The sun., 1898-01-12
AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHT.
The Significance Of Doyer's Town
Election.
NICE POINT OF LAW INVOLVED
Two Hundred and Ten Negroes ana
Thirty White Men Disfranchised
Under The COnst tuition
Especial to The SIN.

DOVER Del, Jan. 1.-THE signlficanc
OF Yesterdays election is just da"n'n
upon the people here.
The legal and political status OF TIM
contest i. the one topic OF conversation
tonight. :.
Over 2lO colorcd voters were dis
franchiscd and thirty white men Wcr
prevented from voting. james l.. VOL
colt, the eminent attorney lor the Della
ware Democracy, stated to John J.. llud
son the opinion that the colorcd men nn
doubtedly bad the right to vote and thai
in refusing to accept their ballots the
election officers erred. Mr.. Wocott touE
the stand that the colorcd men were duly
and apparently legally qualified to vote
and that the question as to who pal,
their taxes, when or where they were
paid, was matter for subsequent lnVcstl
CATION and litigation. That they haC
the right to vote cannot be conlbattco
successfully; that they were denied tins
right is history.
The feature of the fight was the draw
ing of the line between the two factions
of the Republican party in Delaware.
The followers of Mr.. Higgins and Mr..
Bach were lined up solid with such stcrl,
ing, life. long Republicans as Cot. Ezekiel
r. Cooper, OF Milford, Delaware, attorney
in fact for the Democratic ring, imported
for the occasion, and Hon. John +.
Salisbury, who has long pulled the
wires for the same coterie in and out OF
the Legi}lature. ., -,
The drawing of this line identifies the
men who pose as Republicans under the
'Rcgular' organization, with the Demo,
cratic ring and creates a new line "l
battle with the Union Republicans ON
one side and the Iliggns-Coopcr-Bacl'-
Salisbury combine on the other.
The move prohibiting the 2l0 negroes
from voting has done one thing that
could never have been accomplished IN
any other wav-it has convinced each
and every one Of them that they must
pay their taxes, in person, ana W., n
their own money, or not vote. Inc
negro wants to vote and will overcome
this obstacle. When tn negro who Las
personally paid his taxes with ms own
money applies for tie right OF suffrage
he will get it, even IN ken' county,
Thirteen rolored men who had personal
" qualified themselves to vote dld so.
The rest were DISTINGUISHED.
Mr.. H. A. CuIbrcth, the collector,
acted fairly III the matter, lie crl d'ilr4
that the mems taxes were paid IN full.
The men were willing and ready to take
the required oaths. and as Mr. N"lcott
states they should have been permitted
to vote. After having cast Their ballots
they should have been fairly counted ana
the returns d,.!; made according I" the
count so made.
# the tax receipts upon which they
voted were afterwards shown TO nave
been obtained by fraud or ii their oatlS
were subsequently, proved to he perjury
then Il proper action at law would nav"
been in order as indicated by Mr. N"''
colt.
Deriving Il man Of his vote is ser
ions business. The right to vote Is
socrp. . the necessity Of having every
vote counted is absouto-thc stability "l
the Government depends on TINS. >,
George W. West was dl-lIaiiH''s''l DC
c,nsr he paid his sons taxes. There were
many others. .,,
A careful canvas. oi the situation 70
night shows that the victory Tor the tll'-
zans ticket was not 50 complete IT, ~
fri, nds would wish it understood. Inc
count Of noses showed that the mon
Republicans actually had the votes to
win even against a lu~loh ,''h.''
hopclcssIy divides the two lar!i"''S "l
the Republican party ana ldcnti''eS .l'e
Uipgius-Bach wing with tine Democracy
and il has convinced the c"loira '"larS
that they must pay their own taxes "''''
funds of their own earning -,
The final effect Of this fight VIII h"' ap-
peur until the next general election.
I SHILLING.