Year: 1879

Democrats Hunt1ng Republican
The Democrats have commenced thu


plan agreed upon to break the force o


their frauds at the city election by hav


ing several Of our prominent citizens


arrested on trumped up charges Of lille


gal voting. Something had to be don't
to maintain little semblance of self


respect for their party, for in spite o


their own denials Of their unblushinl


frauds, with the aid of two Democratic


papers that were continually drawing


around them the mantle of charity II


cover up their frands, the ghastly


thing stalks out before the public gazc


and the more they attempt to cover W


and hide the shame Of their party, thu


more hideous and black with crime


does the ghastly skeleton become. The


Democrats would be willing to play


quits if the Republicans would submit


to it, but the latter are in no humor fol


that, though chance member of theil


party may be successfully charged with


some ir-egularity in voting. To hunt
up these cases now is the work to which


the Democrats are devoting themselves,


to try to make some kind Of an Offset


to some FIVE hundred to seven hun


dred illegal votes cast by repeaters,


FOUNDERS and others. To break


the force of the terrible frauds Of which


they knew they were guilty, the DEM
ocrats were early in the field after The
election and had young man Of the
Eighth Ward named James Phillips, a
Republican, arrested for attempting to
vote on forged tax receipt which had
been sent him under the impression
that he was Democrat, and Phillips
that some kind friend had
been so good as to pay of his tax and
send him receipt for the same at
tempted to vote, and when the Demo-
Gratis found out tn air mistake they had
Phillips arrested and his case sent be.
fore the Grand Jury at New Castle last
month, but that body very promptly
ignored the bill as there was no Grim
inal intent on the part Of Phillips. The
next effort the Democrats made in the
prosecuting lire was to have a colored
man named Hockster arrested for voting
in the wrong district in his own ward.
He applied to vote at the right district
where he was entitled to a vote, but
because he happened to say he lived in
Wollaston instead of Windsor street,
both streets being in the same election
district, his vote was refused by
Messrs. Lee and Collins, the new fang
led double acting patented inspectors of
the district, warranted never to fail to
accept the vote of repeater, and guar
anteed to refuse to sccept the votes of
all Republicans against whom any
imaginable objection could be trumped
up. Under these circumstances Hook
5ter, perfectly legal voter with tax
paid up, as advised, went to the east
ern district of the Fifth Ward where
his vote was accepted, no question be-
ing raised there in regard to his resi-
1ence.


Even Lee who was too busy on cleo
tion day in taking in the votes of Dem
ocratic repeaters of the "Gus" O'Don-
nell, "Brockey Tom," Bill Miller, and
John Carr stripe, to pay much atten-
tion to Republican votess except to re-
ject them we are informed now admits
that the refusal of Hockster's vote was
a mistake. Mayer Almond though he
sent the case over to court said there
was nothing in it of criminal character.
The Grand Jury however saw proper to
find true bill against Hockster, and
this so far is the only case the Democrats
have as a sure Offset to their own
frauds. But as We have already said,
had to be done by the Demo
Gratis, and so their agents are busy
thumbing over the poll lists, the assess
nent duplicates of the collectors and
.he error lists to find cases of illegal
7oting on the parts of Republicans.
There is no doubt that here and there
hey may find one, but the force of
heir pretended zeal for a pure ballot
las been broken by their tardiness in
the search. Their objects
1t this late date are fully known and
,an have 20 weight with intelligent
people. Their search in the main will
De barren of fruitful results on account
If the more than usual precaution
aiken by Republicans to prevent any of
heir own party from voting who had
10 right to vote, and those who did so
,ote are the bare exceptions, who vo-
ed under misapprehension or misun-
of the law which divests
heir action of any criminal intent.
for the Republicans they
commenced their prosecution of the