Evening journal., 1920-10-30
|COX FAILED To
| WIN VOTERS
His Visit Did Not Gain Sup
port for Wilson League
of Nations
WARNER EXPOSES
DEMOCRATS TACTICS

Charles Warner. chairman OF the
Republican State Committee. has is
sued a statement 10 the effect that he
is we'll pleased with the situation lf
Delaware looking 90 Republican sue
s. and is satisfied that the visit o
Governor James NJ. Cox, Democrat,
nom nee for President. iO Win ngion
last week. failed 10 convince tn
voters that 10 was essential that They
vote 10 sustain The Wilson League OF
Nations
In his statement Mr.. Warner also
rails attention io the r'suli Of regis
iraiion appeals before The court afiei
lhe Democrats had made charges O.
wholesale violations of the regis,ra-
tion laws The statement follows
THE situation n this stale Is qu.t
satisfactory. Governor COX's cnor'
iO convince VOTERS in Delaware that
they ought 90 vote 90 sustain th'
Wilson League Of Nations has utter
ly failed. The effort made 10 con
vince our citizens that The League %.
Nations Will prevent war h as moi
ben successful The men and NO
men here are prepared To meet tlc
arguments Of the Democrats upon
4 this point with their votes on Nc
Nembcr >
Democratic BOOncrangs.
THE effort OF the Democrats g.
convince voters that they must Vot
the Democratic ticket II they wan
clean elections In Delaware nave
made but little impression. Charges
mad and not sustained always rtaci
"On October IS, the day before the
last registration. Mr.. lsaacs, Demo-
cratic Stale chairman. in long IN
lerview ch arged that The registrr
ion laws are being yiciouely violated.
These violations seem b be confined
In the main 10 the colored voter.
'i' Arrests have been made In a
number Of cases today. and surely
this notice and these arrests ought
20 be a timely warning 30 all per
sons who may have contemplated
rcgfstering in violation OF the law.
The Democratic Organizations
are I'm position 10 know the facts In
AN cases. and after the registration
tomorrow will be able DO check up
TO the last man in Wilmington and
lher by 10 determine whether or nns
there have been open violations oi
the law In respects above indicated or
Otherwise. If cOlOred people or others
after me warning hereby given. pro-
cure their registration tomorrow In
violation OF the law, whether be
cause OF their own vicious disregard
Of the law or because Of submission
10 the influences of others, they GER
iainly cannot expect any mercy al
the hands Of decent. law-ab ding citi.
zens. and ! am prepared TO say thai
they will not receive it Thf
vicious practice which has been re-
sorted 90 In prior registration days
involving the registration OF men and
women under the age Of 2i years anC
Otherwise in violation OF the law
must not prevail at tomorrow's reg
isLraiion'
Mr. Isaac's Boast
"The next day n another statemen
Mr.. Isaacs said: 81 Will say again tha
the Democratic organizations are In
nos tion tO know II cOlOrfd men o
women. or others under he age o
q years. apply for registration today
and procure their REGISTRATION, or ii
9th er respects violate certain pr0vi
sions of the registration las We sh1i
be- able 90 put our ilnS RS upon thos
cases
Following This remarkable discOV
cry that The registration laws are be
ing NciOusly violated and with th
further information that the Demo
cratic organizations are In position
10 know the facts in an cases, th
Democrats had four persons arrcstol
for registering under age AcQins
three Of these they offered ahsOlutel
no evidence, two OF them being owe
20 years Of age. The evidncc agains
The other amounted TO nothing an
was dismissed.
zone of the defendants. coloro
woman. ~ years OF ag was lrroel
ed at I o'clock at night
His warning"
"Mr. lsaacs further warned again>
The vicious practice which has bee
resorted tO in prior registration da
involving the registration 0f men an
women under the age Of p years
in the appeals filed before th
resident iudg', with exact informatio
In the possession OF the Democrat,
there was not a single person stricke
from Tie registration lists becaus
De or she was not 2i years or ag
The record shows the Democrats cay
notice of i2i appeals but In 10 E
these cases no appeals were aciuall
filed. and in the remaining f2 the
succeeded in having 20 stricken frol
The list, so that Mr.. lsaacs' charge
lhe vicious violation Of the Law
with the exact facts In The po-sc'
eiOn Of the Democrats, has result
I'M getting 20 voters or the list Oi
OF The whole Republican vote IN Sh
county.
And the Results.
Nearly an OF these % cases d
ncuded upon ihe cducall0nal tosi, an
it required a Judges decision 10 ID
iermnc whether the were en'itlC
"0r the other hand. ont of ne
rasos taken before the resident iuds
bv the Republican,. the appeal w
sustained in Cirh As a matter
comparison. thcrcfors the Republ
cans failed IN but two cases; u
democrats failed in i0i.
II am citing these facts to ilu
!raie how the preaching Of the Dem
Gratis compares with their practice
4 They will probably switch 10 son
nih6r method OF cleanliness befO
Tuesday. hut / think the voter s We
ACQUAINTED with their meth DDS az
That they are not like TO get mar
Vofos thereby" "