Milford chronicle., 1893-05-26

ever, gives greater evidence of what
the action Of that party is to be,more
than tAc vast sum OF money that 1t
has recently spent in paying the
taxes of the colored voters. The
fact Of The Republicans spending the
money left over from the last cleo
ton to pay every colored persons
taxes, should in itself stimulate the
Democrats to action, and cause the
leaders to enquire as to the position
OF their party and to its readiness to
enter the next campaign against a
determined Zoe that only lost the last
election by few hundred votes.
Every Deiaocrat. as well as every
Republican ia his State knows that
the Democratic majority in the State
has been growing less and less for
several years To state the fact. a
few years ago our majority was as
high as three and five thousand,
while at the last election we escaped
defeat merely, and had only the pal
try majority of five hundred in the
State in fact, we had less than two
hundred majority in each of the
counties. It is useless to talk over
the causes that have lost the Demo-
cratic party votes. For our part, we
are ready to let past history answer
that question, but the fact is, we have
as a party, lost strength. This must
be admitted BY every one. We must
not lose any more votes if we are to
remain the dominant party in Della
ware and control the destinies Of the
State in the future How are we to
turn the tide This is the problem
that confronts US and the one pro-
blem that should be seriously con-
sidered by the Democracy Of the
State, and considered at once and
without any waste of time.
We are not unmindful Of the fact
that the Democrats of Delaware will
enter the next campaign tempered
by appearing before people TO
apOlOgizefors some minor derelictiOns
ofduty and forsome broken promises
but the State can and must be saved
to the Democratic party, which for a
third ofa century has SO well govern
ed it. How can the State be saved
to the grand old party has been asked
the writer several times by thought
ful men within the last month";
The answer is plain. The very
best ticket possible to obtain must
be nominated and the men must be
known to be Democrats who will
carry out the platform of the party.
The ticket must be for the equaliza-
tion in this State. When we say the
equalization of taxes we do not mean
that the Democratic ticket must be
composed of men who would at the
mere dictation of some one vote for
any and every measure called a bill
to equalize taxes, but who are known
to be for a fair and impartial tax law
for this State. The ticket must be
for more than that. 1t must be for
a more rigid and strict economy OF
the State expenses, or in other words
it must be composed Of men who will
as near as possible return to the
economy Of twenty years ago when
tie State won the admiration of the
people of the whole country on ac-
count of the economy and honesty
of the men trusted with the manage
meat Of public affairs. This is not
all, the ticket put up by the Demo-
Gratis must be in accord with the
National Democracy on the coinage
question, and not be composed of
men who will bow down at the behest
of Wall street and the money powers
of the land, who live of the necessi-
ties of the people, and care nothing
for country or anything else except
to filch money from the producers
of the land. With free coinage, tariff
equalization of taxation
and rigid economy and a ticket CON-
posed of good, sound, sensible men
who are known to be in favor of the
declarations of the Demo-
cratic platform, both National and
State, the Democratic party can turn
back the tide that is fast submerging
it, and in a short time regain its
former majority. Let us then under
such a banner, on such a platform,
begin at once to organize for the
next campaign with full determine
lion that Delaware shall remain true
70 the teachings Of the past and not |
become Republicanized.-De Delaware- |
IN.