Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-30

| Republican Club, is that when he pro-
poses to do anything, whether right or
wrong, he sets himself to carry it out,
while the Business Mems Club makes
great professions of honesty and honor
able intentions in the matter of securing
fair and honest elections. yet when they
have the offer OF the evidence of fraud
they refuse to avail themselves OF ii and
condone it; the difference between the
two is identical with that between the
brigand and the hypocrlte.
"In this matter the Business Mems
Republican Club, by relieving, comfort.
ing and assisting the Republican ticket
so fraudulently nominated, has become
an accessory after the fact, and there.
fore, as In all criminal cases, their
endorsement must be taken for what II
is worth, after careful consideration of
the manner in which the nominations
| were made"
In view Of all the facts in the case, II
is by many persons considered very
doubtful that the Department of Elec.
tons will be justified IN putting the
names of the fraudulently-nominated
candidates on the tickets to be voted at
the election.
|
held a meeting Friday eveling and talked
over the charges nf fraud made by
Walter II. Hayes. The result of the con
ference was that Chairman Bach was
authorized to deny the chtrses. which he
did, and the denial was published in the
Morning NeTs on Saturday. Everything
that Mr.. Hayes charged is refuted, except
admission is made that only one ballot-b6x
was used where the law requires two. III
Bach's statement MIR HAYES character is
aSsiisd He is accused of bad faith and
diCkering with Democratic candidates. and
also OF failure to vote at several elections,
Mr.. Hayes was seen AT his office Saturday
morning by a reporter OF The GAZETTE
and asked II he had anything to say con-
corning the denial and of the accusations
made against him.
Mr.. HAYES REPIY.
"'fhcy will have ample opportunity TO
prove all they say, Mr. Hayes said, "A
ilAgrant evidence of fraud is the fact that
at the nomination for Councilmen on the
Saturday following the city nomination.
they had less votes in the aggregate IN the
Fifth ward than they hat majority At the
nomination of the previous week.
''ln some precincts Of the city they were
+ voting at the rate OF three minute Tor
oil the time the polls were open, according
, To tue returns. In one place the returns
, would ln,iicate u steady vote OF Isl an
hour, while know that there were times
when there was no voting going Oh II Nil.
Now they SAY that poll lists were sept.
They will haze an opportunity to reuye
the assertion by producing the lists.
soMR CHARGES DENIED.
Regarding the charges against me, in
the Inst place ! never wa, secretary ul the
! county committees which position they
( accuse me of holding. In lsSl George w.
+ stone Was chairman of the county COM
| mluee and was appointed TO prepare HE
,foFR,S Of tickets for the different precincts.
/ / made them Out-straight tickets and
!, gave them TO Mr.. Stone who had them
. printed.
llIGGlNs PROPOSED SPLIT TICKETS,
"a day or two after this Antony Higgins
; sent Tor the, aud asked me TO come To his
office. went To see him aud he ialEcd
! over the ACCESSIBILITY OF having stra eht
. Republican tickets printed with Thomas
Furd's name on them for sheriff. he say
lhg that there were great many lFsh
Z Democrats who would vote the RepuOi-
Z, can ticket with the exception of Stidhan.
T who was the party nominee for the Office
s Of sheriff told INN had nothing t. h
A with that matter and that he had better
Z see Mr.. stone, chairman OF the comniiltte.
: Mir, Higgins either seut for Mr.. Stone
. or Mr. Stone came ia while ! was in NJ
$ Higgins office, aud there and then the
TAXED the matter over and decided to havp
IS the tickets printed with FO.l's name on
4 Accordingly, one OF these two gentlemen
= ordered the tiCkc;s printed in this way, bu
Z don't remember which ole il was.
4 .. Mr.. HAYES WAS CAUTIOUS
r ~ informed them at tile lime that
a would not distribute those tickets to mem
= bers of the coLLmittee in the different pre-
: cinCts IN the same packages containing thu
- straight tickets, but that they must be NIL
y III separate packages and labeled what I'll ey
e were, | also requested that some otheI
member OF the committee or some uthel
|. prominent Republican be present and se,
; that the tickets were distributed in thaI
i way. This was agreed to by Messrs. IIig
u gins aud Stone, and DR.. l.. 4. Kittingel
l. was appointed to assist me and be present
d at the distribution.
IL when the tickets came, DR.. Kittinge
e and !, acting under the Instructions o
Messrs. Stone and Higgins, gave thos
- tickets out but they were ali Dut up il
4 separate packages aud distinctly laDele,
straight Republican tickets with the ex
n ception Of Thomas Ford tor sheriff, an,
70 they we're 50 reCelpted for Ola my checl
for the tickets ..-
After the election this matter was in
yestlgated by the county executive com
u nittee, and was completely exhOnorated
70 WAS NOT FoRp's COUNSEL.
n 81 am also accused Of being counsel TO
:. Mr.. Ford while he was sheriff. This
~ false. john ii, Rodney was his counsr
y during the entire term Of his office, and
|. IN no way represented him ia connection
" with the shertts office. AT that time tn
/, firm Of Johnston * Hayes was COUNSEL 10
h Peter j. Ford.
At A RECOUNT THAT COUNTED.
II 'At the nomination in 1891 went. wit
le two or three friends, To the polls at Eight
re-, and Iatnal streets-the east end di5IrlC
- OF the Fifth ward-at about ll.3O o cloc
~ 2, M, and requested recount Of the vote
y The vote was feCOunted and made q Cui
le OF -, ! was not within ~ feet of til
h, ballot bog, nor were any OF nv friend.
at except the election officers. MIR Curti
Is was there and 50 were Messrs. Savillt
Mitchell and Bach, and others whom d
not remember.
He PAIRED, hit BNCH LOST ms VOTE.
H., THAT ! failed to vote in 1892 is true, b.
~ ! was paired with Democrat The pa
We was made At the November election, va
lis renewed and still held good, the Democr,
rs not voting My rGas0u for not voting W.
I'd that | was absent from the city. / ha
IN been away for several days and was n,
Il. able to get back until after the eectlo
y WAS over.
AT thus same election Bach dill nc
ne vote, and lie did not even register althoug
ne he was present at the place of registratiO
ne several times,
IN REASON FOR THE DELAY.
III Concerning my delay in prosecutin
IL the election officers will say that hay
in been relying on the promise made by I'll
til Business Mems Republican Club; buC no
m that it has ignored the evidence agreed
-" furnish, shall go ahead myself"
Mr. Hayes says that President Morse ,
"a the Business Mems Club told him that
Id cnmniiIee hnl hnnn nnuIintnd and ~