Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15
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WON Ely AGAINST MANHOOD.

and the only matter OF regret
was that tho visit was SO short
DIOhEY AGAINST MINH0OD.
But the Australian Ballot Stands in the
Way This Year.
New York Times, September 9Th.
There is no reason to doubt that the
reports that are quietly circulating
among Republican workers that the
"plan of campaign" is now in the course
of being completed and strengthened,
and that there is ground for the utmost |
confidence in its success, have reference |
to the arrangements for collecting |
money. There have been many indica-
tons in various parts Of the country
that these arrangements were proceed-
ing with a good deal of energy MIR.
Quay's readmission to the counseis Of
the party can have but one meaning to
those who know his methods, and the
consolidation" of the party in New
York, in consequence of which ex-Sen-
ator Platt and the financial magnates OF
the Union League Club are induced to
work together in harmony, is evidence
that the question Of money, which was
theone that really worried the managers,
has been satisfactorily settled. Back OF
all the indications, which, as we have
said, are plentiful, and the evidence that
come from the last Presidential cam
palrn, we have the fundamental TACT
that the success of the Republican party
| involves the continuance OF Legislative
| favors which q great number OF weaithy
men believe to be essential to their
future prosperity, and which they know
have been very profitable to them IN the
pnst. That these men will not give
money freely for what is worth much
more money to them can be believed
only on the assumption that the ltcpub-
/ lican managers will not take it which
is plainly unthinkable.
But while all this is true, and while
there is no doubt that great deal OF
money will be raised and expended to
promote the election of Mr.. Harrison,
we do not tlgink that the confidence
based on these facts is we'll founded
Plenty of money will cheer the hearts
Of tie Republican workers through
whose hands il is to flow, but it will no
necessarily elect Mr.. Harrison. That j
did SO in 1888 no one doubts. Mr.
, WanamakGr is there in the cabinet t
prove it. But there are obstacles III TN
r way this year that did not then exist
One Of these is the fact that the method
! of 1888 have been exposed, and tina
there will be greater and more cifectiy
! vigilance this year than there was ther
! Another is the changed temper of tn
public mind. The tremendous con
! demnation of the Republicans and thei
! ways in 1890 has not only broken thei
= prestige, but it has created a publ
y sentiment of hostility and distru
u toward the party that will more tina
i offset anything that can be done wit
money. But much more important tina
e these are the difficulties thrown in IL
way of buying votes by the reformt
ballot, which is now in operation in u
major number of the states, and is mo
thorough and efficient in the very stat
where the Republicans must make the
gains if at all, and where they rely {
money to make them. Indiana al
New York are absolutely essential
their plans,and in neither of these stat
=, is it going to be easy to do safe al
u, profitable business in vote buying.
- We do not say that bribery is ma
u, impossible by the reformed ballot. U
~ fortunately it is not. Probably no Ia
- could be devised that would entire
- prevent this crime, and, also unfort
'oG nately, the law in this state was MOT
A fled in its passage in way TO make
-. crime less nearly impossible than
Il, would have been under the bill
H. drafted by the friends and advocates
~ the reform. But it still remains II
10 ~ that bribery is, by the law in New 4c
ro and in Indiana, made very difficult, a
~, thus valuable defence is afforded
w the suffrage The essential feature
~ the law is the secrecy of the vote,
w merely the opportunity of secrecy,
NC the necessity of it, and this is so nea
49,, secured that the voter can hardly
~! any conclusive evidence of how he
W. voted, unless by collision with u c.
ma vasser, and canvasser cannot read
ny ,n be guilty of collision without be
No detected. Now, it is plain that just
~ the extent that the vote buyer is
"a uncertain as to whether he has got W
'''N he has bought, he will be reluctan
,L. spend his money, or rather the MOI
Wv Of others intrusted to him, With en-
H. willingness to violate the law and
~ corrupt the suffrage, he cannot be S
fteor that he is making anything by his
~. tempt to do so. Any one who is fami
~, ~ with the methods Of the briher, as t
NJ have been fully described in the stor
, any, the campaign of 1888, will see that
liz will be greatly interfered with by
, bS reform ballot. There can be no ''blC
',ar of tive' marshaled to the polls
nj slaves to the auction pen in the
NV times. Every attempt to buy
60 must be very circuitous and artf
W shrouded, and then its result mus
:, &c very uncertain. We regard it as ano
,,i evidence of the healthy evolution
M y representative institutions IN our c.
% - try that at the moment when money
,,t;o attained an influence in our pol
| NJ 10 greater and more threatening than
: ~ before, and when by the Mckl
= ~ scheme its use had been erected int
.Tho elaborate system for the perpetuatie
~ ~ the power of those who were usir
!, ti ns the reform of the ballot comes to
re- their plans and to restore to the he
ai iiu voter the full value Of his suffrage.
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MADE MAD BY MONEY.
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Il 81 A Milwaukee Man Driven tasane
i 80 Streak of Good Fortune.