Evening journal., 1912-09-16
HOW TO VOTE.

ATOW is the time Of all times for you to do your
IN own thinking and your voting. DO not
permit designing to you from the path
Of political reotitude. Seek all the light possible bear
ing upon the important public questions involved in
this campaign. Weigh everything as carefully you
would we're you deciding a personal business ques-
tion of your own, and accordingly. Do not per-
NIT political renegades and consuirators such j.
Frank Alice, DIR. Caleb r. Layton, Robert G. Houston
and Louis A. DrexIer to beguile you. They are
selfish schemers who hope TO use you and your vote
to further their unworthy ends. II you
must take political advice, go to with political
character and standing. The issues well de-
fned however, that it seems to us that no of
dinary intelligence need take advice If he be naturally
rght-minded. His intelligence and political coll
science will guide him right rule, II he but defer
10 them.
In our State We have on the one hand the Repub-
leans who have made Delaware practically all 1t is
today IN the ssterhood of States. They have driven
the incompetent and Democratic political schemers
from power and fought effectively TO force corruption
lists out of business In addition, they have Reduced
a business basis the affairs of our State and the
counties in which they in control They have nomi
mated this year State and county tickets and made
pledges TO the people which give Of con-
unuance and extension of that good business policy
As against the Republicans we have the Demo-
Gratis who, years ago. we're driven from power be-
cause they had engaged for long time in saturn
ALA OF official extravaganza and wrong-doing. Gov
ernmental powers prostituted to personal
and partisan ends public funds squandered and
the public will was oyerrden. Finally the people. out
ragged beyond endurance, rebeled and drove from
power those conscionless Democrats and they have
been kept out Of power since in this State. The
Democrats are eated by the thought that, be-
OF a split I'm the Republican party national
issues. they will win restoration in Delaware and
elect their State and county tickets They know how
ever that. unless the Progressive Republicans give
them aid and comfort they possibly ticket
headed by Monaghan, TO defeat headed by such a
man among men as Charles r. Miller
The Progressive Republicans in Delaware are di-
vided into two factions with different objects vieY.
The one composed of such Ewart, White and
Long desire carry Delaware for Colonel Roosevelt
on national issues and to assist the Republicans to
defeat the Democrats State issues The other made
up Of such political renegades J. Frank Alice DR..
Caleb r. Layton. Robert G. Houston and Louis A
Drexler little about the Roosevelt end of IT, It's
chief aim is to assist the Democratic machine carry
State and to elect it's State ticket With that
end in view Alice and his associates have put what
they call Sucker Ticket" IN the field. hoping II
will draw from the Republicans and the real Progress
sive Republicans enough votes to make Delaware DEM
ocrato.
There is the situation as It confrouts you az an
intelligent voter II you want President Taft re-
elected and the Republicans to carry our State on
State issues. vote the Regular Republican ticket II
you want Colonel Roosevelt elected President and
continued Republican control in Delaware vote the
real Progressive Republican ticket IT, on the other
hand you desire TO assist in restoring the Democratic
machine TO control in State you should vote the
Democratic ticket the Sucker Progressive Repub.
lican ticket Of Alice Layton Houston and Drexler