administration of all public affairs,
that will Justly adjust the burdens Of tax
alton, that will root up all abuses and
along with them the incumbents who are
profiting by them, that will improve the
facilities Of the public schools, and that,
following the liberal policy adopted by
all other States of the South, will extend
to colored children school facilities equal
in character to those furnished to the
whites.
Fifth. That we hail with profound
JOY the election of Benjamin Harrison
and LeviP. Morton as President and vice
President ofthe United States: the return
of the government to the party which
saved its existence in the perils of war,
and on which alone it can rely for its le-
gitimate, consistent and harmonious de-
velopment in peace; the restoration of
the industries and prosperity ofthe coun
try from the threatened peril of free trade;
the restoration of policy that in all re-
spects looks first to the promotion of the
interests Of this nation over those of any
foreign power, that will remove vacilla-
ton and feebleness from the manage
ment of foreign affairs, and that will Sc
cure to the citizens of the nation the
equal rights of all.
In secondi,1o. the I, ,atio,, To adnrt The