Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-03
me voters assistant and If was voters
assistant could so
MANIPULATE THE TICKETS OF Hitter
ATE VOTERS

MANIPULATE THE TICKETS OF Hitter
ATE VOTERS
that they wouldn't know, and that |
could stamp the tickets so that Demo-
cratic ballots would turn out to be
STAMPED FOR THE REPUBLICANS
when they came to he counted; and that
the Democrats couldn't tell whether /
stamped their ballots Democratic or
Republican.
Smith talked about my great influence
among the Democrats, and ! didn't try
TO make him think il was any less than
il actually il.
After our first talk in this way i'm
mediately consulted Colonel William 7.
Records of Laurel, who is prominent
Democrat and the nominee of the Demo-
Gratis for State senator in our county,
and asked him TO go to Georgetown and
see Mr. Alfred Z. Robinson, who is
chairman of our Democratic county
committee, and consult him as to what |
should do to
EXPOSE TIE FRAUD AND BRIBERY
which I was satisfied the Republicans
contemplated in our county. | wanted
w ~ " Nlltll COhlt " HIlll l++t lSGIlID-
cratic party and at the satnG time
wanted if possible to save myself from
criticism. was afraid they might be
approaching other Democratic registrars
IN the way they approached me and |
wanted to head Oft the said schemes.
Colonel Records went to Georgetown
and said he had seen Mr.. Robinson and,
when he came back, he said that they
thought it best for INC to lead Smith on
and get out of him what | could, TO find
out if l could who was prompting
Smith. Smith was after me almost
every day, but | put him off from time
to time till could consult with my
friends, and when | heard what they
thought-whiGh was during the next
wcek--l was prepared for him. | then
led him on and told him that knew L
could be voters assistant if wanted to,
and Smith told me that
MIR. HIGGINS WOULD DO ANYTHING
THAT HE (sMITH) SAID,
and he wanted to get Mr.. Higgins to
come down and sec me. | said to him
that that wasn't necessary; that | was
willing 10 take his word; but he in
sisted that he could get Mr.. Higgins to
come down. A few days afterwards
Smith came to me and told me that Mr.
Higgins would be down to see me, and
told me to come to his house last Thurs
day night week Thursday, October 13th.)
Smith said for me TO come to his house
at 1890 and that
| SENATOR HIGGINS WOULD BE THERE.
He also told inc that he had an ap-
! .N,... A,.r. al.
night to come to his house; that one
would come at $50 and the other at 9.30,
and he didn't want me to see them nor
them to see me, 50 | was to come al
1890 | wanted to find ont who these
other men were, to head off their plans
if | could, SO | made arrangements that
night to have Smiths house watched,
both in front and from his garden, to
see who went in there. -.M"
About 1890 to II O'Clock ] went up
to Smiths back door, through his gar.
den, us he had requested, and he met
me in his back yard and took me into
his house, where
IFoUND SENATOR ANTHONY HIGGINS
waiting for me, had met Mr.. Higgins
before, but Mr.. Smith introduced MIN
again to me, and
MIR. HIGGINS BEGAN TO TALK
about the certainty Of Harrison's cleo
ton and went on to mention
WHAT STATES HE WOULD CARRY.
Among others, he said he would carry
North Carolina and had tightinz
chance in Tennessee; that he was Ger,
tain of Connecticut, and that
DELAWARE WAS SURE FOR HIM.
SPY Cod" says he, "Lf you will dc
this thing we're all right" He sail
that whatever Smith said was right ant
he would do
WHATEVER SMITH SAID FOR ME.
He said that he would get mo any
place under the government | wanted
outside the civil service. He said; "Oi
course | can't tell You what third man
will do but
HARRISON WILL. BACK ME UP
and Noble will stand by me-"
While we were talking Mrs. Smith
who is the wife of Postmaster Smith
came into the room and said to me
"All we want you to do is to be voters
assistant" and ..".....-.
SENATOR HIGGINS wINKED AT HER
and they got her out of the room
Senator Higgins went on talking abou
| general politics and said it was his am,
bition to show the people
THAT HE COULD CARRY THE STATE.
He said, "If that damned corner OF
Sussex county was cut off, the rest oi
it would be e pretty decent State any.
way"
Then he got onto general politics and
said that the Republicans would carry
New York. What he said was, "Fo
use vulgar expression, Dana's got the
CUTS of Tammany, and Dana says We'll
carry it." That was about the sub.
stance of our conversation.
The next morning Smith came to sec
me to talk to me and said to me that
MIR. HIGGINS MEANT WHAT He SAID;
that he (Smithl was good judge oI
character and had watched his face
while he was talking, lie said to me
AS Senator Higgins says, you've got
the CUTS of Little Greek" ..... .
! reported all this TO some of my
friends and they told me TO try to ge
MIR. Higgins to promise me some par
ticular place. So | said to Smith that
wanted the place in the land office thai
tius Parsons Of Salisbury, had uudel
Mr.. Cleveland.
Smith told me that he wrote to Mr.
Higgins and when he got reply from
him he came to me and
SHOWED ME MIR. HIGGINS LETTER,
and, in the letter, Mr.. Higgins said tha
he didn't sec any Gus Parsons in thu
blue book, but he found that J. A
Parsons of Maryland had an ST so
nlncn. but Smith told me TINT iha