The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09

tons Of service have made its member
ship the object of supreme desire, and as
1t Is easier to manipulate a legislature
than to convince a constituency. the ten
dency to bribery, corruption intrigue
plots and conspiracies has Increased, till
senatorial elections have become the
scandal and reproach of Republican gov
eminent. The whole purpose and design
of the constitution is thwarted. The pop
ular will Is disregarded. States are mis-
represented or deprived of their lawful
representation by loathsome and disgust
ing struggles that lack the dignity Of a
dog fight In the gutter. and are surpassed
In immortality only by the contests Of
Monte Carlo. Delaware presents typical
illustration of these malign and insup-
portable evils. The legislature for a few
years past has been Republican The
state has many eminent citizens Of that
political faith. qualified by attainments
experience and service for the senate, but
j. Edward Addicks has for the third time
deadlocked the legislature. The first time
he prevented an election. The second time
he caused a Democrat to be elected, and
now he has deprived the state of a Re-
publican successor to Gray and an
nounces that two years hence he will be
a candidate again.
]. Edward Addicks! Phoebus. what a
H..
To fill the speaking trump of future
flannel -.
is a citizen of Delaware for political
purposes only. He has made his money
and won his previous triumphs elsewhere
He is peripatettc statesman. who has
hitherto operated in gas stocks i'll Phila-
delphia. Having bought franchises and
corralled aldermen, his fancy took
broader flight and he concluded to pur-
chase a senatorship in Delaware. So he
contributed to the campaign fund and
announced his purpose. Does any one
suppose that J. Edward Addicks was the
choice of the people Of Della ware for this
position? Is there any citizen OF the
United States who does not know that the
only reason why he is a candidate Is his
bank account? Has he ever with voice
or pen. or counsel advocated Republican
doctrines? Has he-any claim to states
nlanship, knowledge of public affairs, ca
pacity for speech. that renders him in
dispensable to the public service? OF
course, such an assumption would be
preposterous, and yet this unspeakable
creature, with his selfish. impudent pre-
tensions, deprives the party of which he
asserts his membership. of a vote in the
senate for two years. as he has the right
and the power 70 do under the constftu-
ton.
SOME iDEADLOCKED STATES
In Montana the legislature was Demo
cratic. In the course of the contest thirty
one-thousand-dollar bills were exhibited
as the alleged compensation offered for
three votes by Clarke, who was finally
elected. He is mine owner and specula-
tor, of immense wealth. who lives in New
York city, where he Is about to build IL
palace. and one Of the ornaments OF the
picture gallery will be a painting for
which he paid $4,000 "a few months ago.
In the final roundup eleven Republican
members of the legislature voted for him.
securing his election. Is any one credul-
Gus enough to believe that those eleven
Republicans betrayed their party and
abandoned it's candidate without COM
pensation? Had Clarke been miner
with a pick, instead Of a mining Croesus.
would he hold the credentials as the SEN
ator from Montana?
After a long, unseenling wrangle, with
much recrimination, the legislature of
, Utah has adjourned without electing
senator, depriying the Democrats of, a
vote -
The legislature of California had still
more disgracefuI session, in which the
corrupt use of money was openly exposed,