The sun., 1898-10-16

,dUuIudt ACAb Will pnSoic"hy uOSiuS
whether or not the Democrats will retain
ontrol Of New Castle county. {
At present the Republicans, including
10Th Regulars and Unionists, have about
200 persons registered, whilst the fol-
overs Of Jefferson, it is said, have 4,50O. ,
This, taking into consideration the in
dependent vote, which the Republicans
lose through the issuing OF the caucus
circular letter of the Union Republicans,
will still leave the again reunited party
majority Of about 500 votes.
Both the Union and Regulars claim
that they will carry the county by about
600 majority and predict the election of !.
N com&HalfalssrdfgT mnnHalass dfgT sheriff; Alfred 2:
expose of the KeAs county frauds the
Duly Republican said
las long as the Courts wink at such
frauds, just SO long will they be en-
acted by unprincipled men who laugh
in their sleeve at the will of the peo-
ple.'
Further along in the same arraign-
ment of the Delaware courts, this state
ment is found
"The courts have not acted honestly,
heretofore, in the matter or this case
would never have been allowed to
drag along, until almost time for
another election to take place."
This is followed by this proposition:-
I'VE have all the law that is needed
in Delaware, but what we stand most
in need of is justice for every man,
woman and child. Even the sky wept
for justice last night"
All of these attacks upon the integrity
OF the courts of Delaware appeared in the
Daily Republican, some days ago. AT this
writing nothing has been said or done to
refute these charges In plain English
the courts of Delaware are charged by the
Oldest newspapers in Wilmington with
political completely in crime that stinks
to Heaven. 1t is charged that there is
no justice in the Delaware courts and that
the judges who grace the bench "wink
at such frauds" "hare not acted honestly,"
and that we stand in the need OF Justice.
This is terrific.
The Daily Republican has greater cir
culation than any newspaper in the
state. 1t follows then, that it is the
most widel v read and therefore the most
influential. 1t is then the most powerful
newspaper in Delaware that attacks the
courts of Delaware, and silence is the
sole response.
In the open court at Harrisburg,
Pa, under oath, Alexander Crow,
High Sheriff of Philadelphia, as
serted on Friday that he could not, and
would not get justice at the hands of
Judges Simonton and Mcpherson, of the
Dauphin county courts. The judg with
drew from the case in which Mr.. Crow
was concerned, Judge Simonton making
the following statement:-
'.oince the adjournment of the court
we have considered a matter which, at
the time Of the adjournment, we in
tended to consider. A party to this con-
troversy has said upon oath that he took
certain action because he did not ex-
pect to obtain justice in this court, and
because he believed, either of his own
motion, or because he had heard it said,
that a certain influence would so con-
troll this court that he did not expect
to receive, or probably would not re-
ceive justice. He said this upon oath.
Under these circumstances we think it is
our duty to decline to hear this case
further"
Nv Grow is very wealthy man. His
sanity has never been questioned, so it
must be presumed that his charges were
based upon something more than here
hearsay.
This incident is published here merely
to show that the courts of Delaware are
not the only ones suspected o. unfairness
in political cases.
1t is with the Courts of Delaware that
we have to do.
We cannot permit the very grave
charges here reprinted from the DuiIy
Rep"bhcon to go unchallenged The
Kent county. frauds are still before the
courts. No man can anticipate the
action of he learned and honorable gen
tlemen of the court who will finally dis
pose of the case tomorrow. No sane
man would comment upon decisions not
yet rendered. The Sun has every conf
dence in each and every Judge composing
the Courts of Delaware.
There is much work yet to be done
in the matter of probing the Kent county
frauds. The men behind the thieves
must be smoked out and brought before
the proper court for trial. Order and
reason must prevail.
The Courts of Delaware must be ex-
empt from charges of wrong doing,
connlvance at fraud and out-and- out dis
honesty. No judge on the bench has