Evening journal., 1910-12-05


good maiorities. The Democratic
candidate for State senator was elect
ed this time by eighty-four majority.
That certainly does not look like vote
buying by the Republicans. There is
a difference Of at least two hundred
votes for senator in that whole dis
trict, as compared with four years
ago. and those two hundred votes are
in favor of the Democrats. They had
two arrests just before election in
that district. The Republican candi-
date for State senator. Thomas Rec
ords, and Recorder Of Deeds John w.
King, a Republican, were the men ar
rested They were accused OF offer
ing men money for their votes. Ger
tainly nobody with any sense would
believe that even II vote-buying were
being resorted TO by Republicans, that
a man running for State senator
would be an active participant I'm such
work. Both those men we're held
for trial by the Justice Of the peace
In Laurel. Locates, the Democratic
candidate for representative I'm the
Fifth district, received a majority Of
l51 over Owens, the Republican can
didate. Two years ago the majority
of Ward, Democrat, over Goslee. Re-
publican, was 2S5. The difference be-
tween that Democratic majority Of 2S5
two years ago, and the Democratic
majority Of l57 this year was not due,
however, to the purchase of votes by
Republicans. but to the fact that two
years ago there was disanection I'm
the Republican ranks in the Fifth
D Il LET ri III "a a.a4N III
Hence, the Republicans were enabled
this year, to poll a larger vote than
they did two years ago. and bribery
had absolutely nothing to do with
It,
Condemns Democratic Tactics.
! AS TO the arrest of Mr. Records aud
| Mr.. King, if the things said In rela-
! tiOn TO those arrests be true, think Il
is outrageous that Democrats should
resort to the policy Of hiring men 10
swear away both the character and
the safety of respectable men, no mat
ter who they may be. Certainly that
is as bad as. II not worse, than buy
ing votes.
In the Sixth Representative dis
trict four years ago we elected our
Levy Courtman. This time we lost
him. This district is normally Repub.
lican and has been carried by the Re.
publicans for Representative ever
since IL was created under the new
Constitution. The majority for Mes.
sick. the Republican candidate, this
year was 72 over Layton, the Demo.
cratic candidate. Two years ago the
majority for Truitt. the Republican
candidate for Representative. was 12i
over Marvel, the Democratic candi
date. That shows a loss of 40 votes
to the Republicans. That loss certain.
ly cannot be attributed to the lavish
use OF money by Republicans to obtain
votes for their candidates for Repre-.
sentative. The district Is made up o
Dagsboro and Gumboro hundreds
THE Seventh district, Baltimore
hundred, In recent years, has been th,
strongest Republican district in Sus
sex county. That district, far from
showing the use of Republican mOnel
this year TO keep up the Republican
Vote, returned a largely reduced Re
publican majority. Two years ag
Timothy Il. Townsend, the Republi
can candidate for Representative, car
ried shat district by 345 majorit
over Frank w. Holloway, Democra
whose total vote in the district wa
only 326, or less than Townsend
majority. This year the majority
Campbell, the Republican candidai
b over Nelson, the Democratic cand
date, was 26l, or a loss 10 the Repul
e licans of "a votes in two years. Ho'
the Democrats can reconcile such
showing as that with their assertlo
that the Republicans were engaged /
yote-buying is beyond my comprehen
sion. The Republicans expected {
get as large a majority In the Sevent
district this year, If not a larger on,
than they obtained two years age
The returns show conclusively, how
ever, that influences were at work il
that district which gave the votes d
the Democrats and not TO the Re
publicans.
THE Eighth Representative dis
trict. which Is Indian River hundred
is normally Republican and alway
has been Republican. That distric
has given as high as 116 Republican
majority. In recent years, however
owing to factional differences in IN
Republican party, the Republican ma
jority has been greatly reduced. Thi
year, however, owing to those differ
ences having been In large part dis
} sipated, the Republican majority 70
Hurdle, Republican, over JOSEPH
Democrat, was 81. Two years ag
Baylis, the Republican candidate 10
Representative, defeated Burton, tn
, Democratic candidate, by a majorit
5 Of a.. II is true Indian River hun
;. dred showed a gain OF 80 votes for tn
e. Republicans over two years ago, bu
! with factional feeling dissipated, tina
4 is not an abnormal gain in a distriC
] normally Republican and which ha
r given to Republican candidates ma
I iorities as high as 116. In fact,
recent years the Republicans hay
: carried the Eighth district severs
times by majorities ranging from
upwards. Therefore, the Democrat
have no valid excuse for raising tn
question of vote-buying in their effort
to account for their defeat in that dis
trict.
In Dr. LaytOn's District.
The Ninth Representative distriC
is Georgetown hundred. IL is tn
home district OF Or. Caleb r. Layton
This district has been carried by tn
Republicans. Two years ago tn
Democratic majority there was Onl
40. In that contest w. W. Rawlini
Democrat, received 391 votes, an
Charles l.. Moore, Republican. re
ceived 342 votes. This year Han
mond. Democrat. carried the Mint
district by a majority of 206 owe
DOdd, the Republican candidate. I
other words, as further refutation {