The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-02-05
1t is a pretty hard job for politician
to sit on a fence and look both ways at
the same time.
POOR BAYARD.

Inc enemies OF the late lion. lnoInaS |
T. Bayard, if there are any of them left |
who would sully his name, or detract
from his fame. could wish him no greater
misfortune than has befallen him. The
Evening Journal-the most shameless
liar in newspaperdom, essays his de-
Tense. nat greater misfortune could
befall public man, dead or alive, than
thatI
Some days ago Every Evening took &C.
casion to resurrect Mr.. Bayard and at
tempt to continue his influence in the
politics Of this State, and have him help
defeat the Republican majority by max
ing him say in the editorial columns of
that paper, nasty and untruthful things
ABOUT Mr.. ]. Edward Addicks; tried to
hide under the lid of Mr.. Bayard's coffin,
while it slandered the man who is as
much better than Mr.. Bayard was in
politics, as the Republicans of Abraham
Lincoln was better than the rebel Demo-
cracy Of Jefferson Davis. We took ex-
ceptions to so fragrant a misuse Of any
thing Mr.. Bayard may have said when
on the stump in this State and trying 10
save what he knew was doomed to de-
feat. The writer OF what was credited
to Mr.. Bayard, knew that he was apply
ing in a general way, but SO surely di-
rected toward an individual as to be at
once applied to him, what Mr.. Bayarl
would not nave said directly to or about
Mr.. Addicks. 1t was towards ruse to
SANDER man and escape the response.
Dlnty for it.
in resenting this attack upon Mr.. Ad
dicks we simply told the truth about Mr.
Bayara. Great as he may have been il
intellect, eminent as he may have becom,
in politics, honored as he was by the
American people, gentle and courteous
as he was, and we personally know
something about that, he was not, in an.
way, in all his political career, eithe
2 just or nDeral to the people, his fellow
d citizens and neighbours" as he Gale,
/ them of this state. The people wer
burdened, outraged and tyrannzed owe
> corrupt as such ring could be. Hun
: dreds and thousands of the workingme
: of this city, where Mr. Bayard lived
= spent hours and days upon the streets 0
y this city, losing valuable time and niue
> money i'll fruitless efforts to enfranchis
> themselves in order to exercise a free
Z mans rle..t in the making Of the govern
mcnt of the State. Some Of the oldes
and most loyal citizens Of the city wer
driven out of the City Hall by the Demt
y cratic police under the command of
~ Democratic Chief Of Police who was
% candidate for Mayor of this city, I
= prevent their enfranchisement and
~ prevent them voting against that san
=" Snlef Of Police as the Democratic cand
d, date for Mayor. These incidents al
~ hundreds Of others were published in Il
!" newspapers of this city, and Of Il
~ country. Similar things were related |
+ Senator Higgins in his speech on sout
~ ern outrages in the Senate of the Unit,
" States. The truth of them We're know
10 far and wide--they were known to NJ
" Bayard-and yet, he never lifted Ii
pe hand or opened his mouth, in public
least, in the defense Of the outrag
aS rights of his fellow citizens and neig
vi bors." He could have ended that regir
." Of horrors with a word. He knew til
~ but he did not do it.
W Mr.. Bayard was in the Senate of I
~ United States when the constitution
~ the United States was amended by t
W adoption Of the thirteenth, fourteen
'ei and fifteenth amendments to that instI
e' ment. He was opposed to it, but
o -. knew that the majority Of the people
= the United States were favorable to
ne that the dispute about that had be
ny settled in bloody war in which
political associates had attempted to d,
:, troy the union of States, and big as
ne was, great as he was, he W
it'll not great enough to divine
I'M meaning OF what had occurred, q