Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-24


The outrageous and thus far unpun-
ished lawlessness of the Fifth ward
election riot of last summer was para
ielled Thursday afternoon by the doings
cf'the bowling mob who for a short time
held possession of John T. DiclSey's
place of business and INDUCED in acts
Of violence and murderous threats. In
both these cases the actual rioters seem
to have been mainly inilammable and
irresponsible negroes who were egged
on by more dastardly white men less
anxious to give and take cuffs and
blows. Why these negroes thus allow
themselves to be made tho tools of such
white bosses they could probably not
tell themselyes-there is, nothing in il
for them, except perhaps a 50 bill on
election day, for the men who use them
have no use for them when the offices
are to be distributed.
In these two riots, within one year,
our city has had taste of what Repub-
lican domination-such as the free sill
yer coinage Democrats of Congress are
working to fasten OH the whole
country-is designed to bring about III
Delaware and other states where politi-
cal ascendancy turns on the negro vote,
and the disagreement of the jury which
tried the recreant policemen who sat
quietly looking on while negroes were
driving out the Fifth ward election off.
GERS and threatening them with death
last June, demonstrates that in such
cases the law-abiding people cannot
rely on the machinery of justice to pro-
ltect them in their rights or to punish
the lawless invasion of those rights.
But it Is certainly deplorable state of
affairs when such an outbreak as that
OF yesterday afternoon can happen in
broad daylight and on the main street
of city of $4,000 inhabitants.
In this riot we see another example of
that rule or ruin spirit which has in the
recent past compelled freeborn Ameri-
cans to walk to the polls between files of
armed Federal hirelings and which
would have crushed out opposition with
chat infamous Force bill of the Billion
Dollar Congress had it not been that
Quay and some others, lat the behest of
the "fat fryers," called the dogs off
through fear that their pocketbooks
might be less literally fattened from
the proceeds of the woikingman's daily
toll. In this case greed proved temper
arily more potent than imperialism.
Last January three hundred white
Democrats tramped more than two miles
through the mud one Saturday to get
their names on the assessment list from
which they had been omitted by Re-
publican assessor. They found that as
SCISSOR there and during the four or five
hours Mr.. Hance sat there he leisurely
and deliberately took the names of about
45 of that crowd of justly aggrieved men.
lie was certainly as scrupulous not to
overwork himself, to begin and quit on
time, and to lean back and smoke and
nd - during the dinner hour as Mr..
or Mr.. Finck could have been,
.Slnd four-fifths of those men, who had
" ,ost days wages to get assessed, had
" st. tramp back through the mud dis
as ess,pointed. But they did not resort to
Jun, i,b law.
oily Yet their grievance was greater than
Is Plat of those making up Yesterdays
le ttob. The negroes who were so ready
iouE fight for the chance to pay their taxes
III me yesterday could have paid them last
Ii august or September. If they could
orthot, it was ut least no fault Of Mr..
sflDickey. Night after night he kept his
4. office open for the accommodation of
b taxpayers who were employed during
ted.he day and did not want to lose time.
. vThis was known to ahd acknowledged
J, = n3py the Republican preas Of the city and
,resdF Dickey was 4publicly praised for
,.ers cling more than the 3trict letter of the
inconw required. If, Notwithstanding his
g at adiness to accommb date, there was
. 66Jt time then for all to pay their taxes,
laes 4 blaine must rest on the Republican
loa, VIZ Pourt which kept the duplicates
Of earlofl Mr.. Dickey's hands until the
ll.he ole month of July had gone. Don't
!, yeeset dhis. During that month of July
TX Ss T. il ,bot been for the obstructivoness
.nler tttr Levy Court-five thousand men
h"b S"iAh nave Phih lASAi bl3ASS uuQ sdNGtl
sc Sw'esper cent rebate thereon.
We m The rioting of Thursday demonstrated
So Dat Mr.. Dickey's store is not safe
YES Nice to sit for the receipt of taxes here
ely mer, and that it would be at the risk of
'cii1e6o life for the collector to sit there next
socssv nday. Common prudence would
II,;ng% rest that he should select some other
nj. efe when he can be sure Of ample and
thu Suite protection.
VI smt 4
n 4 was meeting of lie New England
und, we ~' Reform Leag held in Boston
he pdren tuesday, week, d Il following reso.
'int:es vs. vs. was adopted nd the secretary
;. Ila;ssrols. structed to for7 ard copy Of the
IN A. - led upto every Demo Iratic member Of
I'M, 1t wht
Il BIZ taxi lred, That the New England Tariff
al Ged ten League protests in the name OF
lrdidor sreform against Fhc passage of tho
~, ken bill for the freq coinage of silver
mir tin n the opinion OF this league such d
- cdrn,rs would bring disaster 10 the bust
ietly ator lterests of the COUNTRY; that its pass
'lie. q wopuld obscure thd issue Of tariff re,
, fanween which should De the most promi
ohIi hard uestion before the people IN the
u, axyn T1S this year. and that we feel ID on