The sun., 1900-05-03
AS TO MOTIVES.

There has been an opinion current
upon the streets, since Monday, that the
utterances of the dupont Anti -Addcks
organ about the relation of the local
financial authorities to the High School
financial dilemma, was inspired; that
possibly some one, or some several per-
sons, had authorized the statement that
they were ready to furnish the money
required, upon the terms proposed in
the offer to furnish it made by Mr. Ad-
dicks.
That opinion appears to he erroneous.
The dupont organ does not even know
how mueh money the Board OF Ednca-
ton needs 1t says the board needs
500, 900, and says the people, for whom
it assumes to speak, are willing to fur
nish $500, coo "when the board convinces
them that they can be made reasonably
safe in SO doing. =
We have no doubt OF several things
anent this First, that the du Pont-
Anti-Addcks organ is talking through
its hat--talking for talk sake. Second,
that it has no knowledge of the boards
financial needs and resources. Third,
that it would be very hard to convince
the "public-spirited men," OF whom it
speaks, OF reasonable safety in doing
what they do not want to do. We have
the very best authority for saying that
$50 900 secured now, would enable the
Board of Education to complete the
High School building without further
difficulty. The talk about $l00,00(
needed, and $500, 600 awaiting the usel
OF the Board OF Education, is all non
sense. A part Of this story is known tc
be false; probably the whole of it is o
the same character.
As to the motives underlying the prof
fer OF Mr.. Addicks, and the supposed t,
be inspired talk OF the du Pont-Anti-Ad
dicks organ, there can be no comparison
between them. Mr.. Addicks' motiv
plane is too high to be focused in th
same field with that of his detractor
and deiamers. If, as these detractor
and defamers say, Mr.. Addicks has an
po itical motive in his proffer OF assist
ance to the Board OF Education-there
no proof OF that-surely it is in the lin
OF deserving we'll OF the public to whor
. lie must appeal for support; to wi
: by honorable service the coniidenC
; aud esteem CT his fellow citizens
(, And ii we understand anything Of whf
is called good common sense politics,
, is that the honors belong TO men VIII
win the confidence and esteem Of I'll
+. public by good and important service
{ rendered. That, ii we concede SO muc
$ OF the Anti-Addcks contention as col
nec,s Mr. Addicks offer to aid in con
$ pleting the High School with politics,
. his position. An honorable one in ever
! respec..
4 What OF the motive OF the other sid,
a There has been no authorized proffer
t aid to the Board of Education from thi
o side. There has been lot OF opposin
e newspaper criticism, and expression
e alarm over the prospect of the compl
s ton of the building with Mr.. Addick
). aid. The first motive discoverable
t this opposition talk, is to pre- 7ent tt
e completion OF the building, and secon
Il to prevent Mr.. Addicks from receivir
Q the political advantages which thes
opponents of the new High School ente
prise fear would come to him under Il
O circumstances. Neither of these motiv
e is good one. The first one grows out
e disregard for and distrust of the mass
e of the people. The second ia the produ
b of personal and political prejudic
z inimical to the public we'll bein
and which has wrought polite
havoc in the State, and in the Repub
can party organization; apolitcal pref
y dice that has been built upon and su
i ported by Misrepresentation and decei
n which inspires aud holds together p
,. litical organization formed for the mo
# disreputable political purposes-the
If feat of the will of the people as express,
q in their ballots; the continuance f
e government by political outrage, ar
l. the securing of few paltry federal a
\. pointments.
it This is the genesis, character and pu
e pose OF the motive that inspires the d
r Pont Anti -Addicks organ to talk abo
Q motives in pretended proffer of half
i million dollars to the school board-the
o is not the hundredth part of halt mi
/ lion dollars behind its blowing. tt
l. sentiment behind it is one OF hate an
: destruction.
REpI-RIIcASs who hava heen talLiy