Evening journal., 1902-02-20
by SHORT LINE
TO WASHINGTON
Trolley in Kent With Termi-
nus in U. s. Senate
TO STEAL The LEGISLATURE
Lower Delaware Being COlOniled With
Negroes and Italians for Cam
paign Purposes

The beautiful "hot air" picture of the
proposed fair and honest election, as
described by the loose-mouthed ora
tors of the Union Republican party
has been obliterated by the law, whose
agents have laid bare one of the boldest
and most brazen political schemes for
corruption that ever Delaware was
possessed Of
Since it was widespread that strange
negroes were arriving in Kent county,
officers of the State have been alert
Theodore Francis. State detective on
Tuesday laid bare the scheme, by eX-
posing the attempt TO have four Penn
lsylvania Italians naturalized in Della
ware It is said 10 be a deep laid plot
which might have meant hundreds of
fraudulent votes for a party whose sole
object Is to sacrifice the honor of the
State for the interests Of one man. The
scheme this time was to have the Ital-
ians brought here and after their
fraudulent naturalization. to work
them on the Kent county trolley fol
one year and keep them i'm a certain
election district for three months
thereby giving them a residence undel
| Delaware laws and qualifying them tC
vote at the coming State election.
There are dozens of Italians beinl
sent there. it is said. for no other pur
pose than to capture the Delaware Leg
islature for the Union Republican
party.
1T is the most damnable piece O
corrupt politics that has ever STAINED
the name Of Delaware" said a repre-
sentative Republican yesterday.
Weak parts of the county. from
Union Republican viewpoint, are beinI
- bolstered up by imported voters, an
a plan has been formed which had
not been interfered with, would hav
resulted in the disastrous defeat {
honest politics at the next State eleg
b tion.
= Officers now are on the trail of th
= corruptionists, and several prominer
men are said to feel restless and III
easy. There shortly will be several al
rests made on the charge of periur.
subordinatiOn of perjury and the Pre-
curing of naturalization papers in a
Illegal manner
When the light is turned on thel
will be some persons in this city VIII
{ will appear in an unfavorable light,
e not in court
r The four Italians whose game wa
y uncovered by Detective Francis, gay
y the names of BatanO and Sabna RI
70 mana Vito Spera and Savino Ditto.
ii These men were presented to u
+ court by John Lemon, a local Italia
i who told the Chief Justice that l
IS lrnaur fno mon ond tho4 bo vroe y,oofffs
d they had lived in Delaware for over
d year When questioned, the men sa
n they lived at No. 204 Market street, N
226 West Second street and No. A
n West Second street The Chief Justi
postponed granting the papers uni
the afternoon. He had been warnl
by Detective Francis that the ml
were not entitled to naturalizatio
The detective took the addresses al
/ found that two of the houses desi
mated were public places of busine:
.. and at the other place, a dwelling, D
, men were not known. He had expos
o. the scheme and hurried back to Z
o. court. but Mr. Lemon and his prOteg
NJ had decamped. The officers are nc
or looking for Lemon, but he is keepi
r. ont of sight.
an It is estimated that $50 fraudule
Is votes will be cast in Delaware as a ]
lie suit of this scheme unless those il
ds gally qualified are disfranchised.
mi In rural New Castle county a simi
1t. scheme Of colonization has been
progress. and unless the scheme
blasted soon, it may extend to Suss
county.