Daily Republican., 1890-06-25
po,as,cs In SUSSEX.

The tollowisg letter from Georgetown,
eusaax county, appeared in the Philadei-
phia lnquireF yestesday, June 23:
Since the Republicans gained control
OF Sussex county two years ago they
have been huey inv. stiRsting the methods
Of the Democrats who had control Of the
Levy Court and eli the fnances Of the
county for ct leass twenty years and the
result 10 that . financial statement Is
now nearly ready tor publication that
will show the Democratic officials II D in
: very upenviabls light. Thousands OF
dollars belonging TO the county have
been diverted from the legitimate chan
nels for which they were INTENDED, and
used for partisan aud electioneering rur-
poses, and Thousands moie have gone
Into the pockets OF political fayoritcs or
fictitious orders, drawn aud signed by
the various Democratic levy courtmen,
and paid out for work that was never
performed. When tho Republicans tosk
charge OF adairs two years ago the
couuty was on the verge of bankruptcy,
taxes were up to the highest notch, yet
the orders or WarrAnA on the county
were 10 many iustancss not worth much
more than the paper they were written
on, the county was sinking deeper aud
deeper IL debt and IL was only BY special
legislation on the part oi the General
Assembly providing for the bonding Of
the debt that bankruptcy was averted.
It was this condition of afigirs that
made the people down here desirious Of
. change, and induced them to cut party
ties two years ago Ard turn the sfiairs OF
the county over 10 the Republicana And
now the radical reforms introduced, the
uncovsring aud exposure Of the Demo
cratic r0steuness and loose financial sys-
tenn have opened tho eyes Of the citizens
and taxpayer to that extent that the
verdict Is the Republicans must stay to
complete the work they have begun, and
. walk over" 10 IN store ior tie Repub.
licsn party here 81 the next election.
Another thing that already guarantees
Republican success In the coming cam
paiRn 10 the marked apathy Of the
Two years ago the 6aulsburys carried
the county as the Democratic primaries,
and though they gave :he minority ali
they were entitled to in the County
Convention, the latter sulkci during
the campaign and lett the Salisbury
men 10 light the battle almost alone.
i This time the eaulsburyitcs, seeing the
utter hopelessness Of making o fight,
will do nothing, and though their op.
pouents. the Causeys, Ross % aud Hillses,
are doing everything 10 stir them up be.
cause Of the desits they havs to send
John Causcy to Congress, they will NO,
stir. They say openly they have no In
terest u the coming campaign, that the
Wolcotts and Uaussys gave The State L
the Republicans two years ago, and
now II they want u back again they \
have 10 take II themselves; they ~
suredly will recsive no aid from them.
The Republicans. though sure si the
county, are working earnestly to MAXI
their majority not only certain, but AZ
large % possible, to Offset any possibl,
chance the Democrats may have OF car.
Trying the State. Kent county, It Il
known, will 70 Republican by a goot
round majority. and the Republican, ap
preeiate the fact that with . good ms
jority in Sussex the Governorship viii
be secure despite II the efforts Of the dis
frsnchieing machine In New Castle
Harry Cannon, Of Bridgeville, will likel,
be Sussex couuty's candidate for Con
gress, and Harry A. Richardson, o
Kent, 10 the accepted Gubsrnatorlal can
didate. With this ticket, both the can
didates being young, popular and FIRE
from all enta0aling alliances, the Re
publicans feel certain that they can pull
Delaware out of the old Bourbon ruts.