New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-20
TO STEAL THE LEVY COURTS
MIDNIGHT PLOTTING N DELAWARE.

decided IN prcs, a nue-commi.s.Oaer lii, applicable
-, the three counties and thus abolish the historic
Levy Court which IS as old almost a government
it,eIf i, in mi, STATE. committee of nine lawyers
three from each county, with Thomas +. LA(a'u d.
chairman was appointed by the caucns to draft inc
hill and tbe General Assembly will be asked to pass H.
It's ocnsble object j, to reform the cumbersome Levy
Court system under which, in Democratic halua sI"co
tle enactment OF the Dayard Ia" oil 1900 e'"''
abuses have grown up. Its real ohJcct Is 10 TOD o
people OF their Republican repre- "lcH Nv"
control the levy Courts and therefore the cIc'"oll
machinery Of the two counties oil Ne"'",u0 anu
Sussex. This course has become ab'oiutcN lAdl'-
,o,s,ilo IN give the Democrats fighting chance in
Delaware in 1882, and the party leaders nave 'SaI"
moved Themselves equal 10 the emergency 'ir
Hayard senator Gray and james Williams ota'c
senator and cx- Rcprcscntavc IN Congress nave ior
weeks pretended to deprccate such ruthI->S poIoy
and have scduously given ont the idea t't u-' ui'
not believe in political theft. Bnt the caucus o!
March 10 broke down all their scrupcs ard MI Eajard
* now lending the van. as he has done IN every
marty crisis for twonty years. IL senator Higgins
who said that he AWAY, found Mr. Bayald equal 10
every bad occasion ard the cX-occreiary h' "hco
more proved his opponents estimate oil nm 10 DC
true
If is a matter of life and death with the Democrats,
for 800 Of their voters In Sussex County arc about
IN bc returned as delinquent, for nonpayMcnt Of poll
taxos for 1890 Til, i, under the operation Of tho
I},yord act of 1873 which was invented and enacted
for the Acknowledgement of the then newly cancsed
colorcd voters II had operated Ike charm lor e-"'
consecutive elections until In 1c-S. when the 9H'-
burr detection gave TO thc Republicans TIC Lcy
Court Of Sussex Comfy and the contest last HoV'"er
gave the Republicans OF This county s.ldEF power
Now the shoe i, on the Other foot ana it plnchc- Tho
instrument with which Bayad kept the state 'oldiy
Democratic and himself i'm the United states senate
for nearly three terms has suddenly become an ami
uuated barbarOus and cumbersome ma'hlhe WHICH
must be "rcformed7 forthwith. Counu Comm''
sioperS TO be appointed two years by the Demo
cratic Governor must take the place OF Inc X puul'"l
Levy Court Commissioners. and ~" Erpu'Hc'h 'dN
collectors must give way to Rayard followers in every
hundred In the state DO.der inert was never Ool-
tcmulated in this country.
Thi, couSpiracv aims further At covering mp thett'
and cmhczzlcment, by Democratic officials In this
county in the last SIX years. The Ecp"'Hc'h Ivy
Court has arranged already for an expert cNan4na-
ton Of the county records. THIS mu-t b' prevented
II pnssllle for cnough ha, been exposed already III inc
state % sink any party or fHcton "lh'r IMAM U-7
despcratc Eayard aggregation. The foaiinS cc3t oil
the county which was said TO be $4,000 !a-t fall, has
Lccn found 10 exceed that amount by $4,000, ana
t,c Levy Court. which I, now In session. }, d''N
finding new Obligations in every huuivd ia t' county,
and no man can tell where II VIII end or NI' '"''
bo IMPLICATED. The new Comfy Treasurer hi~ h''l
elected. Edmund llaman. 1rca uer Tor ti I''' i"
vco~s died inst before the Republicans came into
mower ON February /. The settlement Of his estate
causes untold anxiety to Mr. Bayai ard his follower
The comfy has been bankrupt ior months. a"d IL
nonor indor-cd hv leading Democrats, has gone -
n-o.o-t pctS Of over 100000 are IN danger OF be-
i9r rrpuGiatcd and the Levy C0nr = noW scchhi
authority ~ the hands Of Democratic L"-l-Ii'u'' u
Day these debts. Illegally and many Of them c'rrup'F
cou,r,c,cl ~ their Democratic pred'c's- Rs. tho
"A
coprty did not owe a dollar. During that period the
comfy was derived Of over 100000 IN poll taxes
which were refused or their payment cva1cd bi Dem
ocr,tc collectors in their efforts t. keep EeluoH'ah'
djefronchl-ed while, on the other hand, the "'~7 ~
the Democratic voters hes been qualified 10y mcH- u
fraudulent issues Of receipts. FIR which no money WIS
returned 10 the county. M this was mMc po''io''
by the Eayard act
The fea. that Republican officials will nc the t'N-
;, ,oochirory i'm the same irfaInou, manner as the
Democrats have done since 1873 +, however ''
chief motive for the cOn~pir1 v 81 E-t IH'-'N n-
II may be said however. tlat the EeIunhriis %
not fear the operation Of this law III VIZ" oI u. '
election. with Infinite labor the p'rty has ','h PIX
90, q war footinc Tie taxes for 100 have i''h
Maid since the election Of last N'VcnIi'f' ""I u''
IN, Constitution they arr ready ior the contest t"'H
months hence. The Republicans Of Delaware Ne.'
meyer stronger or more hopeful than they are t'o''
II j.. trn, that thcy lot Tic two lover '1''"c j."
800 when they had carried h"'h ID - ''' 90,
feel That the Democratic methods y -" ''"'' 90
repeated Wh.kcy by The barrel fn'h'"'' 81 ''
poll, which wa, inspired by the l'"H'i'' ana +'''
for the purchase Of votes all together "hN -'"n ="
Democrats COO majority in sussex whcic o''' ''''
WHO. we're pJllcd. Thirty thousand d''h'' ''P''"-
in Democratic Kent give them fewer INV" 4'' "'!'''P
I'm i vote OF 100. II j. not believed tHa' ''' '"'"'
can raise again 80 large corruption i"'d ' h'''."D'
.or auywbcIc else. unless the Liquor League oil uL
nted states should come 10 his rescue - II "u III
1--O -
But causes other than the disTancAscAchi Ol -''"'
democrat, fur two years to Gomez III su-'cN l""hb'
ud.r the operation OF thc BAY ard act contribute u hi
democratic panic and desperation Foremost aH'h-
tncm j, the late state treasurer i''lFi' ' I'I
u scttlc IN iu with Wilbur II. hhrh.t'' Ic'vN'"
t.ecfnd f. succeed Mr.. Herbert Great ado Ht' bct
mad. by the new papers over thc "lIt-'" 49,, Va
nearly 5000 900 IN state bond, which were ruVppci ID
be secure M the lituc TN boz no" 10 T. i''"
than The Delaware peach. lILa cpeod' snow uli, l1
twenty year, ANc Hliefeht ~ , 90. IN t,t,i
cr j. Roy Mods, The present foN -I''' ~ II, M
tnc existence Oi hundreds OF bonds irlrr7rh' nag
Thousands Of dollars ana not one OF thehi .an ,"'
BUSH sense TO md cat Whclhc' uI'' Do"'
r~I,t.q In TACT. The former tc'-hie, ALLOW u
tn box t. remain in the state bank a. Dover MF.
Herbert removed II i0uI 'dIS ago 40 ;'c" S%tlc' ~
home. and nc VIII have great tvI vi uodOiV'
enough - last him the r't Of ms Ike, - 'ohNI.''
tie people Of Delaware that he ala MOI remove Tic
Sir. Herbert IS guilty OF far more serious Offence
~ ~ tmT for month. lie obviously has been
,,n. the state bonds, and II he lived IN otae where
statutes prescribing punishment Tor ciIDt@HeIh';it
prevailed, ana where there Was pcnitcnuaiy, az
Would now be behind the bars. He inannatc,
mat his inability 10 settle is due 10 certain note,
which he took from the late Clert Of the Peace Oi
Ihs county EDWIN H. Cochran, which, becadsc OF COci
rams financial collapse, are hOt hobo""Dic' Co'HIdH
l. one of hazards C.r-c-t friends.
Another heavy dciacatIon t-lt li7 passed by dnpun-
hat constant source 81 PAIN 10 h' Idyald tc
ZION wa, thai Henry Z. Calpcntr Of Dorcr present
editor Oh the l,adiug Democratic organ Of he STATE. ii
made away with 10000 oi school money. i le---
iat.vc committee WAlicwashcd MN. There were AJ
trc. against cmbczzciucut then. neither wis thCro
pcnItenta:y 49,. a.. 49,.
cratic collectors Of SusscX County hal stolen fuO)
during tie last Or twelve ear. Iut thrib ami
T'teIt,tnu Ly Democratic 90 lcct0rs la been 20
common in Delaware hc LAY ara at OF Io'd tdt
people have ceased 10 be shorh-d " H.
GciI II defacat0n ana cnIbczllcmcnt /, left Tor tr
higher regions OF legislation FOR ten years ~ least
= ia. m have. ClluItg g \