Middletown transcript., 1895-11-09

the county treasury. Ii only this COM
mittee would adjourn sine die, how
happy the Democrats and their allies,
the Addicks cattle, would be. For six
years in succession this dreadful body
of trained political workers licked the
Democrats of New Castle county, and
gave TO Wilmington an absolutely de-
cent era of municipal government.
Then, too, this committee of pernic-
ious activity elected Republican Gov
ernor, and elected Jonathan S. Willis
to Congress. Neither Dickey's tax re-
ceipt machine, nor Addick's Doodle
has been able to defeat it or demoralize
it. The members of the committee go
serenely forward, attending to their
duties, serving God and man, like SO
many trained soldiers. On October 2o
last, Dickey took his seat in the tax
Office for two months service tout of
twelve) and promptly on that day
last Monday-this wicked committee
opened for business at $40 King street,
thanks to the Young Mems Republi-
can Club, and one week IS work is done.
Fifty-three more weeks and the good
Democrats will be licked again in New
Castle county, and perhaps in Della
ware. It is dreadful to think what
this committee has done since its orig
inal organization in January, 1888. II
began work under the drawn revolvers
of Jack Dougherty's police in the City
Hall in February, 1888. 1t elected
Harrington mayor, waen 5000 Repub-
licans in Wilmington were disfran-
chised. 1t bucked the city police, tax
collectors, the Levy Court, the Super
ior Court, the Court of Chancery,
packed jury panels, special constables,
bribery, treason and unlimited calum-
ny. 1t is the only organization that
ever in the history of Delaware de-
feated the Democratic machine and
kept it defeated. 1t is the only organ
ization that is able to defeat the Dem
ocratic machine in this county. No
wonder the Democratic scribblers and
roosters become agitated when the
First District Committee begins work.
No wonder that Every Evening and
democratic Glasses" are rehashing
their old lies, for they long ago ex-
haused their little ingenuity. Every
lie printed advertises the good work of
the committee, and helps along the ar
duous task of getting men to pay their
taxes.
Every Evening, however, did print
new falsehood on last Thursday when
it solemnly declared that the "meth-
ods" of the committee were investi-
gated by a COMMITTEE of honest Re-
publicans" and condemned forthwith.
That was written by greenhorn, for
the old hands know that the Repub Ii
cans of Wilmington have been doing
the same thing for twenty years. They
don't like TO do it, but they prefer to
pay taxes to submitting To Democratic
rule. Every we'll informed Republic
can in the city knows precisely how
taxes are paid, how the money is
raised and how it is expended. Even
the well informed Democrats know all
about it. There is nothing new or Sc
cret about it. The method is new only
to "fresh' reporters. There is moth
ing wrong or demoralizing in il. 1t is
not to be compared with. for example,
the disgrace of fresh reporters having
their board bills paid by Addicks, as
was done week before last for re-
porter belonging to Every Evenings
staff. Nor is it as demoralizing as
Dickey's method of giving out tax re-
ceipts gratis, to the loss of the county
to 1000 Democratic poll taxables. Be-
sides, if Republicans did not pay their
taxes there would be no opportunity
for Dickey, for Bill Lee, for Ned
Stroud, for Bob Francis. for AL Foun-
tain, and other good Democrats in
cluding Miss Kitty to buy tax receipts.
No, no paying taxes serves several
good purposes. Last year, for exam
pie, the taxes paid by the First Dis
trict Committee saved the owner of
Every Evening from spending his
time next,winter as a humble member
of stupid minority, to be harr led and
''lambasted" by Speaker Reed.
The Democratic party of the South
is getting ready for a final effort to
rdisfranchise the col0red man where-
ever he lacks property or college
training. Delaware belongs to the
South and the Delaware Pilot, owned
by Ebe B. Tunnel, and his brother-in-
law DR.. Mustard, at Lewes. has already
taken up the defense of South Caro-
lima Democrats who are sitting in con-
yention to-day to disfranchise the
black man and also to save the VIII ite
mans dog from being taxed. Should
the Democrats Of Delaware control the
next Constitutional Convention they
would unquestionably insert the South
Carolina plank in the New Constitu-
tion.
Market street bridge across the
Christiana river is In chronic STATE Of
disuse or misuse. Levy Court Com
missioner Mealey has given employ
ment thereon to about every one OF his |
Democratic constituents who happened
TO Be out Of 3 job. Il Is well to note
that there iss wide differences between