Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
THAT CHARGE OF BRIBERY
Instituted by Republican Managers
is True and Substantiated.


The Attempt mt subornation Described
in All Its Scandalous DGtails--rhc Most
shameful Record in the Political His
tory of Delaware.
The charge of exageration and of un-
truth is made, it is understood, in regard
to the recent statement published i'll THE
GAZETTE charging certain leading Repub-
licans of this city with direct attempts at
bribery and subornation in approaching
the president of the Delaware Censtruc-
ton Company, with extremely large offers
of cash for the express purpose of bribing
him to use his influence with his father,
Registrar Morrison Of New Castle, to regis
ter such negroes as they, the Republican
managers desired.
A DIRECT suBsTANTIATIoN.
In order to further substantiate, if neces-
sary the truth of the story, and to let full
light in on to this most ncfarious attempt
on the purity of the ballot, and of free
and independent franchise, representa-
tive of The GAZETTE called upon Presi-
dent Alvin Il. Morrison, of the Della
ware Construction Company early in the
week.
MIR. Morrison was asked to make pub
lie statement as to what occurred on the
occasion in question. He said as follows .
THE day before the bids We're opened Il
committee of Republicans waited upon
me and inquired whether the Delaware
Construction Company wanted to build
the new Washington street bridge.
~ told them did.
"rhey asked how much wanted TO
build il. | told them that was Il question
we could not answer until the bids were
opened,
'"Then they offered to give me written
guarantee that we should have the CON
t, a
them written guarantee that father
would register the negroes at New Castle,
as desired.
THEY HAD NO sCRUpLEs.
.They said 10 me that il didn't matter
| how many bids there might be, they had
| sufficient influence With the Levy Court to
| give us the contract at any price.
II said no, cmphatically. Then they
| went away.
This was in the morning. They came
| back again about . o'clock in the afternoon
| and repeated the overturcs.
About 4 p. M, the same evening, there
was another Republican came TO me. and
told me that unless We got the guaratec
| from father we would never get the con
tract Ia build the bridge. He said also that
the Republican party had already hired
| teams to send committee tonight Ohat
| night to wait on certain members ui
/ lll' l-sFN NaA'lltt anu SUP llltlll
! the contract to us i'll case we were the low
est bidders until such tiuc as had proved
that | had used my influence to get my
| father 10 register the negroes.
NO member of the Levy Court ever ap.
| proachri me in any way, nor do know
of any movement from that direction.
ALL RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS MEN.
II do not believe that the people who
waited on me could carry ont their agree
mcut with the Levy Court But these Re.
publicans were all responsible business
men and they promised, according to tho
guarantee to make good their engagement
our Of their own pockets.
THE BRIuE WAS $4,000.
The price they guaranteed, of 100000
was 81 O0D above our bid We bid $4,000
of course they nor no one else knew that
liut ! positively declined it for the con
structinn company.
II have such business confidence il
these men that would accept their indi
yidual check at any moment for trans
action for 81, 900 without hestation.'