Middletown transcript., 1895-10-26
THE EVOLUTION OF ADD1cKs.

his sovereign right OF applying to tn
Delaware Historical Society for men
bership. The Delaware Hist0rica
Society has exercised it's sovereig
right of rejecting his application !
vote of "a to in society is just a
decisive as one of "a to 6 in Genera
Assembly.
An active canvass of the members q
the society was made in Mr.. Addicks
behalf. They did not want him an
would not have him, and there th
matter rests.
Without special reference to the ap
plication of Mr.. Addicks, it must b
conceded by every reasonable person
that the society has perfect right t.
say who shall and who shall not belon,
to it. Were this not true the repre-
sentative character and efficiency o
the organization would soon be des
troyed.
Mr.. Addicks is a much defeated
man, but he has that peculiar qualit!
of cheerfulness which is invulnerablt
to despair. In fact, a c0mmentariar
has said that his feelings are enclosed
in rhinoceros hide, and that about ex
presses the thing in a nutshell.
His first move in Delaware was tt
put up an extensive and expensive gas
plant, relying upon his powers of per.
suasion to have the streets thrown open
to him. He suffered defeat at the
hands of the Wilmington Coal Gas
Company, and the web of the Court oi
Chancery is SO woven about him by
his adversarieS that he cannot move
hand or foot.
The legislative struggle for sena-
torial hOnOrs resulted in his ignomin-
Gus discontinue. With but six votes
at his back, part of the time, and four
during the crucial test of the last day
of the session, he could do nothing but
play the dog in the manger with the
Republican horse. While Democrats
welcomed him as a tool, they depre-
Gated him as traitor 10 his party.
Chancery has guaged his business
standing; the General Assembly his
political standing, and the Delaware
Historical Society his social standing.
1t seems to be the plan Of campaign of
his adversaries to render him a man
without a business, without party,
without society and without home.
Democrats are complacently watch
ing the evolution of j. Edward Ad.
dicks.-Erening Journal.
The above is not copied because it
has anything unkind to say of Mr..
Addicks but for the reason that it ap-
pears to be an honest Democratic ex.
preston in regard to him. Mr.. Ad-
dicks himself is an unusual man. He
appears to court publicity, notoriety,
and is equally content whether good or
evil is said of him, whether it is the
1attery of friends or the seyerest cri-
ticism of his foes. He acts as though
his only desire is to be kept before the
'public-it matters not how-and be-
lieves P0pe's estimate of the public
was correct in his well-kDown lines:
Vice is monster of such frightful mien,
AS to be hated needs but to be seen;
But seen too oft, familiar with her face
We first endure, then pity. them embrace.
And in measure Mr.: Addicks is
correct. Who would believe that a
man could have any political standing
in party, who ~ refused to go into
caucus for U. s. Senator having failed
to secure majority of that caucus by
every means known to the, politician; !;
who ~ refused to abide by the deci-
sion of majority of his party's rep
resentatives in the General Assembly
as expressed time and again in the
ballots taken; who (3) entered into a
conspiracy with the Democrats to pre-
vent the election of Senator by his
party; who (4) is said to be using his
best endeavors against the seating in
the Senate Of the Republican whom
the best authority in the State claim is
legally elected under our ancient lawsp
Who we ask would believe that such a
man would have a following in his
party among thoughtful and honorable
men2 But he has. Mr.. Addicks had
hoLest votes in the General Assembly,
and has honest men as sympathizers
to-day. A man from Kent or Sussex
could during the session of the last
General Assembly look upon Mr.. Ad.
dicks as the Moses sent to lead the
party out of the political Egypt and
the bondage of the Bourbon Demo-
cracy. But how can he support him
nowp Because Of the persistent mis-
representation of interested parties
both as to Mr.. Addicks' attitude and
the attitude of other men during that
contest. Of course the "camp-fol-;
lowers" the fellows with an ak to
grind, are in the Addicks procession,
and they are noisy chaps ss a rule, and
keep up great shouting to frighten
timid people. And where will it all
leadp To the defeat of the Republi-
can Party if it is persisted in.
Do you want to know the Democra-
tic estimate Of Mr.. Addicksp Here it
is: "While Democrats welcomed him as
a tool, they deprecated him as traitor
to his party" Democrats are encour-
aging him now to denounce him in the
near future.
Do you want to know the feeling
towards Mr.. Addicks in Wilmington
where are his business associations?
Then witness the vote in the Historical
Society on his application for member
ship. That was non-political vote,
hence it must be taken as a protest
against the man outside Of politics.
Mr.. Addicks is his own worst enemy
politically. for his s'business politics.
will not take In Delaware. He may