Middletown transcript., 1892-08-18

THE Democratic convention which
assembled at Dover on Tuesday, adopt.
ed as part Of the platform the following
s They declare their faith in the
capacity Of the people for self-govern-
ment, illustrated and maintained by
the preservation Of the rights and
autonomy of the States as secured by
the constitution. They protest against
tue common assaults made by the
Republican party on the integrity of
this right Of local self-government,
and the invasion of the domain of local
self-g0yernment by swarms of unneceS-
sary officials who eat out the substance
of the people and tend to corrupt and
debauch their politics.. p
Such declaration at this time
brings out by contrast the enormity of
the policy inaugurated by the Republic
can party in the matter of the appoint
ment of United States Supervisors and
Deputy United States Marshalls, The
purpose for which these men are ap-
pointed is plain to everyone. Della
wareans never did submit gracefully
to the presence of soldiers at the polls
and the time for such display of the
power Of Federal government at State
elections is past. This fact is recog-
nized by the Republican bosses, and,
in order not to offend the people and
thus drive away voters they take
advantage of the method Of intimida-
tion now in vogue. There is no
necessity for any interference with our
affairs, but the Republicans are desper-
ate and propose to make use Of their
power to carry by force State nat
urally and honestly democratic.
Does it enter into the mind Of any
just man that the people Of st. Georges
hundred need watching when they are
about to cast their ballots Are they
not more honest than the people who,
on account of their own depravity,
consider all other persons rascals and
repeaters ? We have always had
honest elections here, with the excep-
tion that possibly negro repeaters or
negroes not living in the Hundred
have been allowed to vote, but as
rule there is nothing to be feared from
dishonest practices.
Such being the case why is it neces-
sary that eight men, drawing from the
national treasury forty dollars per day
for eight days, should be detailed to
watch registration and voting in this
hundred ? The whole scheme is in
line with the policy Of intimidation and
extravaganza characteristic OF the Re-
publican party. Knowing their own
political deprayity they imagins that
other parties are equally bad and so set
up their own workers as judges of the
political rights Of honest American
citizens. In the city of Wilmington
hordes Of Deputy Marshals will sur
round the polls, taking out of the hands
of the state and city authorities the
work which they are paid to perform.
The Republican party has always en-
deavored to form strong central
government by means Of which to over
ride the will Of the people thus far
this desire has been thwarted by the
uprising of the people and SO it will
ever be, but, every encroachment of
this kind lessons the hold Of the people
upon the form Of government under
which we have been SO successful.
In order that this scheme Of intimida-
tion and extravaganza, this wicked and
and un-American method may be de-
stroyed, in order that it may not again
menace American liberty and the rights
Of the states, let every Delawarean
exert every effort to gain votes for
Cleveland and Stevenson, Gray and
Causey. The election of these men
will do much to perpetuate American
Institutions. Under q government
administered by Grover Cleveland and
under laws enacted by men like Gray
md Causey, intimidation and extraya-
yance have no place.