Evening journal., 1904-10-14
&c FRAUD SUCCEEDS.

"A S HAD been tofesnhuoNeu ~ NV
"A Morning News evidently on very
good authority. the contests over the
Republican county ticket were disposed
OF yesterday and the ticket ordered
fied without material change in the
figures originally given out. The News
was not asked to give the committee
the exclusive information which it pos
sessed. but "a majority Of the commit
tee was perfectly satisfied without IT,
ana ordered ticket filed tainted with
fraud. expecting the fun Endorsement
Of an Republicans.
For gloss It over as we may. the fact
remains that in one district we have
the amdavits Of seventy as responsible
citizens are there are i'm the state Of
Delaware that they voted FOR certain
candidate. and the ofiicial count gives
him but hfteen The ballot box WAS
opened. and as the Morning News had
previously intimated. It revealed a vote
that correspondea substantially with
the Drevousreturns.
But where had the ballot box been
from the close OF the election on Sat
urday until Monday morning? In the
possession OF Dn interested parry we
arc told. one who had no more author
ity TO have 1t ia his possession than
our onicc boy. So the county commit
tee by its act SAYS that OF those sew
enty men hfty-hve are perjurers' Here
are some Of thom;
J. p. Peutdemanee, H.. B. Duncan
w. II. Hendrixson, Peter colchen'
Ge@go S. Taiiey James S. Heal, Ar
thur Davis. Lewis Il. Petitdemange,
Joseph b. Taliey. wiiiium a. Lodge
Joseph C. I.aiowe. Henry w. Mousley.
James Wise. Benjamin Atwell, Henry
Jones. Obld Johnson, John Whey, John
smith. Henry c. Mahaffy, Jr, William
II. Phillips, Walter Pyle. j. Talley
smith. Henry G. Anderson, Franklin
Paschan. Joseph II. weldin, James
Kane. James McCroa, John Paschall,
u. NJ Perkins. Henry A. Greenlee.
Louis ]. Fritz. Joseph w. Guest, Ernest
b. McNalr. George Taylor, Clifton A.
Perkins. Henry c. Mahaffy, Charles
Paschan. George c. Pierce. william
Campbell. Harry A. sedgwlck.
Yes: either the committee regarded
these men unworthy Of belief. even
when their statements are backed by
oath. or st is willing 20 place names on
the official ballot that " believes have
found a place there by fraud. Hereaf-
ter no poor man need run for a county
once and It must also be remembered
that II anybody is counted out he has
no redress at the hands Of the county
committee.
But we say to the honest Republican
voter that loyalty TO party must not
be purchased at the price OF condoning
crime. Joseph Folk has said that "the
man who steals is not a Democrat
not a Republlcan-He is a thief" And
so man who backs up by his vote
what he believes to be a fraud is not
acting as Republican but as a bad
citizen.
Apply that TO the present situation,
and the pathway of many a man win
be inuminod II is a simple PROPOSE
tion that nobody In any party or ln any
position has right TO deal, dicker
manipulate and defraud, and then come
to you and say: 1T is an done now;
please approve st."
DO you remember what John Hay
said about the formation OF the Repub-
llcan party2 Wen. he said that "men
began to search their consciences." In
Heavens name. let's begin an over
again Let's do some more searching.
Let's take off our label and examine Sc:
let's be like the calf that chewod up
iis tag SO that the location of It's par
ticular slaughter pen might be lost.
We arc hearing twaddle these days
meant 10 strengthen the hands OF
srafters that would not be- accepted in
the infant rooms Of our public schools.
Let's have little food for men,