The sun., 1898-10-31

platform, that he will receive great
many votes from Republicans who are
tired OF being the slaves OF plutocratlc
corporations. -,
The Republicans in their wild efforts
to escape certain defeat are using every
scheme known to modern politics to i'll
tluence public sentiment 40 as to make
votes. The result of the registration
throughout the State, but particularly IN
this city and county, has shown the Re.
publicans that they are far behind, and
thev are frantically trying to find some
way to evade the natural result-defeat.
, But the time for making votes has gone
by. In the good old days the Republic
cans would not have had to worry about
the registration provided the campaign
fund was large enough but the new con-
stitution precludes all possibility OF buy
/ ing votes SO as to have any assurance
chat they will be cast as the purchaser
,lesires Driven to the last extremity the
Republicans have now tried to secure
votes by means of wash" bets. The
Morning Necs the other day published a
j., story about syndicate OF Republicans
Offering to bet $1,000 on the success OF
the county ticket and the Democrats re-
t fused to accept the wager. The Nens
knows that If such an offer to bet was
made that it is the duty to at once put
. all the information at its disposal in
possession of the proper authorities tor
i the new constitution expressly forblds
e betting on elections.
1 In order to attract attention from his
= strenuous efforts to win in the coming
campaign Addicks' friends are shrewd-
E edly claiming that he will make no al :
o tempt to control the next Legislature be-
4 cause, they say, he has already been
=, elected United States Senator in the
' place Senator kenney holds. In other
e words they claim that the recount OF the
d ballots in the Kent county election case
shows that the action of the "rump''
Legislature of 1896 in electing Addicks
% was legal, since the Union Republicans
g rigktfnlly had majority of the members
Is of the Legislature on joint ballot. As q
II. matter OF fact, Addicks and his friends
are we'll aware that this contention is moi
l. reasonable or tenable, but they hope b!
s. using it as screen or blind to deluge
,e people into voting the Republican ticke
~. on the ground that Addicks is not al
N issue.
I" Congressman L. Irving Handy hac
Congressman Joseph W. Bailey, OF
e. Texas, to speak for the Democrats last
n. evening at the Bijou theatre. Mr.. Bailey
v after the six hundred Democrats an(
I'll Republicans, of which there were {
good number in the audience had be
ed come quieted down, eulogzed Congress
l,a man Handy. He then branched off VI
an attack on the present Administration
vi trying to east all Of the odium upon i
is that the Democratic press had tried 81
hard to manufacture. All OF the suffer
ings OF the troops, even the diseases t.
which they were subjected, we're laid a
he the door Of the Administration. He di'
nm not have one good word to say for Pres
- dent Mckinley and the party in power
'p- He then ended up his wonderful flow G.
lat words with free silver speech. In fact
the meeting was nothing more nor les
;ve than free silver mass meeting.
hs The prominent Democrats, who Al
nj known as gold bugs. were conspicuous b
ov their absence. L. Irving Handy, Joh
-, Il. Gray and the members of the Demo
w cratic League had the meeting in charge
;s The absence of the members of til
h;s Young Mems Democratic Club was als
noticed.
is The meeting was very demonstraliv
, ), and the erratic speaker was interrupte
by apl lause when anything funny ",
sad. Mr.. Bailey in his speach appeale
ion to the passions OF his hearers and so pr
in sented his side Of the case that it a.
hat peared plausible to his hearers. Lii
ty, the thief who steals in crowd and pass
ill., his plunder on to a second, and even
tor third party. Mr.. Bailey would have
to believe his party, the free silver Dem
the cratic party, is everything that is hone
MY and good, and the party of progress !
,d'' stead of the party that came near d
be- stroying the business OF the Cnit'
400 States two years ago. County Charm,
len Patrick Neary sat on the platform Ia
no. evening, and by his look seemed to il
,wo that he was leading his party to defes
, in or, at least, that WAS where they we
ion drifting to.-Daiy RepnLlicn, O1. H.
''H The registration OF voters for the Sta
in in. election of 1898, is now complete. II
an number, places of residence and t
,.ns names Of all the possible voters Of n
,,na vember are now matters of record.
'.1s .'n- far as the known former political asset
'n, "p ations of the registered voters suggest
tI;. the result of the election is anticipated
,nn u the probable result is known. Repub
,n;s, cans know as much about the proOabi
'.' ties as the Democrats know about it, vi
ma. despite the Democratic bluff Of clanli
'"h. M the earth, the Republicans are conlide
H., OF success.
,r.d The returns Of the registration office
.nc' ~ show that the registered vote in Ne
,h, Castle county is ABOUT % per cent. e
=, y ~ ~, than the vote Of 1896. In Kent coun
;o. , the proportion of registered voters il
NV wv. little greater than in this county, and
hi. Sussex county the registration is near
,1,.. D full. This, a better result than was a
.nd tlcipated, is proof of the industry al
success of the party workers, and inc
Sa" a,,o Gates good general interest in the p
''' litical situation, Il rughont the State
With some knowledge of the summit
e to up Of the registration iig@res, and
on. their proportionate distribution amo
can the various parties by the Union Repu
ms ican committeeman, Union Republics
lat Glasses presents the compliments OF t
veil season to Erery Ereaing, and assures
Ddv that thpsa (,lassts urp NM dive, ,lirap