The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-05
THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1891



8 his had another attack of negropho-
bia, attended with reckless kind OF a
manner OF making assertions without
facts to support them in relation to
the manner In which the late election
WIS held in this city. Disclaiming to
Know anything about Mr.. Patrick
Q'Brien of Baltimore being brought
on here and having been housed by
ss.Levy Courtman William L, Wier at
Nhristiana, where he no doubt was TO
receive his pay f1r his aid to the Demo-
cis,ts, Mr.. Wler being Treasurer of tho |
democratic County Committee, it
nays:
There was very conclusive proof OF the |
presence here On elcsiion day OF llaltl- |
more repeatsrs who were TO aid the VIII |
n'iaKfou negroes in the outrageous frauds |
that were undoubtedly cOmlnittclin some
ul tho upper districts"
let our neighbor trot out the re-
rtnters and expose them. 1t is very
easy TO make assertions but difficult
fu prove them without facts. We are
hot among those who will shy that
tllere were no Illegal Republican votes
pciled at the late election, but il there
were hall as many polled rs there We're
Of Democratic votes we give up the
contest. Our neighbor then says:
1--WE also know that In the Democratic
tlirtTicts south OF sixth street the general
tfcotiOn OF last November was conducted
+ with An nnustinl degree of fairness and
iINt3pm from corruption OF amy kind;
' IioW well the negro rcpeatCrS north of
SIKH street exercised their Illegal Nocu.
tlin u tuo well known to need any detailed
rrtifai 81 the facts at this tline-'
Why does not our nolghbor make
some allusion to the famous, or rather
Infamous. Twenty-ilfth district OF the
Tenth ward, commonly known as the
screwdriyer' district, where that
Prince OF Democratic election inspec-
i tors, Hewson L. Lannnn, held the cleo
tuny Its attention has been called
tlisc after time to this matter, but It
somehow seems never TO have heard
OF that district. Here there We're forty
nine more ballots in tbs box than hero
were names upon the poll lists, and
lheie were so many doable ballots
voted that they filled up tho box and
Tie Inspector used u 'serewdriTer' for
stirring them up and making them fall
aFurt after they were in the boX. Here
The Democratic poll list was made out
IN I'M ingenious kind of u manner lie.
fore the election commenced, perhaps
under tho Instructions of Nj Patrick
UsBrien, Levy Courtman Wiers pro
teSee. The list was prepared and the
edges OF the paper stuck together.
ready TO pull apart at any tins and
disclose name Tor every ballot In The
b52, but the wutchful Republican
clerk kept such sharp eye on the
suspicious looking foolscap that II
never got opaned aud the outragrou,
baud was discovered, but still tha
ty-nine double ballots were counted
We refer to this rs a sample OF tht
s'lisual degree of fairness and freedom
from corruption Of any kind in whicl
the Democrats carried on the election
whore they had exclusive control. w
rather have Il suspicion that the lift
Negro votes" from little shanty /
"Whitechapeln is d connected affair {,
offset the "screWdriver' fraud upo
the principle of tho thief CRYING "stu
tllef.h We are credibly informed thu,
this '.Whitechapci0 affair has been tho
bughly Investigated and foundto hav
mo- solid foundation. oar nelghb0
chen concludes by saying:
ave repeat: Delaware is Il Dem,
cratic State BECAUSE IL majority oil ht
.itlzens are Democrats"