Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1910-12-07
Discusses Bribery
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OF 81 votes in two years. How the
Democrats can reconcile such show
ing as that with their assertion that
the Republicans were engaged in vote
buying IS beyond my comprehension
The Republicans expected to get as
large a majority in the Seventh dis
trict this year, il not larger one,
than they obtained two years ago.
he returns show, conclusively, how
ever, that influences were at work in
that district which gave the votes to
the Democrats and not to the Repub
leans.
The Eighth Representative district
which is Indian River hundred, is
normally Republican and always has
been Republican. That district has
given as high as IIo Republican ma
jority. In recent years, however, CIV
ing to fsctional differences IN the Re
publican party, the Republican ma
jority has been greatly reduced. This
year. however owing to those differ
ences having been in large part dissi-
pated, the Republican majority for
Hurdle, Republican,, over Joseph
Democrat, was 81. Two year, AGO
Bayls, the Republican candidate for
Representative defeated Burton, the
Democratic candidate, by majority
OF AZ. 1t is true Indian River hundred
showed gan OF 80 votes Tor the Re
pub.icsns over two years ago, but
with factional feeling dissipat,d, that
is not an abnormal gain in district
normally Republican and which has
given to Republican candidates ma
jorities as high as no In TACT, in re-
cent years, the Republicans have car
red the Eighth district several times
by majorities ranging from So up
wards. Therefore, the Democrats
have no valid excuse for raising the
question OF vote-buying i'll their Ell
forts to account for their defeat in
that district.
The Ninth Representative district
is Georgetown hundred 1t is the
home district OF Dir. Caleb r. Layton.
This district has been carried by tn
Republicans. Two wears ago the De-
mocratic majority there was only
In that contest w. w. Rawlins, Demo
crat, received 3oI votes, and Charles
L. Moore, Republican. received 342
votes This year Hammond, Demo
Graf, carried the Ninth district by a
ma ority of zoo over Dodd, the Repub-
lean candidate. In other words, as
further refutation o. the Democratic
cry of vote-buying by the Republicans,
the Democratic vote in that one Rep
reSentatlve district showed a gain this
year of I57. That could not have
been due to DIR. Lavton's candidacy
because he was running Tor state sena-
tor and was beaten bv 800 majority in
that Senatorial district by Blackstone,
the Democratic Candidate Black
stones majority over Layton in the
Ninth Representative district was 100
or 10 less than Hammond's majority
over Dodd in that same district
The Tenth representative district
IS composed OF Lewes and Rehoboth
and Broad<in hundreds. 1t is a
doubtful district. Two years ago A.
w. Dick, the Republican candidate for
Representative, was defeated by JOS
eph w. Marsh, the Democratic candi-
date, by majority OF II. That de-
feat of the Republican candidate two
years ago was due largely to dissen-
ton in the Republican party i'll the
Broadkiln hundred end O. that dis
trict. This year John Robbins. the
Republican candidate for Representa-
tive. was elected over Jones, the De
mocratic candidate, by a majority OF
"a. Four years ago the Fifth Sena-
torial district, which is composed of
Georgetown. Lewes and Rehoboth,
and Broadkiln hundreds, elected Ro-
land, Republican,, state senator.
th;,,l- hxr about The
Layton. the Republican candidate for
state senator, was defeated by 800.
That is big change in the Republi
can vote, which is additional proof
that there was no use of Republican
money for the purpose OF bribng vot
erS
Every district in Sussex county,
except Indian River and Little Creek
showed Ealing off in the Republican
vote as compared with two years ago.
1t has been proclaimed to the world
time and again by the very persons
who are back of these present charges
OF bribery by the Republicans, that il
there was a place on earth where the
elective franchise could be influenced
by money, it was Sussex County. Ac-
ceptng such disgraceful assertion
by the Democrats for the time be-
ing for the mere sake of argument, if
the Republicans had used money it
would have been manifest in gains in
the Republican vote in the several
districts, instead of losses. AS only
two districts i'll all Of Sussex County
show Republican gains. it seems to
me that ,act alone serves to refute
these Democratic charges, particular
iy when the dissipation OF Republican
dissention in those two districts ex
plains fully why there were gains there.
The Sussex OF today is the Sussex it
has always been. Therefore, the De-
mocratic charge of the past that the
voters of Sussex could be influenced
largely by money and that that in
hucnce would be manifest on the cleo
tion returns now arises to confound
those who used it. | think it may be
accepted as political axiom that
Democratic voters are not made by