Evening journal., 1898-12-06
ANorHER WORD To CRoAKFRs.

tician, chronic office-holder and polatl- |
cal mArplot, it IS no affair OF ours. II
is a personal matter in which no one
but hFmssrf is interested. But when the
presumEs TO say THAI the Democratic
leaders Of the state are professional
politicians, chronic office-hOlders and
political tricksters, and that it is time
for them 10 experience the same
change Of heart which now aiicts him.
it is an entirely different mheter, and
every Demccrbt in Delaware is inter
esked. We repeat THAT we have no pa
tience with man who has newer done
anything else but dhbbge in politics;
who has he'd two OFFICES In four years;
who accepted an office which he know
had been obgafned by fraud, coming to
the front at time IKE this and read
ing his PARTY lecture on the evils
OF professional politicians. chronic Of
nce-holders and political trlckery. He
may confess his own sins OF commits
sion and omission; herald to the
world the facp THAT the clouds have
opened and exposed TO view his own
political sinFulness and THAT he has de-
te1nIned to leah better life in fu-
ture; but the Democratic party OF Del
aware HAS never constituttd him its
father coutessOr, nor has It requested
him to shriye it OF It's sims. If he is
going to publicly read his political lit
any in the extremity OF his distress let
him not forget that the slrppzcation is
worded, God have mercy ON me, a
poor, miserable sinner," and not God
have mercy on them, poor, miserable
sinners" Democrats will not tolerate
such pharasalcal hypocrisy. If he has
confessions tomake let thembe made i'm
his own mamie and not in the name
ct the Democracy OF Delaware, which
lis in Mo sense bound by amy OF hqs
declarations. II he Will do this no
Dsmocrst Will object, although many
will feel compassion for man who
Sau.-Efbe, has to be knocked from his
saddle by am Addlcls thnnderbolt be-
fcre coming to a painful realization OF
his true state Of p0ittical unhtness.
The editor Of the Dover Dslawarean
reminds us OF certain conylvdal New
Yorker who. c1nging to a lamp-posi
to keep from falling in the gutter, be-
held THAT crack military organization.
the Seventy first Regiment, National
Guard OF New York. sweeping down
Firth avenue Looking at it inItently FOR
few seconds he turned to sober by
stahder and said:
Il knew THAT SOME Of the boys took
whasloey occasionally. but IN be
uhrned II ever saw the whole regi.
menk drunk before"
We have requesa.u this reformed
Democratic politician to give us tht
names Of The Democratic leaders who
have been showed TO the background
and whose places have been usurpet
by Reconstructed leal5erls. profess
sionnl politicians. chronic office-holden
and pollNical tracksuers. He has dodgeJ
the question and is hitting behind ,
mhss OF ancient HISTORY and parity tra'
dkton whacsi Is eSsiiizss!ssT property and
as cgose TO the controversy as are ths
Declaration OF Independence ant
Washington's farewell address. II nv
VIII c1me out from between the leaves
Of scharrs History OF Delaware, meei
the issue which he has raised and FUR
nish us with a list Of thE sc Democratic
leaders who have been showed to ths
bRckgrounh We viii prove to him By
a critical and truthful analysis thai
nine out OF every ten OF the men whom
he namIs have received more from tbs
party than they ever earned, and thas
in their day and generation, they wer'
just as professional in their polftica
practices; just as eagsr TO be withm
the comfortable walls OF a lucrative OF
flee, and just as guilty OF chicanerr
tribute to the Democratic leadlrs OF TO
day De.awara is full Of men who hav'
been the recipients of bountiful IA
yors from the Dembcratic party, anS
who, Ike the editor Of the Delawar
aen. stand ready to throw stone al
thk instrument which made them wha
they are in political. professional an'
bu8iness life. But for the advantage
Of Elevation AFFORDED them by IN
Democratic party they would hay'
lived and diiH in the obseursty OF thei
own wards and hundreds. and III.
world would never have known tina
they were born. much less lived.
these are the men whom the editor o
the Dover Delawarean would name w
hrD7e thht b. VIII begin with the civi
war, come down TO the present day
and see how many Of HIS own nea
and dear friends are Included in tn
lssk Of those who Obtained all the.
could fTcm the parity. many OF then
much more than they deserved at 10
hands ard RETIRED with a csor,h,eeencF