The sun., 1898-10-24
POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

What the Philadelphia Inquirer Has
to Say Of the Situation
in This State.
In referring to the political situation
IN this State the correspondent OF the
Inquirer, of Philadelphia, Of yesterday
says:
mo matter in which way the coming
election shall be decided the people Of
the State will have the satisfaction OF
knowing that it was the best conducted
election held for long time. Matters
have changed since the last election. The
new Constitution made it impossible for
the Democratic registrars to act as they
pleased for the reason that it provides an
appeal to the Judges of the Court in
every case where there was dispute, land
the good effect of this law was apparent
from the very first. Every case of appeal
from the decision OF the registrars
was decided in favor Of the voters
and the names were ordered added
to the lists. The Democrats at once saw
that it was useless for them to continue
to keep the names Of Republicans off the
lists when the Court had the power and
was determined to add the name of every
man who had a right to have his name
there, and so the scheme was abandoned.
This is not the only change that is made
in tile law, for the method Of counting
the votes after they had been cast has
been changed and hereafter there will be
no boards Of canvass to bother the people
or to upset the will Of the voters as was
done in Kent county last year. The vote
will be counted by the Judges of the
Court, and 1t will be counted honestly,
and in one half the time that was for.
merly required.
When all OF the changes in the laws
are taken into consideration, in addition
to the fact that the Republican party is
united ON one set OF candidates, while
the Democrats are knifiHg each-ollier TO
the marrow, it would appear that the
Republican party should have walk
over in this State at the coming election.
"The party which the Republicans
have been fighting for number of years
is party which is as full OF tricks as
the statute books of Delaware are full Of
bad laws. 1t has always some new
SClleluc W NOlh diu tAC AeouC'e WILL
hesitate at nothing, in order to accom-
plish their point. The outrage of two
years ago, by which the will OF the peo-
pie of Kent county was completely up
set and dozen men cheated out of the
offices to which they were elected, was
no more daring than some of the other
plans which have been contemplated
and which would be put into effect
should the occasion arise. This lbelng
the case, it is the duty OF every Repub-
lican in this State to work. and to work
steadily, from now until the election is
over, for the success ,f the Republican
ticket.
'The chances are that in the coming
election here will be but little money
used. The new Constitution has plac-
tically made that feature of elections inn
possible and the honest people Of both
parties are glad that it has. 1t is true
that the use of money in the past has
been freuuent and disgraceful. Its use
was not confined to any political party,
but any one who was running for office
and had money was compelled to make
generous contribution for campaign
purposes, and the chances were that
most OF this money was used in buying
votes. The situation OF affairs has been
changed, and in the coming election the
voter will express his sentiments at the
polls.
The Democratic party entered this
campaign with a bad record. 1t entered
the contest with the record of having at
tempted to count out Republicans who
were elected in New Castle county at the
last election, with the record of having
counted out one of the candidates OF its
own party to count in a man who was
considered to be of more use to the party,
with the record of having upset the will
of the people completely in Kent county,
and it followed up that record later in
its history by failing to pass number OF
bills in the General Assembly which
were necessary and proper.
The failure OF the last Legislature to
pass general corporation bill as re-
quired under the new constitution, alone
las cost this State thousands OF dollars.
The power to grant charters was taken
from the General Assembly. and a new
general corporation bill was provided
for, but this bill was never passed. In
consequence of this, people who desired
to secure charters for various enterprises
were compelled to go to other States II
they were corporations which were to
operate anywhere in the country, or to
do with a charter if it was desired to
merely form corporation which was to
operate in this State. One corporation,
to do business partly in Delaware,
having n corporate capital Of $5, ,OOO, 900,
was compelled to go to another State Tor
its charter, and the State OF New Jersey
received fee of about $1,000 for Char
ter which might have gone into the
treasury of this State. There are numer-
GUS other cases which might be cited,
and il the funds of the State are at pres.
ents at a, low ebb it is due to the inac-
ton OF the Democratic party, and not
due to the fact that the Stale is poor.
The record Of the last Democratic Cen
eral Assembly alone is sufficient to cause
the people OF the State to give the Repub-
licans q chance to administer the affairs
OF State. IT.,