Middletown transcript., 1895-12-07
MORE WARNING NOTES


obt aims in certain quarters.
MORE WARNING NOTES
Last week the estate Sentinel
which is controlled by Addicks, quoted
the swords of warning" from th'
TRANSCRIPT the "News and Adver-
tiser,n and the Morning News" an(
commented to the extent of nearly {
column and half. George W. Rob
erts who has been doing the writing
for some months for the "Sentinel' fol
pay and at the same time has been
going around with Mr.. Addicks with
one speech which he makes whatever
the occasion while Addicks without
ability to speak for himself looks on
and smiles, acknowledges himself the
author of this tissue Of falsehoods.
That the people of Middletown and st.
Georges Hundred may know how lit.
tie of truth there is in the statements
we quote the part relating to the
TRANSCRIPT and the situation here:
The editor of the TRANSCRIPT, to
quote loyal Republicans from his own
legislative district "cuts very little ice. "
Within week we shave been assured
by Republicans who have been potent
factors in the politics of st. Georges
Hundred, that the TRANSCRIPT does
not represent the Republican senti-
ment of that hundred. For whom,
then, does he speakp just no one but
himself. We know this from personal
observation. Upon the occasion of
Mr.. Addicks' visit to Middletown
while en- route to the State Fair at
Dover, the editor of the TRANSCRIPT
was about the only man in that town
who refused to accord him the ordi-
nary civilities incident to the hospita-
BILE reception of the visitor. He was
an awfully lonely editor then; and we
have learned since that he, and his
friends, have been making serious ef-
forts to find him a congenial place
elsewhere. 1t is getting too cold to
stand out Of doors now, and the pub
lie places about MiddletoWn are gener-
ally filled by friends of Mr.. Addicks.
One thing about this extract from
the TRANSCRIPT. The editor con-
cedes that the Republicans of Kent
and Sussex counties are, practically,
all the friends of Mr.. Addicks. This
means not merely that the editor of
the TRANSCRIPT knows that to be
true, but the bitter, personal opponents
of Mr.. Addicks, of whom the TRAN
CRIPT and its editor are representatives
know it to be true and admit it. This
is an important fact to remember in
reading the other editorial extracts"
There are five bold, bald, and bare
faced lies in the above statements. In
fact the whole Addicks schema stands
upon false foundation. The fictitious
strength he has, is built up in one
community upon the misrepresenta-
tions of his following in another. The
men employed by him are rendering
this kind Of service to help along his
campaig ign.
1. Does the TRANSCRIPT not rep
resent the sentiment of St. Georges
Hundred as the "Sentinel" charges?
What are the facts? We know but one
Addicks Republican in St. Georges
Hundred. There may be others as We
do not pretend to know all the Repub
licans of the Hundred though we know
many of them and know their opinions
Of Mr.. Addicks and of all these there
is but one "Addicks Man." We have
made special inquiry for Addicks men
since reading the ''Sentinel' article and
with the above stated results. We
have seen during the week every Re
publican, outside the members Of the
band, who SCALED upon Mr.. Addicks
on the occasion Of his visit'' here, and
there is not an Add,cks adherent
among them. In fact those gentleman
did not "call upon" Mr.. Addicks "to
pay their respects" as political leader
but happened at the hotel and met
him. Two of tlese gentleman have
stopped the writer upon the streets |
this week to commend the editorial |
utterances of Saturday and to endorse |
The opinions of the "News and Adver-
User" and the Morning News" It |
does not appear from this that the ed
tor is very lonely and especially since |
he only Addicks man in the hundred I
ives out of town, very pleasant gen.
.leman but whom we see only occa-
'ionally. So much for falsehood No 1.
2. What is the meaning of this:
THE editor of the TRANSCRIPT was
.bout the only man in that town who
efused to accord him the trdinary civ
lities incident 10 the hospitable recep-
ion of the visitor" The inference is
hat we treated Mr.. Addicks rudely.
That is false. 1t is said that he met
ess than dozen Republicans in town,
he others let him alone, and thus "ac-
orded him the ordinary civilities"
.hopgh the "Sentinel'' would lead its
saders to believe that all save the edi;er
f the TRANSCRIPT "bowed down. and
the golden calf" This is
alse. The fact is if by any chance,
nd no well informed man believes it
ossible, Mr.. Addicks should secure
-on the county ticket
II the persuasion and arguments the
ditor of the TRANSCRIPT might use,
ould be see his way to do it. would
ot prevent scores of loyal Republicans
d st. Georges Hundred cutting those
hen. They are loyal Republican,
1anting no favors, own themselves,
nd are irrevocably opposed to SAD
icks or nobody" So much for the
,cond falsehood. X
8. aWe have learned that be and !
Is friends have been making serious ]