The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-14
POLITICAL NOTES.
The Democratic Papers Don't Cor-
denim the Methods Of the Ras
cally lnspectors--Anything So
the Republicans Are Defeated
All Kinds of Tricks to Keep
Republicans, After They Had
Registered, From Voting.

NNPaoiiSdHS, AueI liley Ildu
Registered, From Voting.
Democratic papers down the State
have not word to say in condemnation
OF the rascaliy doings of the Democratic
Inspectors The Sussex journal says
II the Republicans did rot get all that
they wanted in Sussex at the last election
IL Is because thoy We're not entitled to 1t
under tho law. They surely got tho
benefit of every doubt in every instance.
could have been legally counted out by
the returning board Likewise several
Inspectors and Hssessors.
IL also publishes the following: "The
Morning News is making such big splut-
ter over the election of the Addicks dele.
gates to the Constitutional Convention
that ono might presume that the paper
hau always been warm supporter OF the
gas nun and his methods during tho
campaign. The convention which will
convene the first Tuesday in December
Will bH the judge of the qualification of Its
own members, just as the separate Houses
OF the Legislature are. They will be in q
position TO judge whether or not the re-
turning board of Kent county was right
in throwing out several election districts
where dense fraud was practced
me Official vote for electors has been
published md Governor Watson will give
James q shaw, Daniel NJ Watson aud
Daniel j. FCois their commissions as
presidential electors from Delaware. Tho
official vote of both New Castle and Sussex
County have been banded to the Governor
kont counry's official vote has not been
sent TO the Governor.
1t is reported on the streets that the
Democrats down the state arc saying
unkind things about Mr. l., Irving Handy
about tho speech that he made at Newark
on last Thursday night The Democratic
party can' t bear to be criticised as the mot
to OF Their workers is success, no matter
how you attain it. Everything goes so the
Democratic party wins. The Democrats
think it bad enough to be called down by
Republicans and they strongly object to
any Democrat doing the denounclug of
their rnscally pratices,
The Every Evening editorlally says
Ihe work Of investigating the alleged
frauds in tho election certificates OF New
Castle county should be close and thor.
ough. The comparison of figures indi-
Gates that alterations Were made in the
interest OF both parties. 1t is rs much
crime to alter certified election returns
with the purpose OF preventing one candi
date from being counted out as it is to do
the miserable work for tho purpose of
counting another candidate in All who
altered the certificates of election ara
equally guilty and should bo punished
alike regardless OF their motives
Have any of our readers ever given it a
thought how Justice ia meted ont ro co..
ored men convicted in our courts for sten
ing. Note the difference OF how the Whit
ping post is used. If a man is whipped,
that prohibits him, according to the lnys
Of the State Of Delaware, from ever cast
ing n vote I'm the Stnir That Is ihc r,g,sIn
why clcmency is so often used In cns~,
where white thieves arc convicted, vi.
lard salisbury had prepared a little book
at the last election pllrDorrjur 70 contain
the name of every coIUrtd innT ryrr s,,,.
tcnced in the corir5.
Among those names ,vnre thn p,r,as nf
Numerous other colorcd men via had
never even been arrested much lrss con-
victed. BY this means batwn.n three and
four hundred cclured men were rhpnt,,I
out of their vote
Another dodge said IN hay, cnnpntn1
from The otltcs of the chnirn}on uf tLa
Democratic County Comnittrn and .hnt
was the names and numbers nf cnunIv tnv
receipts, printed ina bUok Whpn th,
voter came up to vote, who was inynriahv
n Repubican. thn mans inv rornint al
not correspond to the one said tn hnro hrln
issued to him. Aftor consmitine tho hnnL
the voter was refu,nd the rirht r. c.st liza
ballot. Numerous Rrnnbllrnn yotera
were thus depriycd of thnir frnnrhisn
t. Harry Beck am, Willinn n Ror,
want to bs postmostpr Mt Smvrn, tn sTi
coed the present incumb,nt '' 1"'
Tho Rny Charles T stnn,,,o ~ D,,,o, l.,