Evening journal., 1903-02-05

campaign of 19O2-that is, last fall; and
/ viii begin with the notes OF the Mer-
chants National Bank of Boston.
Two OF three days before the Novem-
ber election. Mr.. Addicks, or somebody
acting In his interest, brought into the
state OF Delaware two whole series
Gives and tens) of crisp. new, con-
secutivey numbered notes OF the Mer-
chants National Bank OF Boston. and
distributed them among the Union Re-
publican workers In an the election dis
tricts of Kent ana Sussex counties.
Prior 10 the first of November there
was not "A single new, unworn bill of
that bank In all southern Delaware but
five days later the two lower counties
were flooded with them. on the day
after election G.. w. Lord, a WE'LL
known hardware merchant OF Dover
took In over the counter I'm the ordi-
nary course OF business twenty-eight
OF these bills all of the denomination
of So. and before the end of the week
the First National Bank of Dover was
holding nearly $4,000 in this particular
kind Of currency, all crisp, new So and
SO notes that had never been creased.
or that had been folded only once. Al
though the numbers of these notes were
scattering, they We're so distributed as
TO show that two whole series had been
used and that the notes whose num-
bers were missing In one shop or one
bank had merely been spent or deposit
ed i'm another More than a month af-
ter the election, | myself obtained IN
Dover a lot of SO notes of this bank.
whose numbers ran from 33414 to 34.-
6Sl. showing the use of S12.77O: and
! through the hands Of q single business
man Ia Milford there passed notes
whose highest and lowest numbers in
dicnted the distribution. on election
day, Of more than $4,000. A gentleman
I'm whose sources OF information / have
perfect confidence. informed me that
not less than $4,000 in crisp. new bills
of the Merchants National Bank Of
Boston. went into the banks of Kent
county alone, Immediately after the
November election. An equal n not a
lgreater amount was undoubtedly dis
tributed In Sussex county. and. thou
sands OF dollars passed from hand TO
hand without getting into banks Of de-
posit az ALL lf the cashier OF the Mer-
chants National could be compelled TO
disclose the name signed 20 the check
or checks upon which these new, con-
lsecutively numbered notes were issued.
would be fully justified. I think in fl-
ing an Information under Section s.
Article v. of the Delaware COnstitu-
tion, and bringing somebody before the
Superior Court OF New Castle county
for trial on the charge of vote-b buying
and bribery. Such a course of pro-
lcedure would purify the political at
mosphere of the state, and IL might re-
suit In the enforced retirement OF Mr..
Addicks from the field of Delaware
politics. l will not undertake to say
where he would 60 but he certainly
would not go TO the United States Sem
ate.
That these notes of the Merchants
National Bank OF Boston were paid into
the stores and banks OF Kent county By
Union Republican voters there Is moi
the shadow of "a doubt. In Dover, IN
Camden, I'm Georgetown. in Dagsboro
In Brldgeville. and in many other towns
and villages of southern Delaware. tn,
pay offices of the Addicks cashier.
were perfectly well known, and scores
OF men were seen going to them from
the polls and coming out OF them will
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