Milford chronicle., 1893-09-01

Senator Gray has found an Indian agency
in Nevada for the notorious Isaac ]. WOotteu
Of Laurel, Del. aiming probably to get that
odOriferous gentleman as far frCm the scene
of his late disgraceful exploits as possible,
There are two suits pending now in SUISSE K
county in which Wootten is interested. The
first is a suit for over 5000, upon payment
of which he defaulted as municipal tax col
lector of Laurel for the year 1892. A report
was made on March J., 1893 by committee
Of three, two of whon are fellow Democrats
of Woouen. It was shown that he had failed
to account for S324.S7 ont Of about S., 900
collected aud that he had charged for double
the amount of coal used, for Office rents
which hadno existence and for town bailiff's
and watchmans services which had not
been rendered. The other suit is for libel
brought by Wootteu against Samuel A. Roop,
editor of the lively Laurel Gazette, who &C
4 cused him editorialiy of taking 5000 from the
Re Publicans in 1882 for work at that State
election. He promised,so the article stated
to delude thirty Democrats into voting the
! Republican ticket by the old trick of taking
Republican ballots from the bottom OF lot
I of Democratic tickets which he held in his
hand while serving as ballot holder at the
polls. II is charged that he voted the Re
publican ticket himself in order to make up
the thirty votes. RoOp was arrested, was
1 taken before Squire Thompson, of George
| town-a steadfast Democrat-who had such
a lofty opinion of Wootten's character that
he held Roop for trial under bond of 81 600
4 It is well known that snch eminent Demo-
cratic leaders as State Senator William T.
Ricords and Thomas Horsey earnestly IN
sisted that if Wootten was to have place it
should be outside of the State, and a good
ways outside,
Wootten's conspiracy, with T. +. Bavard
last fall to affect the election by charging
Senator Higgins with attempting to influence
him to vote the Republscan ticket thoroughly
discredited him with his old associates at
Laurel, who has long been suspicious of his
loyalty to the Democratic party. So disas- !
trous was that conspiracy to the Democracy /
that Little Creek hundred only gave 32o 4
Democratic majority against 500 and 600 I
at the two previous elections. Not a Demo. |
cratic speaker so much as even referred 10 /
the Woolten-Bay ard falsehood at the Laurel
meetings aud Laurel Democrats promptly
asked the chairman of the Democratic State
Committee not to refer to it, as Wootten
could not be believed. When the expose of
his defalcation as tax collector was made last
March the Doughty Colonel" dropped TO
the bottom Of public opinion, and his disgrace
was completed when the Laurel Giaseffe
showed up his political infamy Of ten years
before. The whole thing has resulted also
in reviviug hideous scandal in which Woot-
ten figured eighteen OF twenty years ago, and
from the penalty Of which be fed and re-
maiued fugitive for years.
,Wooteu is a dead duck and Senator Gray
s merely helping him ont Of hole at the
expense Of the government Keep your eve
on that Indian Agency
congressman Causey has been assigned to
lie River and Harbor Committee of the
House of Representatives. This will en-
sble him all the more easily to keep down
he appropriations for the Delaware Ways
What Mr. Causey, a leading director of the
Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania rail-
Dad and the most useful lobbyist for that /
company at Dover, desires above all things
S no improvements Of the Delaware rivers. {
such improvements cut down his personal r
ucome. Some day his part IN the delay of
he improvements Of the Great Inland S
from Lewes to Chincoteague will r
e written, and then the people Of Delaware Il
an understand why Mr. Causey sought to a
ct on the River aud Harbor Committee.
The veterans are after Hoke Smith, and c
1e battle has Just begun. Il is easy enough
grant pensions, but it viii be found very :
ard to deprive men Of their pensions. The a
snses Of the system have not been nearly
numerous as the Democratic papers pre-
nd Not one Of them has had the courage II
the information to point 0ut aipg le fEaud- =