Evening journal., 1901-02-04

classes. Then it is that vel
shall no longer have the dreadful, /
shocking spectacle which this deas
little State presents to-day of dlsrSp-l
utable advenurers from outside COM /
bining with disreputable men withinl
10 carry the vote OF Che State OF Dela-i
wara By the use of money, an1 the COR |
nlpting of the franchises Of our poorcrl
people.
1t viii be noticed that the name OIL
Mr.. Addicks is not mentioned, but the(
wise man has said that the guilty con
science needeth no accuser" Smarting
under a self-accepted implication; |
urged onward by innate badness of,
heart, he proceeds with his work of
desecration. No thought fer the dead
no thought for the living; no consider
alton for the feelings OF the children
Mr. Bayard left behind no hesitationl
I'm tearing at their heart-strings and
outraglng their tenderest memories;
reveling In their freshened emotions;
needless OF the amenities Of life and
the sanctity Of death, with an utter
disregard for private and public de-
ency, he makes his ack upon what?l
Upon the corpse OF .han into whose
honest eye he did not dare to look
when he was living, and who, n heI
were alive to-day he would shrink
from as the leper would shrink fnomI
q man who was clean.
Delawareans have suffered much all
the hands of Mr. Addicks They have
seen him debauch their electorate.
Theyhave seen him deadlock their Leg
islatures. They have seen him depriveI
theState of its proper representation in
Congress. They have seen him parade
his shame from one end OF the State col
the other But this the first time
that he has gone into the graveyard
and attempted 20 disturb the bones
and destroy the character of De,a-I
wares distinguished sons. and it is the
FIRST time that he. In an attempt to adj
vance himself to q seat in the United
States Senate. has gone go far as to
forget that the hearts OF the children
who have been bereaved OF their fath-
er are tender and that it takes but llt-
tie to set the tears flowing down the
cheeks Of women who worship that
spot in Old Swedos churchyard which
he has desecrated and held mp 20 pub
lie scorn and contumcly.
The people OF Delaware call q halt
They demand that he fight the living
and not the dead: that the weeds of the
children Of Mr. Bayard be LETT free
from the pollution OF Addicksism. and
that their grief be kept separate and
apart from the turmoil OF a struggle
on the part Of the people ofDelaware to
rld the State Of the presence Of a man
who does not know any dividing line
between political decency and indecen-
cy and who makes sport OF the shroud
cf enc Of the greatest lawyers. states
men and citizens that Delaware ever
produced There are some things that
must be kept sacred, even from The
hands Of the political marpl3t and
ihe grave Of Mr. Bayard is one Of them.
Frederick Harrison, OF England. may
ne a famous posiuvist, but If he will
rad some of Mr. Addicks' interviews
en- the senatorial situation he VIII re-
alize that there are others.
Milford feels the good effects OF the
business revival under the Mckinley
administrator. Her shipyards are
buster than they have been for years.
Odessa Is confronted by a condition
which should be- met at once by some
enterprising builder. There is such a
scarcity Of houses there that several
families have beaa compelled to move
away because they could not obtain
homes. We cannot understand such a
lcondition being permitted to exist in
any town, and invite those people who
cannot get houses in Odessa to come 10
Wilmington whore they viii be well
coined by the real estate agents.