Evening journal., 1892-11-05
SUSSEX SCANDAL.
Continued from First Page.


come Of that 1t is only a feature of
the canvass.
Hot shot for Treat.
About three years ago, In 1889, a man
with a very shady reputation came here
from the state of Maine and settled down
in Sussex county He started in busi-
ness, got himself in debt, and left. leav-
ing many poor creditors to bewai his de-
parture His name was Mr. Charles II.
Treat When the Republicans got
control Of our Legislature. 10 and behold
this man, this Charles IL. Treat, man
of no fitness or preparation, with no con
nection with the name or interest or
honor Of our people and state-this Mr..
Treat had a backing of Eve or six votes
for the Uuited State senatorship. Then
came the deal aud bargain. and out of
the bargain came Mr. Anthony Higgins.
That way was our United States senator
ship managed in 1882
"The other day the secretary of the
Treasury Of the United States did us the
honor TO come into the State and to go
TO Milford TO tell the people there what
an excellent condition Of things prevailed
in the United States Treasury. Who
should sit beside him, in all the glory of
his insolvency but Charles II. Treat and
his old friend Mr. Anthony Higgins.
This state is not TO be bought, nor is its
highest Office TO be bought for spot cash
(Applause) II Is the Republican project
10 send Mr.. Addicks or some such man to
the senate and hand the three electoral
votes to Mr. Harrison, and have chap.
lain or some kind Of Il political farce in
the house to vote for Mr.. McKinley's
protection measures. (Cheers)
Higgins the BoodIer.
1--WE have the spectacle of sworn
charge of an honest man in the public
print that Mr., Anthony Higgins, sena-
tor OF the United States, goes down at
night and In the shadow of night makes
an appointment and-oifers public offices
under Harrison and Noble to bribe a
Democratic election official to betray his
duty. Cheers, loud I'd prolonged)
Good friends. epithets are not re
quired' strong language does not
strengthen strong case. The simple,
naked absolute facts, told under oath
by Isaac j, Wootten and corroborated
by those TO whom he gave Information
as the transaction proceeded; the fact
that a week has passed and know there
has been no answer except quibbli ng by
the parties concerned, i'm which they
only thing / know, that seems to be
even worse, or something that su gests
to me something more impressive that
one man, and such man. should do this
thing.
But here in this paper and here in
this town, their leading newspaper comes
out in his defense The Morning News
represents the Republican party, many
of whom ! respect and have none but
kindly feeling for | have been their
representative and | never asked tn G
politics of man who asked me for a
public service | am shocked when
read a labored editorial, covering tw {
columns in that paper, absolutely justi
flying the purchase Of any mans vote
provided he was weak enough and cor.
rupt enough TO accept the bribe. Cheers
Milton says in one of his verses" all
: weakness is wickedness | suppose that
z all wickedness is weakness But wha,
are you to think of the immortality Of
: doctrine that because a man is weak an
corrupt and disposed to sin you shald
plunge him further in the abyss Of deg
B iedation, and do that by taking a public
; Office OF the country, staining the public
service by which he was corrupted, and
introduced him there.
4 hnhll tWhll Nht result tl lhlS fltC-
tion with deep, sincere and tremulous in.
terest. | want to think we'll of men
who don't agree with me in opinion
& have friendships with men not
B, Of my way thinking But there are some
- things about which honest men canno
j. differ
= Even If our lives were TO end here
even IL when the grave closed over on
bodies, that was TO be the end of man
still. there would be the necessity Of Ger
tain qualities to make us safe-they ar
J. truth, honor, good faith and justice
j. And yet, what becomes of these qualitie
g under the gospel of Higgins and the edi
tor of the Morning News2
e "Dut my friends, | have kept you long
3 Cries of 20 on 60 onO~ But indee
there cannot be subjects more importan
% to your welfare than these ! have brough
2, before you. 10 was my duty TO speak O
this act. did II with. the sense of pail
n and the sense of shame / never coul,
% have believed the state would have ha
is such a stain as is sought TO be put o
her now.
]. Il have the right to call upon ever
s. Delawarean, every lover of liberty, ever
lover of honesty, and the morals whicl
he underly our Institutions, to- by his vote
rebuke TINS great attempt To put up on
S state at auction or TO sell her by corruI
n tion and acts that shall breed new In
famies in the departments of the publ
e government. feel enlisted for war
~ Corrupting the Public Service.
~ "What kind of a man is it that wOul
e take and fiji an Office as proposed by Nj
Y Higgins and sworn to by Mr.. Wootten
i Would he not naturally betray the gov
4 ernment there just as he betrayed hi
'g party here2
o don't know what may be the resul
: Of the election in the United States mex
n Tuesday In the words of the report @
o Daniel Morgan the colonel Of the EleN
o enth Virginia Regiment. who was aske
70 for full report Of the work of his reg
to meut, let the report of the Democrat
ic party in this country be: Tough
II everywhere; surrendered nowherev
n (Cheers).
rs Their Release Refused.
-. This morning Judge Grubb dismisse
the habe0s corpus petition for the Re