The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-02-04
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ifiiiiHH tUIIIUN
DIsGRUNTLED DEMOCRATS.

How They Kick at the Exposure of
Their Frauds - They Indulge In
Curses Against Members OF Their
own Party-rhey Know How 1t Is
Themselves Now.
The Democratic heelers are In sore
state of disquietude and unhappiness.
Little coteries OF them may lie seen on
the corners of the streets, in the sa-
looms and club rooms discussing the
situation with intense earnestness.
The exposure Of the dumping of
nearly 1000 names illegally upon the
two Democratic election districts
comes with more force than they ex-
pected. The leaders are surprised to
find tbs Republicans In the Levy Court
iwido awake to meet the fraud and
they are doubly surprised to find the
Republicans with more wonderfully
'stiilened backbones
/ One Democratic worker said to q
fellow, "why hardly had the assess
ment lists of the Democratic districts
been handed In before the Republicans
whipped out type written lists to show
that the assessments were padded with
about 1000 names Illegally assessed"
! Another Democratic worker salt:
"And they have got law for IL too.
Ned Bradford was not down in the
legislature In 1881 for nothing. Our
men were fools not to have seen that
tho word illegally" before assessed
would knock our machine into smith
Green's"
Look how they have handicapped
Hickman" said another Democrat.
Last year he was chairman of the as
,sessmant revision committee of tho
whole city of Wilmington, and only
Dave Hutchinson who didn't know and
didn't care much about the ASSESS
ments was on tho committee with
him. OF course Hickman had 1t all
his own way with the assessments and
with the delinquent lists too. But
now just look at him.
lie is chairman of only one district,
and that the Republican district where
there is nothing for him to do, and
eyen il there was something for him
to do, he has two Republicans on tho
> committee with him. And then down
5 In the two lower districts where the
a lists-betwern you and I-aro padded
with about 1000 Democrats, he Is oil
the tall end two or Republican commit
toes. tell you the outlook is bad"
"But can the Republican Levy Court
strike those names from the assess
y ment?" asked bystander,
1 "Why, of course IL can; that there
Il internal llttlo word legally" thai
| Bradford had put in tho law docs the
business. They will every ono b.
swept off, and mind tell you, O'ligri
and Conway will haYo to look out fo
e themselves, for there is n line OF no
less than 7lU0 nor more than s5W
for every name they Illegally ASSESS"
K In other coterics, curses loud ant
deep were heaped upon the two kon
county Democratic Senators wh(
II, would not vote for tho Five Commits
sioner net, as it came from the House
Said ono: "iiad il not been for thos
old cursed Mugwamps, the Republican
n Levy Court would have been wipe,
ID out and then Dickey, Ecary and Ilicli
y man would have had their own way
sand the Democrats would have had
II walk over.
s. ''Sow deioat stares us in the fac
m d--n Williams, and to Ii we'll FIX
h Governor lln'l is dead, bat he WAS Il
n bad as Williams"
N SO the talk goes all around. Til
N Democrats are so surprised, that the
hardly know what has struck them.
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