Evening journal., 1901-03-15
ADDICKS TAKES His WORKERS
TO TASK FOR SHORTCOMINGS
They EGdeaNr to dake Excuses for His Defeat for Senator
But lie Is in no Mood to Listen TO Them
and Their Lame Explanations

either Regulars or Democrats, what in
ths world did you do?
Allce-I abolished slot machines.
Addicks-Slct machinesl In the
name Of heaven, man, do you suppose
l left You in Dover to abolish slot
machines? Hsl5 I've been dropping
money in the Union Republican slct
machine for six or eight years and
never got thing out Of it. What was
Abbott doing?
Abbctt-I mad my Railroad Commits
sion bill and Dr.. Stanton's interests to
look after.
Addicks-And got licked out on
both CT them.
G3lake.y-No, Mr. Addicks, you are
wrong. He got licked out on his doc
tors bill, but he crawled out on his
Railroad Commission bill, and lett me
and Sim Pennewill and Brasure to
hold the bag.
Addicks-And what were you doing,
Jeff?
Blakaly-It kart me busy watching
Sam Knox and the way he was watch-
tng Frank Ewings pigeon bill. and
holding down those fellers who wanted
to make it unlawful to shoot ducks
with steam and naptha launches
What worried me was which end OF
the launch the gunner would put TO his
shoulder and where he would find the
trigger.
Addicks-And what was Sim Penne-
VIII doing?
Pennewill-I had the Reh0both
Land-Grab bill to look after.
A1dfolrc- Won win
Pennewill-NO, but l came within
three or four votes of it. Poor Tom
Curry l felt so sorry for him that
I
Addicks-Never mind Tom Curry.
I'm the man you ought to feel sorry
for What was Brasure doing
Brasure-Do you know a fellow
named BIZ Smalley?
Addicks- Yes.
Brasure-And another fellow named
Frank Davis?
Addicks- Yes.
Brasure-And another fellow named
wicked" Gibbs?
Addicks-lt seems to me I've heard
that name somewhere.
Bnasure-And did you ever hear Of
the Tobacco Trust?
mcmcry.
Brasure-Weil, / was lighting all
those fellows
Addicks-About what?
B-asuTe-Cigarcttes
Addicks-My! my! my 1t grows
worse and worse. What was Ben
Groves doing?
Groves was helping Jim Ratledge
get the State detective bill through.
sent Jim TO Sam Knox with the infor-
nation that III he didn't vote for the
State detective bill I wouldn't vote for
the Levy Court bill Tho message mel
sent me back was something dreadful.
Addicks-Out with it,
GrCves-He told Jim TO tell me that
he would vote for the State detective
bill when he got good and ready, and
that / would vote for the lazy Court
bl when he got good and ready; and
he didn't say il in exactly that LAM
guage, either.
Addicks-Did you do It?
Groves did
Giles-Sam Knox has a Let TO answer
for, and | dCa't intend to sp-ak to him
again if
Addicks-What did Tom Moore do2I
moore nnu my Don t-klSs-tno bl-
bio bill to lock after It's astonishing
how many men there are who want to
kiss the Bible
AddiCks-Md your bill pass?
Moore-No, the Senate killed It,
AddicSs-What else did you do?
Moorc-I tried to save Layton.
Addiclls-Did yOu do e?
MoOre-NO but / came mighty near
it,
Addicks-The same old story. What
did Long do?
Alles-lntroduced a marsh bill andl
it,
Addicks-How about Sam Baynard
Bradley-Sam Knox helped him outl
on his High School bill and also on the
Park loan.
Add.cks-Well gentlemen, it seems
to me that you have succeeded admir-
ably in doing absolutely nothing. The
meeting now stands adjourned. and II
shall take a few days to considrl
I shall go on in this sllpshod
manner or get new lieutenants No.
Frank. not another word. Your ex-
PLANTATION is all that is necessary. ne
turn to your districts and make apol- !
ogies to your constituents.