The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-04

That astute Democratic politician, E. T.
Cooper, Register Of Wills oil Kent County,
In an Interview published 10 Sundays
New YORK World says; ''rhe County
Convention put up as candidates for the
Senate and Legislature mon favorable to
Addicks.
Clark Mench. Higgins follower, was
nominated. but seven out of nine were
understood to b5 favorable to the Soma.
Ioriai aspirations OF tho evanescent and
fugaclous gas man. JuAt before election
Kent County Bank OF Dover. held more
than S40.o 600 OF Addicks' money, to be
distributed among the nine 'Hundreds''
and sixteen voting districts OF tho county.
The Democrats learned OF tire intention
OF Addicks. The County Committee un-
derstood very we'll that there was large
purchasable element among the voters.
The average number who wish to ba paid
to vote In Kent County is about one
fourth OF all In Dover proper, OF a vot.
Ing list OF about 200. more than 800 are
open to bribery.
Addickss methods were we'll known
And the Democrats felt that they would
not hold their entire list without meeting
tile gas man on his own ground.
I'VE resolved to fight lire with fire."
said Judge Cooper to the World cores
pendent. I'VE knew that MIR. Addicks
was man who would spend his last cent
u necessary to carry his point and that
he would Hood the county with money.
Ihere is enough OF purchasable elem emit
to turn an election, and we made up our
minds that we would meet MIR. Addicks
on his own ground.
Il for one argued that any Democrat
who wanted money for his vote would In
most instances take $40 from his own par
" ruther than $50 from the Republicans.
We had great deal OF difficulty In get.
Ting together our subscriptions. and the
2O000 raised was subscribed In the coun.
ty. We knew that Mr.. Addicks could go
US three to one under any circumstances,
but We did the best we could. But on the
morning OF the election We had precious
little leit. preliminary EXPENSES having
taken the bulk OF our fund.-
Money was spent freely yet oil of the
amount Addicks supplied was not spent
The only reason was that there were not
enough voters who were open TO corr up
ton.
In Dover the prevailing price was ss5 n
vote. Many Democrat refused this sum
which to the average poor agricultural
Iaborer mere seems tortune-and accept.
ed Sls 10 ROMAN true to his own party.
'Half way virtue ths. but an evidence
OF virtue or some kind the informant OF
the correspondent observed.
Two years ago the Democrats carried
tne county by an average OF LIS. Thus
the majority was cut down only about
lOo votes, despite the fact that thete was
than could bs used, The Democracy OF
Kent plume themselves upon resisting
alike the general Republican tidal wave
anu Addicks' shower OF doodle.
Thus we have the facts that the Demo.
Gratis OF Kent county openly paid the
white Democratic voters SIS apiece to
vote their good and loyal sentiments
NOW this Addicks money that has he.
come such bIgaooo was not sent down
into Kent county until two days before
the election. SO that 1t was Impossible for
the Democrats OF the Zeke Cooper stripe
to hear OF 1t being deposited ia the banks.
The fact is the Democrats knew they
would be defeated In Kent County with
out they resorted to some desperate
methods, and so they got the rascally
registrars 10 cross OF the registratio d
list nearly one hundred names OF Repub.
lcan voters, thus insuring the county tc
the Democrats, which they carried BIZ
about some eighty majority All this hue
and cry Of Ieform in Delaware comes
from bad plratlcal crowd.
We are In favor of rerorm and an omen
investigation by the Legislature into the
methods used by Democratic tax Collec
tors to help keep their party In power in
Delaware for 80 many years.
Let the reform commence right in the
County tax Collectors Office here in Will
mington. Let men like Brown who wrote
such ringing letter to the Every
Evening for reform be given dose oil
the medicine administered from Repub.
lican bottle