The sun., 1898-10-19


fear them. As for those who may have
evil intentions, and who contemplate
fraud or corruption, they may as well
abandon their vile projects. The object
of the law is to secure fair and uncor-
rupted suffrage, and that object will be
surely attained.
Get registered next Saturday.-EreTy
Erening.
This has been peculiar campaign in
Delaware. The difficulty experienced
by the political leaders in getting the
voters to shake off their apathy and
register has been common to all parties
and factions, and not more than two
thirds of those who are entitled to be
registered have had their names placed
on the books. With election day only
three weeks removed, we have had but
few stirring public meetings, and the
oratorical effort has been confined to a
few men OF each of the two great parties.
All in all, things are decidedly flat in
both camps, and, if the campaign is TO
become an interesting and exciting one,
some big work must be done bv the
Democratic and Republican leaders in
the next two weeks.-Eyening Journal.
The Superior Court, sitting at Dover
yesterday, announced that the nine OF
the ten Democratic members of the Kent
County Board of Election officers must
pay the costs of the legal proceeding that
eliminated last week. The Republican
members of the Board, having performed
their duty on November 5, 1896, were
not compelled to pay any of the eX-
penses. At the same time they had been
made party to the proceedings in order
to accomplish the results in a proper
way.
Those Democratic election officers now
find that, in addition to publicly and
officially admitting that they did wrong
two years ago, they must now pay over
Sl5O each for the satisfaction of having
listened to the bad advice OF their party
leaders. The total bill of expenses is
$l,41O, and somebody must pay the
money forthwith. There is no lodging
the matter. The Kent county Democrats
may now expect levy to meet the ex-
penses of the legal proceedings. 1t can
not be possible that the nine election
officers are to be left in the lurch and
forced to go into their own pockets
Probably some thrifty Democratic men,
ber of the Board might write the true
inwardness of the steal of 1896 and sell
the history to newspaper, thus making
up his share of the expense. The true
story of that outrageous proceeding
would be very interesting reading. Posi-
bly,, if it were known that the story was
to be printed the nstigator and bene-
ticiares OF the crime might pay the bill,
in order to prevent exposure.
We do not believe that the Democratic
members OF the Kent County Board of
Election officers conceived the plot to
steal whole ticket. We fancy they
were induced to do so by some one on
the outside, and the people of Delaware
would like to know all about it. Some
enterprsng Democratic paper ought to
put detectives on the case in order to
make an exposure. .-.Nornjng Ne~s.
Robert r. Moody is walking for Sher-
if. So is John E. Taylor, but his pace
is a little faster.
The Democratic, Republican, Single
Tax and Prohibition parties filed papers
of nomination with Clerk of the Peace
Foard yesterday.
The ''racification" meeting of the
"Harmony Kings" will be held at the
Lincoln Republican Club tonight It's
hard lines, but they are drinking the cup
to its bitterest dregs.
Eddie Cochran is jubiant, for there
are others who participated in the 'con-
tiscation of ballots"
From now until the opening of the
polls on election day, that Kent county
steal will play prominent part in the
political campaign.
Register. Register! Register!
Send in your political gossip to TIE
Sun.
A. W. Staymaker has been placed on
the Regular Republican ticket for State
Senator, IN place of George w. Murray,
resigned, in Kent county. s. II. Derby
has been named to fill the place ON the
Representative ticket made vacant by
Mr. Staymaker. And Harmony's not in
it.
One instance OF Democratic incapacity
is shown in the results of the failure of
the General Assembly last winter to pass
an act providing salaries for county
officers. Kent and Sussex counties will
each elect a Clerk OF the Peace for the
first time this year, and New Castle
county will elect Recorder OF Deeds.
Under the new constitution these Of
ficers are to be paid salaries instead of
fees, but the first men to be elected will
continue under the fee system, as the
salaries of tie men to be chosen cannot
be changed during their term of office.
Morning News.
DR.. George W. Marshall, Unionist, has
found that he is not the only tin can on
the dump in Kent county.
In order to retain your citizenship you
must register. Do SO and endeavor to
repeal the law framed by the rich mems
Constitutional Convention.
Amongst the "bunch OF roses' to
speak at the Lincoln Republican Club
tonight is Ii Hung Chang Bach. Will
they allow Freddie back in the ranks?
When First Citizen Hilles tried to
honu that N(itiyap,, mnvomopt ho u,opt