Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-06-11

Referring to tho Democratic demand
that corruption and vote buying shall
not be permitted to carry the coming
election in this State, the Sussex Re-
publican says;
After having practiced vote buying
and all kinds Of political rascality in
this State for more than thirty years,
in order to hold themselves in power.
the Democrats arc now raising great
howl, declaring that the Republicans
are going to usp corruption money at
the approaching election. We are
opposed to tho whole business Of vote
buying and to not commend il, but
cannot see My il Is worse for ono
party to indulge in this practice than
tho other Tic fact is, that the Re.
publicans not only defeated but bank.
rupted the Democratic party in this
State two Yeas ago, and that is why
the shoe pinches. They have not been
able TO pay oil their bills Of two years
ago, and cannot raise money to buy the
election this year, and 80 their press
and leaders afo raising the cry against
political corruption and vote buying.
They now realize that there is going to
be real Republican cyclone this fall.
and that it will reach Delaware
sweeping from their grasp the hold
they have had for so many years;
therefore, they must have something
to write and 'alk about, and for want
OF something else, they are raising the
cry OF political debauchery, in order to
divert the attention Of their adherents.
We must sgy, frankly, that we do
not think our contemporary is meeting
the evil In the proper spirit. II does
not matter that Democrats have been
buying votes in the past, any more
! than Republicans have been doing the
same corrupt thing, Both parties have
been engaged in the nefaricus traffic
for years. The thing Ia 10 stop ito
mako it at least very unhealthy, if
not absolutely impossible, for either
party to engage in the disreputablo
and degrading work of buying votes.
The fact that both parties have been
guilty should not he accepted as u
preteXt for the continuance of tho evil.
All the more reason why good mon Of
both parties should unite TO stamp it
out. II, as.now seems probable, there
will bo an attempt made 10 control the
election by thu corrupt use Of money,
nothing should be left undone to
render the attempt futile.
Note.buying has been Delaware
disgrace for too many years already.
Let us all enGeavor TO have at least
one election free from its debasing in.
fluencc.
The Virginia Democrats, In theii
State convention Thursday, dcclaret
for Sound money, the soundcst thu
world has ever had or can have ;
This sounds very well, but the decara
tion was spoiled by an endorsement o
free silver coinage, in the following
terms
We hold to thu use Of both gold an,
silver as the standard money of tn
t country, and TO the coinage of boil
0 gold and silver without discriminating
1 against either metal or charge fo
mintage, The immediate and compleI
restoration of tho bimetalism of none
/ which existed in tho United State
lEOul 100 10 100 10 III our OplDlOn
o demanded by the interests of CON
merce, manufactures and agriculture
which arc alike suffering from the con
> tinuous fall Of prices and the conBC
. quent embarrassment or bankruptcy q
, those engaged therein, and in order +
h to restore it, we demand the free an
q unlimited coinage OF both silver an
gold at the ratio Of III to | withou
waiting for the assent or concurrent
= of any other nation. 1t cannot be thu
y this great nation, the foremost Of til
}, earth in riches and power, is unab
d TO form 4 financial system Of its owl
i and while We would welcome an inte
= national agreement that would sett
T" the yeXed question, we are unwillir
J. to defer action or make the interest
Il our own people dependent upon Il
% course of others.
There is no sound money in shor
weight silver dollars. 1t would ha
! been more honest had the Virgin
. Democrats simply adopted their silv
=, resolution without referring to sour
Il money, the soundest the world has ey
- had or can have. -
O. The Sussex journal makes a stroi
n appeal to tho Democrats Of Delawa
T. to rally and carry the State at the Gle
J0 ton next fall. 1t SAYS: