Evening journal., 1904-10-21
LAwsoN,s REVELATIONS.


A MOTHER chapter Of Thomas W.
y Tawson's r'renzied Finance" Is
before us. We read on and on, and as
we pass page after page we get some
idea OF certain captains Of finance"
who play with millions without pro-
ducing anything; Juggling with stocks
and bonds forming companies, wreck
ling them, running stocks up, running
them down and Withdrawing as their
own. millions upon millions Of the saw
ings Of the toiling and thrifty masses.
Mr. Lawson has made II all very
plain. He does not employ innuendo;
names, places and conversations are
given. II is impossible that these ar
ticles could continue to appear With
out all means being employed to stop
them. Indeed, were they not true. and
even though they were true, without
the writer's ability to prove them in
court, Everybodys would soon be made
TO cease publication and Mr.. Lawson be
placed where his virile pen could no
longer jab holes through certain pirates
to let in daylight.
These articles. then, must be regard
ed as the revelations Of certain chap
ters OF high finance with Standard oil
and Bay state Gas In the foreground.
'Of course they have vast interest to
the thousands OF honest investors who
have been swindled. but there is an
other side which affects the very in
tegrity Of our institutions. Il needs no.
Lawson to tell us this. but he has
made it plain, supplying the details.
The System" as he terms II, has got
ten hold OF almost every municipality:
ii controls legislatures as matter
of course. and It seeks to direct even
national policies.
AS for Addicks, he is fast becoming
a pitiable object. He has even ceased
to struggle to retain any shred OF self
respect. He is finally denuded Of for
tune and his whole life laid bare, and
appears like a wanton stripped OF her
hnery. And on the eve OF all these
revelations. damning In general scope
and i'm detail he stands before the
country In politics triumphant. recog-
nized by the national convention as the
leader Of Delaware RepubHcanism,
made a member Of the national COM
mittee, in full favor at the White
House. and his favor and friendship
sought by Republicans who for years
have held him in contempt
We cannot refrain from quoting Mr..
Lawson on this point. lie says: 1T is
la cold-blooded truth that Theodore
Roosevelts favor is the only standing
Addicks has at the present time, and
but for it he would, this year, have
dropped out of sight in Delaware" Yet
Mr.. Lawson proposes to vote for Mr..
Roosevelt because in larger affairs he
has been fearless, and because he has
dared to defy the System" He
charges that Judge Parker was selected
for the work Of defeating Roosevelt
by those who deeply resent the Presi-
dents open defiance Of the system s"
promoters.
However wise or just may be such n
Iconclusion, there is occasion for nph-
lie alarm. particularly here in pela-
ware. 1t is commonly believed that
politically Addicks is dead. but nobody
knows when nor how suddenly he NAV
revive. And from his lolns have sprung
a host Of little Addickses, who are
every whit as bad and would be as
dangerous had they the brains. And
we observe from day TO day the at
tachment he yet offers for certain
men who still desire to hold the respect
OF the community and who delight to b,
called good citizens.
The Evening Journal has been tell.
ing the truth about this man and his
methods for years and some hay,
stoDDed their ears. while others hav,
vented their wrath upon ms. ManS
have suddenly reached the conclusion
that he is eliminated. but until thai
fact is evident we shall fight on. Ter
years from now no father will tell hi:
son that he was once a supporter Of
Addicks, that he rejoiced to sit dowr
to meat with him or TO walk arm in
arm with him through the streets Of
lour city.