Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1910-12-07

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counties III the recent election by the
use of large amounts OF money in de-
bauching the electorate. Governor
Pennewill gave an interview today. 1t
has particular bearing on conditions
in Sussex the home county OF he
Governor. By process of analysis,
applied to each district, Governor
Pennewi'l shows that there could have
been no use OF money by the Republi-
cans for the purpose OF votc-buy
because i'll al districts save two, there
was q falling off instead OF a gain in
the Republican vote, as compared with
the returns from those districts two
years ago SThe significance of the
Governors analysis is accumulated J.
the fact that two years ago conditions
in the Republican organization in
many OF those Sussex county districts
were far from being as favorable to-
the Republicans as they were this year,
Notwithstanding those changed condi
tons for the better in the Republican
organization, which should have
brought with tn ema larger vote, lii
tiuences were at work upon the elec-
torate which increased the Democratic
instead OF the Republican vote. These
facts, coupled with others, constra;n
Governor Fennewll to deny emphali"
caly, that the Republicans were VIC
torious in Sussex county because o.
the illegal use Of money for bribery
and corruption.
1T can best be shown tlat the Re-
publcans had no part i'll bribery or
vote buying in the last campaign, by
a.. +l,a RI,
tricts in Sussex county this year, with
that of two years ago" Governor Pen
newill said. Starting with the First
Representative District, which is &C.
dar Creek hundred, the Reput ican ma
jority two years ago was 33i, and not
as large then as i'll previous years. In
the Second election district OF the
First Representative district OF the
Republican majority two years ago
was 147. This year the Republican
majority in the First Representative
district was reduced from 33I to 1871.
In the second election district If the
First Representative district. the Re
publican majority was rCdiced from
I47 to 81.
THE Second Representative district,
which includes all OF Northwest Fork
hundred and a portion OF Nantlcoke
hundred, gave a majority this year for
the head of the Republican ticket, OF
$50, as against 225 two years ago. My
ma jority two years ago WAS 273 lor
the Bridgevile end of this district, and
in Nanticoke two years ago, | was de-
featcd BY ten. Tor Representative,
Lednum, Republican, carried the sec
ond district two years ago by ma or-
ity of 247, against David Palmer, De-
mocrat This year Elliott, Republican,
received a majority OF only ia for
Representative over Russell, Demo
crat. or falling off in the Republican
vote in the Second Representative dis
trict of 1873. This Second Representa-
tive district was carried by the Repub-
leans by more than 400 majority in the
Addicks days was first elected State
Senator in 1893 and re elected i'll 1902
Both times | carried the Second Rep
resentatve distric', the fist time /
a majority ol not quite SOD, and The
second time by coHside" ably more
than 500. Vandenberg's majority,
when he was running on the Republi-
can ticket for Representative i'll the
Second district six years ago, was
more than 400, This wear the repre-
sentative on the Republican ticket was
elected by majority OF only IA, a
big decrease from the 247 majority re-
ceived by Icdnum, Republi AN, two
years ago. Ii also should be noticed
that this year the majority OF oul
candidate for Levy Court was cut to
fifty in the Second Representative dis
trict Therefore, you see, the figures
fail utterly to bear out Democratic as
sertion that the Republicans resortet
to vote buying in this district If they
had done SO. certainly the returns
would not have been what they We
Was there any evidence in this dis
trict in the last election, that the De
mocrats resorted to vote buying?" tn,
governor was asked.
THE best evidence is that great
majority OF the so-caied 'Hoaters'
voted the Democratic ticket this year,
Governor Pcnnewill replied. There
could not have been any ether reason
for it, because we had no insurgen
movement here at all. Ii is true W,
had some facti onal differences here
hut nothing greater than we had two
years ago. In fact, | douit that ther,
NdS DIS HUGH IdCClOlidI ulIiSTttlCe III tue
party as two years ago. here wa
one arrest on election day in this dis
trict. a man named Samre Scott,
Republican, whom have never known
as a Republican worker, was accused
of offering a man by the name OF Ora
per, money for his vote. He waived
hearing before Justice Of the Pea,,
John w. Gibson, i'll Greenw God. Ora
per said to Scott, in the presence o
several reputable men, Sam, you didn'
offer me any money for my vote and
didn't want TO get you into this trouble
but | was persuaded to do it. | wa
told that l would get $Ioo if | woul,
give evidence against you; and if | d.
get it will give you half Notwitll
standing this admission, Scott wa
held Tor trial
'The Third Representative district i
composed of Scaford and part OF Nan
+;coEa hupdr cd Two wars aUo DR.