Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-16

tenuon OF j. EDWARD AddtckB ami
started him ON his endeavor to reach
the Senate by the pathway OF elec-
ton corruption. the wholesale pur-
chase Of votes.
Thus was Mr.. Bayard's prediction
verified.
How The Buyers Worked.
The revelations of that campaign
Indicated that the evil of te-buying
had made alarming strides, and i'm
medlately afterwards Every Evening
made a careful investigation TO aseer-
tain the extent to which II had been
injected into the 1883 election. The
results were surprising, showing that
not only had an unusual number OF
property owners placed the price of
tax payment upon their suffrages. but
that there had grown up large num-
her of debased voters who demanded
cash consideration for their votes
In fact. the business had been re-
e1ced 10 system. and at Georgetown
Every Evenings investigator. under
promise not to make names public
was shown the vote buying sheet OF
the Democratic committee for elec-
tion day. The record wa. plainly
Kept, setting forth the NAME Of the
'orruptcd voter. tho name af tho agent
who dealt with him. and the amount
tgreed upon. which was promptly and
fully paid In each case Much in
formation also WIS given as to the
details of operation. and IL was said
TINT must nf the veual voters pre-
ferred selling to the Democrats, and
would even vote The Democratic
ticket for less money than the Re-
publican buyers offered There was
complaint Is many Of the marketable
voters. Il WAS said. 10 the effect that
he Republican agents were not as
honorable IN respect of secrecy as the
Democratic buyers were. and at times
would allow the information presented
by their lists 70 become public
property.
IN Kent county similar conffi-
liou WIS discovered. With an equal
progress in the extent Of tn evil.
The election day method there was 10
provide the buyers with berry checks.
ealling fer the price agreed upon per
vote 81. 81. or SIC. as fhe case might
he which fhe pure hased voter ex-
changed for cash at party head
quarters.
Only BOILED Ghestnuts "Went.~
Il Is somewhat curious 10 know
hat vote buying in the Kent and
sussex form was unknown in New
Castle county 1T that time, hut there
Is no doubt the custom spread to the
upper part of the State soon there
after. And here il may be appro-
pirate 70 mention an incident that oc-
Cured in Rrandywine hundred at an
election after Addieks had entered
upon his campaign. II was observed
by the Democratic workers that
well Addicks eader would be
approached casually by certain voters
after they had cast their ballots and
handed chestnut. which he would
put in his pocket. The sub
sequent movement of these voters in
timated further arrangements in the
way of payment for votes. and some
Democratic workers suggested
scheme for drawing heavily upon the
Addirks corruption treasury, II in
deed il WAS in operation Procuring
some chestnuts. they gave them to
Democratic voters and instructed them
70 hand them, in turn. 10 the agent OF
Addicks.
But the Addicks agent knew his
game and how 10 work it. The chest
ut handed him by the first Democratic
voter thus instructed did not find its
way into his pocket. but into his
mouth. He bit 1t in two and imme-
diately spat il out. with intimations.
If not words. to the effect that raere
was nothing doing The chestnuts
that pas ed current with him had
been boiled before being used in his
saue