Evening journal., 1916-01-25
PAY FOR
CAMPAIGN BOOST
Arthur ]. P. Clarke Asks SIS
for Article Urging DR..
O'Day for Governor
DIFFER ABOUT SOME
DETAILS OF PROJECT
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Jan. 25.-An interest
ing suit was heard yesterday before
Justice of the Peace L. f. Wood, in
which the main issue was an article
written bv a Dover man booming a
Dover physician for Governor, and for
which the writer of the article made
charge of S25, which was refused
by the physician when payment was
asked
The case was for work and labor
done on or about August IL. 1915. and
was brought by Arthur J. p. Clarke,
OF this town. against Dr. +. r. ODay,
of Dover. and former Representative
of the Second district OF Kent county.
He was a member Of the session when
Farlow King and Clarke. Democrats,
voted for j. Edward Addicks for
United States Senator.
AT the hearing yesterday. Clarke,
/ the prosecuting witness. testified that
sometime in August last, prior to the
annual celebration at Bowers Beach.
on Big Thursday he was sent for
/ by Dr. ODay and solicited to write
political article in which O'Day
/ should receive a boom for the gov
ernOrship. Clarke testified that at
the request of ODay he prepared the
article. which he produced and which
was lengthy. in which several candi-
dates for the gOvenorship were men
toned, including Frank Bancroft, Of
| Camden; Frank SOper. of Rising Sun;
Albert Raughlcy. of Harrington; DR..
]. Lynn Pratt, of Milford; J. r.
Clements, of Clayton; Dr. Charles
NJ. Wharton, of Dover; Dr. +. +.
ODay. OF Dover The article, after
taking up each of the above named
as prospective candidates, gave rea-
sons why all of the above were elemi-
mated from the race except DIR. ODay,
and after an eulogy OF O'Day as to
his birthplace his parentage and the
part the family had played in Della
ware Democratic politics. il was
argued that O'Day was the logical
candidate for the gubernatorial chair
of Delaware this year for the Demo-
Gratis Of Delaware.
Clarke further testified that when
the article was finished. he submitted
il to Dr. O'Day. who approved Of II
and requested that it appear in a
Wilmington and Dover newspaper
II Clarke sent the article TO the Will
mingtOn newspaper. but because of
. its length it was returned with the
reasons for not publishing it, let.
ter from the managing editor of the
paper being produced by Clarke tC
show that the article had been sem
and had been returned at his request
The article did not appear in the
. Dover newspaper because Of thu
failure Of Dr. ODay, as alleged b,
Clarke. to pay what he (Clarke) toll
him he would pay the paper for pub
fishing it.
Clarke reiterated his statement ua
Dr. O'Day had solicited him to write
the article and that after it had beer
written. that O'Day approved of it.
DR.. O'Day, in his own defense, tes
tilted that he did not authorize thu
article. but that Clarke had writer
= it Of his own accord. and while it wal
submitted to him after il had beer
written. he did not approve it, an'
that he did not authorize its publica
: ton in any paper. 1t developed in th'
examination that O'Day had said tina
, his preference for the publication Of al
= article would have been in a certail
Philadelphia newspaper. This poin
was taken up by J. Hall Anderson
y counsel for Clarke. in cross-eXamina
/ tion Of Dr. O'Day, in which he admit
ted that he had said his preference
4 would have been in the Philadelphia
newspaper.
! J. NJ. Satterfield represented Dl
/. O'Day in the conducting Of the case
IS The case was submitted to Magistrat
It Wood without argument, decision a
, yet not having been announced