Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-27
REPUBLICANS DIsrRANcHIsED.
southern Tactics In 81. Georges Hun
dred-One-Hundred and Fourteen Re-
publlcans Stricken from the Assess
ment.

A letter from Middletown to the News
shows how Republicans are disiranchis d
In 81. Georges Hundred. The letter says
the RepIbllcans sre indignant aud de-
clare that Theodore Armstrong, the as
sessor OF the hundred, is the guilty man.
Ii they are mistaken then either the Levy
Couit or e. r. Cochran, clerk of the
peace, is responsible for the del berate
disfranchisement OF large numb OF
colored voters.
When the assessment lists were Josted
In the Middletown hotel, on January Is,
e ght days later than the law prts,ribes
Il was found that LA colored Republi-
cans names In West St. Georges had not
been placed upon the assessment although
| most of them were very we'll known.
W hen appeal day, January 20, arrived,
NJ. B. Burris, Peter B. Alrich and II. W.
PHI ro, all active Il pub leans, took a
carefully prepared and plainly written
list Of the c0lored people who had been
left of to Asse sor Armstrong and also
The men themselves with the possib ex-
tption OF about bali dozen. These
thr-e zen saw the lanes placed on the
list aud went away feeling satisfied that
they wtre all right.
The list was then sent to the Levy
Court for core ton aud revision, end ac.
cording 10 the law should have been re-
turned, duly certified by Clerk o. the
Peace Cochran, on February 20, and
hung up for another ipspeclioa by ,ha
voters. 1t was March 20, however, be-
fore the lets camo back, 81 ned by the
clerk of the peae-. There were two lists,
one for white and Une for C, lored voters,
provision no. IN de by the Law. The
! Republicans at once secured copy OF the
colored li.t and were astounded at The
di. coyery they made. They were lortuu-
ate In securing a copy Immediately, for
on March 81 some thrifty Democrats
stole the List and 1t has not been seen
sIuce. The list was to have been he ore
the Levy Court on March 10, 20, 81 and
22, but It was never hung up uu IL tue
20 h, so the diff li;ulty us To time, In the
way of doing the revision properly, will
bs read ly seen.
OF the ia names that Asse.sGr Arm-
strong put on in the presence OF Messrs.
l}urris, Alr.ch AID PLhro, when tie Ii /
came back ON March ~, only Is were
lett on the assessment, aud 10 were SC
badly trausposed and botchcd spelling
as not to be known who was meant. The
names Of many white voters are also
omitted.
A Lotable instance of the way Rspubii-
cans are treated Is The case ol tue Rev. 4.
i II. Adams, who, although he he has b ell
here three years, only succeeded Ia get
ting his name a sessed on January %
last 1t is stated that Assessor Arm
strong, who is u member OF Mr.. Adams
cong rega ion, went to his PASTORS ST. )
and got his name and told him tia, b,
should lie assessed. Cn appeal day, how
ever, IL was ound that Mr.. Adams Damt
wac not on he list Tne gent em IN thei
was Obliged TO 20 into the hOteI bar-roon
to get his hame placed where 1t belonged
and then ouly succeeded 10y aid oil
Nathaniel Williams, a Dsm era, VIII,
was disgusted at The way the miaist.l
had been treated.
II Is further ttated that there are OF
the list the names OF uen who have beer
dead and buried for years, and alto o
men who h+ye loHg sin Z let the hun
drcl aud the state One man who's,
name is on the list has reen dead eigh
years.