Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-01
PUNISH THE BRIBERl
An Appeal to Delawnreans to Thwar, p :,
Schemers.

An Appeal to Delawnrenns to Thwar, r.,
Schemers.
Dover, Oct. 31.--The Democrats of Nal,
ware hnd every mum on the iring linz Nv
terduy. and from ono end of the Stn,s II
the other massmeetinQs we're in progress
Peter j. Ford. the Democratic nominIs
for governor, held meeting ut Sycamo,
In the afternoon, and attended big rn,
at Hnzlettyille at night. At Sycn,nor,
many persons shook hauds with Mr. Ford
| and told him that they would vote for hjni
Tho women OF Sussex were not TO he M,
done by the men, and they. too, tnet M,
Ford. Mrs. Philip Hitch told him m.
while the women could not vote, they couII
tnlk and pray. This. y she said, i've s,1
doing to assist the Democratic party NJ
win.o
At Hazlettville, farmers drove miIss
attend the meeting, and the audience ~
enthusiastic, paying close attention 10 M
addresses.
The Opera House at Delaware Citv =,
crowded last night. A. B. Osborne of F,f
county, Pennsylvania, captured the audiers2
with a telling address.
In his speech at Sycamore, Mr.. Ford aQl
lit is essential that the expression ,t M
popular will should be free and untnw
melted. No man can afford to sell his WV
or to allow himself to be influenced Wi
Interior motives When he does so he taS
pies upon his own manhood, he prostirsN
bis citizenship and tramples upon v.H
dearest political right that an itdiyid,sE
can ever hope to possess.
There can be no adequate cons idera,ir
for the absolute surrender that one lnaI.E
when he gives over this right TO another H
man who has all his life prided hinsia
upon his American citizenship, has 49,
out before his fellows in the fu1lness Of nj Il
sonal independence and has enjoyed MI
| deserved the respect and confidence Of N
neighbors falls in abiect wretchednpss NM
he transfers to another the elective IA,
priceless jewels of his inheritance, MI
more vicious enemy of the nation can
found anywhere In the land than the Hsfi
who by unfair means endaavors to debavslt
or coerce the voter. The great curse NJ
politics in this day is the advantage taksE
by designing men of the weakness or maj
fortune of their fellows. And can co,!
| ceive of no greater crime than the inyasiDM
of our little State by the bribery and 9,y
to thwart our humble people in their rTN
pose to aid by their votes in preservingl,a
good name of our little commonwealth, N
"If our elections are to be controlled NJ
those who use their demoralizing infiuepJi2
over others in this way to turn them m,
the well-defined path of duty, then indes
may we tremhle with fear for the future s,
our people. The result of our elections n
that event will not be for the general MI
| fare, but for the sole benefit of a few"
Speaking at Delaware City. Mr.. Osbor Y
denied that the present Republ can party "a
the party of Lincoln. He said: ~
1.-THE Republican party is dead. 1t vi
born bringing freedom to slaves and ii al I,
when 1t sought to make subjects of M
men. The great President who led tIt
black men to liberty by paths dark with M,
shadows of battle cannot be the founder #
| party which now seeks to lead the BROTH
| In brown to place as a subject, by MI
| red with the stain of war. The silent "a &
eral who in the,dnys of civil strifs marshall
the far-hung battle line that the flag it N i,
| might wave above a land without I'M
would not now be one of those who seeks
make the thunder of our cannon tell Of a
| government without the consent Of a
| governed. And Fremont, the pathfndsl
the fist to seek way to make men free NJ
would not now seek way to make NJ I
subjects. No, my Republican friends Lii
coin made your party stand for hum
rights, Grant for liberty, Fremont for m 4
dom, and even Mckinley pledged it not V
steal when but short time ago he declah /.
forcible annexation to be criminal aggvIs
sion.
But the old Republican party Is ggl
and new party born of lust for power
| greed for gold; party of trusts and syu
| Gates. of Hanna and of Quay, stands i0a
| to advocate new doctrine hefe-that III
public can have subjects and that mid
makes right