The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-29

HIP, hip hurrah, the Republicans In
the West Dover Kent county mandamui
case won the first round and got the first
blood The Superior Court yesterday or
dered the ballots in the ballot box in that
particular hundred to be counted. The court
was unanimously of the opinion that the
answer should be qua he'd and the per-
emptory writ should issue That they
had no doubt 1t was the duty OF these
election officers to sign The certificates ana
tally lists and they CONQUERED in the right
to command them to open the boxes, sign
the certificates, seal the boxes properly
and return them to the sheriff az the prop
eraime. Fortunately The sheriff IN whose
charge the ballot boxes were entrusted,
happened to be Republican. There NUT
surely be something rotten in the mahue'
and procedure of conducting the eieo'io"
In West Dover Hundred, or the coufO
which Is solidly Democratic, would never
have commanded the opening and count
ing of the ballots, even in this particular
Hundred. The court should by all means
have commanded the Inspectors in every
hundred in Kent county to open the bal
lot boxes and count the vote. Bat dio
they do it? The Superior Court in the
forTer mandamus case, decided in favor
of the petition of the Union Republicans,
but the Court OF Errors and Appeals re-
versed the former decision and that end
ed the matter.
1 The neutrality-suspicious., not dishcartencl
by their first knockout by the Courts, set
10 work and issued writ of mandamns
In the case of tho Democratic Inspector
Baxter Of West Dover Hundred, compell-
ing him to assist at recount of the bal
lots in the ballot boxes over which he bad
presided on election day. The action OF
Congress in the manner in which the late
election was conducted by the Democrats
has become a stencil in the noStrils of
every respectable citizen of our State.
There Is no doubt but when the votes are
re.counted there will be enough majo"'
ity in the Union Republican ticket to seat
j. Frank Alice in the State Senate, which
will invalidato every act passed by the
present Legislature
The hue and cry that has beon made by
the Democrats and published broadcast
in the outside newspapers against pur-
chasing votes, is nothing in comparison
to the wholesale thieving of the ballots
that have been so manipulated that they
were counted for the Democratic party,
although cast against it. All the votes
that have have been purchased is nothing
In comparison to the debauchery that has
been the main weapon of Democratic In
spectors, who, by alternga few figures i'll
the tally sheets, have cheated the Republi
cans out Of their victory at the polls, Tho
steal which was frustrated at the Count
House oil the night Of Nov, 18Th last, i:
enough to condemn the means adopted tt
retain the Democratic party in power
Then the result of the Chenirs-Dickey
case in which Cheairs was returned as The
lowest man, when, in reality, he received
more votes than John Il. Dickey, who wa
given his certificate Of election, which hi
49, knew he was not entitled to receive Tht
Inspectors of West Dover Hundred hav,
been served with an order from the Cour
to sit in the Court House at Dover on Sat
urday next at IL o'clock noon and proceed
TO count the votes The Court orderct
the same thing done in the first mandarin
case, In which the Board Of Canvass wcr
ordered to sit and canvass the returns from
West Dover Hundred. The Court of FIR
rors and Appeals reversed the order Of TIL
Superior Court thus finally disposing u
that case. 1t remains to be seen what Of
feet the present order will have upon Mr.
Baxter, in ordering him to recount tt,
ballots cast at the late election in his It
spective hundred