Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-11
DELAWARE WAS BOUGHT.

Editor Every Evening. The time has
come when somebody has to be frank
and unafraid Delaware was sold and
bought again. like pigs IN sly, last Tues
day Let us bc frank and ltnafraid
If We are men we will not hold olr peace
II ls said that Colonel du pont con
tributed $4,000 to the Republican ram
paign fund here ~ornebods unnamed
added ton thousand dollars - that and
II was sent ia Washington anil returned
tn Delaware ~ care ri Coleman du pont
Delaware member of the Republican
National Committee Two DAYS later
$1,000 more were sent to Delaware Mean
wlllc W. are having "A controversy abutt
who will get the glory for the Great
Victory
Aeain lct rs bc frank and nnafrald
The terrible the frlphtful necessities ~
tho case demands that We bc men
II is we'll known fact that there nre
between 81 300 and 100 purchaaaple
votes in Suseex county They arc
listed and alphabetically arranged To
me, the figures of 5000 takc sinister
Significance when We calculate the total
and find that the money sent into Della
ware from Washington wns $50 head
for these nearly 100 purchasablc men.
Think about this. you mothers and
fathers who have sent your sons. the
best that YOU have. and the all that you
have. 10 fight for liberty
What does your liberty amount 10 and
why do your boys fight and die # couple
Of mIlllonalres can take Il negligible tlt
of their money. made of the deaths OF
your children, and huy the decisIon Of
your country at tho polls
want YOU to think about this. | want
YOU to remember that Colonel du Pont
is said Ia have contributed Sl3 0eO, and
an unnamed person $1,000, aud hen
somebody else $1,000. and there Wa
enough and more than enough 10 buy the
State Of Delaware Nm | making an
unreasonable assumption when say
that II did buy the State Of Delaware
Will you accuse me being sensational
when call Your attention 10 the fact
that this s2S 600 probably bought The
policy of tho nlted States
government for tEc JeNt Two vcar~
for while ! am writing Il looks as If he
Republicans would control the nitcd
States Senate by two majority and there
fore, If Senator salisbury had been elect
cd the Senate would have been tie AMI
the Democrats would have controlled
by the vote OF the Nice-ireSident
Remember our boys are diving for
liberty Remember that money made on
gunpowdcr decided the complexion of
the United States Senate Remember
Remember
Yes remember and then decide that
while the men who sell heir votes are
contemplate that the men who CIV
their money to buy these votes are the
worst dangerous enemies al liberty, the
most menacing foes of democracy, and
call only for the contempt and ostraeism
OF every honorable and patriotic man
committee Of business men formed
for Republican success gave out the DAY
after election that the victory was due To
the workers IN the Republican party
Did this committee believe what II said
oI was il only the camounage / treason
able hypocrte?
| call your attention to the S2S. 600
| call your attention Ia the man who gave
Sl3 900 OF this s2S, 900, | call Your at
tentIon to the fact that We are fighting
for liberty | call your attention 10 the
Sussex purchasables call Your at
tentIon to that there can be no liberty
where elections are bought and sold
But especially cfil your attention to the
necessity of making the vote buyer and
in the last analysis the vote buyer IS he
man who contributes the money
call your attention 10 the necessity of
letting the vote buyer know hat You
hold him as 4 traitor 10 liberty and dc
mocracN. and unfit 10 associate with
honorable and patriotic men
John ) Hamilton
Wilmington, November 9, 1918