Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-11-06

John c. Sasse Jr., and Henry w. and
George w Sasse. 1t was a rare sight.
Swearing That They'd Never Been in Jai
Magistrate McWhorter was kept busy
all the afternoon raking atfdsvits OF men
who had been registered as May become
qualified" but whose votes mad been
refused at the election places
Oue peculiar case was that OF William
Hlzzsrd, who swore that he was not a
convict; had never been convicted OF
felony nor had be bsen
IN prison charged with a misdemesnor.
The negro said 1t was a Hazardous
undertaking but he meant to vote If he
had TO "shed blud
The case Of Ambrose Wilson, colored,
was different. He did not make oath to
his assertion that he had never
been punished by Imprisonment, but
his friend, Willism Boyce, made
affidavit that he had known Ambrose
Wilson for fifteen years and knew
him TO be good citizen who
was never convicted of penal oifense
Wilson tried to vote at Sixth and Church,
In the fourth district Of the Eighth
ward
Charlie d was shot
Faux A Mitchel's fine driving horse
Charlie B was hot this morning 10 end
is snffsripgs from spinal menin tits
II Was beautiful bay animal and known
to every lover Of horses IN Wilmington.
Dc valued II at $500 and is much grieged
At It's loss
The Tax Receipts Turned over
shortly before O'Clock City Solicitor
Elliott secured from the Police
~ 4f.4-4 ~
Cham bers turn over to him az PROSE-
Gu ing attorney the tax receipts taken
from parties arrested for violation Of the
the same This was done.
Neary - the Departments.
Ex President Of the Board OF Election
Commissioners Patrick Neary spent mnst
Of the d y IN The rear Office Of the De
pertinent of Elections, giving instrue-
lions to Democratic workers
As the EVERY Evening" Sees II.
The ring Is denour ID even By Sam@el
Baucroft's Jr.'s paper. In It's issue of
this afternoon 1t will say
From the beginning n very Evening
has been firmly and positively opposed
10 the appointment Of special constables
We HAYS the satisfaction Of knowing
that he Democratic party Of this county
and state, have stood firmly and p lively
on the same ground How could any
man with spark Of genuine Democratic
principle ia his breast stand anywhere
else2
The democratic principle is for eco
uomical government These special
constables will cost eli Der the county or
state treasury thousands of dollars.
That will be an unnecessary expense, an
unjusti6sble extravaganza
The Democratic principle Is that the
people can be trusted to carry ON their
own affair. Among the aaif RS that
they Can carry on is the STAIR of voting
They need no army Of special constables
TO atch ham a. the POLLS
There is'no visible excus-.. for'the doirg
OF this thing The Police Department is
non partisan with Democratic mai0rity.
The Department OF Elections Il non
partisan with a Democratic majority
fLa Republican sheriff has promisei to
app ,tnt no deputy shelilTs aud, all honor
to hin, he has so far as we know a. this
writing kept bis word like man What
need then, what excuse then, for the
appointment Of Democratic special con-
stsblesY Who can defend, who can
excuse the thingf
I'VE sea no difference between a Rs-
publican force bill coming from Wash
ington aud Democratic force bill
coming from Dover We are taken by
surprise hire on election day by the
appointment OF these special col stables.
We speak calmly ON the subject; but
we distinctly wash our hands If all re
sponsibility for their appointment and
state that the deed was done without
our knowledge and NEST distinctly
without our approval.
Banoroft's mills shut Down.
The mills OF the Bancroft and Sons
Company, at BancrofJs Banks, shut
down &C noon. With the exception Of the
weaving department., IN which only
women and children are employed. After
voting most Of the men came to this city
The MsjoritIts Two Years AGO.
The Republican mai ,riiy in this city in
1892 was IL The Democratic ms iority
Ii the county ives $50 In Kent county
the Democrats we're successful by 10
and Sussex VS. carried by them by 81
ms lrity OF 1874
Arrested on No Crime
Az 30 Special Constable Savile came
iltO ppl+fe hehuQ quarters Win Joseph
Wiggesworth. charged with that ding
ont receipts at Fourth and Poplar
streets Chief Dlleu, who CHANGED TO
be present. gave look Of disgust at the
embryo ofliser and said That Is 30
crime The prisoner is discharged
Paul T. goiten Votes
After being bailed out Paul r Hoten
returned 10 the polls a. Sixteenth and
Fgepch streets. snd voted He wss AZ
once arrested by Special Constable Still
ven on ? cha &c, as tha officer puo it, Of
'unlega, voting Heswss agsin bailsd !.
He works on the o iole, aud the members
or the Department Of Elections said he
had right 20 vote
where Was the Magistrate?
Magistrate Kelley left his offics i'm
mediately after hearing his last Tenth
ward negro case aud was not "a his office
until late this evening His absence
caused no little speculation among the
politicians In that neighborhood who
believed that the judge had sought a
more sequestered spot to hear the cases
brought before him by the special con.
stables.
No constitutional EConvention Ballots.
Late reports frem the Eastern district,
New Castle hundred, were to the effect
aN - 81.