Evening journal., 1910-12-16
POLITICAL.
IOLIllOAl.
MILFORD REPUBS
TELL THEIR SIDE

MILFORD. Del. Dec. 1S.-Even
Democrats of prominence in this town
ridicule the stories of Republican brib-
cry framed up and sent abroad by their
own leaders in so far as they apply
TO this section of the state, no matter
whether II be lower Kent or upper
Sussex county. Seemingly there is no
question that the Democrats here We're
we'll supplied with money and whiskey,
but they used the former so adroitly
there is no way of telling just how
much they spent for the purpose of in
iiuencing the election The Democrats
also hired detectives to shadow proml-
nent Republicans like DR. George W.
Marshall. and did their utmost TO dis
cover instances of the corrupt use of
money by the Republicans in the hope
Of bringing about arrests and prose-
cutions. They We're unable to do il,
and discovered nothing upon which to
base suclN action.
Nor is there anything III the election
! figures in the First Election disti let
of the First Representative district in
Sussex county, which is South Milford,
to justify assertion by any Democrat
that the Republicans resorted to dis
honest methods. That district is nor
mally Republican. Two years ago il
gave to the Republican candidate i56
majority. This year it also Went Re-
publican, but with the majority reduced
| TO 1873. Il is admitted on both sides
here that If the Republicans had used
money as lavishly as tho Democrats
say they did, there would have been
no falling off in the Republican vote
but a decided gain.
Mark L. Davis, one of the mosi
prominent Republicans and busines.
men in Milford, said emphatically to-
day that there is not a word OF trutl
in the Democratic assertion that th'
Republicans resorted to corrupt prac
tices. He called particular attention I,
the fact of the reduced Republican
majority to emphasize what he said
1T was the squarest election ! have
ever seen, and Democrats here sa,
they never saw anything like Il 70
fairness and squareness, Mr.. Davi
said Neither side used whiskey here
1t was the cleanest election we hav
had for Years so far as the Republi
cans We're concerned.
Albert Archer, another prominen
Republican, said the Democrats go
fully seventy-hve per cent of tn
white fioater vote He was one of tn
voters assistants. Mr.. Archer said tb
Republicans had no money for use Il
the purchase of votes and that IL
fact that the Democrats voted full
seventy-five per cent. of the whit
hoater vote indicated clearly to hi
mind that, if money was used at al
ii was used by the Democrats and nc
by the Republicans Mr.. Archer sal
he never knew the Democrats to po
larger percentage Of the whit
foater vote than they did in the recen
election.
Former State Senator George Fishe
Pierce, who is as prominent as an
Republican and business man IN MI
ford, joined I'm the denial hat tn
Republicans USED money IN Milford {
buy votes. He expressed opinion, nov
ever, that the Democrats had use
money, and that they had obtained
large majority of the white float,
votes. Mr.. Pierce said the nunu
Republican majority I'm ,he First Sen
torial district in Sussex county
about 500, and that this year it yi
reduced TO 207. The former Senau
said that did not show the use Of r
publican money and that there is ]
way in which he can account for u
big Democratic gain except the use
large amounts of Democratic money
influence the election i'm that dlsh let
"The results speak for themselves
Mr. Pierce said There vas nc big fa
tlonal fight in the district 20 maj
such a great falling off in the norm
Republican vote, and the only explain
tion for it is the use of DemOcra,
money. It is true there was a lit
= disafiection on the Republican side. b
not enough to make any such diTe
ence as that No arrests We're ma
here and / know of no specific /
stances in which Republican vot
VI we're bought with Democratic none
Il The election returns, however. snC
that some powerful influence was
work on Republican voters and VIII
iO fioaters which constrained them
vote the Democratic ticket