Evening journal., 1912-10-07
MONDAY. OCT. 7. 1912
MURDER WILL OUT.

MURDER WILL OUT.
THE EVENING JOURNAL has said repeatedly since
the present campaign began that the Demo-
cratic politicians, notwithstanding their loud prOcIama
tions against 1ote-buyng, had planned to resort to
bribery and IL possible to purchase enough votes to
regain control of our State. Such assertion by us
met by vehement denial from Democratic sources.
Developments within the last two three days have
verified the charges we made, and that too, in
startling manner The Dover DeIawarean, an out
andout Democratic newspaper edited by William
Salisbury, a cousin of Willard Salisbury, not only
admits that the yote-buying conspiracy exists the
Democratic SIDE but deems the situation to he 80
critical that il prints doube-leaded editorial warn
ing the Democratic corruponIsts not to attempt to
carry ont their vOte-buying scheme. That double-
loaded editorial in the DeIawarean which bears the
truly significant caption "No Backstepping,v is as
follows;
Il is regrettable to observe indications that some
Of supposed influence in tho Democratic party
out Of sympathy with the clean political methods
employed in recent years by the Democrats in this
State and very notably in Kent county. We fear that
some would like to 60 back to the old methods Of
attempting to reach the so-called doubtful vote"
We have hesitation in sounding the alarm and in
demanding that the hands of the Democratic party be
kept absolutely clean from the crime of bribery There
is such thing unolean politics by clean party
by clean II there is anything uncean In poll
ately II is sometimes within the power Of uncean men
TO make party unclean.
The time has long since passed when man can
be straight in other things and crooked in politics
Thank heaven, the time Is fast passing when any
different standard OF morality Is tolerated In politics
from that required IN the other relations OF lie A
is either straight he Is crook. Bribery
is a crime and a briher Is a criminal. If he commits
the crime for the alleged benefit of party he is
criminal Just the same.
Some years ago the Democratic party became arous-
ed to the frightfu condition In this state and took a
strong and emphatic stand against bribery. This is
time for any backsteppng sidesteppng. Crook
methods Will make crook party. PLENTY OF men are
In the Democratic party not because they hope for
some petty office, but because they believe the Demo-
cratic party nearly than any other great party
stands for what is right and decent We confess that
interest in politics would be about over II we
should regard Il as merely game OF scramble among
corrupt for selfish personal advantage. The men
who are in the party from principle expect clean and
decent things and will not follow n dirty standard
AS for ms against crooks everywhere. Il
there could be degrees of opposition in any matter
where opposition is absolute and unequvocal, We
should if possible he more opposed to Democratic
crookedness than Republican crookedness. We
want TO live in clean house, and we want 30 belong
20 party whicL is clean and decent IL is the impera
tive duty Of decent Democrats TO keep the Demo
cratic party from becoming criminal The man calling
himself a Democrat who in this election would buy
vote is traitor his party and public enemy, ant
like other criminals he should be prosecuted ant
punished
Think OF it: The Democratic politicians OF tn
State, who are howling week in and week out agains
corrupt practices in the election steeped mi tn
damnabe enterprise Of buying up the Fenal voters i
our State for the benefit of the Monaghan ticket tina
Che leading Democratic newspaper feels compelled
come cut with double-leaded editorial denOuncin
this Democratic vote-buying scheme and demandin
that be abandoned. II Is useless to comment turtle
upon such situation. The action Of the Dover DelI
warean shows cOncIusiveIy that the Democratic COZ
ruptionsts are in the field with their Doodle fund an
that the vote Of the ~aOater" Is commercial con
modify in the eyes OF the Democratic politicians.
If Andrew c. Gray, and his deputy aud would-l
successor, Josiah 0. Wolcott desire to show TO Il
people that they really are the lookout for
tOnsts let them get to work on this Democratic Co
spracy which has been exposed by the Dover Del
warean.