Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-12-20
COURTMAA TALKS
lie Is Not In Love With the
Mandamus.
.xm,Iy Afraid OF tho Negro vote-His
rriy Won't Stand It-The Iie-
publloans Must bc Beaten,
Even n They Have to
he "Counted Out"

william l.. Wier OF Christiana Ia the
Isyy Court representative from White
C,,y Creek Hundred, and he is one OF the
most intelligent and hard working men,
hsr. of that body. Blessed with good
sdnca,lon and knowledge Of how to do
do buspess, he comes handy In the court
when writings and resolutions are to be
put in shape, aud at Levy Court meet
inrs Ae is looked up to ss guide aud a
frady debater. lie is dignided, anable
and polite, and fair upon general busi-
nrss principles, bat 1t Is to be- regretted
that IN politics he Is extremely partisan,
and upon the principle that 'nothing
easa can come out OF Nazareth, Z" he re.
ilriously believes that nothing good can
come out OF the Republican party. but he
believes that there Is salvation for Re-
publican II he rppents In sackcloth aud
ashes before It Ia too late.
Levy COurtmsn Wier has ideas on every.
thing, especially upon the business OF tax
collecting and upon the maudamus pro-
eetdiugs before the court 10 compel one
Of the appontees of the Levy Court, John
j, Dougherty, to collect poll taxes. Mr..
Wl.r will not say that Mr.. DouRherty
,holhdnot collect all the taxes upon his
duplllsates, but when Mr.. Dougherty re-
turnshS error list in Msrot,,,with thou
IapdsW Republicans stricken of. from
yhuil no effort was Inadeto collect the
,aresiwlIch they wanted to pay, he will
have polhing to say against 1t. That is
ppllgts. Mr.. wier Is very obliging
.,orssteaor in the Villages Christiaua,
aud he Aas some good'Repnblican pat
rous, That is right, a day or two ago,
shctsllf. Wier had weikhed out the rcqui-
ste sukaf for Il Republi lean farmer, iilled
up hli Rolasses jug aid wrapped up
sons hlgs jeans for oyeralls, he uuling,d
hlmFN9hd upburthened his mind upon
The gisstAmaudamus case pending before
The co1fb.
"YoHfllows are going to yet let on
that nsidsmus case" said Mr.. Wier,
sadr,ss'ss number 81 y, ,EIpublicAns In
A IL plblicsn pressrttaaii he didn't
zee wbatharm mandaifs could do II
lee. I s ,af'; sa. 3os os .ss sSsa,;
tG asr, T, ann, enable w isss II s; ii
are nigger sssSrs in ~tts ~. Y YJu
neoln, think sc. are goinA % kdbniit I'd
any thiue like 2shat," said ihs nov
w-fmefap Levy. Ubgrtmau.
xublican spERelted to Nh Wior
'ha' 3 ~ did not sesa like an e3sya.
gan c4Hrad vote ioryh city like'I% H.
iuugi0n, but rs thers were two Demo
cratic and only onT Republican sssessor
10 tie city, he walled % know Nhtfe
iaui ii wasthat SO 9hsny negroes swers
assessed.
'Ob, hat made no difference" said
Mr. Mierl "You fellows had that aH
lied up With the negroes to give in 40
nny naaes when the assessors came
lroalA, .hd as they got II cents name
for sstssioR them they put down all the
Ianes q ey could get, and IN this re-
fc0i Democratic assessors were not dii-
iarht rom the Republican assessors"
W. Wier had much more to Say, and
no was very sure that the Republicans
Would fail 10 get their maudamus, land
We intend to beat you at tho next elec-
tbn, said he.
Epon being reminded that the party
hat cast the most votes would be sue
tessful, MI. Wier still maintained that
the Republicans would be beaten, even If
hty had to be "counted out"
1t is sincerely hoped that MIR. Wier in
tnded the last remark as a Joke, as lie
do.s Joke very often, but at the same
time 1t must be remarked that Counting
OUT is = popular Democratic method OF
carrying elections, and his suggestion,
even :hough II was spoken in iun strikes
MI earnest sympathetic cord IN many
Democratic bosoms. especially among
Democratic ward heelers who are always
on hand to distribute Democratic tax 10
relpts, hold elections and do the count
lug.
It would do Mr.. Wier some good were
lie 10 come to the city and 20 with his
Democratic assessor friends through the
thickly colored populated districts OF
NO city, and by this means couvuc
himself that there has been no pad
dug in making the late assessment.
h'sessors Higgins and McClosley c,n
show him every bonatide negro voter they
sssesstd last winter except those who
hsvs died or moved away. Tho same
may be said OF Assessor Devices, but he
lsa Republican and be might pull wool
over Mr.. Wier's eyes. Therefore the
names OF the Democratic assessors are
suggested TO Mr.. Wier.
hui there is something else Mr.. WIer
VII lind ont by going around with his
nemu RATIO assessor fri, nds, though he
old say they were no better than the Re-
lnblican assessor. He will find at leas,
eOO more colored voters that are not as
te'ted but who will be assessed this win.
,sT' They have been coming in from
lower Delaware, from Maryland, from
tle ,"p Nlrginlas aud from the States
iurther South in a steady, constantly in
NsASIhg tallo, and they are nearly all
men.
Ihis accounts for larger ratio of col
cred voters. While. the ratio OF white
voters run one for every four OF the
reputation, the colored voters run ont
.of every three and fraction less. OWNS
th's constant stream OF emigration
nola The south, the colored population
lhe city has considerably more thar
IVu W led during tue last decade. MIR
"'et VIII IND all this out by coming Il
w. w. ,iy and taking turn round with
WIS penCeratic friends through the col
ofed settlements, and he will find ais,
,ust Tie assessable colored vote OF VII
,,nlagton instead of being 9, ,929. what /
ni'i run up to 5000 without an
p4uilug" Whatever, These may b.
,y ,SIy uGpalstabe truths to Mr.. Wier, bu
VIZ are truths nevertheless and there /
~ ~ Use lor him or the Democratic paper
I'm I'm which he takes his cue TO use an,
n, loliypop arguments,to refute.
toutse II the mandamus case wal
'tsq wouiS to the Levy Court Mr.. VIE
nsu ue very glad. 30 would all tn
blrAls nj, who put party above prime!
eItv Auy case against Collector Dough
10y toit would be perfectly safe remande,
him =, ueesion OF the men who appointe,
bras ,o, W. 10 the work, for which he 10 nov
Isllea n NJ before the higher court.
be wSi.Mle NJ Mler has no objections It nigh
Lew vT'spered In bis ear that even III
na5o.art .oart is not beyond the reach OF
For