The sun., 1900-11-15
AN OUTRAGE on DEcENcY.

AN OUTRAGE ON DECHNpl.
The newspaper correspondents are
again at their old meddlesome and dis
crcdtable tricks anent Delaware poli-
tics. AS rule these gentry have been
allied with the opposition and nave
worked IL disrupt and defeat the Re-
publican party. AZ Republican faction
lists and Democrats they have worked
continually il the interest of the Demo
cratic party II this interest they nave
rencatad and given the widest possible
circulation 70 eyer8 hit q paefile gossip
and every deyilish political lie that has
been invented and which could in any
way be tortured into i dscrelit to the
Union Republicans II general, and to
MI. j. Edward AdlicKs il particular.
Tho result has hcen that wherever this
eossip and those lie. circulated, and
where contradiction was impossible Mr..
AddicEs as the leader Of the Inion Re
publican party, and III, political friends
have bner regarded 4, being political
which their sclf-rishtcous critics We're
bound % respect. The critics had know
inel, and wlfuiiy made false sentiment
whici, apparently approved what they
did and they accepted this approval for
license to commit any outrage against
common sense and common dccency that
they could concoct. The disclaimer from
the Philadelphia Record, which We print
at tha head of this column is proof Of a
case in point outrage on dcccncy."
1hn matter complained of was a
garb.ad and purpooc,y misleading state
mem ii the subject matter of con-
ycfssian between Mr. and Mrs ]. Ed
ward Addicks about the election Of Ar
h.la,aA3 To tic United States Scnate
a congregation 4 part Of which i IS al
lcEei th. Slr Addieks repeated. Will
thc tfujH o. faisity pt Tint allegation ~
haYe nothing Ii ~ except y say tim
Wiz, i alleged bcars it. own proof 9
til ava uuruth ~ q what is igtt 9
ii wr think any grntlen8r ~ whom aR
part u o. alleged conversation wa
repeated. would hNve hesilatad Y rl
peat Il as matter of i w-, q II alf
way hn party q it- p0bieity fof II
hurt 81 tha parties Interested. ihr q
Ing d that was simply pie@e % u,
creditshlr gossip i di-el@iit r. The pr
fes-sian al ijprnal.ut. ~ + chivalr
gentleman il S ltil. Ii rrel% sense {
the WORD in is sepee of prvprietyi IN i
conception Of the quality ol news
its reg,cd Cor thc right u privacy !
home, in its regard for thc right Of fr,
ex,rrs4,.sn among friends, and again
its utter ls,il Of poiiteneSS toward lad
But this is the quality Of the eppo'
ton % the Union Republicans in Del
ware. aud the quality Of the polite
opposition which Mr.. Addicks has hi
to meet and oycrrome. II was this xii
of opposition that he hats repeated
overcome in the steady upward NOV
ment OF the Republican party main
under his lea airrhhip in this Stute for
last eight years II was this kind
onooaitiop kind that stopped
nothing discrrditabIn TO attain its end
that he overcome at the Philadclpl
con nyeptton, and which he met and agi
overcome in the campaign that has j
ended. the progress oS that campai
the various interesting incidents rclat
Ia Tie adjustment OF the discnrdant
publican forces for thn election of
National ana State tickets, II, snccc
ful accomplishment Of thai aud the
tainmanf of victory nj the polls, are
fullest and best vindicatiOn of Mr..
dic.h ihat is possible. To those who
nrnriste his services 60 this State. ht
the winner and hero Of the point
eight Of the century. There has b
nothing like il elsewhere. No Rep
licsn of wh0al we have knowledge, !
we think We know some Of them,
something about most Of them, has G
shown sacih pertinacity, such coura
such betGhscrifcing devotion to a po
cal catisc, 10 any State since the G
war when men rpauuy put me anu
tune 1T the command Of the State.
TIE noopie here do not now appreci
the imnlaDsity Of the delaware polit
revolution and it is too early to W
its history When the prejudices
passions it has engendered have {
sided and when the good fruits of v
has been accomplished hare ripe