Evening journal., 1902-12-29
The Rev. X. A. EIwOOd, Pastor of
OHvet Church, Delivers an
Interesting Sermon
Addicksism He Says
Should Be Eliminated,
As 1t Is a Great Hind
rance
Speaker Condemned the
Liquor Traffic and Said
Wilmington Needed a
Paid Fire Department

Paid Fire Department
The Rev. r. Al Elwood, in a sermon
In Olivet Presbyterian Church yester-
day delivered n sermon ON THE Voice
or the Coming Year" He said there
We're a number Of imperfeotions. and
That Addicksism was the worst. He
classed the whipping-post and plllory.
and the liquor habit as the others An
came In for a fierce arraignment by
the speaker, as did municipal imperfec-
tions, which he contemded were the
lack of a paid fire department. q larger
police department and curfew ordi-
nance.
In speaking Of State politics. Mr.. I'll
wood said
Must Eliminate Addicks
Il listen again TO the voice" said Mr..
Elwood, and il speaks plainly OF a
lhindrance that must be eliminated.
known as Addicksism. The chief cap
tain OF the Roman guard In Jerusalem
told the Apostle Paul that he had
bought his citizenship with a great
price, but the apostle answered. 4 was
free born.
To-day in the State OF Delaware
there are two classes Of citizens-the
free born and the bought. II ever J.
Edward Addicks ho.ds in his possession
the certificate OF his membership in the
Senate OF these United States he should
have the public engraver to inscribe
upon It In letters of gold the answer OF
the Roman. captain OF the Apostle Paul,
With a great price obtained this.
Jesus Christ said It must needs be
that orenses come, and It Is natural In
. the state OF society today TO look Tor
ana find corruption among certain OF
= citizens in our State and Nation. The
man who barriers the rights of citizen
? ship FOR gain, whether that gain be an
= Immediate financial return or the
p the promise OF political preferment is a
p social leper OF the body polite and
! should be an outcast among his fellows,
4 crying always. 'unclean. nnclcaE.
III But Christ also said, woe unto that
l man by whom the oifense cometh. He
) believed that It was more heinous
r crime 10 cause sin TO be committed
! than to be the committer OF the sin.
What a curse rests upon the man who
deliberately roDs a pure girl OF her
n ehastity. What a curse rests upon a
/, man who wilfully makes a sober man
a drunkard. What curse rests upon
the man who wilfully and deliberately
!, debauches the citizenship OF the State
by robbing them OF the chastity Of
their ballots and making thom drunk
ards with the greed OF gain.
= Woe unto the parties OF this State
. that have unclean hands in the matter
OF civic righteousness. but woe. woe,
woe. unto the man who. by the con-
fessionof his own lips, has spent quar-
ter OF a million dollars In the election
contests striving to gain his own selfish
ends.
Some one asked Napoleon one time,
what is the issue OF your conquest,
= and he answered, Napoleon This same
! one again asked. what do you contest
Il ltt WITH For answer Napoleon held
y aloft his sword. Verify II we were to
+. ask Mr.. Addiclxs what is the issue of
his conquest. he could only answer,
.,lsAddicks. III we asked him what he
I, conquested Il with and he returned an
= honest answer. he would hold aloft his
Il check book.
+ Following After Money
n when Napoleons sword was broken
II he was defeated as an issue. and his
* kingdom disappeared and when Mr.
lAddicks and his check book are elimi-
mated from Delaware politics. his fol
lowing will disappear. and as RobeET
Burns would say, that will be the enc
Of it.
"The voice Of the coming year calls
Ito the coming Legislature 10 eliminate
n the sin Of Addicksism from our politi
II cal life and thus enable us to step close
Il to state perfection How shall IL b.
done? Three men lived close neighbour
in a country district One was cross
n grain. selfish and corrupt The othe
two were not the sweetest tempered o
unrest men i'm the community. but the,
were better than old Cross Grain
They all kept COWS and stream clos
by was bordered by abundant pasture
III lOld Cross Grain looked upon tn
IN stream bordered pasture and desire
no IL all for himself so opening his hoard
or of ill-gotten gains he bought pastur
M latter pasture until he crowded tn
other two until there was hardly roor
ur for their COWS.
is Fer awhile they fought him separate
an lv. but finding that it only helped him
ly they met, pooled their amounts: Wen
Into the market, bought up all the pas
D. ture. thereby crowding out c'd Oros
Id Grain and divided the land equally DC
IN tween themselves. Thus they "o
be their victory shall not the wisdom o
n these wise men find followers IN IN
n. coming LEGISLATURE