The sun., 1898-11-08

GooD morning! Do you buy in Will
mington?
In making a bid for official dishonesty
Epery Evening wilfully deceives the very
men who are expected to perpetrate the
crime.
Read this miserable deception taken
from Erery Evening of yesterday:
"Trials for offenses against the regu-
lations provided for to-morrow's election
will be of two kinds. All kinds of
bribery cases. growing out of attempts
to influence voters by the slightest
kind of pecuniary or other value con-
sideration, will be tried by the Judges
of courts, "without the intervention
of grand or petit jurors" The cor
rupter Of suffrage will have this ordeal
to face.
"Cases gro~ing ont Of the action Of elec-
ton officers IN either accepting uotes Of q,tes-
tionaJk character or rejecting those phose
qualifications mag be disputed wiH be tried,
tcorried to the courts, by j,,ries, as other
misdemednors are tried."
Be not deceived.
Here is the Constitutional provision
covering the point.
Read it.
Article V, Section 7. Every person
who either in or out of the State, shall
receive or accept or offer to receive or
accept, or shall pay. transfer or deliver,
or offer or promise to pay, transfer or
deliver, or shall contribute or offer or
promise to contribute, to another to be
paid or used, any money or other val
uable thing, as compensation, induce
ment or reward for the giving or with
holding or in airy manner influence the
giving or Withholding vote at any
general, special or municipal election in
this State or at any primary election,
convention or meeting held for the pur-
pose of nominating any candidate or
candidates to be voted for at such gen.
eral, special or municipal election; or
who, either in or out of the State, shall
make or become directly or indirectly a
party to any bet Or wager depending
upon the result OF any such general
special, municipal or primary election
or convention or meeting, or upon vote
theleat by anv person. or who either IL
or out Of the State shall, by the use OF
promise of money or other valuable
thing or otherwise cause or attempt tC
cause any officer OF election or regstra
ton officer to violate his official duty; OF
who either in or out of the state shal
by the use or promise of money or othe
valuable thing Influence or attempt tt
influence any person to be registered
or abstain from being registered
or who, being an officer of election o.
registration officer, shall knowingi!
and wilfuliy violate his official duty
or who shall by force, threat, menace
or intimidation, prevent or hinder, o
attempt to prevent or hinder, any per
son qualified for registration from
being registered or any person quail
fed to vote from voting according I,
his choice at any such general. specia
or municipal election, shall be deemed
guilty of a amisdemeanOr, and shall b'
fined not less than one hundred dol
lars nor more than five thOusan'
dollars, or shall be imprisoned for
term not less than one month no
more than three yea, $, or shall suffe
both fine and Imprisonment within
said limits. at the discretion OF tn
court: and, ifa male, shall further fo
a terM Of ten years next following
his sentence be incapable of vol
ing at any such general. spec
ial, municipal or primary elet
tion or convention or meeting
but the penalty of disfranchisemen
shall not apply to any person making 9
being a rarty to any bet or wager, dt
pending upon the result of any sue
general, special, municipal or primar
election or convention or meeting. Ever
person charged with the commissio
while out of the State OF any of tn
offences enumerated in this section, an
by this section made punishable, whetl
er committed in or out of the State, ma
he prosecuted under Section s of th
Article in any county in which he sha
be arrested on such charge. No persol
other than the accused, shall, in I'll
prosecution for any Offense mentlonc
in this section, be permitted to will
hold his testimony on the ground tn;
it may criminate himself or subject hi
to public infamy; but such testimon
shall not afterwards be used against hi
in any judicial proceeding, except f'
perjury in giving such testimony.
Sect"u .. Livery DfOscCulUH II
any Ofthe Offenses mentioned in Sc
tiOn of this Article shall be on il
formation filed by the Attorney-Gel
eral, after examipatiOn and comlni
ment or holding to bail by a Juds
or Justice of the Peace, and the eau.
shall be heard, tried and determine
by the court without the interventiO
of either grand jury or a pet
jury.
1t will be especially noted that I'll
guilty election officers will be tried
the Court and not by a jury.
Erery Eyening may have ways ar
means for fixing" jury, but, thar
God. the Courts OF Delaware are inco
ruptible and unapproachable.
lr had been hoped that jerome
RolI urnrIl ,,,ol,n c,,no op,ap1 on Su