Evening journal., 1899-01-11
rHE QuIXorE oF KENr.

10 do with IT, He thinks he is poli-
tician and longs to become the politi-
cal leader Of Kent county. We make
no pretense of being a politician ano
have no ambition for political leader
ship. This is the difference between
us.
When he Gays that he has been the
object Of vtuperation and abuse al
our hands he skates q falsehood. IL
we have committed any offense against
him it has been in adhenng loo close
~ to the truth He is his newspaper,
and his newspaper is he. The one rep
resents the other and nothing besides.
His money is used TO run the news.
paper, and the newspaper is used Il
run him. ell stands for nothing else
and Il stands for nothing else. Moth
ing that either can do VIII influence
the composition or destiny OF the
Democratic party in the eilghtest pa1-
ticuiRr. He has been pleased 10 cali
us his critic. We disclaim the desig-
nation. We have been, rather hie
apologlst. He does net need critic
but a political trustee.
He prates Of doing bis duty to the
Democratic party knowing that he
would, il he could, wreck II for the
furtherance Of his own silly ambition.
He set out to do 50. and resents the
tact that the Democratic press has In
part commanded him to ha.s, and In
part wholly ignored his nonsensicai
and Quixotie crusade lie claims than
he has the support Of "nine-tenths Of
the olean-handed, honest Democrats OF
the state" in his efforts. We claim that
not one-tenth Of the Democratic voters
Of the state ever see his paper, ana
that but FOR the publicity given his
reform crusade by the Evening Jour
nal aud other papers which have call
ed him to book, not one-tenth Of the
Democratic voters Of the state would
have known that he had gone of on
this political tangent. He claims that
he Is receiving encouragement from all
parts OF the state, aud that he will
so on, notwithstanding the names he
is called" We want 10 know what
this encouragement is? Not Demo
cratic newspaper has taken his cue
They have either dg-lbbed him un.
mercifully for his presumption, or ig
nored II altogether. He has been pub
fishing a series OF patent, seI-iauda
tory communications which were writ
ten BY member Of his own family
They represent no sentiment but tha
Of a desire to help him out OF a hole.
The editor Of the Dover Delawareal
may reply as he sees IT. IL our pub
lie virtue and private worth were n
better than his own we SHOULD be pc
culiarly susceptible to attack. w
simply repeat the assertion that maj
who owes everything he has to th
Democratic party; who would hav
been utterly unknown but for the ad
vRntages which that party gave hir
and his; who has enjoyed NOR
public pap by the grace Of the Demo
cratic party than any other editor /
the state, AIS the auditors accounts wi
show; whose ancestors were mad
what they became, in political and mi
terial worth, BY the grace Of II
Democrtic party; who received hui
dreds Of thousands Of doiiars in sa
aries and fees; whose friends an
supporters received much more in SUI
stance. al Of which are fully set fort
nthe financial reports OF the natiC
and state. must be lost to all sense
honor and gratitude when he attack
on the very heel Of crushing defes
the parry organization which honor
him ana his ancestors and gave hi
and them an rhis honor, money al
comfort. II is a dastardly piece
work, unparalleled in the history Of I
state. II We were 10 take the fna
cial statements Of the Federal COVER
menn. and those Of the state cover
ment, and cun out, item by item, t
honorary and pecuniary benefits viii
ne and his have derived throu
the Democratic party. and which III
never otherwise could have ohtainl
and print them in tabular form; II
were to print a list Of the money a
honors which have come to tn
friends through the Democratic part
and II we were to search out and pr
the pecuniary benefits accruing fr'
legislative fayors, the showing in h'
OTIS and dolras and cents would be
revelation to the people Of Delaw,
who have footed the bill.
And the idea Of this men. in an
deavor TO 1oect himself into a pll
which he has neither the mental
nor the acumen to fiji, holding up
public view the party leaders OF
state, nom Senator Cray. congre
man Handy and State Chairman Jc
Btggs down to those holding humf