Middletown transcript., 1899-10-07
From Sussex Republican Sept. sOth.

4 rTOiu CuSSe4 hcpuDlCaHIOept' oOtus.
Republicans are only amused OF per
haps amazed at the conciliatorv tone o
the Addicks press. This earnest ant
continuous plea for harmony eminat
ing from that source means something
Only now and then do we hear thl
sound OF an old familiar chord acci
dentally struck when some Editor for
gets his part and reveals the old ami
mostly and hate still existing, although
concealed for the time beirg for pur
pose.
Addicks no longer permits himself Il
be interviewed on his political prospects
and for the time seems muzzled.
The often repeated, "I shall be Ssna'
tor from Delaware;" The bought The
goods and they should be deliyered;' :
"Addicks or nobody" no longer f1ll the
air.
These and like expressions so fami-
liar to every Delawarean are for the
present regigated to the rear and the
Addicks wolfe has assumed the pure
white cloak Of offended innocence. Ac-
cording to their papers, their only hope
and desire is joyous love feast of Re.
publicans. A gathering in, in one
harmonious whole Of all Republicans
in this State; one primary, &c. Every
Addicks voice is tuned down TO the
cooling and persuasive tone Of love.
All the energy of combined Addicks
forces is centralized on the accomplish
ment Of one object and that is the ar
ranging of some understanding with
the Republicans that will permit the
consummation Of all their plans, the
election Of Addicks to the Senate.
TEey have reason to be anxious to OBJ
tain the help and assistance of the Re-
publican party. They are well aware
that all their own efforts will not avail
them anything. The gold of AddiCks
cannot buy the Senatorship. It has
been costly experiment, but he ap.
parently is at last Convinced that he
cannot build up an organization, whose
only object is to elect him Senator.
He is convinced that there are enough
Republicans In the State opposed to
his organization to defeat any ticket he
may nominate and without them he
cannot win. He wants to win. He
wants their help, and with the assis
tance OF bis lieutenants he is trying to
fool them and trap them into the some
kind Of IN arrangement that will en-
able him 10 win by their help and
laugh at them for their pains.
Addicks and bis lieutenants are not
the only ones who have been benefited
by the experience of the last few years.
Republicans have had more than one
occasion to test the words and promises
of these followers Of Addicks,' and they
are convinced by this experience that
they are expert hands at making promi-
ses, but OF exceedingly poor memory,
when the time for keeping such promi-
ses arise. The men who were nomi-
mated as Union Republicans and voted
for on the Republican ticket, did not
hesitate to promise to elect Senator,
but failed to keep that promise when
afforded the opportunity. Such ex-
perience teach one that he may be fooll
ed once, but he is fool IL he permits
himself to be fooled the second time,
by the same persons and in the same
way.
We cannot accept the promises of
the Addicksities in good faith. We
cannot believe they mean what they
say, when they profess to be concerned,
for the welfare of the Republican party
only. We cannot accept their beauti-
fully worded harmonizing unifcation
editorials as the genuine article. We
have seen the same brand before and
found it to be genuine counterfeit. We
have heard this same kind Of music
before. Sometimes the seductive note
Of the string instrument, and some
times a brass band in full chorus. 1t
sounded well, we admit, but 1t proved
to be only sounding brass and tingling
cymbal. Being forwarned by such ex-
perience in the past, Republicans are
forearmed and pay very little attention
to this full chorus of Addieks voices,
singing harmony and unity, except to
expose their falsity.