Evening journal., 1904-06-23

Their compromise with Addicks or Adjicks-
ism. The overtures that AVE been made
were in obedience to outside pressure"
Howard Pyle.
Howard Pyle the we!l-known artist said:
''You have asked mel hardly know
why-for my opinion upon the recognition
Of Addicks by the National Convention.
"This recognition was hardly a sur
prise to me. but none the less it was a
great disappointment that the convention
did not see it's way clear to seat the
Regular Republican delegates at least
from New Castle county. However. this
was not done, and. after all, ii should not
be forgotten that a question Of politics
and q question of abstract morality are
very different matters.
1--WE, who have held Addicks at bay
for all these years, know that we are fight
ing the fight. not only of morality and
of state patriotism against political cor
ruption. but also ca fight Of mere ordi-
nary deeency in Withholding his preposter-
Gus claims to a seat in the United States
/ Senate.
But, after all, / cannot see that the
matter is Of any great moment Such
/ recognition did not help Addicks I'm the
last campaign and i do not see why
I it should help him now. 1t has al
ready been demonstrated that he cam
not win even when backed by the ma
/ tional convention and, unless reports
belle the facts. he is much less well
equipped to win fight this year than
he was four years ago.
Meantime it is a cold hard fact that
he has won nothing. He has not won
/ his senatOrship; he did not get his dis
trict attorney confirmed by the Senate.
even though his candidate was backe
by the administra tion: he does not con-
troll State affairs today; he has not
even the littlest control Of the public
I patronage. This being the case 1 do
not think that J. for one. shall lie
awake at nights worrying about the
fact that the national convention has
recognized him and his men.
Il opine that that which we Regular
Republicans have to do is to beat Ad-
dicks again as we have beaten him
many times before-and, unless all signs
fail, it will be easier to do it this year
than it was in the Last campaign. AS
for Addicks, he has not, as 1 have said
won anything out of all the fight except
the doubtful support of one United
states Senator from Delaware and this
recognition by the convention. Every
thing else that we Regular Republicans
have fought for we have won and !
cannot see why we should not continue
to win in the future.
Meantime, If such honors as have
fallen to him have satisfied Addicks
he must be very easily pleased. for in
return for them he has been held up in
the pillory of the public press to the
scorn Of the whole nation. he has beer
whipped with words most cutting, oI
abuse and ridicule and salt has beer
rubbed into the raw with a generous
hand. He has spent barrels of money
and now another campaign confronti
him in which he must not only spenC
, more money for nothing. but i'm which
, he must face still more contumely anS
i endure still more disgrace in thesi
= fast declining days of his life. Alread,
the rods are in pickle for him. and the,
, will certainly be applied with no re-
straining hand if he has the temerity t.
, undertake once again to debauch tn
! ignorant negro vote of this common
. wealth. We Regulars have beaten hin
before and we will beat him again an,
still more easily this time: wherefor
z it is that. as / have said, for one. an
n not disposed to lie awake at nigh
r grieving over the recognition that h
has received from the National Con
- vention."