Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-24
now the FIoaters Were Secured.

According to the Sussex journal of
Georgetown, the "floaters men
who sold their votes at elections for
years-were largely responsible for
Democratic defeat in Delaware at the
recent election. For more than a year,
1t says, the Republican leaders and
henchmen have been circulating the
lie that the last Democratic Legislature
enacted the present registration and
anti-bribery laws. All this fall the
Republican emissaries went from house
to house in the two lower counties
telling the purchasable voter that he
had been robbed of his vote selling fee
by legislation enacted by Democrats
and the blame should he laid at the
feet Of Democrats. This was done
solely to prejudice the purchasable
vote against the Democratic party and
to win it for the Republican. They
went further and told these same pur-
chasable voters that il the Republican
party was successful in carrying the
election and electing Republican
Legislature this fall, the Republicans
would repeal all the present obnoxious
(?) registration and anti-bribery laws,
and give the voter a chance to sell his
vote as was his won't under the old
regime.
This last promise is the knife that
will cut the throat of the Republican
party two years hence. These Repub-
licans lied, but what did the henchmen
of Addicks care so long as they were
coming votes by the deception?
The fact Of the matter is, the present
registration and anti bribery laws were
enacted by the late bipartisan Consti-
tutional Convention, the Democratic
Legislature being in no way responsible
for the enactment. They will not and
cannot be repealed by the next Legis-
lature which is Republican Legis-
lature.
But the voter that has been in the
habit Of selling his vote will be salts
fed with no Republican explanation
He will hold them to their promise ant
when the promise has not been fulfilled
he will so back to the party Of hi.
natural choice, and vote the Demo
cratic ticket.
The same class Of men who made tn,
Republican majority possible this year
will elect the Democratic ticket ii
1900. 1t never pays TO lie and deceive
The Republican ticket Of 1900 will b,
defeated by the campaign lies of 1898
I Whether the Philippines are Dough
for cash or taken by right OF conquest
says tho st. Louis Post Dispatch, tn
government of the archipelago by th,
United States will involve violation
of the principle upon which American
success is founded. Government b.
consent of the governed is the plain
practical principle which guided Wash
ington and Jefferson in the struggl
] with the mother country and after
] ward became vital fact in the Con
stitution. To govern the Filipino
, without their consent is acknowledge
! to be the only way they can b
governed at all. Which is the same q
| to say that we shall have to abando
) the most cherished Of all America
I ideas il we enter upon career us
: "colonial power. Is it worth while
I Granting that the commercial advar
tages are all they are said to be by tn
s most expansive expansionist, can W
afford to give up the first principle (
liberty for dollars and cents?
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o The suggestion has been advance
k that one scheme to secure the nomin;
i tion and election of Mr.. Addicks to I'll
v Senate will be the absence from til
o caucus or from the sessions for ballotin
o for Senator, if necessary, Of member
Q of the Legislature opposed to hin
!, This is move that should be careful
= guarded against. No member who
: conscientiously opposed to the electic
~ | - Mr. AlJiolz1 nov, "a NnrI b., o,,,. l.