Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-03
.LGAIN8T BUYING VOTES
|Inolbsr Episode, A Few Days Previous
"A lbs Writing Of His Letter 10
lhs Sussex Republican.
BDO1BLAGE MIGHT SIGN PLEDGE
Or, Such a Thing Should Not
be Asked of a Big Man.
hi LAYTON PLEADING FOR HARMONY

rhs ourfent issue Of the Sussex Re-
.ahl,can of George getown, whose editor,
n, RoDert u. Houston, recently IN.
.ronr.ted the practical and sys-
,sTstio anti bribery campaign that ~
letting With such success, prints the
solIosipQ interesting letter;
"Jsnaary 2 th, l906-Mr. Robert g.
aonslop, Georgetown, Del. ; have
siVsvs been against the buying of
,o,ss and you have my unqualified
wnport 10 your position on the iasus.
''f' 4. q. du ront. "
This Information 10 hiRly interest
lao For several days Every Evening,
,biouah its reporters, has been endeav-
eIno to obtain views of pFominent
sin1eus- Democrats and Republicans
upon the anti-brIbery movement
and their signatures to the anti
bribery pledge. The reporters, how
Tsf encountered great difficulty in
aiming ID with the desired prominent
eitzens, and as will subseq emily ap-
MAI. did not meet with unqualified
,Beosss when they did succeed IN run
rng them to cover.
A reporter Of Every Evening called
an l. Coleman DUPONT &C bis Offices
op the eighth floor Of the Equitable
building, on Wee nesday afternoon,
January oath. This date, it will be
obseryed, is five days prior TO the date
Of Mr. du Points letter to Mr.. Hous-
tos. At the time Mr.. du Pont Was
busy, and after waiting nearly an
hour o stenographer presented the
reporter with a sdp OF paper, 70 be
4 fsd out before be could see Mr..
ou Pont. The paper asked for the name
q the person desiring 20 see Mr..
du Font, whom be represented and bis
business
10 accordance with this red tape, the
reporter wrote on the paper bis name /;
that be was a representative OF kvery
EIennR, and that his business was a
desire Tor IAN interview.
10 few minutes Mr.. du Pont came
cut Of bis office, 18th his hat and over
coat on, and asked the reporter what
he wanted.
"Mr. do Pont, fsaid the reporter,
81 have something here which is
being signed by some prominent men
aud ! would like you to look at il. -
Mr. du Pont took the paper, which
vas q copy Of the anti-bri berry pledge,
and alter glancing over IL, said /:
That is something which / have
ilEays advocated. "
"Will you sign itY" asked the re-
porter
Mr. du Pont made some rely which
vas not understood by the reporter,
snd on being asked again il be would
sign the pledge, said:
You might take that TO a boot
black to sign, but don't take such a
such thing to q big man. -
MI du tont bad walked out Of his
etoe, With the reporter following, and
tyihe time he made the above remark
ihsy had reached the elevator. The
hpliter got IN the lift with him, and
% !hs way down to the first floor Mr..
cu Pout pulled out the slip Of paper
% which the reporter had written bis
iame end business, and said:
lou wrote on this slip that yoJ
anted an interview; you misreprs
Hnled yourself and lied.
Mr., du Pont," replied the re
Porter, Il did not lie. nor DO l have
70 lie 10 any man. That was the only
N l could truthiully answer the
question on the paper as to what MI
business was.
bl this time the elevator haC
reached the ground floor and Mr
" Font walked out OF the building
Ana up Market street.
20 1t will be seen that Mr.. du Pom
.oosequently revised his opinion, ant
suleluded that big men," as we'll o
uoololaoks," could afford TO indors
We anti bribery movement.