Middletown transcript., 1895-09-14
BLOWING HOT AND COLD.

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| BLOWING HOT AND COLD.
The files Of our Delaware Democratic
exchanges would show that on the
question of Mr.. Addicks' relation tc
the Republican Party in the State they
can "blow hot or cold" to suit the oc.
casion. During the Senatorial strug.
gle in the Legislature the Every
Evening" gave Mr.. Addicks all the
encouragement possible. 1t had nc
regard for the welfare Of the State;
Its only thought was party advantage.
Now it is abusing him or rather the Re-
publican Party for his acts. But the
Democratic editors know how potent
has been the use of money in the elec.
tions in this State, in their own party,
and even in their primary elections.
A Sussex county Democrat who has
been honored by party nominations
several times and by office, "a worker
with the boys" said to a Middletown
gentleman this week, "we have come
to the conclusion that we must stop
the use of money +; it has really gone
too far and is getting beyond control. F"
What an admissionl The substance
is: "lt is all right so long as we can
control it and reap the results.'' But
the Newark LEDGER" had evidently
not been informed of the conclusions
OF its party associat les and it endorses
the Jacksonian doctrine, to the victors
belong the spoils, with the addition,
and it matters not how you get them.
The Ledger" said:
"Mr. Addicks intends to make his
political power felt in this State. He
is now laying his lines and drilling his
lleutenants for the coming fight. Mr..
Addicks is all right and, according to
political ideas, he should be Senator
for Delaware to-day. 1t belongs to
him by power of having carried the
State"
The Seaford "News," however, is
better posted on the new plan of attack
as may be judged from the following
clipping
$50 far as Mr.. Addicks is concerned
we feel satisfied he is very liberal with
his supporters and makes himself a
very agreeable gentleman to them but
he is doing all this for a purpose. His
liberality would be all very well if he
met his newly made friends on even
terms. but he is not. He asks U. s.
Senatorship as the price of his agree.
ableness. He is trying to market his
cleverness most exhorbitantly high,
And he knows he has got to use the
wiles and charms necessary to pros
titute the honor and patriotism of
Delawareans before he can accomplish
his aims. He has no fitness for such
trust. In such a position he would
hold the delegated authority of the
people of this entire State in the
national council and would be expected
to watch and defend their every in
terest but everybody knows that it is
not Mr.. Addicks desire to serve the
people Of Delaware that makes him
candidate for the Senate; he only
wants to use that great authority for
his own gain and his argument Of his
fitness is his money. It looks by this
time as though both Addicks and the
Republican party had had enough of
each other to learn that the sooner
they break their alliance the better of
they will both be. Addicks' election
would break up The Republican party
and the Republican party will be sure
to break Addieks ii if he continues to
gamble with it for senatorship."
Whether or not it will break Mr.. Ad-
dicks to continue to gamble with
Delaware politics, is an open question.
As the TRANSCRIPT has frequently
shown the Democratic workers have
educated the "foaters" to believe that
it is all right to take money from them
on election day. They have found the
way to the belief that Mr.. Addicks'
money is as good as any other, and
especially if there is more of it.
But there is one statement made by
the "News" that Republicans may well
consider: "Addicks' election would
break up the Republican party" This
would undoubtedly be true so far as
New Castle county is concerned, and in
New Castle county is the Republican
majority of the State. Mr.. Addicks and |
the few friends who stood by him to |
s'rule or ruin" to the end of the sena-
torial struggle, closed their eyes to this |
fact, potent to every honest man. The |
result was seen in the municipal cleo
tion in Wilmington in June. Two
causes operated to defeat the Republi-
can ticket, apathy of Republicans be-
cause Of the senatorial contest and the
hostility of a few Addicks men. 1t
only took few.
This "blowing first hot and then
cold'' by the Democratic press has
kept alive the Addicks flames. The
LEDGER in the same issue in which
it declared that Mr.. Addicks should be
senator, said: "Of course, Mr.. Ad-
licks can be beaten. viii our Re /