Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-15
Wilmington, January II, 1919.
THE EVIL OF VOTE BUYING.

Editor of Every Evening Allow me to |
suggest To YOU that YOU can render the |
people ot Delaware no greater service |
than following up vote buying IN this
State You are only doing the work ot n
patriotic american when YOU are seeing
70 II that the will HAYS episode in the
hast election IN this State Is not forgotten.
let this episode bc the beginning of the
end Let there bc light
Keen II before us and keep u before
them | am sometimes told by people
whom talk to about this awful thing that
tho Democrats also bought votes lhc
other day . man told me that he knew a
man who saw 4 Democratic worker buy
lng Negro votes ! challenged mm to give
uc the name of the man and ! pledged
hm my word Of honor that if nobody else
would huug "a charge against this Demo-
oraue Wor.cr. whoever hc might he,
would hrluc tho charge It ] was only con-
WINGED hat the proofs were adequate. Mil
hou- 1t ON hovs went eagerly 70 die Arc
,r gong tu bc worthy ui thcmn Arc We
airud'
Nll thi- tax about differentiation is
! ~uiNoilmg hNpo,usN y W know thus vote
/ huvuC thing i going on and do not chal-
! long, II. What can oar people bc thinking
4 about pl thCN imagine they can have
l good government where the elections arc
\ bought and sold Can they believe else
| than tho government will hc sick like i Is
I slck when lt~ heart Is beginning 70 decay
4 Du thcN thnk thcy can make Amcn-
! cans ont ui tho aliens when the leader OF
/ ,crialu nationality can promise to deliver
I hvr hundred votes ~ whoever he plcascs
| Can vou MAKE AmerCan> ont 81 the tools
~ this traltor Tins Is only one case that
caJue~ in IuN notice there must hc others
~plcujld l~ our patriotism and how We
responded when vc Wcrc called upon was
hcartrnlug inincd, hut herr Is the cancer
uhch ull cat and cat towards the heart
81 th, lody polItlc unul the patient must
III, 81 wor>, EXIST living death
lh, hight pf truth Will cure this malig
naut dl~r;4~r ana nothing else Will cure II.
Nur~, than the man who sells his vote IS
thc uau Milo huvs tho vote and cursed
alrcad, j. the orC.tnl14t non that receives the
bCncaf ,t this Apn~ta~S and would cover IL
with hNppcrItcl cant about patriotism
ANA im,ricani-m whilC thcv are believing
I hi, ouc and >chcmlnC a. DESTROY or make
mps',nt ~ other. N bat can the man of
means tukug about when he con-
! Iuhu;, to undermine tahi respect
/ f., lan !, the only basis for his
-cr1!r, possession ol hIS means
Aolr influential ncW spapcr. Mr.. Editor,
cau turn THE Ight on TINS hidcous disease
lnd vlil become IL must become clean
4ud disappear from sight
Nothing vou ran 30 could be 50 valuable
! Nothing NoG Viii do MAY have any real
/ vaIle rs long Is tins terrible cancer Is
eating INTO uur Nltal~. he man who sells
hI- lot, and ine man who huvS the vote
AMI tu. man Who gives the money 10
/ tuN ami ~ci. IA, vote are traitors 10 every
thing worth while ihat Amencanism
| stands ier The man who knows that votes
ar, belug bought and sold Is not a good
/ ctlzcn and b. Is an enemy 20 every high
ana hoiv concept that relieves IN and
promises i good or better man.
/ N, want ta mako tins crlme Of crimes
! as dl~repGtahc a. i deserves 70 be. We
/ have been patient and indifferent too long
i !, II not 'rlc today that the leaders OF one
+ oi our great parties are granted their
I leadership because of their known ability
! 10 work the votc buyers? They hunt down
and trv and convict and even execute
! smaller sinners than vote buyers.
/ Personally ! do not care who holds the
! office, although / vote the Democratic
/ ticket
Could I bc q Republican in Delaware?
! Who passed u" Australian Ballot law,
working tOr sccrc: and an unbought bal
4 lot
Who first weakened that ba lIo law and
finally repealed i altogether, until now,
/ yotc-bulug }, perfectly easy Who were
80 ignorant ,u discussing this excellent
( lau that thcl actu1llv buueted of their
depreciation and clor", in the shame?
Ih,rc D. q law on the statute books Of
thc STAT, compelling the several parties