Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-17


When Mr.. Neil arrived he coincided with |
Governor Gampbell's views as to Ohio. lie |
felt confident the state could be carried If |
a strictly still-hunt were undertaken and
the funds to get out the full Democratic
vote were forthcoming. The national
committee decided to try the experiment,
and when Mr.. Neil returned to Ohio he
carried $4,000 with him.
The plan was not to pay any attention to
the large cities and to let the state 70 by
default on the surface, but in the rural
counties absolutely trustworthy men
pledged to the striCtest secrecy as to their
plans were to quietly see to it that full
Democratic vote was polled on election
day. When Mr.. Neil got back to Ohio, he
summoned to meet him from different sec
tlnns of the state abont a dozen men i'll
whom he had absolute confidence and laid
his plans before them, They were enioined
to strict secrecy and provided with the
necessary funds to get out a full Demo-
cratic vote in the sections Of which they
were given charge.
SUCCESS OF THE SCHEME.
The success of the plans depended alto
gether on keeping the Republicans entirely
| III the dark as to what was going on For
| this reason few Democrats were made
aware Of the scheme and as consequence
| it was carried out successfully, to the
amazement of all Republicans and most
Democrats. While the Republican farmers
on election day pegged away at COW milk
| ing, confident the state would give about
its usual Republican majority, Demo
cratic farmers were hustled to the polls
and got in their Cleveland ballots.
TRYING TO STEAL STATE,
New York san Special.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 10.-Chairman Her.
bert Il. Benton, of the Republican state
/ ftaa iS M, fnr "a
statement that Judge Morris has not been
elected governor of this state, having failed
to receive a majority of all of the ballots
cast for that office. Judge Morris major
ity is claimed by the Democrats to be
about 800, and this was conceded by the
Republicans until this afternoon, when
it was alleged that he fell short Of ma
jority by about 400 votes. The Republican
claim is based on the statement that in
Bridgeport and many other towns through
out the state ballots which failed to have
the heading Republican" or Demo
cratic" printed at the top were thrown out
and not counted, when they should have
been counted as among the scattering
votes. II the Republicans force their
claim and the House refuses to seat Nor
ris, or an attempt is made to seat General
Merwin, the same state of affairs may
arise as occurred two years ago. The Dem
ucrats are exceedingly indignant and make
wild threats. They say it is no longer d
question of what Republicans may at
tempt to do, but what they democrats,
will dare to do Lynde Harrison is max
: ing an investigation and another muddlt
is expected
: The Union in an extra edition tonight
: published the following
"Ihe Democratic state central commit
> tee is in possession of evidence tending tC
show that some of the Republican mana
: gers are engaged in n conspiracy to agail
count out the Democrats who were clecter
= TO the state offices OH Tuesday. A mis-
: leading and Illegal form of returns to b.
: used under the requirements of the Con
= stitution, was sent out from the office o
= hold-oyer Secretary Walsh. 1t contain!
: several traps to catch the unwary modera
= tors upon the subject of rejected votes. b,
: counting all of these rejected votes as j
. they were votes cast against Judge Morri
= and his associates the coiIspirators hope Il
: wipe out large majority received by tn
- Democratic candidates. 1t is known tina
several hundred votes, many of them 10
3 Judge Morris, were thrown out 70
: Illegally. on this basis Republican Chail
1 man Benton has been claiming to-day tha
= Judge Morris lacks 100 of Majority
. As soon as Secretary SwartWout of tn
- Democratic state central committee hear
= of the Republican attempt to count Judg
: Morris out, he employed Judge Lynd
/
- investigate 1t is understood that Secretar
- of State L. Jay Walsh sent out to til
- moderators of the various voting precinct
= in the state election return blanks whic
= are so complicated that the ordinar
= citizen, acting as moderator, is unable
= make a proper return Details regardin
"a rejected ballots are required, which al
intricate i'll the extreme, and the blank
SO small that it is impossible to get all {
the matter necessary on il to make a con
plete return. The constitution Of the sta
provides that the presiding officer of ele
tions shall make out duplicate lists of IL
- persons voted for and of the number
nD votes for each, which shall be certified b
the presiding officer, and one of the lis
= returned to the town clerk, and the 9TH
to the secretary of state or sheriff of II
county. 1t is claimed by Judge llurriso
IN that the blank issued by Mr.. Walsh is III
required by the constitution. Chairma
= Benton, r., says: II don't know wheth
. Judge Morris has a majority or lacks A
uO of it until the official count is announce
. That is what both parties are waiting.
. have made no calculation. | am not Il
- state accountant of election. | kno
nothing more than any other priva
citizen knows until the official count b
. comes public property. 1t cannot becon
such until the count is made Wait ~
: see. don't know yet.n
Republican leaders are holding q me
. ing at the league this evening, and it
NM evident that au attempt to count Jud
@9 Morris ont will be made again this year,
- possible. 1t will be claimed that the ia
OF the returns do not show that Morris h
majority over all candidates. 1t
affirmed that the Republicans have SC
noe out these complicated return blanks
~ the first time this year In order to steal t
state by fraud and retain III office memb,
OF their own party. Prominent Repul
cans who voted for Judge Morris denour
the scheme, and say that they will sec h
= seated if he has only five majority.