Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-06
BUYING VOTES AT DOVER.
Doodle the important Factor In
Kent's Canvass.
Shameless Debauchery of tine VOTERS
Money Could Not vanquish Manhood

Shameless Debauchery of tine Voters
Money Could Not Vanquish Manhood
The Day Rt the State Capital.
Special Correspondence Gazette and Journal
DOVER, Nov. 5.-The election passed
off yesterday without disturbance,
although it was one of the most interest
ing and exciting everheld in the county.
In the I'd district there was crowd at
the polls from the time they opened
until they closed ard there was CON
tinual push and wrangle all the time.
The Republicans had sent urgent
requests to all parties who were out of
the State, who had the least bit of a
chance to vote. Parties who had been
out of the State two or three years and
are in business in the cities tried to vote
but were turned down. Negroes from
all parts of the country were present
and possessed fraudulent tax receipts
and il IS needless to say some of them
succeeded in voting.
The Republican Doodle was stored in
the small school-room near the polls
| The price paid for votes by them ranged
from #l5 to $40 ard this undoubtedly
accounts for the majority of the Repub-
lican5 in the hundred.
Several persons received slight bruises
from the continual jam at the window.
| One man named rruit while in the act
! Of casting his vote was seized with IT,
| He had been purchased and was in the
clutches Of a Republican rusher
10 show how anxious the RepuUii-
cans are for a free vote, was well illus
trated here yesterday. A colored man
named Robert America, with his oWf
| free will, made his way toward the win
| dow TO deposit Democratic ballot
When in the net Of depositing it be was
seized by a gang of Republicans and
carried away. \ gang of about 300
negroes surrounded him and made all
kind Of threats For a while the crowd
surged around him and seemed perfectly
7 wild After wrangling with him for
about a half an hour he was compelled
| 10 vote . Republican ticket. No Demo-
| Gratis took part N this disgraceful affair.
The Republicans We're compelled to buy
almost all Of the negroes, or at least
promise them.
The negroes made open threats that
they would thrash any negro who voted
Il Democratir ticket. In the first dis
one NH aIlowed 10 vote thcrerore there
was mo- rish : - '0''' 49, 49, '''N =
~ he, tbn ,,a1ls ,1osod Of q o,c1oc,
evarv fn. NIX daoira,i mi mi ! HIN
/ IN was nble IA ra.t ihair haIint
Tbn iian,,lt i"ft rr', IL, liant IN
tbe earlyE rart ~ liz evo,,,i,,s I'M ~
tbe nigbt wore ON NOR 'r..,r.nnarcc
rhongnd mn thev cravr,ed intn Tho
"conS tr,,," ana ;nrsaJ a,nong hon
selvn. 'Thev did NOT l,no,y y7,ucb at
nidnirht and latcr lrnew nott,i,g N0 Il
XII The Will 'be Democrniic boad.
ounrtcrs wa, anal MN onthnsiost;r
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conreoinr o;rsic anar,,,t bE aS ~ ysaa
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kind More n ". nse We're were ynted thnrc
linn avar trow,n b.fore 'oNN i1
Tho frst and ,n $50, o,co, 20 o.inr ro,,s
was tbr result in me tst district + I East
Dover where Ricbardson,s maior;tv ,vos
nnlv iG who're i thev bad n lIi i mG9
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