The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-21
THE DAILY REPUBLICAN,
.. z. cor. THIRD AND KIN0 STREETS
The Republican Printing
and Publishing Go,
PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
altered At The Post Office at Wilmington
L.. Del. as second.ciass mail matter.
nONDAY. NOVEMBER n, 1908.
nONDAY, NOVEMBER ii, 1908,
An Honest Ballot and Fair Count.

: An Honest Ballot and q Fair Count.
The ballot Of Delaware should DO simpli-
fed so that no voter should or could by
any manner Of means Of dishonest election
officers be deprived of his vote (on the day
of slection.) The simpler the ballot the
better. The Australian ballot has been :
lried and found deficient in Delaware.
Ths Democratic party which invented it,
when itwas put iato force thought they
had adopted ballot that would disfran-
phise hundreds Of Republicans and keep
the State solid Democratic for all time to
como. But they have awakened to the
TACT that they have beeo fooled even worse
shan the party they had for years been
sounting out at tho polls, election after
Election. The new Constitution was one
,tep towards an honest count even If a dis
honest ballot was used. The marking OF
The ballot was another one Of the schemes
whereby dishonest election officers could
refuse to count the ballots after they had
been honestly and properly voted. But
wen In this game which worked IN some
Instances to the gain of the Democratic
party failed they then found fault with the
Judges opening the ballot boxes in casss
pf dispute and recounting the votes and
passing judgment upon the validity OF tho
ballots which had been thrown out by tho
Election officers selected for that purpose.
1t looks now II several Of these rascaily
Inspectors and election officers would DO
punished for the part they took i'll trying
10 overcome Republican majorities IN sew
sral districts and thereby count IN the
Democratic candidates. The day OF reck-
oning hos come at last for the men who
have polluted the ballot boxes aud turned
our elections into mere farces. All the
Republicans OF Delaware ask for is IN
honest ballot and u fair count.
The Rev. A. n. keigwin, pastor OF
West Presbyterian Church completed his
twentieth year as pastor and on Sunday
delivered al interesting historical sermon
In the morning. He took his text from
Genesis 81 SO: These twenty years have
been with Thee" During his pasto-
rate of the church SOL members have been
added and during the 80 years tho consre'
CATION has been in existence 1871 mombers
were placed on the church rolls. This sum
of 81, 795 was raised for benevolence and
ZIG, 800 for congregational expenses The
debt of 1000 which was was on the
church when Rev. Doctor keigwin took
sharge has been reduced to $1,000, with
fair prospect OF soon wiping this debt
put Through the efforts of the pastor
aud the late Charles Baird the West Sum
day School is the largest attended in the
State 1t Is good for sore eyes to see the
hundreds Of smiling faces Of the scholars
and teachers on Il Sunday afternoon gath
,ring together in the Sunday School rom.
The infant school is quite feature and is
IN the increase every week. There is not
pastor in the city of Wilmington who is
thought more Of by his congregation and
those having an acquaintance with him
han the Reverend Doctor Albert N.
Ksigwin. The people Of this city have
warm spot in their hearts for him. lie
,ams to our city stranger but he lisa
,tranger no longer.