Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-02-01
voTERs ON lie WING.
Negro Poll Taxables Fit From One HUI
dreh to Another and Claim Votes.

Negro Poll Taxables Fit From One Hun
dreh TO Another and Claim Votes.
There is no limit TO the activity OF a
ce~taip class Of politicians. They seem
to be aroused and actively at work all
over the state to assist and influence the
negro to vote, to pay his taxes for him
aud TO pay him for his voc. Evidences
Of this activity are constantly coming to
light. Here are two afiidavits tending to
show how active some white men are in
the noble cause Of bringing out and brib
ing out the precious negro vote to Keep
Higginsism rampant and powerful in
Delaware. They also show how ubiqui-
toua thrifty colored voter can be;
Peter b. Alrich, do swear that | am a
freebooter Of New Castle county, and
that John White is the identical person
he represents himself TO be. Known to
me personally to be such, that he is
twenty one years OF age, that he is a
bonniide resident Of st. Georges hundred,
New Castle County, and state of Della
ware.
Sworn and subcribed
before me this 25th day p B. Alrich.
Of January, A. d. 1890.
Mr.. y. Alrich is an efficient aud active
Republican at Summit Bridge, Del and
incidentally and at odd times when there
is no political work, he is postmaster.
The instructins issued by the Postmaster
General read as follows:
II deem this proper time to es-
pecially warn all subordinates in the
several departments and all the office
holders under the general government,
against the use Of their official positions
in attempts to control political move.
ments in their localities; Offices are
servants Of the people, not theii
masters, Not only is their time and labor
due to the government. but they should
sc-upulously avoid in their political &C
ton as well as in the discharge Of then
official duty, offending by a display o.
obtrusive partisanship their neighborl
who have relations with them as public
officials" Here is John Whites owl
autobiography Of himself
STATE or DELAWARE, ( 8
New Castle county
On this twenty ninth day Of Jan
nary, 1890, before me the SUBSCRIBE
Chas Il. salmon, notary public, person.
ally appeared John White, who beinl
duly sworn according law, doth deposI
and say, that he is a resident Of Pencade
hundred, county Of New Castle, state 0
! Delaware, that he has paid his taxes 70
the year 1889, eighteen hundred an
eighty-nine, on January twenty-third
that he has for several years and still
claims Pencader hundred as his residenc
; and voting place, that he has not, neithe
a does I'VE intend to change his residenc
' for the coming year.
4 his
4 Signed JOHN \ WHITE.
L mark.
n Witness TO mark:
1 CHAs. II. SALMON
A. p. CAMAGY.
!. Sworn to and subscribed before me th
e day and year foresaid.
!. CHAs. n. SALMON.
a Notary Public.
II These afiidavits show that when I'll
is managers, guardians and bribers OF I'll
10 precious negro voters have a "Joh
le Whit" in any hundred they find negr
Al to fit the name II does not matter,
Is these atiidavits show, whether "Joh
r, White on the assessment list is repr
!, sented by dead or a removed" Ia,
" able the whoopers up Of ''our niggert
l. pay the tax and hold the receipt fl
D. future use. IL there is no John White
N in existence they hire some man to pc
8 senate him at the polls. Their anxiei
d to fill the county treasury with Republ
le can campaign money is unbounded.