The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-03
A DEMOCRATIC PLOT
Large Number of Voters Said to
Have been Thrown Off the Kent
County Assessment Lists.

The Democrats Of Kent county are pre-
pairing to crush J. Edward Addicks at the
polls In that county, and desperate meas
ures have already been used to bring about
that end.
Democrats In Kent county say that the
Addicks men have been so busy fighting the
regular Republicans that they do not know
the condition Of the assessment lists and
that they will soon have rude awakening.
] 1t will be recalled at the last election the
Democrats carried Kent county by major
ity OF about 100. This majority was due
| partly to the throwing off of number OF
Republican names In Duck Creek hundred
| and a slip-up of the Republicans in North
| Murderkill hundred. The other two coun-
| ties of the state went for the united Repub-
lican ticket.
For six months past the Democratic ma
chine In Kent, under control Of John +.
Salisbury, has been carefully studying the
situation and last May the decision was
reached that the Addlcks ticket must be de-
feated at any cost.
The first plan of the Democrats was to
make carefully record of all the floaters
of their party. or men whom they believed
came under the seductive Addicks influence
al inc last election. Inc majority ot THESE
Hoa'ers' OF ABOUT aoo OF tnenl, nave peeh
thrown on Tue assessment ls's ny tne Levy
Court Inc democrats argue tnat 'hls VIII
cut uoWh inc Auuicks vote JUST tla' niucn
but the thro"ihg-oH process mas not peeh
iiliiteu 10 'he Democratlc hoaters' IL Is
said that a large number Of colored men in
all paris oi Tue county nave oeeh 'hio"h
OIL aua tnat IL Will DC iihposSioie lor THESE
men 10 quaiity ior the eiectloA'
lhe heht democrats are iaushius az the
AhH'cHs men, ana say the iat'er 40 not
KNOW 10" the assessment slahuS'
IL estinlated IN all mat ABOUT ooo
names nave been thrown on the llsts In
heht county fhese lhciuoe tne Deiho-
cratic hoaters and large NUMBER OF he
puoiicahs'
All the vote that is supposed to be pur-
chasaple mas oeeh dlSirahchlsed.
Inc AudicKs lieutehahts In heht say that
the ehiy names that nave Deeh knocked on
'ne i'sts are tnose Oh Dehlocrats' ana the
A'''"hs heh "''i not pe harmeu any Inc
N'"e Guilty ,'StS arc saiu " oe iu'i Vi
names hisSpe'ea' ana this OF course as
qua''"es INC '''e'a'
A"o'her pan ai'es'a 10 nave peeh re-
so''eu 10 III heht county Is ny securing
''"I.e' "ude' ase' ihe Denioc aus
m'''' e'"p''y 'o'o'ea iian' aseu 10 vi
-'' ""o "ou'u pass as h'ucn oioei'
"u'ipe' u eoio'e" men "ishihs 10 oe
s"o' y" "ou'u 81 WIN LUIS voucher anu
the 'at'ef "ou't swear LOT them' ms
Levy .ourt "ou'u put In inc names ana
'ieh "'er"ara promptly enectNeiy anu
S"eh''y scIa'ch 'helh all OH at one ieii
s"oop oh Tue er0uha that tne voucher had
NOT CoIu the truth ana was not OF age IL
~ iihpoSsip'e 10 eSt'ihate lne huinner OF
nanes str@tcneu OH py these tactHs.
III sohie cases uaihes were scratched OH
W'tn'nt any excuse Whatever none OF
tnSSe VIII oe a'io"eu 10 register Inc
democrats IN Kent are also engaged IN
vigorous propaganda among the negroes.
Ihey are attempting to make the latter
DeIleNe tnat all the Wllte men are TO be