The sun., 1898-11-24

Preparations for Thanksgiving have ha
the effect Of attracting politicians iron
their usual channel Of thoughts durin
the past twenty-four hours, but tn
United States Senatorial contest will b
discussed with gusto when the olida,
is over. H.
The situation remains the same as ha
already been published in these column
and the fight, il is asserted, is between
the two men previously named, J
Edward Addicks aud Hon. George Gray
The case against Inspector Georg,
Morrison and Judge James Doris before
Magistrate Daley, charged by the Rev
John ii. Harman. colored, with refusing
to take his vote at the last election, was
dismissed. 1t appears from this that
Voter has no redress even after get
ting properly qualified if the eIec.
tim officers refuse to take his vote.
They, it appears, are the men
who have the right to say whether you
vote or not. And there is no law that
will touch their case in our State. The
whole election machinery is little more
than a farce and has been for years in
our Stat. The present ballot law is a
delusion and fraud as we'll as the men
who framed them. The Democratic
party passed such lawsas benefited their
party, besides gerrymandering the city
into additional wards and making them
surely Democratic wherever possible.
Then the old way of collecting the
county taxes making it mandatory, that
before you could vote, you had to paw
county tax. Then that part of the law
was made as hard as possible by leaving
Republicans names off of the tax col
lector's books. There rever was anv
trouble for Democrat to get tax re-
celpt, but with the Republicans it was
different. The only objection now to our
election laws is the use of the cumbpr-
some Australian ballot. 1t should be
done away with. A secret and a more
s'mn'e ballot could be had. Daily Re-
pubIicnn.
A local paper tells us that colored
gentleman in the vicinity of Dover is an
applicant for the chaplainship of our
next House. We shall watch these de.
velopments with some interest.
La many districts in this county the
coloIed vote forms two-thirds of the en-
tire Republican strength. Fer twenty.
nIe years this vote has gone in solid
block to the Republican pvrty. Against
all temptations to devide, the c0lored
voters have been proof Their fidelity
IS without parallel in Political life.
Not morally exact in other matters they
nave been sngularly constant to the Re-
publican party They have won at last.
1t Is a victory for the colored race be-
c. Il It obtained with their votes.
L. Is now to be seen whether these
people are, or arc not mere beasts.
Whether having won an election they
VIII desire and demand the honors and
profits OF it. Their capacity, for the
duties OF citizenship is the issue. If there
are men of any intelligence of that race
in this county they will understand that
no" or never is their day. They have
served an apprenticeship OF twenty-five
years. For a quarter of q century they
nave been hewing the wood and drawing
the water for their white colleagues 1t is
time iOr them to assert their power if
lNey ever intend to use it,
We arc quite honest in these ex.
pressions. The colored people have
whipped Us at the polls and we prefer
yielding to them and to them onIv.-
SmWDa TnN
Neither personal nor partisan legisIa.
ton VIII play any part at Dov.r next
January Each body will be a check on
the ether While VIC regret the absence
OF Kepub blcan control of the Senate, thus
preventing the passage of several acts
aDso'htciv necessary in order to remove
from the statute books the remnants of
Democratic partisan legislation, there is
some consolation in the guarantee that
no iurthcr objectionable legislation will
be enrolled.
when the new and enlarged General
ASscnb y meets at Doyer it will consist
OF thirty..fvo members in the lower
mouse and seventeen in the upper house,
Il total OF fifty'tWo, or an increase Of
twenty-five over the old bodies. There
Will thus be possible q wider scope for
action and Il more general expression
Of views on those subjects that arc to
be considered. There will be more
individual thought and there ought
to be more Knowledge secured on
measures taken up. The new body will
DE more nearly representative than the
"ld bodies, and Wilmington will have
seven representatives in the Joint BODY,
AZ the sessions OF 1897 and 1898 vii.
inlnston had no representative in rhe
liouSe ana only ono in the Senate. It is
true, however, that in the session of lS9S
one one OF the rural members hailed from
W IlmInIgton, having changed his place
u residence. bat practically this citv
was unrepmScntcd. Now, and under tile
district system, this city is entitled at
very session to two senators and five I
representatives.. That Is marked con.
'esflon over the provisions of the old
i'iu obsolete constitution that was set ,
!sldG, last year. That much was gained
or the better, and in addition there is
10" guarantee that no longer will both {
houses De made up entirely Of members {
''PrGsenilng the same political party. 7
Delaware has progressed, but none too
soon The test Of the General Assembly !
IS now constituted will be watched with |
ieep interest. The incoming BODY has r
~ opportunity tomake good record. t
1t does SO another step will have been Q
aken IN the right direction. A strict s
ttentlon to business and the passage Of s
measures that will stand everv scrutiny @
demanded. Tho Heusc of Representa-. G