The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-04

Over So, ooo-And the Excuse
for Postponeing the City Elec-
ton is to Save $s,ooo-Some-
thing Back OF the Whole Thing
Only to Benefit the Democratic
Party. /
K james Ponder now comes forward and
4 asks the Legislature to pay him his at
torney's fees for defending John L. Dlck'
~ In his contest suit with Woodward w.
y Dheairs He with his two colleagues
want the Same amount as demanded by
nttorueys Kurtz and Heisel, SEQ. he
\ NAV ,fer IT. but even the committee on
\ ponlests and elections don't yet know how
Z She money is to be obtained to pay the ex
penses Of conducting this contest It VIII
hll be paid before long withouta dount.
The leaving in darkness of Dover on
Tuesday night must have put plenty OF
y the men about town who never retire I'M
til a very early hour in the morning IN
mind Of the days of penny talloW ups
spoken so often of by their grand -parents.
\ But the caucusing amongst the members
Of the Legislature went ON all the same,
Electric lights or tallOw candles being all
The same to them. 49,
5 The Senate bill amending chapter 1917
golume Is, Laws of Delaware, being the
phattel mortgage law supplement, was
passed with a House amendment which
provided that none of the provisions OF
The act shall be applicable to mortgages or
deeds of trust, including both real ana
personal property" etc. The above will
II, snnn iUpn of the DrDDO6eu
bii to tax all mortgages and bonds in
4 vested in our State.
some crazy fool always has something
which he thinks will benefit mankind.
The passing of this bill would without
/. doubt work great hardship upon the
owners of small houses in our city. who
really own but about one third of them.
the balance being mortgagcd. This pro-
posed bill would make it hard to borrow
u money. in our State without making the
borrower pay the proposed State tax.
It's the poor man who gets the burden OF
the taxes all the tune.
The Democrats of Kent County true to
their old time instincts want everything
In sight. They organized the Levy Court
amidst II regular old time riot. They
pretended to say that they had majority
of the members elected Mt the last election
although the face of the returns fan to
show that such was the fact. They organ-
lied all the same
The SUSSEX County Levy Court also
organized. It, happened 10 be Repuhli-
can. There was no wrangle or trouble in
4 Its make up of officers. Everything passed
off quietly and serenely.
Ia The Every Evening contents Itself with
the disgraceful wrangle that took place in
Kent County, us right under tho circum'
stances. Here's what it says
st was upon these grounds that the
fad
4 the result of the election, as expressed on
! The face of the returns by rejecting the
result OF those districts where fraud had
triumphel and SUFFRAGE been openly and
shamelessly corrupted The question of
4 the right of the Canvassing board to take
this arbitrary action is the question that
the court is now called upon to determine.
The upholders Of the action Of the cam
wasting board defend their position solely
upon the plea that, AS they were confronted
by the pla Ii evidences Of open fraud and
corruption, they were able to meet this
great evil only by resurting to the arbitrary
method Of refusing to accept tho results Of
the voting to districts where fraud thus
ran riot on the day of election. There is
mole than this, even, in the hard. headed
action of the Ganvassing board Of Kent
county.
1t was q deliberate notice to any man or
set Of men who undertake to carry IN rlec-
lion IN Della ware SOLELY by the corrupt us6
of money in the purchase of votes, that
victory so secured will be nullltnd, if
D. ssible, by IL resort to the most extreme
measures 1t is, in fact, Il declaration
tina fraud and corruption will bc met
with open violence and that men who buy
On election in Delaware Will run the risk
of being lorCibly deprived, by revolution.
ary measures if necessary, of the fruits of
their Ill gotten victory. 1t is mn open
Il