Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-26

ons Of thu characteristic features OF
Etanley's deii7ersncs from the witneso
stand in the municipal court Friday
morning WAS the entire Inconsistencies
Displayed IN his manner that there was
anything remarkable, either in his sslec-
tion BY the Repnbican local managers 90
enc OF the attorneys" to gather in the
proxies Of negroes who haunt the cisy's
lowest down Sums, or in his manner OF
performing this missionary work. On
the contrary it seemed to strike him as
perfectly regular and proper to attest the
substitute signature OF negro woman as
the sign manual OF one OF the 'tdistran-
caisea" taxabies for whose professed re-
lief tho superior court is petitioned to
set in operation the extraordinary powers
ofawEitor mandBmus. And Stanley seemed
equally unaole to imagine that there
could be anything in his story undeserv-
ing the sanction end approval of his
masters. He told ii voluntarily; II
was not drawn from him piecemeal by
Undergraduates; it appears to have been
simply proferrad by him in explanation
that his visit 10 this den in Sluby's alley
was in furtaagance Of laudable purpose
very properly carried out. Ho probably
reasoned, if lie stopped to contemplate
any possibility Of iEregulsfisy about the
clair at all, that signature by proxy
WGs right il the same line Rs the qualif-
cation Of inohoats yotsrs by proxy. The
collector would have no means of know
ing the difference and, il Bishop failed 10
turn up on election day, 1t would be peg
hap3 no great difficulty to extend the
proxy business to the act OF voting on his
tax receipts an extension Of the proxy
doctrine that will obviously nave to DO
made in . Wholesale WY il tie ballots OF
the alleged 3 Que assessed negro tsxables
are to be gotten in on that day.
But Mr. Stanley vas, sf.er all, only imi-
tating in his humble way the example Of
others high in the councils Of his party.
There was the honorable Murat Halstead
for example; gentleman deemed Git and
worthy, by President Harrison, Of being
sent 10 represent the American nation at
tile court Of st. Petersburg. He printed
ana rent forth TO the public fac smile
OF document disclosing most villain
Gus scheme, the so.called ballot box for
gerry which played part in the recent
Ohio lection. The iorgsrywRs conclusigely
shown MP, but Mr.. Halslead has God
steadfas.iy CT the pisa that he Thought it
a genuine document when he printed ii.
Yet in this document appeared, besides
The name Of ar. Oampbsll, the names Of
Senator Shermsn, Ar. Mckinley, who
was 81 that time the probable speaker Of
the Fifty.hrst Congress, Representative
ButtsrWorth and others. Their names
we're suppressed and only Ar. Campbell's
4 given 10 the public, but it was apparent
/ to MIR. Hslstead that, il the document
we're genuine, it compromised these men
\ lust as damuably IS it did AIR.
! Campbell. Yet he accepted the
! doglnent as UGguessionab!y au-
thentic and es i: there were nothing
4 strange in such men Rs Messrs. Sherman,
Mckinley anil Bp.tetwogta leading their
nsm4a and ofipi1l inauenes to compass
the most corrupt ends. Whist better thcu
eau Da expected Of such bumbls tools Dc
atGRley when men oil The ability and
prominence az Murat Halstead stgnd
ready 10 assume without hesitation tha'
u is natural or the ablest and most IL
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