Evening journal., 1898-03-16
rHE NEw MAcHrNE sHoP.

Ilflcal machine. It Is to be installed In
house on King street, not far from
Ninth, and the men who are 10 run 1t
have been selected already. 1t is to be
Known as the Want tO-Win Shelving
and Amalgamating and Slate Making
Machine OF the First District. For the
time being, Mayor McLear is TO act as
chief engineer, but in Little while
a regular stan of competent and practi-
caa men will be elected TO take charge
OF the plant, and, as rapidly as pOssl-
Die. belt-Mne connections will be made
with the outlying hundreds, where
smaller. machines OF the same pattern
will be set up and put in active opera
ton.
It is a simple and yet an ingenious
niece OF mechanism, and will supply a
long-felt Republican want. 1t is de
signed DO perform three important
pieces OF work at one and the same
time. The first is TO keep ex-senator
Anthony Higgins on the shelf should
ne show any desire whatever TO par
ticipate in political affairs. either in
person or by proxy. From a heavy up
right piece a strong radius crane is to
be operated for the purpose of placing
J. Edward Addicks on the shelf at the
frst opportunity which presents itself
Then there are two long arms, de-
signed TO grasp and hold the Addicks
following and, the Higgins following,
with a time-lock attachment to keep
them in place until the Wednesday, nol-
lowing the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1898.
The inventors OF the machine expect
great things 10 come Of it. AS rapidly
as possible they will provide special at
tachments. to lift themselves into po-
sitions OF trust and power, and other
attachments to strike down all asDi-
rants who do not wish to rise by the
regular machine method.
Pending the securement of letter.
patent, the inventors are averse to Civ
ing plans and specifications for pub
lication, but, 10 the manl who peeps
through the window, it looks as though
the radius crane attachment is LITTLE
weak and likely to give way ait Rny
determined resistance ON the part O
OAR. Addicks.
The engineers are TO be men whs
learned their trade In the Higgins ma
chine shop when Frederick Eden Bacl
was general superintendent and Cit.
Auditor Billany and City Tax Collec
tod Edmund Mitchell, Jr., were fore
men. Their long experience promise
to enable them to get all out OF tn
machine that there is IN 1t, and som
OF them have already ordered thei
overalls in anticipation OF appoint
ment. The day for the trial trip q
the mechanical wonder has not yt
been set by Mayor McLear, but, whe
u is, 1t is likely that the machine sho
on King street will be crowded wit
politicians who are stockholders In tn
concern.
The Bach machine was run by pr
cess Of combustion OF fat and gall, bl
st is understood that personal magn'
tism Is to supplement these two forc'
in the operation OF the machine whiC
is about to be set UP. On the nam
plate just above the large driving
wheel will be the inscription: ''Fait
Hope and Charity-The Children @
for It."
This machine is not TO be used Z
social diversion. The one farther dow
the street supplies all such reQuiT
ments. On the front door OF the NJ
machine9hon there will be a sign; 81
Admission Scept on Business" t
plant will IS operated with a dout
shift OF hands from the start, and
will be run night and day from NJ
until November unless the supply
fat and gall gives out
The company Is composed OF thC
men who have decided that Republic
success In Delaware is a matter OF /
possibility as long as ex-senator H
gins and ]. Edward Addicks are perm
ted to be regarded as the heads OF
two great factions. They have concll
ed that neither can harmonic the pa
In his interest and that it is about ii
that they were removed from the ST
Of the voters. Therefore these want
win men have decided to put both
dicks and Higgins on the shelf and
keep them there. They then proI
10 heal the sores and rebuild the pt
organization under new auspices
leaders.
Mr.. Addicks placed Mr.. Higgins
the shelf about three years ago,
there seems to be no disposition on
part to leave II. He has given II
that he has retired from politics
that he proposes. in future, to de
himself wholly to the practice OF
II is probably a wise conclusion, 10
had nothing more to hope for in the
litical field. He became senator by
cident, and he went out OF servic
deliberate design, the explosion /
OF external character. His retiren
however, left a good many OF
frianda without a leader and