The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-19

The Democratic party in the Legis.
lature at its last session took long
strides i'll the centrtiiZlug of power
and destroying the right of home
rule ard local self government, and in
further lettering the franchise so as
to deny to the people the free oppor-
tuntty to qualify to vote. Resting
upon the confidence of Democratic
maiorities IN Kent and Sussex coun-
this, 1t left their Lsyy Courts and
other county officials and Institutions
untouched, but the Democratic repre-
srntatly6s from Kent and Sussex
counties, taking advantage Of popu.
lar demand for a relIe from Democrat
ie extravaganza in the management OF
the HiIlitn OF New CastlcCo. nguiaSt the
protest OF its m2mbers, representing
5000 population more than both the
otlef counties combined, To- islatcd out
OF Otlien the daily chosen collectors of
county taN"s FOR the respective hun
ttreds, and put in the hands of the
governor 10 appoint II single receiver
Of taxes for the entire county they
made no provision compelling this
f uiticlHl to Furnish adequate opportuni-
/ ties ly deputies in each hundred or
otherwise to lol taxpayers of the
county to pay their taxes, and get
tleir receipts, SO as to qualify to vote,
thus enabling this Official to require
all Republican poll taxpayers to pay
thelr taxes Individually to him lhdivlI.
aui!y, which being practically itnpussi-
bic will disfranchise inevitably thou
sands of voters. while ut the same time
ne hunds out tax receipts to all Demo
cratic poll taNable7 without money OF
price.
While passing registration and bal
lot acts untler pretencn of reform they
have taken away from the people of Il
portion Of the State their ancient
right to choose without Limitation al
each polling place their own election
officers by giving to tn Governor tho
power to appoint partisan registrars
at every election district In the coun
try hundreds Of New Castle county
and appoint an election commission
! for the city OF Wilmington with a par
ii san Democratic majority, iii place 0
, election officers chosen by the people
which We're two-thiru5 Rep lbliean, an,
thus instead of dividing the election
officers equally accUrding TO the spin
OF the act, have appropriated to Til
! democrats ten more inspectors thai
j. they allowed IT, the Republicans. ant
have usurped the power OF naming
the Repub. lean election officers in al
a distrtc Is where the latter have q mt
/ iority.
They have taken from the people O
New Castle county, after the next elet
ton, their ancient right to elect by
majority ot fine people OF the entir
: county tho members OF their lev
CuurC, who arc to levy the taxes OF til
county, and have gerrymandered tn
i county into districts with the hop
S that BY n miHerity OF tile popular vot
e they eau still retain the control OF TIA
county. They have given tho COVE
nor the power to appoint constablej
d without limitaS to number, to oyel
II awe and hinder voters in their right {
franchise, and thus TO furnish pay fl
# election heelers, with tho assurance {
a an neutrality-suspicious. to the tax payer
lney have given to the governor IL
power to appoint Board of Poll,
y Commissioners for tile city OF Wi
mington, instead OF leaving the II
III pointmeut OF such board To the may
OF the city.
a. A property qualification for the rig
st to vote is in violation Of the coustit
10 ton OF the state and obnoxious
Is every instinct of American libert
n While posing as the pretended flisl
~ OF the laborIng men we call emphal
attention to the fact that tine practlc