Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-08-15

Money aad the lsaiAna Csmpaign.
The Democracy seem to have just
awoke to q realization of the fact that
the Republicans used money in the
campaign of 1880 to carry Indiana,
and they are only making themselves
ridiculous by occupying columns III
an expose Of the discovery. Nobody
attempts to deny that the Republicans
used money in that campaign, in fact
they use money In oil campaigns,
sometimes more, sometimes less. An
active campaign is very expensive.
Speakers must be hired, railroad trains
must be chartered, bands Of music must
be employed, handbills must be printed,
meetings must be advertised, in fact
there are hundred ways in which
thousands of dollars can be legitmately
spent and when the aggregate IL foot
ed no the amount Is astOnishingly
large. So far as we have heard there
has been no charge that votes were
bought as Democrats bought them In
Delaware at tho late State election, but
simply that Dorsey spent over two
hundred thousand dollars to carry the
State for the Republicans.
Well, what If he did? He had the
money to spend for that purpose, and
why not spend it and make thing
lively for the Democrats ? This Dorsey
appears to have done very etfsctually
and the result was that a Democra
tic State was turned into q Republic
can State, and through it the election
of Republican President was as
sured.
We do not know that there was any
great SHINING in all this, as 1t has
never been shown that single dollar
of money was spent in an improper and
unlawful manner to influence voters
Money was distributed to recognized
leaders and workers all over the State
but if they spent any portion Of it il
purchasing voters, that fact has never
been made known even by the Demo
Gratis. When the active Republican
workers in any township or election dis
trict needed money, it was furnished
them If the request was proper, but thu
question was never asked how they
would spend such money. Such 3
question would be recosuizance o
guilty purposes at once, and the maj
who would ask such question would
not hesitate to tell a falsehood to cove
up his duplicity. However, nobody de
MES that the money was spent, but tn
Democracy is defied toproduce evidenc
that it was spent illegitimately and 70
improper purposes, with the sanction
Of the leaders Of the party.
But the Democrats are the last peopl
that should find fault. Did they no
spend money in Indiana? If they ha'
not as much to spend as the Republi
cans had that was their lookout. l
they had had twice as much no objec
ton would have been made by the Re
publicans. II was no fault Of the Re
|publicans that Mr.. English, the Demo
cratic Vice President from Indiana, onl
paid $40, 900 of the $4,000 he was az
sessed. The Democrats used all th
money they could get from every quartz
Including "seven mules from Barnun
Chairman of the National Democrat
Committee. The Republicans sper
their money in holding mass meeting
and enlightening the people, and whe
the people saw things in their props
light they did not elect the Democrat
ticket because they did not want to p'
the free trade Democracy into powe
This alone is the reason why Indiar
went Republican in 1880, and the re
: son why it will go the same way in 1873