The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-07-03

tho Republican that Governor Ray.
nolds, OF Della ware.ls busily Engaged
In making votes for the Democrat 0
party BY pardonlng from well merit
ed punishment numbers OF miscreanis
who have been luxuriating In the iails
OF New Castle. Kent and Sussex oouu-
ties. Tho Affairs Of the party must be
getting desperate to resort to such
means to secure votes, but from my
personal experience during my resi-.
dence in the Diamond State. lido not
believe that any measure is too low
for the Delaware Democrats to stoopl
to In order to carry out Its ends.
can recall numerous instances Of the
nj oct profound skulduggery reeortsd
to by that party In the past.
One OF the most flagrant cases
came under my observation In 1880,
while was employed on the Whining.
ton Morning News. On the 2Sth OF
October OF that year received a
telegram from an acquaintance In
New York. asking me to meet him at
the depot the next day (the 29th). He
arrived on time. and although he
Iever put mis- foot on Delaware soil
previously. yet OH the 9th Of Novem-
the State, he voted the entire Demo.
cratic ticket" on q FAX receipt dated
September 26th" and receipted by jas.
L. Carpenter, at that time the Demo-
cratic tax collector OF Wilmington.
Another case that recall was the
assessor calling OF my boarding house,
kept by John X. Vickers. "a good Re-
publlcan) to secure the names OF all
the voters. no ono being at homo but
Mrs. vickers, who gave him the de-
sired information. Now, there were
six voters living In that horse--five OF
whom were Republicans and only one
Democrat.
Two days before the books closed
called at the assessors house 10 see II
my name had been entered on the as
sessment list. Imagine my surprise
to find not only my name but that OF
the entnA five Republicans had been
omitted, \,hile the one faithful
Democrats bame stood forth emilia.
zoned conspicuously on the page. 1t
Is. needless to add that / made that
Democratic assessor feel little un.
comfortable until he made the amende
hon orable IN that one case. How
many similar cases there were on
other assessors' books. through tho
State 1t 10 hard to conjecture. Per-
haps tho leaders Of the party aud the
heelers and FOUNDERS. who have for
years been doing tho dirty work of
their masters. could eniighten the
public on the subject.
1t is by such contemptible, under
h tnded machine methods In sizzling
and throttling the voice of tho people
that the Democratic party have for SO
long held the relns OF power over the
heads OF tho Bite Hens Chickens"
aud perpetuated the Bayard. Sauls-
bury. Gray and Cooper dynastles aud
political oligarchy. But the signs of
the times indicate very plainly that
the people ara awakening, Ind the
downfall OF the Aforesaid dynasties Is
looming up portentiously on the poll
Iical horizon, and 1t is to la hoped
that the voice OF lonE-sufiering. out.
ragged people may at the next election
ieverberate in thunder tones, carrying
terror and dismay Into the Democrat.
&c ranks from Brandywine to Nantl-
coke.
had the pleasure OF meeting an ex-
ell emily well informed lady from Sus-
sex at the Worlds Fair last October,
and from her accounts of the political
situation l am confident that the
''leaven" lie working In manner
throughout Delaware in general and
Sussex In particular, SO yigor.
ousiy that the SCUM will be thrown
out entirely.
One Of the Dem ocratlc LEADERS, of
Missouri remarked to your CORE
spondent recently. you Republicans
cannot deny that the Democratic party
has been very successful during the
past is months ~
Successful ! II Yea. they have
been eminently successful In stopping
the wheels Of commerce, drawing the
afsa \ "a nm f.nl tsU oil htut nt..,
of trade, beggaring fifteen millions Of
people. hllIng our almshouses with
paupers. our prisons with criminals
and the land with tramps. o, yes, the
party has scored grand success In
the above respeets. ami they otill have
almost three years to accomplish
greater results; aud at the ratio they
have been progressing for the past
gear there is no telling where tho pres-
ent ruin and distress that they have
spread like pail over tho country Will
stop.
And they are now in many. locall.
ties bidding for the negro vote. Vert
ly. the world dc move y The time
was and not so very long ago. that
the only use the Democrats OF tho
southern and Border States had for
the Niger" was to compel him to till
their lands. drive their coaches. cook
heir food. black their boots and per.
form othor mental services, and breed
mulattoes from his daughters with
out their consent. and give him In
compensation n limited supply of the
coarssst food and clothing, supple-
mented by lashes on tho bare back. |
would suggest for on epitaph for the
Democratic party, .
IN bridge across hundred years.
Without prop TO save 1t from sneers,
A subject to laughter, scorn and jeere,
Is the Dem ocratlc party"
For the past 10 days Old Sol' has
been pouring upon US his most feryld
aud intense rays, the thermometer
daily crawling way up into the nine
ties. Ev'ry one who could get away
has departed to the seashore, noun
tajns, northern lake resorts, etc, while
we poor miserable ways"
who are tied down by business, re-
main behind and alternately work and
muttor anathemas against the heat.
My better half, who Is domiciled for
the heated term ut Lake Minnetorka.
Mimi. writes me that tho temperature
at that beautiful summer resort Is al
most heavenly. To read OF any one
sleeping under blanket every night
ut this time Ia very maddenlna to
poor devil parbolled hourly In st.
Louis. As soon as my business will
admit OF leaving 1 shall take my prize /
dog, Bose. and join my family In tho /
cool, invigorating north. For this /
time, adleu. JoHN NJ. WHITE. !