The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-20
The Man from Nowhere.

suppose that Mr.. j. EDWARD ADDIcKs,
the Man from Nowhere and Everywhere,
who is now trying to make the Republicans
in the Legislature Of Delaware elect him a
Senator in Congress from that State. were a
pauper instead Of a man Of substance, where
would he claim u settlement What parish
or township would have to open its Poor
house to him and give him the run Of the
town farm /, Does he belong in Pennsyl-
yHnia, New York, Jersey City. Boston,
Providence, Brooklyn, or B-ookline We
appeal to the Overseers OF the Rich. He
.is houses, apartments, and offices at vari-
Gus stations Of his migratory and wander
ing life, but where IL his homer Has he a
home anywhere! Is he not a homeless man,
IA Man from Nowhere and Everywhere ?
Has he any better right ~ far as residence
is concerned to be Senator from Delaware
than to he Senate from New York, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts, or New Jersey ,
In gaseous, elusive, and highly odorous
qualities, che citizenship and local habitation
OF Mr.. J. EDWARD ADDICKS are suggestive
Of the source Of his wealth but as a gas
leak can be traced, SO the localizing of this
Peripatetic Eastman can Ike accomplished by
following the leak in his wallet, and that
leak leaked into Delaware.
There are only nineteen Republicansin the
Delaware Legislature. and they make a ma.
iority OF hat body on joint ballot. Mr..
ADDICKS must have seen hat it would be
easier and cheaper to fill nineteen men with
gas than n larger number We can con-
ceive no other reason for his choice Of Della
ware as his field OF political investment. He
must have looked for quick returns when
he invested In delinquent taxes In 1899.
Quick returns and large profits, for, apart
from the honor, the salary Of u United
States Senator is five per cent. or more u
year on the amount said to nave been put
into political investments in Delaware by
the Hon. GAS ADDIcKs in 1895 and later.
Besides, he feels weary of wandering. He
wants To know what State he comes from
and where he belongs. He wants TO cease
to be gaseous and to become fixed. He wants
to cease to he The Man from Everywhere
and Nowhere, and become known and recog-
nized IA the Eastman of Delaware.
We are far from attributin9 to Mr.. j.
EDWARD ADDICKs any intention OF procur-
ing his settlement or election In Delaware
by means that he regards rs dishonorable. |
He has simply made an investment on his own
account, and he asks the Dela Republi-
rams to let him fix his residence among
them for election purposes, and To guaran-
tee the investment for six years. II he has
or social ambitions in connection
with his investment, they are doubtless
ones. IL may be conceived that he
has a high respect for the Senate, and Is
nxiou to add lustre to it by adding to its
roll the name Of a gentleman geographic
,ally 80 uncertain and financially so solid.
Genius is above directories and maps, and IL
he Hon. j.. EDWARD ADDICKs OF Every
and Nowhere has not "a genius for
gas, we SHOULD like to know who has.
II the Delaware Republicans want 10 be
represented by IA Senator OF trained ability
md intellectual force and experience, they
will reflect ANTHONY HIGGINS; but IL they
to crafty the yearning of a shooting
tar to become fixed, il they want to vel
ONE n wanderer from Everywhere, and
how tina: Delaware il u safe and profitable
icld of political investment for outland-
sh men, they will elect the Hon. GAS AID
Ii is idle to say that the Hon. GAS
would be of no use or ornament in
he Senate. The n would be Of great
Ise and ornament To the Hon. GAS ADDICKs.
ie is not n person that puts out something
Dr nothing