Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-12-23
MONDAY DECEMBER as, 1889
YouNo STANLEY and his action /,

touNt STANLEY anu MS action Ii
the power OF attorney matter affords
sweet morsel for the Democratic pres
10 roll under Its tongue, but wheI
slited out properly what Is there in it
The young man has shown by hi,
actions that he was not a proper mar
10 whom To- intrust such an important
duty as to get other men to sign an,
kind of a power of attorney. 1t wa.
one OF those receptions which occur
every day In all the walks of business
lie. Men are often employed to dc
business who do not understand the
business they were appointed to do,
and hence they make q failure of 1t.
Sllcott, the Assistant Sergeant. at. Arms
ola Democratic House OF Representa-
tlves. was trusted man, enjoying the
confidence Of his superior and every
Democratic member of the late House,
but still he got awsy TO Canada OF
some other foreign country, with $s2,-
OO0 In salaries belonging 10 members
oil Congress.
Men high In position, both political
and civil, are going wrong every day,
but much less is said about II than has
been said about this young colored
man who acted injudiclously but moi
criminslly. Stanley was apparently
hn intelligent, honest and well dis
posed young man, but it is not true
that he was employed by the Young
MEMS Republican Club TO do political
work, and neither was he member
OF the Fourth Ward Republican City
Committee. That he had some DOW
ers OF attorney to use there is no dispo-
Bition TO deny. He made the mistake
of trying TO do too much at once He
went 10 Sluby's court TO get a young
colored man who is regularly assessed
TO sign a power OF attorney 10 enable
another to pay his tax which he owed.
There was nothing wrong in this. But
The young man, Bishop, could not
write his name, when his mother
wrote 1t for him. This OF course was
wrong, but young Stanley hardly
knew whether 1t was right or wrong,
and when he told what he had done
the paper signed by the woman was
promptly destroyed.
There was nothing whatever done
with the intention of committing a
fraud. Stanley next acted injudiclouily
when witness before the Municipal
Court In a case against the parties In
siuby's alley for keeping a disor1erly
house. He literally obeyed the iaiunc-
lion to tell the whole truth, and told
more than he need have told But all
through this what harm was duneY
Nobody got a tax receipt illegally.
Indeed, had the paper signed by the
woman been presented TO Collector
Mckee he could not have hOnored ii,
for there is no such thing as women
poll taxpayers on the duplicate. Inall
that was done there is not the least
evidence that fraud was committed or
fraud intended. The inconsiderate
mistake OF q young colofed man has
given cause for all this flap doodle 70
joiclng on the part OF the Democratic
papers, with no other purpose in view
than to unpopularile the power OF.
attorney movement. Under c19rr of
this assumed virtue, Il &c pls NJ eng
prepared in bundles to be ~, ,or
distribution among DemoCi.t "a
1t would be much better Il T. AK.
payers were given opportunities for
paying their taxes without a resort TO
the power OF attorney method, but no
other resource was left TO Republican
poll taxpayers. Both collectors have
positively refused to accept poll taxes
from Republicans who have called day
after day. What were they TO do
They could not RilUrd to lose so much
tine and the CDllpcfora Will uni,t ar
eli al noon nor al uight. Nothing was
ltit but a resort TO power OF atiur-
nty, aud now bccaase one young man
itll lnto an eIrur u!e al 10 be con
demnedI