The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-13

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The Registration.
What is the use of a constitution II
1t Is not lived up to, If not regarded byj
officers of the law The constitution
OF tho State of Delaware provides that
any person who shall have paid
the election, shall be entitled to the
rights of franchise. Though the law
does not specially require it, the exit
bition of receipt that the tax required /
has been paid, has usually been nc
copied as good, indeed as the best eri
dence OF the payment Of such tax
But what respect have number of
registration officers at tho present
tor this constitutional requiem sntY
They hare taken an oath to support
the constitution, ami vet they violata
their oath by doing tho very things
they swore they would not do. 5..
A legal tax receipt is OF no account
In the eyes OF numbers OF Democratic.
registrars. They are thr own aside as
worthless ut New Caste la East White
Nf'Nts MUM OlAFs III A9t- Nftbl SIS HUM
dred, and citizcns clothed with the
right of franchise aro denied that right
by the arbitrary and dishonest de-
cisioIs OF plrked-out parti5ans who 1t
was known had tho lack Of principle
to do what was right and had what is
called in common parlance the "sau y
20 violate the constitution and their
oaths of Office. r. X. Morrison reEis.
trar in the North district OF New Cas-
tie, G. W. Currin1er In East White
Clay Creek Hundred, John Armstrong
n the Odessa district OF st Georges
Hundred, and others in the county, are
Intelligent enough to know that they
ire wiifully violating tha constitution
BY the coutst they ute pursuing. Tho
evidence that they purposely violate
tie constitution, their oaths of Office.
aud their own common sense intelil-
Eence ia shown in tho fact that the
came kind OF tax receipts they accept
ns genuine FOR properly taxes they re.
feet as spurious Tor poll taxes We
Doubt if there IS anything in Mis- sis :
fhFFA WIKI u lllflD - ~ III Vi an
honest election that can beat this
Yes but iys an apologies for this dis.
honestNthe registration officers DO not
turn voters away positively, they tel
them to come bac.t again tho next
registration day, tho law gives then
the right TO GothIs.
To which II may be replied that til,
law does not bear TINT construction
While 1t permits registrars to lay over
certain suspicious tax receipts, 1t does
not mean the laying over Of receipts
npon which there Is not particle oil
soubt of their geauineness. The only
reason why they IRE laid over wuul,
Eeoin to be with tho expectation tha'
the holder Of them would uot cpmeUaci
again to get rsEiste ed, an exception
that has been realized by the two day
o. registration already past Fortunate
ly the majority OF registrars in til
county are honest men. having ia;
regulations that they dare not loss
AMI they are making a complratiyel.
fair registration.
But what il the remedy against ia
registrars who Will not make fai
reg s,rmtion: Th4 courts. you FL!
sotA United States aud state court
les, these are the courts. lat what us
Are they utter having been political,
platlpl!A Ell amt jas -5iai In tire mar
her OF selectlnG lur,e5 by partisan an
'ntermedlllng Democratic poIiti siaus
I wis Senator b!yarl himself, who
sitter the coEv lion of one OF hi
friends for DISTINGUISHING voters vii
Gai the Unite States laws 50 dInendc
that it became impossible to convit
lor any political offence, In tho stat
nDurts tho case is no better PARTS
ship rules in tho selection OF iurou
who will lie sure to understand pUtit
ga set ups. III addition the Demt
:rcts have virtually advised those el
IaEeI III partisan work to push 1t !
nv fa-thcst extent as bail viii hc O
hand aud counsel viii DO empi4yl
.ree OF cost While tho courts ma
deer to certain extent Il
'eEistrution officers in illegal pra,
ices, more oil areouit OF the ammo
uce than FROM the fear OF puais
uent. the great Ietuely OF the Repu
bean party Is III The ilstaess of /
stuse and manly apart.s to the o
igGtenad judgment Of ths people. nj
combined with this Is wIatet codra /.
10 stand up for the right, Tie Ill
honest actions OF few registrars
pfltcrs, while they may tickle al
elease unprincipled partisaus for I
a,pa, will not meet with the heal
endorsement OF the masses Of hon,
ritizens, who W. sti!l believe. comp
.ha honest yeOmanfy oil New Cos
oounty.