Evening journal., 1912-10-12
SATURDAY. OCT. IL, 1912
WOLcOTTs CAMPAIGN OF RLurr.

1T is folly for either Democratic Glasses in the Sun
day Star or the Dover Index resort to Bill
lingseate OF gross misrepresentation facts in their
efforts TO show that Josiah O. Wocot should be elected
AtorneyGeneral. ON the ground that as a deputy
under Attorney General Gray he has been terror to
political evil-doers The truth is that as deputy
he has done practically nothing for the purihcaton
of our elections, and that his chief has done little
more than he along that line although both men have
had four years in which TO show what they might do
Nor viii st avail them to resort to misrepresenta-
tior of the work done by Attorney-Genera Richards
and his deputies along such lines They must not
forget that the transactions under discussion are mat
ters Of cour record and not Of hearsay Those
records show that during the administration OF Rob
ert a. Richards Attorney General there were two
convictions in New Castle county for violation of the
election laws and each convict received a sentence
Of two years. Under the Richards admlnistra-
lion another man was convicted Of bribery in New
Castle county. and he sentenced to six months
imprisonment In addition to those convictions IN
New Castle county the Richards administration OBJ
tanned the conviction Of In Kent county for
bribery and another in Sussex county. each
Wet was sentenced 20 three months imprisonment
Those all facts susceptible Of proof by the
records Of the three counties The records of the
Goodwin in the Attorney Generals office will prove
that the evidence for the prosecution in the OF
Jack Goodwin obtained by the Richards admin
stration and turned over to Attorney General Gray.
who used Il and obtained a conviction.
The court records also prove that the Gray admin
straiion only obtained three convictions in bribery
cases including the ono against Goodwin. In all the
cases MIR Gray had charge Of the prosecution The
two besides that Of Goodwin We're those of Barr
and Connoway, both In Sussex county
In view of such set of facts, we should like TO
know what ground there ia for such fulaome auda-
tion of either Gray wolcott such gross criti-
csm Of Mr. Richards and his deputies including James
Al Sauerheld the popular and able Republican candi-
date for Attorney General this year
n TO us that Mr. wolcot has played such an
inoonspouous part the prosecution election cor
attention to it,
Why didn't he 20 after and capture and punish
a few of the who. Willard Salisbury said. put
in thousands Of fraudulent votes for Congressman
Hesld? Il also Is pertinent 10 inquire why il was
If bribery and corruption existed 10 such extent
the Republican side as the Democrats assert that
the Gray administration captured not IN the
Democratic bribery dragnet which Attorney General
Gray threw In this Slate almost two years ago?
scope of his investigation IN all directions In addi
tom he had al the assistance the Democratic
chine could give him. Notwithstanding those things,
M Gray and MT wolcott emerged from that far
reaching inquiry without The arrest or indictment
of Republican 10 their credit
These are facts which show Mr. wocou up in his
true light He is endeavoring to run campaign of
political bluff in a community which knows much
about him as he knows about himself