Evening journal., 1912-10-15

ating machine. all under the person
al touch and control Of their highest
official representatives and leaders.
who were thought outside this state
to be men OF highest integrity and
spotless honesty and largest abilities.
II was very low-liyed, dishonora-
Bile and contemplate scheme and
legal administration OF party control,
although very simple and easy Of
manipulation, while the people might
he hypnotzed or stupefed from ac-
tual revolution against its injustice.
as working was very simple II
provided that a county tax receipt
paid within two years to be the quail
fcation for voting and II the voter
did not pay his county tax, he should
be returned as q delinquent and could
not be put on the assessment list for
two years and thereafter
The assessors and collectors were
selected as the most interruptions
and dishonest tools OF the machine
that could be put in the office.
The administration Of the law was
for the assessor to put on the as
sessment list, which was not publish
ed, all the known Democrats and TO
leave off the assessment list prac-
tically all the known Republicans
and the doubtful and independent
voters
Then the Republicans and doubt
ful and Independent voters would
have TO 60 TO the assessors Office TO
appeal for information as TO wether
he were assessed, and If not, then FUR
nish a voucher that he was entitled to
be assessed.
The assessor might put him on. or
he might stick wrong middle letter
I in his name, or mis-spell his name.
or he might neglect to put him on al
together
No Democratic assessor WAS ever
punished by our courts for disfran-
chisng Republican or Independent
voter. the judges on the Delaware
bench being practically all and all
the time Democrats.
Republican and doubtful and inde-
pendent voters sometimes had 70 lose
several days from the business 10
stand In line to get assessed, only
when nearing their turn TO see the Of
fee doors closed in their faces The
assessor had 10 go to lunch. or Office
hours were over, and the Office closed
etc, etc.
n The second outrage was the farce
the criminal outrage upon the public
, treasury of the tax collector.
10 was an openly acknowledged fact
4 that any Democrat. solid for Mul.
hooly, could get his tax receipt with.
out payment Of money.
II was often proven that the taa
receipts we're signed and sealed fol
Democrats and passed TO Democratic
MOI kers to pass TO Democratic voters
by hundreds and by thousands TO en-
able the Democrats to vote, and the
county treasury never saw nor re
ceived thD money for these taxes.
The tax receipts were often signed
and sealed in blank and passed q
Democratic workers in blank, TO Al
in as they might need
Right there was the beginning an,
origin and birth OF debauchery OF ou'
elections In the present generation
and OF the fathers Of the present da,
political managers dating from IN
enactment of this law OF 1878, an
the parentage and responsibility 70
, what there has been OF dehaucher
! OF elections and corruption OF voter
! In this State since the passage of thi
Law of 1873 rests and ahides wit
and forever condemns the Democrat
, party OF Delaware in beginning thi
, system OF paying the taxes for Il
, own members, and the height of hy
pocrisy and criminality in robhin
, the county treasury to do so.
From that II was but step fo
their venal voters TO demand cash
. hand payment for voting their ow
party ticket, and again the Democrat
, ic party turned them in on the publ
treasury and appointed hordes c
/ deputy sheriffs, special constable
, and other gratis on public treasure
of the State at various and many sue
. oeeding elections to keep, their ow
! workers and voters in line
L Their leaders said they had TO pa
/ their voters or the boys wouldn't voi
I their ticket.
N.Y. Bu, Mr. Addicks was a wicl
e ed corrupting man!
i Yet all these many years the Dem'
! Gratis were carrying election aft'
S election ana maintaining their col
= troll Of the State by corruption fund
! that were robbing regularly the hol
est taxpayers OF this State.
o Compared with these paragons
!. infamy and dishonesty and hypocric
v Mr. Addicks wasn't in it, who We
d never accused of using any but h
n own money. and was being bunco'
Il out OF that Mr. Addicks was viii
Il and his wings already sprouting
comparison with the black depths
l. infamy Of the Democratic leader
l. and the writer always condemned NJ
N Addicks alleged views of the use
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