Middletown transcript., 1897-01-16
OF THE +" SMALL FRY. ),

u6 I6cpuUitCduS u OoIdWhA0 dIo
under deep obligations to the mug
Wump Republicans for their present
political position. To Anthony Hig-
GINS Edward e. Brad Brad ftee ffteeffd efd, Wash
Hastings, General James II. Wilson,
and few small fry like McKendree
Downham, Henry L. Hynson, VIM. A.
Gum and others, the Republicans may
lay the blame for their present gener-
ally shook-up condition. 1t is no use
discussing the might have been. What
is done is past recalling, even would
the Democrats permit such to be pos.
sible. From the slough and mire Of de-
feat the. Republican party of Delaware
may look forward upon legislation
framed and aimed to prevent any fair
election or expression of opinion in
Delaware for years to come. These
Delilas of politics have shorn the locks
of their Sampson, and as the party sits
to-day in the ruins of its temple-help-
less to defend itself against rank and
partisan legislation-it is well to re-
mind the people as to who are respon-
sibie. That an empty honor which they
hoped would carry with it federal pa
tronage, might be obtained-these men
have sunk the Republican party of
Delaware into the same position it oc-
cupied twenty years ago, when the in
iquitous delinquent laws were con-
cOcted.
We blame not the Democrats for
stealing the Senate. the Constitutional
Convention, the House, the United
States Senator. No. The blame rests
with the mugwumps who made it pos
sible in Kent and Sussex counties for
such to be one.-"Chronicle."
Brother Hynson. one of the ssmall
fry'' mentioned, answers Brother
Townsend as follows:
"What our neighbor considers the
blight Of its disapproval will be taken
as a compliment by those it mentions.
For the benefit of the State and the
honor of her people, they determined to
defeat Addicks and thwart his unholy
schemes. They have succeeded up to
date"
And all The .small fryn answer
''amen.n
A "fry" means 'sswarn.," and a
''swarm" means q multitude" and
in good English it is always used in
connection with the useful and busy
creatures of Gods creation, never of
drones or ieeches. See then why it is
compliment to belong to the 'small
fry" And then the "small fry" have
habit of increasing despite the avar-
icious shark and the contemplate
leeches. The ''small fry'' is good;
We know Of nothing more descriptive
at the present.
It is better to laugh than to cry.
But seriously the "Chronicle'' cannot
point to one act of ours, one word
spoken or written, that it can justify
in charging the defeat of Republican.
ism at our door. The selfishness Of the
"Chronicle" and of the ''Union Repub-
licans" issummed up in its last SEN
tence-"m it possible in Kent
and Sussex" With sixty per cent. Of |
the Republican vote in the State in
New Castle county, with a majority of |
5000 as the last election shows, it was
the policy OF Mr.. Addicks to ignore
New Castle, in fact to defeat the party |
here as he did by making the first di-
vision county ticket in the State. and
his followers in Kent and Sussex con-
sen!ed and approved. Right there can
be found the causes for Republican de-
feat. The "Chronicle" before the
election said the ''small fry'' and the
"big fry'' opposed to Z Addicksism
would number only a few hundred.
The Chronicle" mislead and deceived
many honest Republicans into support
ing Addicksism, OF which the Rump
at Dover shows the true T
intent and spirit, the election of Mr..
Addicks to the Senate, by the oft-re-
peated claim that 1--WE shall win by our
money!" They lost and they have
pulled down the Republican Party in
to ''the slough and mire of defeat" and
a guilty conscience urges them to lay
the blame on others. 1t will not do,
Brother Townsend; you stand convic.
ted as a particeps cUinlinis to the de-
feat of Republicanism in Delaware.
But there is another peculiar declar-
alton in your article, Brother Town
send-peculiar in the eyes of honesty
and fair dealing. You charge the
Democrats with stealing, openly and
avowedly, or yet you" blame them not. -
or in other words you approve their acts.
That is the English of it. The only po-
litical b onesty in the State you by inn
plication accord to the small fryn and
their friends. There is hops for you,
my brother;
"While the lamp of life holds out to burn"