The sun., 1900-06-23

D
ialled simply because they either coulC
not, o. would NOT incur the expense ab
sointely necessary TO beat the Democrat,
machine. The business ofthat machine
enjoying every. legal advantage that /,
deoauehed election law could give ii
and with hands continuously in th.
public treasures was to prevent Repub
llcans from qualifying as voters. Demo
crata did this not only under the Ia v
made by Democrats aud interpreted by
Democratic courts, but were doing it in
open violation of their own laws. In this
condition OF things the Ledgers' "Regu.
lar friends we're as incompetent and
helpless as are the colored Republicans
Of the South under laws purpossly made
to defeat them. The laws, customs and
conditions could not be changed until
the Democrats were beaten. To do this
the disiranchised voters had to be as
sessed. Il had to be somebody's business
. DO this. Toe Democratic officers
whose duty il was to do it, would not do
i. It was herculean job. The history
OF the Republican party under the So
called Regular leaders abun1antly
prove that. Hundreds Of Republicans
have stood in the streets in this city
daY after day in vain efforts 10 get as
sessed, and have repeated that experi-
enoe in trying in vain to qualify for yot-
ing BY paving their taxes. The courts
have decided against their appeals for
Justice, and Democratic police embold-
ened by this immunity granted them
have driven Republicans from the City
Hall Of this city with their clubs, under
orders OF a Democratic chief OF police, to
prevent their assessment as prerequisite
for voting.
Notwithstanding all this, if the Re-
publican party was ever to rout this
scandalous tyranny from power, Repub-
lican voters had to be assessed, and their
taxes had to be paid. The Republican
party had TO do this. There was no
other way out OF it; and there was moth
ing unlawful in doing it. 1t was costly
business. !. Il was not, is not, either
legally or morally wrong. II it was
either, then was this state seeped in poll
tical corruption and scandal, long before
the advent Of Mr. Addicks. These condi-
tions had been grappled with, just as we
have here described by every man Of the
Safe who aspired 10 political leadership
in the Republican party since its organi-
zation-not one Of them, in either county.
now living or dead, who was in any way
recognized as a leader, butIwaa cognizant
otiit and took part in it. Scan ial? no, not
then. Il was considered necessary and
honorable party work. Not scandal 50
long az they were failing, and the Demo-
Gratis we're laughing at their impotent ef-
iorts at politics But, when the Demo-
crrts were beaten, the case was different.
The2 every one Of them, with their hands
reeking with the f!th Of political corrup-
tion, began 70 howl about corruption in
Republican politics. /. the editor of the
Ledger such fool asto believe and make
Judgment against the Republicans upon
-lch testimony
lAe Democrats would have been beaten
u isa- but i9r the help tie Ladger's
Republican fiieuds here gave them ID
9E4ert9 defeat M. Addieks and re elect
George Gray 70 tie United 5 ates senate
IAey eIaped then with a reduction ot
tteir haj5ii y from 1850 TO 500 They
were beaten again in 1884. And thev
we're beaten BY What il now the Union
Republican party under Mr.. Addicks,
leadership. The man who will deny
that knowingly utters lie. Mr.. Higgins
knew it. George y. Massey knew il and
assen;ed TO it knowing that Mr.. Addicks
would be candidate for United States
Senator. The governor who was elected
in 1924 knew it and acknowledged that
Le owed his success to Mr.. Addicks. The
Congressman elected, the Jonathan S.
Willis who appeared in opposition to the
seating OF the Union Republican dele
gates, owed, and acknowledged it at the
time, his election to Mr.. Addicks. The
members OF the General Assembly knew
it when they were nominated and when
they were elected. The Republicans
went wild over that election. They
hailed it as the advent OF new era in
Delaware pclitics-regarded it as the
greatest event in the history of the Re.
publican party. The fight had been
made to turn upon the Senatorial elec.
tion and Mr.. Addicks had won. The
prize Of the election ought in all honor
and decency to have been his. But no
sooner had the Republican State admin
lstration been established than the very
men whom the Ledger lauda as purists in
politics, began to conspire to defeat Mr..
election to the Senate and elect
anybody but the man whom tie
people had voted for. The con.
spiracy succeeded. Mr.. Addicks was de.
feated, but enough true men were found
10 the Assembly to defeat the election OF
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