Evening journal., 1901-03-28
NEWSPAPER OPINION
President vs.. Addleks

from Delaware. Three times IN sue
lcession he has failed, because an hon
lorable element in the Republican party
lconsidred him a disgrace to the S.ate
(which he sought TO represent. and !
preferred that the seat should remain
vacant, or even be filled by the Oppo-
sition rather than that il should bel
Ioccuptad by so dlsreputable person.
During these three contests AddLcks
has secured no help from the national
administration. When he spent Si5OOO
lin the election Of Republican members
Iof the Legislature in 1894, and then
learly in 1895 demanded from them his
lpay in the shape of the senatorsh.p, a
democrat sat in the White House. Az
lbis next trial in lS9S-99 and again
when he Attempted the same trade inI
I1gOO-O1 1.-TWO senatorships now being
at stalSe). there was a Republican
president. but Mr. Mckinley gave him
no help in the disposition of the Fed
leral patronage.
A fortnight ago the Delaware Legis-
llature adjourned, seven Republican
members having stood out to the end
AGAINST all OF the influences which were
brought to bear i'm behalf of the man
lwho is debauching their State ii is
hardly possible to eXaggerate the power
lof these influences. A man who mas
millions of dollars. and who is willing
TO spend money recklessly in small
P commonwealth, can bring pressure to
1 llbear upon poor legislators in variety
-lof WAYS hard to resist. Addicks also
= lhad the open support Of the chairman
lof the Republican National Commit
tes. with all of the resources at
D Hannas command. The head of the
( party organization had Addicks rec
3, lognized" at the Philadelphia conven-
p tiOn last Summer, and he insisted thal
lRepublican members of the Delaware
LEGISLATURE should follow that exam
pie.
l. SO much was open to the world. we
d have said that in the third as in the
second of Addicks' struggles tina ad-
9 lministration at Washington refrained
. from giving him any help in the allot-
lment of Federal patronage. But the
S president did not keep his hands on
h Throughout the recent struggle. IL is
h mart of the hitherto unwritten history
+, lof this contest that recalcitrant Re
publican members of the Legislature
after Hanna had failed to- move them
u were summoned to the White House
3 land were importuned by Mr.. Mckinley
l. Ito send two Republican senators tt
lWashington. even if one of them mus
he the man whom their cOnsciences hao
prevented them from supporting. N
e is refreshing to know that these plain
l. lmen of honor did not hesitate to tel
Il the president of the United States
! that the price was too high.
Mr. Mckinley now abandons con
'e cealment. He has just made an ap
he lpoinhment of an Addicks man to
m lpostmastership, and when the oppo
as lnents OF Addicks protested, he in
20 formed them that he made this ap
lpointment in full knowledge OF IL
? bearings II is now universally under
" stood that tha president has decides
Of lopenlv to help Addicks, and il is felr
,e led BY those who have kept up the goo'
10 Tight against corruption all thes
weary years that this influence viii a
last defeat them. Theg general expectation
2s Iis that Addicks will now succeed II
il porsuading enough OF his Republican
81 loppononts to abandon the struggle 81
that "a majority of the Legislature viii
D. lagrcs to elect him and somebody els
Id lat an extra session, which will be hell
a as soon as the necessary arrangement
ne are made.
It is nothing short of a national hu
- Initiation that the government Of tn
Oh United States should be thus employee
DO to promote the debauchery of a Stat
le and the decentralization of pOlitica
j. standards in the republic Addicks i
the most open. fragrant and successful
cowuptiOnist we have ever seen fin ma
tional politics. The system which h
80 has developed in Delaware is the mos
j. elaborate and pervasive ever applio
n. anywhere. He secures thu influence O
M men of local consequence thrOughOu
the State-the country lawyer the vii
- lage doctor, the rural stOrekeeper-
III and rewards them for working In hi
n- behalf He is always ready TO pay oi
ID the mortgage of poor farmer VIII
mr. will recognize tho obligation at tn
polls. He gives positions as director
' In his gas company to men OF import
" ance. He buys votes at the poll
i,- through his agents by the hundreds a
Do every election $50 bling a cUmmO
An lprice for "a ballet, and even S75 bein
sometimes obtained when the compe
vi titaon is keen. This work of domOrali
IL zatiOn has been going ON so long an
I'd $50 successfully that a leading jurist q
IA Delaware In discussing the situation
IA last year. was constrained to say tina
'the very foundations OF morality ar
W being steadily undermined in on
al State"
of All decent people throughout IN
country rejoiced. fortnight agl
when &c appeared that Delaware still
retained sufficient principle and con
m, Science 10 thwart for the third tim
ia the impudcnt attempt OF an open cor
if rIptionist 30 make traffic Of a senator
ship which has been so often filed B.
- a highminded statesman. There mus
- IItn farfrnI
proposal of Mr.. McI<inlay to help o.
this outrageous scheme. Public senti
ment should be pronounced and organ
lied, and brought 20 bear at the Whit
4 House. TIRE president must be- mad
TO feel that the people Of this natio
of will not endure the prostitution OF ia
Federal service IN aid Of q man who
debauching a State
m The weather and the Almanac.