Milford chronicle., 1932-10-28
GRANTLAND HITS
BACK AT BIGGS
[COntinned from First Paael

every election with which such po-
litical committee was concerned
land the election referred to is the
one at which any candidate for cleo
ton was voted for and a candidate
for election includes all persons
whose names are printed as candi-
dates on the official ballots, or in
any official sticker) if the amount
received or expended shall exceed
the sum of fifty dollars, file full,
true and detailed account, subscrib-
ed and sworn or affirmed to by him,
setting forth each and every sum of
money contributed, received or dis
bursed' by him for election expenses.
"Since my tenure of the Office Of
Secretary of State no treasurer of
political committee has filed such
an account until after the election
at which the candidates were voted
for or with which such political
committee was concerned. No candi-
date for election has ever filed such
an account until after. the election
at which the candidate was voted
for and then only the successful
candidates have filed such reports.
Section 25 of the Act specifically
provides no officer of any corpora
ton, whether incorporated underV
the laws of this or any other State
or any foreign country, except cor
porations formed for political pur-
poses, shall pay, give or lend, or au-
thorize to be paid, given or lent,
any money or other valuable thing
belonging to such corporation to any
candidate or to any political COM
mittee, for the payment of any cleo
ton expenses whatever.
"In a statement subscribed and
sworn to by MIR. Biggs he deposes
and says inter ALA that he received
a stated amount from a Delaware
Corporation as a contribution to his
election expenses as a candidate for
Attorney General. This is not an
account Of receipts by the Demo-
cratic State Committee, of which |
Mr.. Biggs is the chairman, but a
contribution to his own election eX-
penses.
"The officer of the aforesaid cor
poration has admitted to a most re-
liable person that he made the CON
tribution from the corporations
funds and the money was to be US
ed for the purpose of securing the
lists of voters, either obtained or to
be obtained by the Democratic City
Committee, for the use of the State
Tax Department.
"The sworn statement of Mr.. Biggs
seems TO indicate that the money
was turned over to the Treasurer OF
the Democratic City Committee
within a few days after the receipt
thereof by Mr.. Biggs-
"It is most curious that Mr.. Biggs
should choose to deliberately break
the provisions of the Delaware laws
permit the violation of such laws by
another and by so doing disregard
the plain meaning of the law. 1t IS
but fair to state that Mr.. BigSs has
sworn to another statement to the
effect that the money which he cred
tied to the Delaware Corporation
was contributed by an individual
md it probably was indirectly. How
ever. the fact remains that the mon 1,
ey came from the corporation, ac-
eording to the statement of the Civ
sr. and was to be used for the pur-
pose of defrayng the expenses III
,ident to the furtheraIce of the
election of Mr.. Biggs to a public cf-
ice. A list Of Democratic voters
vas necessary to the furtherance of
Mr.. Bigg's campaign for the nomi-
lation as Attorney General and such
/ list was to 3e used by the eiver to
,heck up on income tax returns re- 1
Iuired of the citizens Of Whining
on. (
81 am informed by those l believe
IL a position 10 know that when the
Investigating Com
nittee sits n Delaware again, and
t may never do 50, there will he
representative; on such 3
committee and detailed account ct
lection expenses, if so desired, VIII
'e presented by the Better Govern
lent League and those connected
With it. k
"It is only fair mt this juncture to
lake the statement that the actlvi-
les of Mr. Biggs' co-workers in all 8
arts of Delaware belle his anxiety g
hat this campa gn he conducted iii
high plane and prove his personal &
ledge worthless"