The sun., 1901-02-22
AMEN.

As usual the Democratic newspapers
when there is probability of electing
"A Republican to office in his State, are
working themselves into Il virtuous G?
rage about rumors. which they have
started, of bribery and corruption. As
might be expected our afflicted and bri-
berry sensitive friend Every Evening, is
leading this sanity, virtuous crowd.
After repeating the charge Of bribery
against these Democratic members of
the Assembly of 1899, re-tellng the
dearn story of yesterday, and f1othing
and fuming through half Il column ex-
ira moralizing, it says:
Such desperate and diSgraceful at
tempts TO influence the election of Il
| United States Senator should arouse the
people TO the highest Indignation. They
should resolve more firmly than ever
that the person or the political party
responsible for such dastardly assaults
upon the reputation of the State and
the integrity of its legislators shall not
be permitted TO profit by their iniquity.
That they shall he driven from the
State in disgrace and humiliation, and
their names made Il by-word and re-
proach III the politics of Delaware for
ever after.
! So say We all.
| But who are they:
! Just here we admonish our afflicted
friend to be careful. So far rs we know
every name which he or any one else
has connected with alleged bribery cases
in the Delaware Legislature are Demo
Gratis. Here is the record-King, Clark,
Farlow, Hearn. We deny, have right,
and will continue to deny, that any of
hribe until the proof of bribery has been
produced 1t is outrageous that men
should he charged with these things
merely because they choose to act in a
political matter in opposition to minor
ity of their own purty-a helpless minor.
ity Of that party-and attempt to helI
State. As to the Hearn story, it is MOI
credtable to the man or the party t.
which hc belongs, to have member OF
it advertise himself as the one of it,
State representatives, selected from tn,
body, who would be likely to accept
brihc. That view of the matter doe,
not accord with Mr. Hearn's aSsump
ton Of virtuous Indignation. 1t will ap
peal, however, to the common sense %
the people 1t will occur to most folks
that an honest man is not likely to b,
tempted i'll that way. Teinpters are to,
wise to make such mistakes. Assumin,
that Mr.. Hearm Is an honest man, ",
beg leave to doubt the story about tha
bribery proffer.
Going back to Every Evenings terrible
tlenunciation: Who is it that is respon
, >ihlc for such dastardly assaults upo,
che reputation Of the State"
These assaults have been made h,
Democrats who have accused other Dem
ncratS of accepting bribcs, and b,
Democrats who say they have been Of
f"rod Il bribc But for their storir
about this there would have been III
''daStardly assault upon the reputation
. Of the State" None of the stories hav
been proved. None of tho alleged Demo
cratic hribe takers have been prose
cuted. None of the Democrats to whom
alleged brbeS have been offered hav
ever dared to attempt to prove wha
they alleged. They have simply con
tented themselves with making ''dast
, ardly assault upon the reputation Of tn
4 State" for their own, and their party
political profit.
If i is these aSsailants Of the Statc
reputation that Every Evening is de
. nouncing, we say amen,
X We are sure the masses of the peopl,
f will join MS III saying amen,