Milford chronicle., 1910-12-23
DENIES THAT BRIBERY
CARRIED THE ELECTION

Democratic charges that money il
legally used carried Kent and Sus
sex counties for the Republicans
It has particular bearing on condi.
tioDs in Sussex, the home county ol
the governor. By a process of an
alysis, applied to each district, Gov
ernor Pennewill shows that there
could have been no use of money
| by the Republicans for the purpose
of vote-buying, because in all dis
tricts save two, there was a falling
off instead Of a gain in the Republi-
can vote, as compared with the re-
turns from those districts two years
ago. The significance of the gov
ernor's analysis is accentuated by
the fact that two years ago condi-
tions in the Republican organization
in many Of those Sussex county dis
tricts were far from being as favor
able to the Republicans as they were
this year. Notwithstanding those
changed conditions for the better in
the Republican organization, which
should have brought with them
larger vote, influences were at work
upon the electorate which increased
the Democratic instead of the Re-
publican vote. These facts, coupled
with others, cOnstrain Governor PEN
newill to deny emphatically that
the Republicans were victorious in
Sussex county because of the illegal
use Of money for bribery and corrup-
ton.
1T can best be shown that the
Republicans had no part in bribery
or vote-buying in the last campaign, I
by comparing the vote in the various
districts in Sussex county this year,
with that of two years ago" Gov
ernOr Pennewill said. Starting
with the First Representative dis
trict, which is Cedar Creek hundred, ].
the Republican majority two years
ago was 331. and not as large then
as in previous years In the Second
election district OF the First Repre- I
sentative district, the Republican
two years ago was 147.
This year the Republican majority /
in the First Representative district [
was reduced from 331 to 181. In [
The Second election district of the
T st Representative district, the
Republican majority was reduced
rom 147 to 81.
"The Second Representative dis s
rict, which includes all of the North l
vest Fork hundred and a portion J
# Nanticoke hundred, gave ma |
ority this year for the head of the /
Republican ticket, of 159, as against L
.5 two years ago. My majority two v
ears ago was 273 for the Bridge b
lille end of the district, and in Nan l
locke two years ago, l was defeated j
y ten. For Representative, Led l
um, Republican, carried the sec St
nd district two years ago by a ma c,
ority Of 247, against David Palmer, K
Democrat This year Elliott, Re- 1
received a majority of only n
IA for Representative over Russell n
Democrat, or a falling off in the Re- Il
ublican vote in the Second Repre- re
district of 1873. This Sec a
nd Representative district was car "
ed by the Republicans by more ST
IAN 400 majority in the Addicks h'
avs / was first elected state sena- pr
,r in 1898 and reelected in 1902 or
9th times | carried the Second in
representative district, the first jo
NE by majority of not quite 500, liz
I'd the second time by considerably m
ore than 800. Vandenberg's ma G
rity, when he was running on the di
epublican ticket for Representative m
the Second district six years ago. tn
as more than 400. This wear the ye
on the Republican pu
3ket was elected by majority of bu
lly ia, a big decrease from the tn
z majority received by Lednum, lie
spublican, two years ago. 1t should dit
so be noticed that this year the Re
ajority Of our candidate for Lew to
'urt was cut to fifty in the Second tw
district. Therefore. sol
u see, the figures fail utterly TO
ar out Democratic assertion that
2 Republicans resorted to vote MI
ying in this district. If they had ito
ne so, certainly the returns would it
t have been what they were. - shC
'LoATERs SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS. m .iie
Was there any evidence in this dis no
It in the last election, that the tail
mocrats resorted to vote-buying? tha
governor was asked.
Che best evidence is that a great trio
jOrity of the so-called 'floaters' LIE,
ed the Democratic ticket this year hin
vernon Pennewill replied. There puF
Id not have been any other reason Rel
it, because we had no insuroent sim