The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-05
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The story has been brought to our Office
that every Democrat police officer in tha
city is in Georgetown to-day and furtheE
more that every 0Nc Of tham went armed
with their black jacks and reviewers. What
do the citiHNn of Wilmington think Of
Of tn, Chief of Police and Police
Commjssion!i and such action upon
the part OF those who are supposed TO ba
con5)ryatorS Of the peace and who by theif
presence at Georgetown are calculated to
break the law.
The police department in years back
was II disgrace to our city by thair partS
isan actions and we think our citizena
will join with us in cundcmning theit
actions to-day. As citizens they have q
perfect right when off duty to 90 wher 4
thoy please. As ball do1 rs AMI off ccre
Of the law paid by the Republican tall
payers OF the city, rs VOL as the Dcmo.
Gratis they have no right to 90 in II body
to Georgetown, and thereby help to break
the law. With police II was supposed
that tho police force had boon taken out Of
politics, bat We are sorry thub such Is not
the fact
We have 1t from the very best OF author.
ity, that with one Or two exceptions that
every Democratic policeman on the forca
loft for Georgetown yesterday afternoon
and this morning.
Such thing was never before known IN
the history Of the police forcD.
ii Il riot or Il big fire should break ont in
Wilmington to-day their would Eot be
enough police officers to cope with III
such n thing was never before known 10
be done since Wilmington had IL police
force.
These orc the men whom the ciizens
pay tb guard tho city. Taxpayers, what
In Won think pf thpinY GnOr pprsnDs aat
they have perfect right to go where theV
please, when off duty. SO they have. buh
they have no right TO go in u body to A
place where it Is known that an attempt
to intimldato election officers was given
out was to be made, and that was the
reason these police officers visited DoVeE
Do you think for ono moment that the
police officers would spend threS
dollars for the purpose Of Seeing the rdr
turning board do its work? 1t is moro
than plausible that the officers have been
provided with transportation free to
Georg town, aud that it WIS done With a
significant purpose In Wow Never was
the results from Sussex and Kent counties
look cd forward to with 80 much anxiety as
in the campaign just closed.
The loss Of both kent and Sussex coln-
ties to the Democrats would give the Re-
publicans control Of tho Legislature This
Is what tho leading men in tho Democratic
party arc SO highly exercised about TheV
know that tho returns for Finn, RCttow
and Wright are SO overwhelming that IL
was no use to keep the officers in our city
to watch the count at tho Court House.
But the counts being rather close, AMI es.
pccially in Sussex county, word was pa ssed
yesterday morning that tho police officers
We're to be sent duwn where they might
be needed
But lucky for the Republicans, they
have the sheriff of Sussex county, who has
the power to lock up every bulldozing
policeman in the Georgetown jail. Shame
on such Democratic methods. Now that
their buoule has run out they would even
resort to force to keep themselves in power
in Delaware Even by appointing nearly
all Of tho inspectors In the State and by
crossing off tho names Of men after they
had been placed on tho re2lst ration lists,
th6y have rcSortou to the bulldozlns
methods of the South. But such methods
will not go this time. They have not
quite gotten all Of tho machinery.
The three counties have Republican
shorilfs, who preside over tho juilS. There
may be numerous arrests made before the
final result is arrived at by tho proper auh.
th0rilies. 1t is said that some men calling
themselves Republicans have been advis.
ing the rascally Democrats what to do.
They don't need any advice from the Re-
publicans, us they are adopts in the art OF
cheating