Middletown transcript., 1895-06-29
MIDDLEToWN, DEL, JUNE 30, 1895.
SCRATCH, THEN, sCRATCHM

Mr.. l.. Irving Handy mas got DlIe,
and consequently the itch, and our
advice to him is, scratch" 1t is not
an ordinary bite that troubles the ed
itor of the Euery Erening for nothing
ordinary could get through his pachy-
dermatous hide. This is the way he
wriggles as he scratches:
"a man named McKendlee Down
ham, ,whoruns little newspaper atMid-
dletoWn, has for several months with
out provocation and without truth, per-
sistently and viciously DETAINED Every
Euening and Euery Euening's editor.
Old soldiers will remember that during
the war, in addition to the usual dan
ger of battle and hardships of camp,
they were afflicted by a gray-backed
kind of vermin. We are soldiers in
the cause of good government, and, to
make the analogy complete, this
Downham louise is upon us. "-EUery
EUening
Of course he knows what is on him.
He writes with familiarity Of the
genuine article that in our ignorance
we cannot dispute the correctness of
his conclusions. We are sorry to admit
it because of the gentlemanly appear
ance Of "Prof. L. Irving Handy" our
friend of the olden days, when he often
said, "Mack, old boy, you are doing
more for the cause of education in
Sussex and for Constitutional Conven-
tion in the State than any other man
in it," but personal appearances are
now against him, we must admit, and
since he has become politician of the
Bob Handy class, with ''put her there,
Bob, old boy, congratulate you," his
looks do not deny the self accusations
he makes against himself. We are
sorry for the sake of old times, but the
only advice we can give under the
circumstances is, "scratch! old boy,
scratchw
But joking aside. The readers of
the TRANSCRIPT know that it's editor
would never stoop to write paragraph
like the one from Every Evening. 1t
is low; it is vulgar. But that is not all.
1t is a virtual acknowledgment of
every charge the TRANSCRIPT has
brought against the Every Evening and
its editor. Having no other defence
he stoops to vile comparisons. Such
comparisons are harmless-harmless to
the TRANSCRIPT and its editor.
They injure their author and shame
journalism. Our advice to Mr.. Handy
in this connection is, Don't. The
people have some respect at least for
your ability. Don't; reform and be
man.
We defy the Every Evening to quote
one charge we have madeand to dispute
it. Treat us honorably. Quote what the
TRANSCRIPT says and prove that we
are wrong. We have told only the
truth and the Every Evening knows it.
We have said its editor is a "hypocrite"
and proved it. He contributed to the
Democratic corruption fund and yet |
denounces others for that of which he |
is guilty. He says the Every Evening
is opposed to bribery and yet its owner
gave $4,000 to the Democratic fund |
last fall. Is not that true? Is not the |
Every Evening hypocritical?
The TRANSCRIPT charged that Mr.. |
Handy is coward. lie attacked |
President Cleveland, Senator Gray and |
the Democratic Congress through an |
other paper, endorsing what that paper |
said, not daring to say it himself. Said |
the last Democratic Congress was not |
capable of having policy. Was not |
that cowardly? He maligned the Chief |
Executive of this State as he lay upon |
his death bed as the dews of death |
were gathering upon his brow, without |
excuse and without reason, and has
not had the manhood to make an ac-
acknowledgement of the error, if error
it was, though silence, makes it ap-
pear Intentional. Was not that cow
ardly? Mr.. Handy cannot deny SIM
gle charge we here reiterate. They |
are true and no one knows it better |
than he. He has "persistently and |
viciously defamed' men in this State |
who do not agree with him, and the |
TRANSCRIPT is not afraid to tell him |
so, but in the telling will produce the |
proof every time. Of course we know
it makes him scratch, and he deserves
to scratch. We say, let him scratch.
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