Evening journal., 1900-11-15
Ma fAYoR AN ELtCIIoN


In reply b the Morning News. which
Is evinclng such a keen and unnatural
interest In the political fortunes Of J.
Edward Addicks. the Evening journal
wishes to say that It favors the cleo
tlNn OF two good, clean, capable Repub
licans TO represent the people Of Della
ware in the United States Senate In
expressing that policy 1t represents the
sentiment OF all Delawareans who are
true to themselves and to their state.
and more particularly the sentiment OF
all Republicans who would NOT have
magnificent victory over Democracy
utterly spoiled by the selection Of un-
worthy men 10 succeed Senator Ken
uey. and to I'll the vacancy created by
Addicks and still existing. We look
10 the Republican members Of the Leg
islature to Withstand any and all ef-
forts made by ME or Nobody" candi-
dates to hold them up and fcrce them
To do violence to their convictions on
the ground Of an expediency as dis
graceful as Il is ruinous. We look 10
them not 10 Addieksize the Republican
party, but to rid 1t of Addicks, and we
have that abiding faith i'm the honesty
Of their purposes to predict that they
will not betray the trust reposed In
them when january comes. and a po-
litlcal freebooter faces them and says,
Stand and deliver" They have brayed
him in the past; they will brave him In
the future, and the people viii support
them in their action.
We deny the assertion OF the Morn
ing News that in the opinion Of the
Republican voters in Kent and Sussex
counties Mr. Addicks IS "a good, clean,
capable man. Those two counties
have been the scene Of the great work
OF corruption and disruption done in
his name by willing tools. and the char
aoter Of the political work OF the Ad-
diclSsites is known at every flreside In
IN that section. The honest peo-
pie deplore fl: the venal people profit by
it--but all know that It Is done Hence
the representatives from Kent and Sus-
eex counties, many OF whom owe their
election TO the lavish use OF money In
buying votes, know that Addicks Is
neither good nor clean. and the v,ters
who are behind them know il as well as
they do. Capability has its degrees
and directions. II the Morning News
means that Mr., Addlcks is capable OF
doing much harm to the public, we adj
nit that he is capable man. but we
deny that he is possessed Of that capa-
bllity which would be of use to the
people in such a place as the United
States Senate
We renew our assurance to the Morn
ing News, which has made such a
shameful surrender to Addiclzs, that
but for the earnest work of the Re
publicans the State and every county
in It would have been carried by the
Democrats, and the Legislature. too
would have been Democratic. Behev-
ing in the political principles represent
ed by the Republican party, they car
ried the State in the face Of outrag-
eous treatment by the Republican Ma
tional Convention, which accorded rec
ognition to the worst foe that Delaware
Republicanism ever encountered and
had TO contend against
With respect 10 the future action u
the Republican members Of the Legls-
lature, we must judge by the past, and
Judging by the past We make the posi-.
tive prediction that they will not name
for the United States Senate any mar
for whom they must apologize from
years end TO years end. and blush
with shame whenever his name /.
spoken in public and private places.
The Evening Journal wishes for al
election, but not for an election which
would result in the sending Of such 4
man as Addicks 10 the most honorabl,
legislative han In the world as the ac
credited representative of the pe,ple 0.
this state. There is no occasion foi
sending such man when the Repub
llcan party contains SO many men who
are better fitted and more entitled t
such high houors. We believe in send
ing TO the United States Senate tn,
best men We have, and not the yer.
worst types of cur lowest political life