The sun., 1898-10-30
Communicated.

lCommuncatedl.
"The importance of the present political
campaign in this State cannot be over es-
timated. The issue is neither complex
nor obscure. II il extraordinary in every
way. 1t involves every political right OF
every citizen in that ever dominant Issue
in American poIitics-the right OF the
people to govern themselves. The pe =
Die have been Gefrauded of this right by
a gang Of conscienceless politicians. who
have corrupted the Government ana
robbed the people for long time. They
call themselves Democrats. They have
made the Democratic name, in Delaware.
a SYNONYM of everything that is abhor-
ment in politics. They have robbed the
State both of its honor and its purse
have corrupted its laws usurped its Ctti-
GERS, st oen its revenues and paralyzed its
courts. By its continuance in power
everything that is of value in Statehood
and citizenship, is in jeopardy.
The one issue of the campaign is the
rescue of the State from this fraudulent
domination. 1t must be done by the
notes of right thinking, right doing citi-
zens The doing of it is not question
# being Democrat or Republican but
| II being good law-abiding citizen. A
good citizen cannot affort to make a mis-.
axe in his ballot this time.
Voting at the coming election is to be
a test of good citizenship. There can be
no avoiding of that conclusion. The
voter must put himself on record as vot,
ing for or against open and inexcusable
political fraud, and it is a case when he
must vote against the fraud or for it to
lodge the main issue by voting for for
4orn hope ticket is tG vote for the fraud.
In this the issue is extraordinary. 1t is
one that admits OF no notifications for
expediency sake, no embellishments for
The hiding OF its real character and de.
tracting from it's Importance, but de.
mands simple right doing in the light OF
,ncontradicted and and indisputabe evil
dence. The fight for State control is a
night for law against lawiessness--of
political right against political wrong,
with no ifs, ands, or butts about it. Every.
body III Delaware knows the story OF
Democratic (?) political fraud, of It's
violent outbreak in 1896; OF the stealing
of the State and the pursuit of TIE
themes, by legal processes through the
courts for nearly two years, and their
final conviction and sentence by the
Superior Court of the State. This story
is "A matter of court record. 1t cannot be
rxpnnged, but must stand there for all
time, a stain upon the Democratic name.
and proofAof tie unIaw les ness and politl-
cal dishone ,ty OF Del wac e Democrats.
The question for the individual voter
is: can | afford to vote for this party and
thus accept a part Of the guilt and dis.
honor this record imparls? We repeat,
it is not a question of being a Republican
or a Democrat, but VI Delng an honest
cnIzep, casting a balio: upon which there
il No stain, no .mputatlon OF disllonor.
In the Development of this States de-
plorabIe p ,litica conditions, political
parties have lost their characteristics as
representatives of administrative and
legislative policies under the law. They
stand now as being Tor or against fraud
for the condemnation Of fraud and It's
expulsion from power, or tor It's COM
mendation and continuance. That is,
for the right and wrong OF Delaware
politics.
There can be no argument to success
fully challenge the truth of that PROPOSE
ton. The Union Republican party has
prosecuted the Democratic party fol
fraud, and has pushed the prosecution to
IL conviction. TIE courts have said the
Republican party ls right, the Demo.
cratic party is wrong. That Is their re-
ation in this campaign. This, we re-
peat, is not preaching party politics. 1t
is the simple common sense, and com
mon houesty Of American politics.
There is but one reasonable thing for
honest men to do, join head, heart and
hands to turn the rascals out.
A TAXPAYER.