Is he going to be elected under this management that we have had? They said No. that can not be. we must have an honest election of a mayor. and so gentlemen went on to lew Yorkand got copies of their statute and with properchanges the Legislature enacted a law which secured honest elections in the city of Wilmington. The city was divided into districts wherein the number of voters did not exceed 300.and city registry of elections was established. requiring voters to be registered two and three weeks before election. giving ample opportunity for scrutinizing the voters. requiring them to give their age. residence. papers. if naturalized. to show their tax: receipts if they were assessed and paid a tax. and otherwise determining all the qualifications for voting through registration. as in other States. a thing not otherwise known in its completeness in Delaware. Mr. President. as a result of that law. even in 1888. with our reduced vote. the Republicans elected their mayor.
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