Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20
CHAIRMAN ISAACS
Con tlnuesl from pAxe !

rcO,atrntjons on Saturday last. II you
viii trouble yourself for just moment
and rad the statement you will find that
Il was directed to illegal registrations and
10 these alone, and challenge you Or any
tr,dv else 10 And in the statement any
word which might by any possibility be
oorstsued Az warning against legal regis.
trntiops. Immediately you, ~ chairman oi
the Republican State COMMITTEES, went 10
the press with a statement charging an az
tempt on my part to intImidhte hepnbii-
can voters Again yesterday you gave 70
the press letter which had been addressed
TO me and which is now IN my hands spe
officially alleging that ! had parlcipa,eI
in practices aimed nt Intimida.,oh o'
whole groups of citizens who are NJ legally
entitled To vote as you or !, Closing your
letter with the notice that your committee
would protect the Republican voters OF
this state The substance, therefore, OF
the matter tn this point is tl,at ] have rs
u,ed q warning against Illegal registrations
and YOU Immediately rejoin with the
charge that am intimidating Republicans
Don't YOU see that by your very act you
have convicted yourself and other re
publcans? In the premises, the only na-
rpnnble inference from your letter ~ that
the issuance Of my warning against IT.
legality intirnidated certain Republicans
1-hercforc inauptirh rs the warning xas
against illeedllty. II any of your Repubii-
can friends were intirnidated, IT must be
that they were contemplating viotanon
81 the law. | am ratbcr amazed that you
should assume this attitude OF self-con-
yicthon. .,
Your letter proceeds with The foi-
lowing paragraph:
~el'he illegal act OF intirnidatihg
and terrorizing citizens with obvious
voting qualifications by threat Q,
legal prosecutions which they can III
afford the time and money 10 ae-
feud. constitutes as serlols crime
against the honest expression OF pun
bc opinron at the polls az any at
tempt To influence votes by the use
nj money. bn,por and similar UNI
moral practices. =
iirrhe only pertinent consiru ctlon OF
this nararrauh seems TO be that yon Vouid
imprc~ the pubic with the thought that
I =, the official head Of the Democratic
uartv. fixed my party with the responsi-
bil,tv for 'int,rnidating and terrorizing
citizens with obvious voting quaiihcatiofls ;
| nv threat Of legal prosecutions, ana tiat
| mi. effects the responsibility for q num-
| her of years past, up To and 1nciunhig Sii'
last general election in this state, ikes'
mon the Republican party for the corrupt
ina,,enee of voters by the use of money
and other vicious practices. fepea
,ga,r, that the only terror that ! nave
| held ont for citizens has been extended
| "a ,hoae who. whether because Of their on 2
| v,cio,s disregard of the law, or because
of n,brniss,ion TO the influence OF others
contenpIaied violation Of the law my
m,bl,c statements and the testimony Of
tercd nv the State in the City Court yes
terday morning verify tins aosoiu'eiy
pea5es the finding Of the City Court al
the hearing Yesterday morning that there
wa. not even 'prIrna facfe tfiat y. ho
even an appearance Of case OF eonsf,sfaFS
against Mr. Kramer and myself as cbarg
cd. is In further confirmation oi my sta''
mcnt. The proof is, therefore. cohci''SiF'
that there has been no 'intlTnfia1ihg 81,
,erroriyinp of citizens with obvious votinE
quail fications. Therefore, mere ~ h',elii'is
10 onset the responsibility apparently ac
cepted by you for your party or l sllo.ia'
nrefer .o saw. for an element Of IT. Tor IN
,,,c,ons and c.rr1,pt practlces specis CALI
,,on,,cr,ed in the paragraph Of your lette
shove o,oted. and YOU again stand sell
conv,eted before that great mass OF cfeai
Z
cratic and independent faith.
! referring again 10 the alleged
legality of nv effort TO prevent reglstra
tions I, violation of the law you CON
nare this wholesome effort on my par
l to alleged former Democratic practice
of disoualifying honest Repubhcan voter
through the issuance ct Incorrect tax II
ce;nts and similar means. My effol
has been directed 10 worthy ena an
has had the approval of all good thlni
t inc citizens. Republicans and Democra
: aLle Therefore. il these efforts con
e nare' with the alleged former Dem'
: CRATIC practices, as suggested oy ,yo'
h then those former practices must nay
Y baen wholesome also Ii, however, the
!. have been tinwholesome practices on u
d nart ot the Democratic party, am vel
: glad that IT was In a former time,
d ,.our letter suggests. There is new ds
d IN Delaware in the Democratic party.
q have tried to impress you with TINS Ia
q heretofore and, as YOU VIII recall, Qrg'
n Won to 90 with me into the hight Oh u
new day, but you would not;
n "As To your notice that the 'Repuo
/, "a, State Committee will protect Z
y ,Ren,,bIican voters of thus State 10 5
1t that they are not cheated OF their L
ie r;phts of citizenship, | viii say that q
statement seems to be in keeping WI
he vour letter to the press on Satufu
y morning. Whereupon, | presume, s
es inference is To be drawn that your comm
e, tee began IL. protection on saturday
o. this is true. and was prompted as the
ot suit of my warning against liiegal reg
a. tration. | commend your wisdom, 2
is why YOU should feel it necessary TO
50 the public and me about 1t, am
quite able to understand
$, .sIu view of the character oil your i
Sc tor self-convicting in many respe'
G as | have clearly indicated, l nave &c &c
D at a loss TO know Just hat other th
p a set determination 70 Willy. coaid ms
as prompted it. II you We're IN any
>. sponsible for my unwarranted art
81 on Saturday on the warrant OF a cert
Ida Nav Chase, residing at NO. 10 NM
street. and, fearing for the ntnre,
y dressed your letter TO me with We"
self-protection. | hasten to assure
nc that in spite Of the venom OF your iett
80 / have refused to suspect participant
, on your part in this vicious sriof
II, anee. had not contemplated, ana 81
as not resort to, any action IN the future
ne .sThe particular thing IN your ht
'es which demands speciha challenge
ew the following paragraph thereof
of you. yourself, during the pas
sr few days have, by public statenen
and public appearance IN court :
q press under age cases asai'hs
ol Negroes of over forty-hve years Q
hs a age, directly participates ~ ala