Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-20

GET REGISTERED NEXT SATURDAY.

VI I uLhiO Y LltLp NlNi Uni oNbnIs
Saturday next will be the final day
Of registration for the November cleo
ton. All citizens who are not already
registered and who fail to get regis
tered next Saturday, will be unable to
vote. Std
No man who feels an interest in the
affairs of this State should neglect the
important duty of qualifying himself
to vote at the next electiohls IL is the
highest duty of citizen 70 vote, and
this election is Of more ghan ordinary
Importance. The issue that has before
confronted the people oFi4Delaware-
whether certain man shall be per-
mitted to crafty his ambition to be-
come United States Senator'S again
before them. This issue will be deter
mined by the election to come off on
| the Sth Of November.
Great interest is attached to next
Saturdays registration, as upon it will
| depend the result of the election.
| There is scarcely doubt that the
party which registers the greater num-
Der of voters next Saturday will be the
victorious party at the election. Up
to date, it is believed that the two
| leading political parties are about even
in the registration.
| This great political interest will no
doubt inejte politicians ITO thesnost
earnest efforts to bring out full regis
| tratior. Lest the zeal of some of these
men may outrun their discretion, we
particularly call their attention to the
provisions of the State Constitution
designed to secure perfectly fair regis
trations and elections, free from cor
ruption or coercion in any form. They
are contained in section oflnrticle 3,
reading as follows: e#
Every person who, either in or out of
the State, shall receive or accept, or offer
to receive or accent, or shall ray, trans
fer or deliver, or offer or promise to pay,
transfer or deliver, or shall contribute, or
| otter or promise to contribute, TO another
| or be paid or used, any money or other
valuable thing as q compensation, in
ducement or reward for the giving or
Withholding, or in any manner influence
ing the giving or withholding, a vote at
any general, special or municipal cleo
ton In this State, or at any primary cleo.
ton, convention or meeting held for the
| purpose of nominating any candidate or
candidates to be voted for at such gem
|
who, either In or out of the State, shall
make, OF become directly or indirectly a
party to any bet or wager depending
upon the result of any such general spec.
ial, municipal or primary election or con.
vention or meeting, or upon vote thereat
by any person; or who, either out or in
the State, shall, by the use or promise oi
money or other valuable thing, or ether.
| In IN mn
Ger of election or registration To violate
his official duty; or who, either in or on,
OF the State. shall by the use or promise
of money or other valuable thing niln.
ence or attempt to influence any person
to register or abstain from being regis
tered; or who, being an officer of election
or registration officer, shall knowingly ant
wilfully violate his official duty; or who
shall, by force, threat. menace or intiml
dation, prevent or hinder, or attempt &c
prevent or hinder, any person qualified
for registration from being registered, oi
any person qualified TO vote from votine
according to his choice at any such gen
eral, special or municipal election shall ht
deemed guilty of misdelneanor ant
shall be fined not loss than one hundred
dollars. nor more than five thousand dol
lars, or shall be imprisoned for tern
not less than one month nor more than
three years, or shall suffer both me and
imprisonment within said limits at thc
discretion Of the court and, if a male
shall further, for term OF ten years mex
following his sentence, DO incapable o
voting at any such general, special, munic
ipal or primary election or convention
or meeting; but the penalty of disfran
chisement shall not apply to any persol
making or being a party to any het O
wager, depending upon the result of an,
such general, special, municipal or pri
mary election or convention or meeting
These stringent provisions. however
do not work to prevent the registration
of any qualified citizen. They are de
signed to prevent frauds, by providin,
heavy penalties. No honest man nee,
fear them. As for those who may hav
evil intentions, and who contemplate
fraud or corruption, they may as vel
abandon their vile projects. The obiec
Of the law is to secure fair and uncor
rupted suffrage, and that object will b
surely attained.
Got registered next Saturday. %.