The daily gazette., 1878-09-12
I'he NOminntional Election for
- senator in Red Lion I'D.
HT. GEoRGK's, Sent. 9. 18I

81 UEoHGE y, sept y, 1873.
| Up. JOHNSON, Esq.-Dear Sii:-More
than two months ago 1t was understood
by the Democrats OF this Hundred that
the candidate for Senator should be
taken from the Western District of the
Hundred, and the candidate for Levy
Court from the Eastern District. Prior to
that time had refused to be candidate
| Ior tne senate as against any gentleman
they might name Ia the the Eastern Dis
trict,. for thought that District Justly
entitled to the nomination as Mr.. Bird
had been two terms IN the legislature
from this end of our Hundred. After it
4 became perfectly understood by, and be-
l tween the paople Of the Two Districts
that this, the Western District should be
l entitled to. the candidates for Senator,
Y. Ill. McWhorter and myself were
the only Candidates spoken of, after
max ng one or two days canvass I
left home with sick wife on the 8th of
August for the mountains of Pennsyl-
vania Ireturl Q on the 9th of the mouth
and for several days thereafter was con-
fined to the house with an infamed eye,
SO that up to The second or third of Sep
tember with the exception of few days
work before left honey l had not been
| able to make personal canvass of the
| Hundred. My friends, however, had
been at work for me during my absence,
and up to within little more than forty
eight hours of the election, / had reason
to believe that % a legitimate pol, which is
ABOUT ITO Democratic votes lin this end
/ OF tie Hundred), would have majori-
ty over McWhorter, and in the Eastern
or Delaware City District was assured
L should receive majority of the legiti-
mate Democratic votes. At this juncture
a third ticket was brought 10 light in
Delaware City, with Charles G.. Ash for
3 ,nator. This was done against Mr.. Ash's
protest as he SO declared, but nevertheless
the ticket was in the field, contrary 10
| the understanding above referred to, 10
wit: that no "a .dtdate for Senator should
be announced in the Eastern end of the
Hundred. The originators of this third
ticket clung to the forlern hope lit was
said by DIR. f. ID. Dunlap, the acknow-
lodged father of the ticket that with
the aid Of Republican votes it lthe Ash
and L. When heard of this unjust and
| unfair proceeding l waited upon Mr.
Ash to known If he intended to present
his name to be used, after having de.
clared to me some two months before,
that he would not be q candidate, and at
that .Iime stated his preference of my
candidacy. He said to me ~ had moth
ing whatever to do with bringing out this
| third ticket. do not intend TO solicit
votes, neither do intend TO go upon the
streets ana tell people they shall not vote
for me-" said to Messrs Brady, Dun
lap and others that the Ash ticl il ke, t
| in the held would certainly defeat both
Ash and myself, and insure the nomiu ua-
uon of McWhorter.
The night before AMI tho morning of
the election, Mr.. Nc Whorter, his nu.
merousscouts and confederates, circulated
| the report that / had withdrawn in his
| favor, and they were to be found in every
direction, urging my'f,iends to come to
his, McWhorten's support, against the
| movement put on foot in Delaware City
| to secure both Senator and Levy Court
Commissioner for the Eastern District.
| This lie about my having withdrawn and
the continued pressure brought to bear
| upon my friends, to make them believe
they should center upon McWhorter as
| the strongest man to defeat Ash, had its
effect in this end of our Hundred. But
not satisfied with this, one of McWhor-
te'sr henchnlen, the willing tool of his
master, a being who bears name to be
sure, but aohich name does not appear on the
assessment list Of this Hdadre1, went to
Delaware City the afternoon of the cleo
ton, between the hours of one and three
| o'clock to proclaim again publicly at the
4
Ia the village Of st. Georges, abused Mr..
Ash most shamefully, and resigned from
the Senatorial contest in favor of Mr..
McWhorter, and that desired all my
| friends in Delaware City to vote for the
latter, all of which was an Infamous lie
and caused me to lose many votes in
Delaware City. MIR. Geo. +. Brady and
| John I. Cheairs are my authority for the
character of the language used by the
lz,. fpl. raf slAh fa fpsr r,y.f
ell; two of the judges were McWhorter
men, one of them his right bower. and
brother Jack. The only Newton man in
| tie room was A. n. Sutton, to whom
there was no obj ,ction made until he pro-
tested against receiving vote that he
thad reason to believe was not legal this
| oote acds counted, holoeuer, for Mr.. Nc
| Whorter, and then all at once it was dis
covered (after some twenty odd votes had
been poled) that Mr.. Sutton was a1running
on the ticket for Assessor, and must ne
cessarily vacate his office of Judge. G. II.
| McWhorter, the coming man, suggested
that one Thomas take Mr.. Sntton's place,
and Mr.. Thomas was soon member of
the McWhorter board. Mr.. McWhor-
| ter was heard (about this tlme) to say he
did not Dd'at Sutton in the room. from the
first. This is perfectly true, / have no
| doubt, as they proposed to vote men
| whom ey knew were not entitled to a
vote, and they did not care to have their
| nicely laid scheme tnterfered with by in
side parties at least. Irsgret to say that
many vile lies were circulated In refer
enoe to me during my absence from
home, among others thnt was In favor
of Mullen for Levy Court Commission
or, as against either Bright or Ogle; and
to cap she climax that was an aduocate
Of Mr. IO'Byrne for the y, s. Senate il.
1880, and long fist of minor lies, all of
which was put abroad for a purpose by
some one Dto dare not father them to me.
i 1 fear this communication is already too
long, but must crave space 10 extend my
hearty and sincere thanks to those
friends who gave me their sutfrages.l s
| WILLIAM III. NEWTON.
| County papers will oblige by publish
ing the aboye. w. IL. M
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