The sun., 1901-02-26

In this State for about ten years. 1t
is the only cry--cnmpaign cry--which
the Democrats have had, the only argi-
ment they could advance; their platforms
have been full OF II, their newspapers
have fairly rccked with lcsciiptivcs of II,
their orators have sung 1t from one end
OF the State TO the other--thcy have sent
II fnr and wide all over the country until
the newspapers from Maine to Florida
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific
have described Delaware politics to be
simply n game OF bribery. In the mean
time the statutes, the State constitution,
and again the statutes have been filed
with nnti-brbery provisions and penal
ties. IL Is necessary 20 bear in mind,
the State oiiicinry has been Democratic.
The courts were open to the legislators,
to the platform makers, to the editors
and newspaper writers and TO the Demo-
cratic State officials, for the inyestiga-
tion aud prosecution " the stories told
and the parties charged with bribery,
but with all these things in their favor
tho cycrlnstingly current bribery stories
have proved TO be nothing but the vnp,f.
lngs OF political scandal mongers.
II will be recalled that more than two
years ago DIR. Thomas G. Moore, now a
member OF the General Assembly, and
the proposcr OF the investigation OF the
Iearn bribery story, was charged with
bribery, was arrested indicted aud tried
on charges which the whole Democratic
party was interested In substantiating,
which the whole Democratic State off,
cinry was trying TO establish. The case
came to trial with great flourish OF
trumpcts, and 1t was expected the DE-
yclopmcnts and result OF that trial would
so involve the Union Republicans and so
disgust the people of the State with the
methods" and purposes OF that party,
that II would full to pieces and never
| again he able to carry on n campaign.
All these anticipations failed. In the
first presentation of this case, these, lses,
Tor there were two OF them, il We re-
member rightly, they never reached the
stage OF evidence but were thrown out
" court for errors in the prcsentmcnts.
The eases were renewed For u whole
year the Democrats OF Kent county. aid
I'd by and aiding the States Attorney.
hunted for evidence and revised their
prcsentments. Again they came to trial,
and again they failed, Possibly no such
signal failure Of ease so carefully pre-
pared and SO widely advertised. and OF
which such public results were anticipat.
ed. was ever before decided by the local
courts. The evidence produced was ut
tcrly untrustworthy. and in the de.
cision of the Court the case ought to
have never been tried, Notwithstanding
these signal failures, the disbelief OF the
people in the stories, the manifestation
OF that disbelief in the repeated votes
of confidence ut the polls, and pnrticul.
arly in the election Of DIR. Moore TO the
/ General Assembly, the Democrats cling
10 the thread bare old lie ana revive. TO
repeat. It on every possible occasion,
Apparently they have no argument IL
make, no policy 10 propose. nothing to
do hut 10 sling mud at Union Republi-
cans. and SO desperate are they in this
work that they do not SEE that none OF
II sticks 10 those al whom il is thrown.
Every enc OF the stories hitherto told.
all the trials that have been attempted.
have been told and made in the hope
" smirching some one connected puliti
cally with MIR Addicks and thus by
implication smirching him That is the
snImus of this new story ana explains
why MIR Hearn deSisnstes his .;emptcr
AS Union Republican That is why
the story is sprung now during the Sen
atorisl canvass before the legislature; the
why i; has been sprung 50 near its close.
IN order that the impression il was ex.
tNN'SN - WsNr NNu!d nor pe tetnoNeu
and the evil rcmeii.,i This is Demo.
cratic politics. We wonder why men
apparently capable. and honorable, can
indulge in, or give couutenauce 10 such
trickery, There is nothing manly about
II, II pariSkes " nothing commsniable
u stst"cratt and its Continued failure
proves L 10 he poor politics, We pre-.
diei that the result ot the Investigation
~ the Hearn story will con6rm this
ludsmsrt " ths whole chapter Of bri.
berry stories
Keeping Lent,