The sun., 1901-04-02
,ANrl-ApDlckslrE METHODS.

this State, and about the politics Of this
State. has turned upon question of
The Democrats, and other op-
of the election of Mr.. Addicks
to the United States Senate, have been
playing the "holier than thou" role with
industry and abandon worthy of a bet
ter cause. About every thing that could
be imagined in the way of Objectionable
politics has been charged against Mr..
Addicks in his connection with the poll
tics of the State, all Of which is reported
as proof Of his unfitness for the office Of
Senator of the United States, and these
charges and conclusions have been sent
broadcast over the length and breadth
Of the land to the discredit and injury
Of the people of Delaware.
1t is reasonable to suppose that these
''holier than thou" opponents of Mr..
Addicks, and of the Union Republican
policy, would advocate only candidates
of the highest attainments and of known
lnimpeachable character, and only adopt
)r approve methods unobjectionable to
the most exacting moralist. Their as
,umed character in politics demands this
If them il they are to maintain a consis-
-ency between profession and practice.
The evidence, however, is to the con-
trary. The stories that come now, as
echoes of the Senatorial fight, tell of Il
,ystem of political propaganda that no
temperance advocate can commend, and
hat might reasonably be expected to
.xcite horror in the minds of prohibition
SITS. We are rcnably informed that one
Senatorial candidate opposing the cleo
| ion of Mr.. Addicks, has had presented to
him, and probably paid, whiskey bill of
! $500; and that another of these candi-
| lates has had presented, and probably
| ,aid, a whiskey bill of $1,000, making Il
otal of s2,40O paid for whiskey used
Turing the legislative session, in the
| headquarters of two candidates opposing
| he election of Mr.. Addicks, and mainly
| prevent his election to the Senate.
| A little calculation will show this
natter in detail that is interesting if not
'difying. The legislative session is limit
d by law to sixty days. Sixty days of
| 0 hours each represent 900 hours. The
aggregate of the whiskey bills of
hese two opposition candidates, s2,4oO,
I livided pro rata among the days and
hours, would show that $40 had been
he session, for whiskey, to keep the op-
position in line and defeat the election
Il United States Senator's. To carry
the calculation further, we find that the
mount spent for whiskey represents
3 1-3 cents spent every hour for each OF
The 80 members of the legislature VIII,
were voting against the election of Mr.
Addicks, or s1.33 1-S for these members
Turing each day of the legislature. Fo
the instruction of our Democratic friends
who have been so loud in denouncing tn
'orruption in Union Republican politics
we suggest further calculation. Th
great body of the opposition to Mr.. Ad
lcks' election to the Senate was Demo
. ratio, and the great effort made for hi
| lefeat was made by and for Democrats
{ to keep Democrats in line and prevent
freak that might have resulted in tn
lection of Senators by the Union Re
! publicans. The Democratic oppositio
o the election of Mr.. Addicks to tn
!. Senate included % Democratic men
: hers, and if it can be reasonably as
: 'umed that the effort made by two Ser
: itorial candidates, whose game was frs
I % defeat the election of Mr.. Addick.
g md next to prevent the election of an
republican candidates for United State
Senator, was made with this Demt
,ratic membership, the score stands thu.
!, s1O9.50 spent during the session fc
whiskey, for each of the 90 Democrat
members, or $1.S2 for each day for eac
II the % Democratic members-a nes
Iverage of II drinks day, one at lea.
or every hour of the legislative day
), with a good margin for excess-at
cost of Is cents drink.
Another thing related in the telling ,
- this story is that two men prominel
II the Democratic politics of the Stat
and prominent in the Anti-Addicks car
paign during the legislature, acted .
purveyors for the distribution of tn
u enormous amount of whiskey, servir
u candidates that have been declaimir
> he country over about the corruption
rs Delaware politics, and hypercritically
of menting what they call the disgrace co
S, Sequent upon Democratic defeat.
&c This story gives the detail of the An
o. .Nddicks campaign, abetted and APPROX,
ne by the Regulars" who for conscien
ps sake (D refused to vote for Mr.. Addic
for United States Senator.
It. THE NEBRASKA PRECEDENT
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