Evening journal., 1901-02-09
POLICIES or ADplcKslsM

laiic OF lut utNldldllOA luauN oA 4" ifNi7
aware railroad train by Secretary of
State Layton. We do it for several
reasons.
First Because he Is one Of the high
est officials in the State, and the peo-
pie should be kept fully informed re-
garding the conduct Of their servants.
Second-Because he is the secretary
TO and confidential advisor Of Governor
Hum, and such declarations are not
in keeping with the policy of the State
administration, as It has been enmci-
ated repeatedly. and are calculated to
bring the administration into public
discredt II persisted in and permitted
to go unchallenged and unrebuked.
Third-Because Secretary of State
layton lis one of the confidential ad-
visors and political agents Of J. Ed
ward Addicks, part and parcel
OF the present movement to enable
Addicl1s to break into the United
States Senate, and what he says is
worthy OF attention and due consider
alton, especially as he was, and yet
may be, chairman OF the Union Re-
publican County Committee for Sussex
county.
We do not care to deal editorially
with everything he said during that
brief ride from Harrington to Dover
He says so much that wiser men would
keep behind their teeth that IL we
were to endeayor 90 make public
memoranda OF everything he says, dis
Greet and otherwise, we should be COM
PEELED to assign a reporter for that
particular purpose. We merely desire
10 call public attention to two vital
parts in his declaration. The first Isl:
"VVhat we want is votes.
We don't care whether we
beg, borrow, bay or steal
them.>
The man TO whom he said those
words says he was startled. We are
not surprised. For any man, much
less a secretary Of State and an Ad-
dicks lieutenant, TO utter them would
startle any citizen who heard them.
But Secretary Of State Layton says he
never uttered them. No doubt the cir
cumstantial character OF the inter
view with the man to whom he made
the statement may serve to refresh
his memory. It being refreshed, he
may set up the extenuating plea thai
II was a mere figure of speech. To that
answer may be given that it is a poor
figure of speech for a friend of Ad-
dicks TO use, for in the face of the rec
ord Of Addicksism It is apt to be taken
seriously. and to stand for something
more than mere figure OF speech. In
fact, certain things have transpired
this session which go a long way to.
wards confirming such a brief outline
Of such broad policy.
Those who have charge Of the Ad-
dicks propaganda have begged votes
They have exerted every endeavor &c
borrow them from the Democrats. In
at least one case a pecuniary induce
ment was offered by a certain man fol
a vote for Addicks. That disposes ol
the entire proposition but that OF steal.
ing votes 50 we say that IL Secretary
Layton should find his mind refreshed
and remember that he did use ths
words attributed TO him. he no doub
Will agree with us that the figure ot
speech was not the best for him ant
his friend that the English languag,
Afforded.
Now let US pass to the second par
OF his statement, which is peculiarl,
significant It is this:
'The hest thing for the Demo
Gratis TO do is TO allow Addick
70 be elected. Then he win taIs,
seat ON the top Of the noun
tain, and say TO the Regular
Republicans. who have aIVvayI
been saying they can run tII,
politics Of the state: Go aheas
and do it! I'm hands Ofv m,
Will contribute about $500. a
others do, for campaign pur
poses and that would end it.''
In other words Mr.. Addicks woul
be elected by the votes OF Union Re
pubfcans and Democrats, and thel
after he had obtained a senatorship. b
would say to the Regular Republican
that he had what he wanted, and 70
them to keep the State in the RepublI
can column if they could.
That is a fine policy for a secre,ar
Of State. who processes 70 be a Repuh
hcan, TO enunciate in behalf Of a sena
torial aspirant who not only professe
to be a Republican, but who, as a mat
ter Of fact, is the Republican nataona
committeeman for the State Of Deis
ware
We may expect a sweeping deni,
from Secretary Of State Layton. 1t
his only defense. and he has a vital IN
tercst In making It. But denials wi
not avail him, nor serve to put hi1
in any better light before the peopl