Evening journal., 1913-02-08
IookINe FOR CoRRUPTIONlsTs.

a TTORNEY- GENERAL WOLCOTT, one Of the newly
~ elected Democratic State officials, has begun
an investigation of the persistent and circumsantial
rumors that in the November election the Democrats
used large amounts of corruption money in lower New
Castle county and Kent and Sussex counties We wish
him Godspeed in his work II will be all the auda-
ble successful because the fact that his invest
CATION bears upon the electoral conduct Of his own
party colleagues Both he the Grand Juries of the
three counties have inquistoral powers which should
be utilized TO the utmost wiring the truth from those
who have either guilty innocent knowledge Of what
corrupt acts may underlie the rumors o. Demo
cratic vote-buyng.
IT, as has been asserted by prominent and RESPONSE
Bile Democrats large corruption fund was sent or
brought from New York into this State for distribu-
ton in legislative districts where would do the most
good Attorney General Wocot perform higher
public than TO ascertain who contributed that
fund; who sent. brought, it into State who
took it after IL arrived here; who disrib
uted It among the party workers the legislative dis
tricts what party workers handled it in those dis
tricts and what venal voters were purchased. Nor
should his inquiry end with that II should extend
into any Democratic corruption funds that may have
been raised within our own State to augment the
ruption money which, it asserted, by Re-
pubicans alone, but by Democrats of prominence
brought, sent into State buy votes for the
Democratic ticket. particularly the legislative end
OF II. The investigation OF Democratic Attorney
General should be thorough in all respects If he will
make it that and round up send Jail the Demo-
cratic corruptionists high and low, whom he may
catch I'm his lnquisitonal net the people will hail him
/ public benefactor
1t must be recognized at the outset that Mr. VOL
colt has mapped for himself exceedingly difi-
cult piece OF work It's difficulty however will but
add to the glory OF it's successful accomplishment.
Folk, in Missouri Jerome and Whitman, in New York; ;
Heney. IN San Francisco Blakeley in Pittsburgh and
many other who have attained worldwide dis
tncton by successful warfare against crime done
II by meeting and overcoming greater difficulties
than those which confront him He has the sup
port OF decent citizenship. He has the sympathy
OF the decent element within his party he has the
aid Of his three deputies two State detectives and
contingent fund for secret service work; he has
three Grand Jures that cannot afford to play false to
the trust the public has reposed in them and. above
all that he has judges who have their faces
luely against electoral corruption and who will be the
sole judges Of the guilt or innocence of thoso Demo-
cratic corruptonists whom he may have indicted and
brought to trial
We wish Attorney General Wolcott we'll in the work
he is doing. We trust that, when IT subsequently may
be by the cold and practical standard OF pur
tive and corrective results shall be justified in Civ
ing to him unqualified praise for official impartality
diligence and capacity.