The sun., 1898-10-20

trick. They know that they have not a
majority OF the voters in Delaware.
Therefore, following their belief that
minority should rule, they trust to the
Democratic gerrymander OF the leglsla'
tive districts to leave them something
out of the wreck.
The knowledge that the Democrats are
pinning their faith to chicanery should
spur every Republican to quality SO that
he can cast his ballot against Democratic
schemes. The Republicans have long
enough been the victims of Democratic
trickery. The day of deliverance is al
hand. The more Republican votes piled
up on November in rebuke OF the Dem
cratic Kent county steal, in condemns
ton of minority domination in this city
the brighter will be that day. Morning
Neus.
Next Saturday, the last registration
day, will decide the political fate o.
Delaware. There is such large per
centage of Democrats and Republicans
off the books that the vital Importance
of the day is recognized by all thinking
men, and especially by party leaders,
who are making strenuous efforts to i'm
press upon those who have not regis
tered the prime necessity for doing so.
To all such persons we wish to say that
after next Saturday no man who is not
qualified to vote can qualify himself, no
matter how great the desire may be-
come on the day of the election. The
door is closed and sealed after that date,
and only the men whose names figure on
the registration books will be permitted
to have a voice in the selection of the
State and county officers If you fail to
take advantage of this day and find your
selves disfranchised on election day, do
not blame the party leaders, or the party
organs, but blame yourselves, for you
have had due notice and opportunity
and there is no excuse for non-action in
the matter.-Ereai,g Jornal.
Mr.. G. NJ. Mensch, who, it appears, is
now entitled to affix chairman to his
name, is still before the public. The
fact that Mr. Mensch afiixes chairman to
his name, and the additional fact that
heretofore Mr.. Mensch has occupied a
back seat in the councils of the baker s
dozen while the leadership has been con-
fded to other hands, leads to the in
ference that the other hands have
dropped the leadership of the fag-end of
an infnitesimal faction, and gone out of
business or taken vacation. Mr..
Mn.oaL h,,, ,,,,@L L.
coming grace. He evidently likes it. He
has developed an appetite for publicity.
He likes that, too. The smile, which he
wears in public, discounts the childlike
and bland smile of the heathen Chinee.
On Monday of last week Mr.
Mensch showed up again, with an added
wrinkle to his smile that was becoming.
He was at the head of his immortal, ir-
repressible bakers dozen. However, it
is matter of dispute as to whether the
roll-call numbered bakers dozen. 1t is
claimed an ordinary dozen of twelve
would count them; but as the immortal
conclave sat with closed doors and a
plugged keyhole for the alleged purpose
Of preventing the escape of the immor-
tails the question of numbers is left in
doubt. We prefer to be generous, how
ever, and call ii thirteen. A baker $
dozen is euphonious, even if it does in
volve the fateful thirteen. What cares
Mr.. Mensch for fate when favoying for
tune decks his brow with the wreath OF
fame which belongs to the man who can
ornament his name with the magic word
"Chairman"'
Mr.. Mensch does not mean to be sup
pressed, and in this he is right. We
don't blame him. We are opposed to
his suppression. Mr.. Mensch is entitled
to place in history. He has won it,
and it belongs to him. 1t is the Se,aineps
wish to aid him in his laudable ambi-
ton, and therefore, with infinite cheer.
fulness, we engrave his name upon q
monument Of cold type, and embalm his
memory and his virtues upon the i'm.
perishable pages of the Sentinel. Long
may he wave, and may his memory, with
that of the immortal thirteen, be ever
kept green. But Mr.. Mensch's name il
not unfamiliar to history. He has 6
record which dates back of the present
campaign. Mr.. Mensch lived in the
year 1894. Mr.. Mensch was a candi
date for legislative honors and per
quisites in 1894 on the Republican
ticket. Mr.. Mensch sought the Office
and, as an inducement to win the nomi
nation, he made certain voluntary
pledges. He won the nomination, and
as was natural, he desired an election
And in order to win the election, Mr.
Mensch was very solicitous that the
sinews of war should be supplied in hi
behalf. He wanted the "stuff," anG
plenty Of it; and, if the record is to b.
believed, he was more anxious to know
about the "stuff'' than any other feature
of the campaign. Money, in Mr.
Mensch' s opinion, and plenty of it, wa
essential to success, and the election
could not be carried without it. Ant
the question of whose money it was
whether Mr.. Addicks' or somebody
else's, did not bother him so much a
the money, and lots OF it. 1t was BIZ
game, with no limit. Mr.. Mensch'
palms were itching; day and night the.
itched, and to every man he met he ex
hibited his itching palms, and the or,
was "money," money" money"
Mr.. Mensch was elected, but in th
three-card monte game which was playet
TO land William T, Watson as Speaker O
the Senate Mr.. Mensch got left. Thel
his palms itched again for money t,
make legal contest for the seat to whicl
he was clearly entitled. But that was il