Evening journal., 1905-09-07

press that it has been remarkably len
lent with Addicks and he knows it,
He knows that many an incident. and
even whole chapters of his career have
been mercifully omitted There is
not a newspaper IN this section but
has on numerous occasions out Of re-
gard for the reading public drawn the
veil over occurrences tho. would have
sold papers and required extra edi-
tions. It's too late now; the chap
ters of Addicks life are written in his
own acts. and to these we turn for
our Information and not TO the press
Now falsehood is never respectable,
and we can never concede Addicks'
claims to gentllty until he preserves
a little more uniformity ia his public
utterances. He declares that he
agreed years ago to furnish $4,000 a
year TO pay the poll taxes Of those
who were unable to pay them. Il did
that and that is all have ever done.
The talk of my having debauched the
State Ia all rot" he says.
Words fail us why poll taxes as
la qualification for voting We're abol-
ished when the new constitution was
adopted. According to his statement
he hasn't contributed penny for ten
Tor twelve years! OF course he does
not mean registration fees instead OF
poll taxes for that would be to con-
fess "a criminal act But how about
that interview which he gave a year
Tor two ago IN which he claimed he
had given quarter of million to
redeem Delaware? AZ the rate OF
$4,000 every election that amount
would cover hfty years!
Bearing the above In mind. we know
how to estimate his story Of his in
tervlew with Preston Lea and Of how
he made him Governor
This is such revelation Of the
character Of Addcks. such human
document, that we almost forget Sem
ator Allee's part in the story. At pres
ent we don't care so much about the
weeds growing from the dunghill;"
we are for cleaning up the dunghill
We would dump II into the ocean Of
oblivion for "all the perfumes Of
Arabia" cannot sweeten 1t. II is
muck. filth. rottenness from top to
bottom: It is Addicksism.
Addlcks speaks Of having redeem
ed Alice from the thralldom of a
small jeweler. The question is has
Alice prohted as man by the re-
demption? Is he better man be-
cause OF Addicks? Have his accom-
lplishments been more to his credit
than his good. honest toll at his trade? Z?
II not. what does Alice owe Addicksg
Answer that. What the party owes
Alice Is another matter
And when II comes to the question
OF careers what have been the ac-
complishments Of Addlchs since he toll
ed in an humble way as small -four
merchant? You man who follow the
pillow. and you man who work in the
shop or who repair watches, do you
regard emancipation from honest toll
to become politician as an elevation
Hadn't YOU rather sell flour and re-
lpair watches than TO become the OBJ
ject Of scorn for all men?
Il am 81 and ! am going to the
Senate from Delaware" Oh. are you?
What has Delaware to say about &C.?
Probably Delaware win have Sena-
tors nifty years from now. but you
win be only memory CHeaven help
us. we can't always forget) sixty
four what grim oonfessionl And
you have struggled. spent, sohemed
sacrificed. debauched for fifteen years.
You might possibly keep Il up fifteen
years longer. and then you would be
travelling to your eightieth milestone.
Meanwhile Delaware would be as
young as ever; our public schools
would be open all the time and our
pulpits preaching morality. oh. Ad-
ldicks what "A handicap YOU hAVai