Evening journal., 1901-08-07
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST :, 1901.
AMAZING CONFESSIONS


The morning SnOllygoster is little
by little uncovering the rotenness OF
Addicksism. while protesting to high
heaven thar It's hands are clean. Al
though il descends TO the plane OF the.
bar-room ,oafer and calls people liars.
only amusement VIII greet its TRADES
when the personality OF their writer is
taken into consideration. We will not
reply in kind. since there is no need of
stating an automatic truth but we can
not allow the most remarkable editor
ial utterance OF the age to 90 without
some comment.
First we are shown picture which
viii be seen in these two extracts
"The Republican party never
ran a campaign In which Il did not try
TO get AL the money it could raise for
the buying of votes. 1t never elected
a man on its State ticket without the
help OF purchased votes"
1.-THE Democratic party, with all its
fraud. with all its legislative and ex-
ecutive power. did not win a victory in
fifty years, in which it was not helped
by purchased votes"
Granting the truth Of these asser-
fions, which would not be worthy OF
notice. were they not the oft-repeat.
ed statements of the AddicSs press
what follows? Why that Mr., Addicks
discounted all previous efforts at de-
bauohery by spending more money 20
buy votes than ever before In this the
Snollygoster either libols Addicks OF
damns him in the eyes of all men OF
moral perceptions. It says in specific
words that the victory was won by
debauching more voters than the
Democrats dared to do. This IS its
statement: mr.. Addicks did accept
tina. challenge" the Democratic, and
did beat the Democrats on their own
ground"
Now we have the Whole story: that
the Republicans have always bought
votes. and the Democrats have always
bought votes and that Mr.. Ad-
dicks by buying more votes than any
one else has won a victory. and should
therefore be honored by an election to
the Senate. Then follows the result
as depicted by our contemporary. "Ths
result is that any man, however hum
be. however poor. can keep himself
enfranchised, can vote a ballot of his
own choosing and have that ballot
honestly counted when cast"
That this may be clearly understood
let us state 1t in simple propositions
Mr. Addicks found that both parties
were buying votes; he stepped in AM
bought a great many votes and won
He bought the votes OF the poor an
the humble and thus emancipate
those who cast these yotesi By buy
ing them he made it possible to "cas
ballot of their own choosing, an
10 have it honestly counted whe
cast. Before such amazing revelation
and such a defense. intelligence an
honesty stand aghastl
1t is probably true that in all on
history there have been purchase
votes; what then? Shall we take thI
as warrant for INDUCING in a earn
val of crime? Shall we make a Writ
Of its extent? The admission that A,
dicks has beaten the Democrats
their own game. means in plain tern
that he has bought more voters. Who
did he buy? The rich? No, the poc
How then are the poor enfranchised
the act Rather. our contention hol
that they have sold themselves in
slavery; they are no longer freeme
and there is no such thing as a fl
election in Delaware.
This is not our prejudiced stateme
but a conclusion drawn from the
missions OF this Addiczs organ.
conclusion that is as certain as
mathematical demonstration. A
what are the people going to do alb.
all this? These admissions place I
dicksism in as indefensible position
burglary. arson and highway robbie
Only damnabie sophistry can exc
either.