Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-02
HOPE OF THE SOUTH
Ralph Stone Thinks It's SoIidity
Is Crumbling.
DELAWARE NAY GO OUR WAY
The DemOcrstic Scheme Of Distranchise-
ment WIN Not Work in
Tbs Campaign.

"Tne republicans OF Michigan, OF
course, d. not deny that a portion OF
AIchigan's electoral vote vii Dc cast
for Grover Cleveland. bat Va may md
comfort "a the fact that the demo
cratic theft by when tAis Is made pos
slDie VIII DO neutrAAZed by tas httis
state Of Delaware" sad Ralph stone,
youag attorney OF this city, mem
Der Of the AN hrm OF Cutcheon &
stone. snd q native DelassreAn. Del
aware, 10 be sure, casts but three cleo
toTal votes, Qua those are sufficient 10
OF set the congressional districts which
tns democrats nave any snow OF carry
ing ia Michigan. 1 nave word from
my father tals mOrnlng-ne Is taxing
al active part IN the cam
paign ia Delaware-snd he says
mat unless come new devltry Is
Matched, We shall get . moderately falr
election. and Il We succeed IN that we
email WIN Delaware, you know, 10
noted Tor is peaches, Its large car and
-hlp-bulldlng establishments. but more
tnan al for its deczyed politics. Bay
ard, Clsveiand's secretary OF state. Is
the parsnt of = mass OF inlqultles leg
islstIOn, regulating the machinery VI
elections, under which the democrats,
although IN pronounced minority.
have been enabled 10 control the state
that "a why my father says that II they
are able 10 get moderately fair cleo
lOn the republicans will carry Della
ware. Mr. Henry c. Robinson, the
leading banker OF Wilmington. Del
swsre's metropolis, city of the size
al Graud Rapids, who spent last
week N this city. told me that Al
though the republicans were making
no boastfpl claims publicly, yet
they Mere confident OF carrying the
state for Harrison and Reid. learn
from United States Senator Higgius,
the hrsi republican senator froGI Della
VAR. and aader whom | studied law,
that the party i IN better condition
than it has ever been, that the voters
ara nearly Ali qualified. tnat the demo-
crats are or ven to the wall. their cor
rupt practices exposed. and feeling
OF confidence pervades the republican
party. la Delaware, you know, the
psyment OF poll tax Is a prerequisite
% volag. You must show your tax
receipt when you register. This Is &C
cording To Bayard's law of 1873. THIS
Is how the democrats get IN their fine
work. The tax collector. under the
Law, sits only few days in each dis
trlct. Democrats never go to MN to
pay their poll taxes. bat the party pays
them and the party workers distribute
the receipts in blocks.
Practically pisfranehtssd.
Republicans, however. must find the
tax collector, tender their money and
secure their receipts. But the time the
collector = required 10 ST - not long
enough 10 receive one-half the taxes.
and those Who are able TO apply are
hindered and delayed by every device
known 20 .he ingenuity OF the demo-
crate politician. Thousands of repub-
hcku- ara dlslranchise d by this inlQul-
tous iaw. Even long suffering human
nature Yields 81 times. and not infre-
quently the democratic collector needs
police protection. The % opla Of Mich
Igan would think IL strange sight 10
see American citizens, IN every
way quail fed 20 vote. standing
ten deep around tax collector. with
money m their outstretched hands, a.
most begging for the privilege of pay
ing their taxes. and the collector cody
closing MS books and shutting up MS
Office because the very brief time pre-
scribed by law for the receiving or
taxes had expired. These citizens can
not vote. They are disfrsnchised be-
cause they cannot snow tax receipts. At
the polls. They are republicans. But
tus same collector ats up late
~ night behind locked doors,
and makes cut receipts for demo-
Gratis. and democratic henchmen
distribute them 20 democratic voters
vino don't pay = cent for them. That
i how the democrats have held Della
ware IN the democratic fold.
"Bus ~ dot of hard. persistent
work under the leadership OF Senator
Hzgins, who by the way e chairman
Of the republican congressional cam
psixu COMMITTEES and - known as
rever-gve-up fighter Of bulldog per-
trnscIty. The republicans have qualified
enough tss 10 defeat the democrats.
Little Delaware bids fair to be the
hrst 90 break INTO the 'sOld south
What the democrats have stolen in
Michigan, Il looks very much ss II
Delaware vii restore -