The sun., 1898-01-15
Letters From the People.
Editor of THE SUN:

Editor of THE SUN:
Dear Sir:--THE SUNS correspondence
from Dover discloses the fact OF contin
ued Democratic lawlessness in Ken
County, and that the political highway
men are still in the saddle
| read what purports to be the report
OF conversation with Col. T.. 7. Cooper
in the Morning News. He is made tt
say:
Colonel Cooper was consulted about
the matter and said tiAt the election
came under the new constitution and
that the constitution WAS plain that no
man who had his taXe- laid by another
could vote.
/ This is a beautiful srccimcn Of Demo-
cratic legal opinion, There Is not word
in the new constitution aaoHt one man
paying anotLer'S tax. The payment OF
Il tax Is not, was not, required as a quail
1cation for votin., at l)oycr's town cleo.
ton, or at any other election in this
state. culonrI Cooper j. made to say that
''thc election came under the new CON
stitmiun and that the constitution was
plain hat no man whose taXvswcrc paid
by another could vote; and what hc is
reported to have .rlid is all rot.
What tie new constitution SAYS about
the qualifications of elections is a> fol-
lows.
Article Y, Section ,. every male citi-
zen Of this state OF the age of tWent y-onr
YEAR,, who shall hav" been a resident
thereof for one year next preceding an
election, and for the last three months Il
resident of the county, and for thirty
days a resident Of the hundred or cleo
ton district in which he may offer to
vote, and in which he shall be duly regis
tered a1 hereinafter provided for, shall
be entitled to vote at such election in
the hrndrcl or election district III which
he shall at the time be Il resident and in
which he shall be registered. for all Of
fees that now are or hereafter may he
elected by the people, and upon all
questions which may hc submitted to
the vote OF the people, +; :
Section u.s. loi the Schedule Of the now
Constitution says; "AIl the laws Of tIlis
State existing at the time this CoI,tit,-
ton shall take effect, and not inconsiS-
tent with it, shall remain in force, except
50 lar as they shall hc altered by future
laws
Let us ask Colonel Epas, Tree Cooper
how he intcrprct- these provisions OF the |
new Constitution?
presume that his acute sense of po-
litica corruption led him to the conclu-
sion that he payment Of Il tax ioranolhcr
person was cV!dcnc" of bribery. assent |
hat unCVr The Constitution the leaning
)r giving money To 4 voter i'r the pay
Nent Of Il tax is not bribery, and rhAl- .
cngc Colonel Cooper or any other Demo
rat in Delaware to prove thc contrary.
10 pay or net 10 pay a tax is neither a
qualification or Il disqualification for Il
voter, and the I0ymcn, oii by the voter
II anyone for him has 10 relation what
yer to elections. anH therefore cannot
2c construed to bribery at elections and
hat alone i- the thing against which the
tlWloNs = anHthpma- ii thc new con-
ttuti"n ave hurled.
What else
This Bribery IN he sense oi the npN
j. the giving "r taking. offer
ny ~ give or Offering t. Cake any money
~ ether valuable thing &2H Ir"Hr,. gr-
hNnt'"l ION, !,IuhpH pH'.r;lllnl or II! ,i!crlnrlit
o" registering or reiU.in? to register, or
ol voting or refusing Il vote.
IN what srn"c Wa the payment oi Il
AK, tie nuG-,ryMcnl ut which "ih not
tiSu}alIiy, and tie payment OF which
III MT 4lajity the voter, Il regard, r@- /;
lNmrtHl!nn. cont ru>'Ninu ur indrC"-
lVrH /" yot"' Md hoU, rUHrr g." err
did il i.ra!ur EniuurE
'o"p"r> Gd~j'l,,~ t" 'r.,,r" WIr." nc
money cnmc from Hni"h ~o> r",d tuI
axes +
Colonel toopoy la. >ucc>p,lcI in max
ny The Dover phar>rr> vote tbs. it is ~,
rimc tr pay town taxes. 10 say llH"
east, th"t j. very ah>urI. Hrnlucrncy
i the l",Awurr sort Lass been au HNalru-
Iy for u long while. "i whirl t,I"nnl
copper is proof.
Anot her thing ~uiu"body on tie Re
'ubIiran side Of this controversy blum
erred. Who was it hat !ccilrl that it ,
vas necessary to pay Il tax t" vote at il
own election ? He ought to have read
he new constitution.
HHrrBlJtAN.
anua'v Is, l>DS