Evening journal., 1896-11-04

ADDlCkS MEN CLAIMED THAT
THEY WE'RE BEING BULLDozED
AND WENT TO FIGHTING.
BROKE UP THE VOTING.
Special Correspondence Evening journal.
GEORGETOWN, Nov. 4.-Addicks
and his followers have forever
"queered" themselves In Sussex county.
Because the election officers through
out Sussex county refused to recognize
their claims for voters assistants, the
Addicks followers ran riot through the
townships in which they were strong
est. AT Georgetown the early morning
riot was sufficient TO siclSen respectable
voters and citizens and make them
urge the authorities to take prompt ac-
tion against the rioters
Stubbornly and dehantly the Addicks
lieutenants held that voting should not
proceed unless their men were chosen
as voters assistants Ex-Insurance
Commissioner Isaac N. Fooks, who is
one of the largest and strong
est looking men in Sussex, began
TO protest to Sheriff Truxton, (Addicks-
ite). in whose Office the voting was TO
be done.
Sheriff Truxton simply smiled and
his inactivity riled Mr.. Fooks. who be-
came demonstrative. Then half dozen
Addicksites struck his face all at once.
Mr.. Fooks was badly beaten up. and
blood streamed from half dozen cuts
about his head and face
SUMMONED THE ATTORNEY-GEN-
ERAL.
A number of other citizens were cut
and bruised In the fighting that fol-
lowed, when men hit right and left.
and the crowd surged from one side of
the sheriff's Office 60 the other
Finally County Chairman w TT.
Boyce sent for Attorney General White,
hoping that he could influence the
sheriff. The Encouragement arrived
with Judge Cullen just when the fight
ers We're about played out
Sheriff Truxton at last aroused from
his smiling inactivity and assisted the
encouragement and Judge Cullen i'm
restoring order from the chaos, and the
voting was proceeded with
ADDICKS MEN VERY SORE.
The loss of their voters assistants
so disheartened the Addicks men that
/ many OF them went home and stopped
working. though there was plenty of
money and any number OF takers.
Fear that the Higgins voters assistants
would coerce or Influence the purchas-
able electors, made the Addicks men
, very sore.
/, THE ADDICKs DEPUTY sHERIFFs.
Addlcks Sheriff Truxton worked
very quietly about the appointment OF
his deputy sheriffs and sprang them on
the unsuspecting public at sunrise yes
terday. The Sussex Levy Court may
] I...a. a.. 4. 4
Every one Of these deputy sheriffs, for
whom the county will have to pay, was
a strong Addicks man.
SMALL RIOTS ELSEWHERE.
In Baltimore hundred, the Addicks
men captured their assistants and in
! structors. but not until they had mop
ped up the polling place with the form
Of Elisha G. Dukes, Democratic legisla-
tive candidate. who peaceably at
tempted to assist in seating the regular
b Republican instructors.
Riots would have been precipitated
In other hundreds by the Addicksites.
had the Democrats insisted on their
= right to seat only regular Republican
voters assistants.
VOTES NOT WORTH so MUCH.
The Addlcksites met with such little
opposition from the Higgins forces
9 which were weak in the extreme, not
! aggregating over 600 votes in the
county-that the ruling prices OF votes
went down considerably Where one
Sussex county vote was worth S35 10
! $50 two years ago. Il was not worth
over S25 yesterday.
Several knots OF purchasable voters
werepointed Quito the Evening Journal
reporter at Harrington, Lincoln City
and Georgetown.
{ WHY HE SOLD HIS VOTE.
One patrlarchal looking negro. for
whose freedom and franchsement a
o whole nation shed its blood. was APP
> preached by the reporter. who ratified
q some silver and keys In his pocket
stopping just near enough TO hear the
patriarch talk to a younger colored
Z companion. Never git no cash outen
politics, nohow." the old fellow de-
[ clared in earnest, less you take il to-
day. No harm in voting for a Pub
b lican, nohow for money, cause when
r. the Publicans are fightin it's only
a tweedledee and tweedledum, but you
don't catch me selling out to Demo-
= Gratis. That's wrong. That's bribery
: RECEIVING THE RETURNS.
There was great enthusiasm over the
8 favorable Mckinley returns at the Adj
J. dicks headquarters opposite the Sussex
n county Court House. where returns
were received by manifold bulletins
d DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
e w. II. Boyce received full returns in
10 the Office of Register OF Wills w. +.
Causey in the Court House. Among
d the prominent Democrats present We're
? Ex-Governor c. c. Stockley. Attorney
g General r. c. White A. f. Polk. Theo-
dore Polk, Charles w. Cullen, r. T.
Hart, e. ID. Hearne. George w. Hat
field. T. e. S. Wilson. Woodburn Mar
=, tin, John c. Holland and others.
- News received later to-day states
that Elisha c. Dukes, who was as
saulted by Addicksites yesterday, has
, since died from his injuries.