Evening journal., 1890-03-11
LE1rsRs FROM TAg eEopLE.
MlstaI.es d q. W. =.

Editor EVENING JoUHNAE-
Methinks 1t is quite time that the pub
lie should have a truthful and fair state
ment of the facts as disclosed by the
committee, which has been sitting for
some days past for the purpose Of inves-
tigating the alleged frauds, which have
taken place in the Office Of clerk Of the
peace in and for this Sussex county and
in the first place | may state that do
not know the province of newspaper
with respect 10 confning itself to true
statement Of facts aud circum stances as
they take place in a community, nor do /
[ know what latitude is conceded TO
newspaper correspondent in distorting |
and incorporating the facts and cir |
cumstances which come within his per
sonal knowledge, aud which he may think |
proper to report TO his paper, but / do |
say that If in either case, the latitude |
which has been taken by both the Morn |
ing News and it's correspondent, 20. w. |
r. :" in their reports of and comments !
upon the fact proved during said |
investigation be legitimate, then
have had very meagre concep
tion Of the privileges Of honest journal |
| ism. g. w. r. has seen fit in his re-
ports to the Morning News, during last
| week to make statements and draw con
illusions therefrom such as no man who
| has any regard for the truth would utter.
/ He not only misrepresanted facts As they
wore proved, but concealed other facts
which we're q part and parcel of the
| whole transaction. First for instance,
| in his report Of the first days investiga--
| tiOn by the committee he reports that +
| w. Tunnel, the clerk of the peace,
in his testimony, identified the bogus
1 -
tion Of the words, thus conveying the
inevitable conclusion that he-Mr. Tun
nell-identifed orders which he had
before seen, aud admitted that he had
falsified the records. The facts were that
Mr.. Tunnel did not identify the bogus
orders and fscetioulsy declared that hehad
never seen them before, but that he be-
lieved and was convinced that they were
bogus from the conditions of the record,
as he thus found them, they having evi
IDENTIFY been changed by some one, that is
the allowance lists, which were made be-
fore he went into the Office, had been
changed by adding fictitious names
thereto and bogus orders had been issued
In each fictitious name.
Then the editorial comment in the
same issue was equally false, and will
fully SO, when 1t was stated that so far
as the investigation had proceeded It was
clearly shown that the money realized
from said bogus orders had not gone into
the pocket Of any individual, but into
the hands Of the Democratic party for
political uses. Now, this statement is
absolutely false, and even after five day S
investigation the money has not been
shown to have gotten beyond the pocket
Of the un fortunRte Wheatley, except
n. Al
/ new Republicans (beeame such last fall,
during the Doodle campaign as being
possible confederates Of Wheatley
Then another wilfull lie, which the
same correspondent and the same paper
has heralded, viz: That the De nocratic
memDers voted against resolution to
investigate. Now nothing could be more
false than this statement, and the cor,
respondent who could record such liz
could not be accredited upon his oath
Il. B. Mitchell. the Democratic member
; from Dagsboro hundred was the first tS
+ offer such a resolution, which has
' been formulated by the leading Demo
I, Gratis and K. w. Tunnel, against whom
" the charges had been directly made, an,
= when q motion was made b,
some Republican members to lal
n the resolution on the tRbl
q Mr. Tunnel arose upon his feet and ii
4 feeling and beseeching words begged fo
an investigation. But the resolution
! was laid upon the table for one hou
! until one half of the Republican party o
= Sussex county, viz, j. Frank Bacon, (hi
a brother, Fire alarm Bacon, constitutinl
y the other half could prepare resolution
/? to salt his purposes, and that resolution
the Democratic member did vot
l..
fatty refused to vote for it because, a
\ he declared, 1t was not fair to Mr.. Tun
: nell nor 70 any other man who had beei
cleared by the report Of the committee
> and since that day one other aad activ
Republican member of the Levy Cour
e mas confessed his shame for his conduc
in the matter, and stated freely an
: frankly that his better Judgment ha
bsen ov one by what, as he declared i
these words, They said we had to do
n for the sake Of the party, and he ful
k ther remarked that he had had but littl
n experience in politics, and he doubted hi
duty to violate the dictates Of his con
science to benefit his party.
Then in the Saturdays issue of th
Morning News, its correspondent, re
Z porting the irregularitY of 81 800, mos
X Of road orders in Broad Greek hundred. h
er wilfully because he could not b
i ignorant Of the facts) states that th
irregularity appears in Mr.. Lecate's,
Y Democrat members-own hundred. TIL
facts are the bogus orders appear |
m Broad Creek hundred, where Mr.. owen,
ii Republican member, has been almost
willfully negligent. and Mr. Locates Z
Seaford hundred refused to allow said a
a member Of the committee to settle wit
the county treasurer. Now Mr.. EditC
these are the facts and the minutes {
e. the meetings Of the committee whic
h. are recorded BY Republican clerk, Wi
le verify most Of them, and the remainds
a. can easily be substantiated by the RI
m publican mem bers Of the Levy Court
le trust no one will be called upon again |
Of deny any misstatements, which ma
II again be made by the Republican press {
IL this state, and that all win be content I
be await the report Of the committee. Aftt
al which we will be at liberty to discuss tn
90 same. FAIR PLAY.
Georgetown, DEL. March 10, 1890