Smyrna times., 1894-09-26
Who is Addicks E?

Ihls Is question that is often asLed
and for the information of our reoJor1
we give the following answer from the
Sunday Star, an independent Damoo
cratic paper, of Wilmington:
We fail to understand the attitnda of
me ~ newspapers here concerning Mr.. ].
Eu"ard Addlcks. One would suppose
i'"'I Ine irantic manner in which our
iocai co'emPorarl"s approach the sub
Jec. lhaI Mr. Addicks wa. desperate
So'O ol character-a man walking
around with dynamite ia his clothes
ana ana an evil purpose in his heart
whereas, the fact is Mr.. Addcks is an
entirely different sort of person. n
Is quite true that Mr.. Addicks is a
man of the world, a phrase which
means merely that he knows thing or
two-that his head is not filled ex.
cIusiVely with provincial ideas and
narrow notions. He is man of wealth
"a condition not to be wholly despised
though II certainly is held in the djrest
contempt by some people who are
breaking their neck 20 get there
Furthermore, Mr.. Addicks has mani.
tested disposition to invest some of
h!S money for the betterment of Will
miugton, fact that mas made MANY
lMplacaole enemies, act strange as IL
may seem. lie Is a citizen of Delaware
ana 1t Is even reported that he asnires
TO the honorable and exalted position
OF United States senator which asnira.
Clon, we may observe is not a crime
Notwithstanding that some of our con.
temporaries appear to think so. In
snort, Mr.. Addicks is widewake. in
telllgent and unusually successful
mau OF large affairs, who has seemingly
taken strong liking to Wilminpton.
and desires to identify himself more
closely, commercially and politically.
with that city and State. That he Is
qualified 10 enter the lists as a busi-
ness man OF CIR city 10 one who knows
h!m VIII Glspite, and that he is as fully
qualified 10 represent Delaware ia the
United states Senate a. many other
a>Pirauts 10 THAI honor il would he
iooiIea to doubt His position in the
business world is sufficient proof Of the
lact that he Is man of rare ability.
ana his liberal methods stamp him as
broad-mindeG, progressive and far-see.
ing.
This IS the sort of man that Mr..
AddicKs is, so far as we are able tn
Judge from 4 limited personal acouaint-
ance, supplemented by a careful stndvo of
the various transactions, public and
private, in which he has been actively
concerned. Yet be is habituallv
treated by the newspapers there as
though he were public enemy,
sometime ago a number of business
men OF Wilmington got together and
organized company for the purpose
OF setting forth the advantages of this
city, TO the end that capitalists might
be induced to make investments here
1t Is still in existence and is called the
Wilmington Industrial Improvement
Company. AS soon as the object of
the company was explained to Mr..
Addlcks he promptly subscribed $1,000
while the president of the gas com
pany, whose monopoly Mr.. Addicks is
trying to lift from the shoulders of
Wilmington, refused to subscribe a
cent. And it is a curious fact that
some OF the Very men who helped to
create that company are now striving
to prevent Mr.. Addicks from doing the
very thing that the company was
organized to induce him and other
business men to do-that is, to invest
their money here.
We are moved to these reflections
entirely from a sense of justice. For
the life of us we cannot see that Mr..
Addicks has done anything or left any-
thing undOne, that warrants the bitter
ness with which he is constantly re-
terred to in the daily press. On the
contrary, it seems to US that Mr.. Ad-
dicks IS very desirable sort of man to
have in any community, and the kind
who ought to be encouraged. The &ar
wishes him abundant success in his
campaign against ignorance, bigotry,
prejudice, and all manner of fogyism.