When was it published?

December 18, 1880 in Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

Domestic News December 18, 1880

Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

Q: What keywords are associated?

Delaware Election, Vote Buying, Bribery, Political Corruption, Milford News

Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee

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What is this article about?

A report from Delaware describes extensive vote buying in the recent election, where up to one-fourth of voters sold their ballots for $10-20, including indigent men, property owners, fathers for sons, and professing Christians prominent in church work, ensuring victory for the candidate with the longest purse regardless of qualifications.

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A Washington special to the Cincinnati Enquirer: The state of Delaware, for which the republicans made a tough money effort to beat Bayard, is thus described by the Milford News, a reputable paper in the lower county, as it appeared in the late election: "In some ballots one-fourth of the voters were purchased. Not only men in indigent circumstances, but men owning real estate to the value of several thousand dollars, sold their votes for $10, $15 and $20 each. In some cases fathers included in the bill of sale the ballots of their sons who voted for the first time. Among these unmanly wretches were professing christians, men prominent in church and Sunday-school work. The evil is so widespread that the candidate with the longest purse, no matter what the qualifications for office, is almost sure to carry off the nominations."

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Crime

What keywords are associated?

Delaware Election Vote Buying Bribery Political Corruption Milford News

What entities or persons were involved?

Bayard

Where did it happen?

Delaware

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Delaware

Event Date

Late Election

Key Persons

Bayard

Outcome

candidate with the longest purse almost sure to carry off the nominations

Event Details

In the state of Delaware election, one-fourth of voters in some ballots were purchased, including indigent men, property owners worth thousands, fathers selling sons' first votes, and professing Christians prominent in church and Sunday-school work, for $10, $15, and $20 each.