Evening journal., 1894-11-06
IN ITS LAST TRROES.
The Ring Violates Its Pledges
and Outrages Decency.
A MOB OF WARD HBELBRs SWORN IN

Armed and Given Authority as Special
Constables-In Its Desperation the
Local Ring Descsnds to Naturalization
and coeroion-An Armed Mob Commits
stoned by Governor Reynolds.
Last evening a Seventh ward Demo-
crat, arrived In Wilmington, from
the capital having with him batch Of
LOO commissions, for special con.
stables, which were TO be sworn In at
once in the several wards for service at
the polls to day. and the pay for whom,
$l5 for three days pay, was to come out
of the state treasury
The report gained credence on the
street early last evening and on all sides
from Democrats as we'll as Republicans,
was heard expressions of denunciation
of the cowsrdly trick which had been
sprung on the people at the last moment.
and the dsstRrdly attack on their pockets
through the nnwarranted expense placed
on the treasury
Prominent henchmen of the Demo-
cratic bosses promptly on the arrival Of
the papers began msrshaling their
men and swearing them in and by
o'clock this morning 1t was estimated
that somewhere in the neighborhood of
300 had been provided with commissions
as special constables.
Each commission was signej by Gov
ernor Reynolds and Secretary Hawkins
Dennis \ Shields. ex chief of the vii
mington fie department., State Detective
McVey, William H. Lee. who was yester
day acquitted of charge OF attempted
bribery, seemed to be most prominent In
this work, although when asked as to
their connection with the scheme. they
one and oil professed total ignorance
The scheme had been carefully prepar
for Several days ago a rumor was
assiduousIy circulated by the ring eme
mating from Messrs. Dickey. Neary and
their leutenants, that Sher fl Gould
intended TO swear in a large force Of
deputy sher ffs and had asked number
of men to serve on this force. This was
shown to be false and then the story was
sprung of the discovery, by members Of
the police force. that sloop load OF
negroes had been landed at a dock pear
Third street bridge, on the ChristiAna,
and distributed throughout the lower
part of the city, colonized in the negro
section This proved to be another piece
out of the whole cloth, and still another
canard was put Ia circulation to the
effect that sixty eight warrants had been
sworn out for Democrats and would be
served last night and this would be
followed by the arrest of 300 more this
morning.
Little credence was given by either
Democrats or Republicans to these storie s
as they were recognized as merely paving
the way for the final and disgaceful act
of the men who are trying to make the
name of Democracy stencil In the nos
trils Of the people
All the special constables when sworn
in last night, we're directed to report this
morning at the No 9 factory Of the
American Leather Company, on West
Fourth street, between Orange and Tat
nall streets. At o'clock this morning
the men began TO arrive and by 80
there was a crowd of some 200 awaiting
the arrival of ex Chief Shields, who had
been given the command of the newly
made constsbuary.
From casual glance at the crowd. one
would have but little confidence in the
statement that they we're for the purpose
of keeping peace. Many of the faces
we're those frequently seen In Municipal
Court, many bore the traces Of disslpa.
tion aud crime, while here and there
respectable man could be seen. acting as
though be WAS ashamed of the party In
which he was found
A number of additions 10 the force
were sworn In, just how many could not