Evening journal., 1903-04-20
hoIesaIe Bribery at the
Elections Assured for
Two Years Hence by
fis Refusal to Inter
|ere
keslPitifuIly Weak Ex-
|IanatiOn - Comments
a Public Outrage by
he Citizens Who Had
Urged Him to Act

Special to the Evening Journal.
sFer, April 20.-A remarkable de-
is made by GovernorEunn for all
g the Voters Assistant repeater to
the pocket veto. He says he sent
tives through the State to ascer-
( the peoples view about the bal
nd he takes pains to deny that he
bald to a friend that the Union Re-
cans were not properly represent
the election rooms, hence his OPP
on to the repeater. He says:
lat whole paragraph, alleged to
been said to a friend, is absolute
Sc, and has aggrieved me more
anythlng that las been said dur
q entire campaign. never made,
dreamed Of such an utterance. 1
a deep study of the whole mat
and never for one moment allowed
3 fuch partisan reasons to influence
My mind would indeed be dis
! were placed in such light be-
he people Of my State. I repeat
merely acted from a conviction
was doing something that would
the most good and the least pos
harm"
Governor then gave the follow
; his reasons for allowing the re-
TO die: 81 consider the present
ct ballot law in vogue in Della
most cumbersome and unneces-
/ so stated TO the Legislature in
henmdal message. and severally 30
lemhehE, but my suggestion was
Pd. During the past three weeks I
had working throughout the low
mites of this State q force of out
detectives, the best I could pro-
They went over lower Delaware
e agents and book agents. Each
ballot. They found-and so re-
to me last Thursday-an ap-
Il lack of understanding among
ualified voters.
len a coalition was formed in the
legislature to repeal the Voters
ant bill. urged upon
legislators who were favor
it that they ought, rather,
S ass a most severe and dras-
nalty to punish a voters assist
nplicated in bribery, or who would
q or communicate. either 10y word,
object, how am elector had voted.
too, was disregarded and, having
bets before me. as I unquestion-
pave. there was nothing else for
do"
hi this assertion, Governor Hum,
fontius PLATE of old. washed his
. OF the Voters Assistant repeal
allowing It to die Of neglect. The
veto WAS its casket, and it will
ried in the archives of the Stata
wherein are inferred enact
that are null and void.
lware will still have the voterF
ants. Governor HUM allowed
ght to come and go without at
e his signature to the famous re-
which. passed by a coalition OF
democrats and Regular Republic
toward the close of the recent
ature. would have abolished the
Of voters assistants at general
pms in this State.
Regulars and Democrats charged
he Union Republicans used the
assistants as an avenue OF as
ming whether or not purchased
delivered the goods" in the
PM booth. The Union Republ1-
n this way, they charged, spent a
4 campaign fund in the interests
candidacy of ]. Edward Addicks
g United States Senate.
Union Republicans, in then
2 before Governor Hum and IN
public prints and utterances, de-
that bribery in Delaware could
stamped out or promoted by the
assistants. that hundreds ol
could not begin to vote intelli'
without assistance with theil
4 ballots: that every MAN had g
tutional right to vote and have II
I'd; that without the voters as
Is appointed by Union Republi'
overnor that party, although The
ant party in Kent and SUSSEX
es. could not have representation
the election rooms and in the
Y Of the ballot on election days
rhere they were fortunats enousf
. ct ON inspector.
very last contention had weigh
he Governor, for cnly few days
said to a friend:
th the voters assistants th'
e Republicans are enabled TO have
resentative inside that election
but. without them, they can hav'
ice or oversight, although thel
ise nearly all the Republicans o
sounty and nine-tenths of the Re
ans of Sussex. Were it not TO
ature. mo power on earth coul'
Il me from signing that repealer.
- .ss le it is, tbs pity; but pity is. til
y said prominent Regular leade