Middletown transcript., 1895-04-13
WHAT Is THE REMEDYs

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that time, held in Dover by the neces-
stiles of the senatorial struggle, it has
sat six days week. But nothing has
yet been done to- check the bribery at
elections. Those who watch such
things closely and study the temper of
remembers, now express the fear that
the Legislature will adjourn without
doing anything effective in that di-
rection. The amazing opinion is ex-
pressed that majority of the members
wish bribery to continue and to prevail
at future elections as it did at the last
one. ."-Every Erening of April 9th.
1t is no pleasure to US to disagree
with the E. E., and SO often, but of
late that paper has been on the wrong
side of so many questions, or has taken
the wrong view of questions, as to
make disagreement a necessity. In
one thing we do agree, and that is that
nothing has been done "to check
bribery" either by the present Legis-
lature or by any previous Legislature
for thirty years past-nothing effect
uaL But as usual the E. E. does not
60 far enough. 1t is not "to check
bribery" but to effectually wipe it out
that should be the aim of all good citi-
zens. Bribery has been growing in
this State for years and the party of
the Euery Evening has not checked it.
Has every member of the General
Assembly for the past thirty years been
desirous that bribery "should continue
and prevail at our elections?" Have
majority of the members of those Gen
eral Assemblies so desired as the Every
Evening SO insultingly insiruates, for a
charge Of this kind that lies against
this General Assembly, lies against
its predecessors for the past lhirty
yearsp Who has expressed the ''amaz-
ing opinion" that Ex-Governor Stock
ley, Governor Watson, Hon. John w.
Causey, Clerk of the Peace Biggs and
scores of other gentlemen honored by
the people of the State, have so de-
sired2 1t may be the E. E's. opinion,
cowardly expressed in an insinuating
manner, apparently to throw blame on
the present General Assembly and es-
pecially on the Republican members,
who, though they have a majority on
joint ballot, are helpless as to matters
Of all legislation. Every fair-minded
man can see this, and it is not sur
prislng that the Democrat, who is
such from principle and not from pri-
vate gain or for public Office, holds such
insinuations against the Democratic
members of the General Assembly for
thirty years past and against the pres
ent General Assembly, in perfect con-
tempt. And tn are right it is con-
temptible; it is worse, but every rea-
der may decide the degree of the stoop-
ing posture of Euery Evening for him
self.
Let tribery be stopped. What has
the Euery Evening to offer as remedyp |
Any proposition will receive the con-
sideration Of the press and of the Gen.
eral Assembly. What can be done?
There is a remedy but the Democratic
party has refused to accept it thus
far, nor has it received the endorse
ment Of Euery Evening. Repeal the
laws Of 1878, divorce the
financial and the political methods in
this Statewhich have cost the tax payers
Of the State hundreds of thousands of
dollars, give US a Democratic form of
government where every man can cast
his ballot and have it counted as cast,
abolish the voters assistant in the
cleo ion laws copied from q penal
colony Of Great Britain. If some
thing is not done Brice or a Payne
will occupy Mr.. Gray's seat four years
from now, and that is the ''nigger in
the wood pile" which the Euery Eue-
ming sees. 1t should never, never be.
We hope it may never be, but il it
comes, the Democratic party will be
for it for that party is re-
sponsible for every lay upon the statute
books for forty years past.