The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-17

0COi. w. tACkSON.
U. y Supervisors of Elections.
It 10 very generally understood now
that United States Supervisors will be
Appointed and will be present at every
registration and polling place in the
State at the next general election,
Samuel A. MaoAlister, Esq. Is Chief
Supervisor of Elections for the Dis
trict Of Delaware. He will recon-
mend two persons, one Republican
and ono Democrat. to the Judge of |
the District Of Delaware, the Hon.
leonard Z. Wales who will appoint |
them. Owing to tho intricacies OF the |
new ballot law. and the evident de-
termination OF the Democrats to take
every advantage they possibly can to
benefit their own party, going SO far
In this direction as to commit actual
fraud. 1t has been thought proper to
throw around tile polls every safe
guard provided by the State and Ma
tonal legislatures to insure honest
elections These supervisors OH the
days OF registration and polling will
be furnished places within The rooms
whore such registration and polling
Of votes will be going on.
i. This may be objected to on the part
OF some of the registration officers and
inspectors of elections, but there will
be no use In that as the Federal law
requires it aud It might as well lie sub.
mitted to gracefully. The business OF
these supervisors will he more super
visory us their name indicates than
mandatory They will have no au-
thority to rciect the registration of
any voter or the polling OF any voter
but they will have the authority to
enter objections If the voter in their
opinion is not legally qualified. They
Will keep registration and roll lists Of
all who register and yote. with the
places they give as their residences,
and after each registration day they
can Investigate the place OF residence
given by each voter to be sure thut he
actually resides at the place he gives
ns his domicile. So can they investi-
gate in regard to all other needed
qualifications to vote. a
They nave no power to mako arrests,
but when they object to the reception
OF any vote not duly qualified, and
the inspectors Insist upon putting the
vote into the ballot GoN, they can call
upon any deputy United States Mar
shal present to arrest such inspectors
and take them before tie United
States District Court.
Already we hear objections on the
part OF the Democrats against the ap-
puintment OF the Supervisors, the
only cause urged against 1t beng that
they interfere with the operations OF
the State laws and trench upon State
rights. The question may TO asked,
what Earn eau lie done by the appoint
ment OF these supervisors? Compos.
ed one of each party at each resistra-
ton and polling place, ono will be a
check Hpon the other Every day or
two the Democratic papers have some.
thing to say about the Fifth ward lie.
publican frauds. rs they call them.
tAThese supervisors will be The proper
agents to ferret out and suppress
such frauds. Tie Democratic super
visor in the WhiteChapel district will
have 1t In his power TO ascertain for II
certainty whether twenty-five or
thirty negroes register from one
house III the district, and have tie par
tles arrested WHO register and vote
from such place aud do not live there
Al Of that alleged Republican ballot
box stutIing and Illegal voting can he
stopped by the democratic su peryisor
of elections ii he docs lis duty. II
what the Demo cratic papers say Is
true about that phenomenal house IL
Thitechapfl, which colored men max,
their homes on election days, 1t is
sleh field OF fraud, and the Democrats
supervisor would unearth AMI expose
1t seems to us that no IcmGcrn
OF checking fraud, especially Wien II
Il to be done lay u Democratic super
visor On the other hand, RePubli.
can papeis Say TINT tie largo paddrt
assessment lists will ue taken Gdyan
tage OF by Receiver Of Taxes Dicke.
ingivng out tax receipts.
il is well known that bundles of tn
receipss arc going oct from the Ia,
Office Ia Democratic committee me