Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20

by Republican Doodle, as was the case in
Michigan recently, where the several
party leaders are under jail sentence Tor
corruption. Warner must know that the
Republican party at every election has
bought the Negro vote outright, and that
il has been long the custom to pay the
blacks after they had voted from one to
two dollars each, the money being trans
ferred in the "Negro parlor' of the Young
Mems Republican Club, to which they
arc admitted at election times. Perhaps
payment is made under the pretext OF
some service, such as runner or
watcher" but be that as 1T may, the
Negroes are paid one dollar or two, and
some ten, for 'voting right" The wobbly
ones and the leaders are, OF course, PAID
the most
Warmers emphasis to see that the Re
publicans are not cheated out of their
full rights of citizenship" is simply
counter to the Democratic intention to
fight against a padding of the lists OF
voters with the names of men and women,
mostly Negroes, under the age limit. This
has always been the custom OF the kepub-
lican leaders bere~-at least it has been the
custom many years-and they have sue
ceeded when they were not watched; >.
Chairman Warner must know, also, II
be knows anything that the corruption
the fraudulent use of money IN eiectlons
In this State--has become infinitely worse
and more malevolent under the present
crowd than ii WAS ut its worst under the
despised Addicks and his Dover crew In
short Warner must know, as have SAID
before, that there has not been n kepub-
lican victory in Delaware, on any party
issue, that was not bought and paid for
10y Republican money.
Warmers protest of desiring falr cleo
tions is set at naught by his refusal to
pledge his party to not resort TO It's USUAL
disrcputable methods at the polls IN return
for similar Democratic assurances. War
ner also must know that the whole pre-
tensions of the party IN It's stand are against
the President and not the League OF
Nations Ii is the same old desire to get
back INTO power to office, To continue TO
administer the country as Wall Street,
through the Senate reactionaries, may
dictate. otherwise he would not have
muzzled Senator Ball against Chairman
Isaacs' challenge to have the pact dis
cussed from the same platform by the
two Senat ors from Delaware.
Chairman Warner must know that
without the use of "boodle' his party is
in peril Otherwise he would not fill the
State with stump speakers who reoite their
attacks on Wilson and war extrava-
gances and waste, after a Republican
majority of the House of Representatives
has investigatedr every phase of war
activity, and all charges, now being re-
peated on the stump, and had failed to
find a single instance of crookedness, or
unwarranted outlay to meet the nation S
peril What rubbishl
The fact is that If Warner wishes to have
a clean election he has taken an unusual
way to reach that point in refusing to
pledge his party to be fair and to refrain
from its usual crooked practices at the
polls. If he chooses TO cry intimidation to
cover up the registration of Negroes who
are not qualified to vote he VIII find that
he is not deceiving anybody in the
slightest. The trick is too old one to
win on again.
1t is just such Misrepresentation and
false pretences as these that have kept
the campaign alive. 1t is by obscuring the
truth, by lies, lies and lies that the Re
publican leaders have been able To have
any issue at all TO come before the people
with
The result Of the election on November
2 Will prove that the lie cannot triumph
NJ the polls any more than it can prosper
in any other OF the varied human activi-
tues.
An Independent
Wilmingto n, Oct. l9, 1920.