Evening journal., 1911-01-23
MONDAY. JAN. %. .I9H
Wall OF POLITICAL LOST SOULS.

a BOLD and adroit effort 10 defeat and dis
rupt the Republican party in Delaware is
the appeal printed in the Dover Sentinel calling
on the Republican members ofthe Legislature
to create q deadlock so that the presumed two
factions can get together two years hence and
divide the spos of victory, each to take one
of the Senators.
II is a clever invitation on the part of dis
appointed and maddened ambition TO a campaign
Of corruption and debauchery two years hence,
campaign which would surely fall even in Della
ware if conducted on the lines intimated.
The article seeks TO slash open healed wounds,
TO lure Mr.. Addicks from his political oblivion
with the false hope, the ignis fatuus that by some
hook or crook he could be elected Senator two
years from now in combination with some other
Republican candidate. That battle was fought
Out years ago. The game was played Mr. Ao-
dicks lost The actors cannot again appear on
the stage and receive the applause Of the spec
tators The incident as closed, Il cannot be pred
open. The Republican party will not look TO the
past II faces the future. Those who have been
out cannot come back ~
The effect Of The sentinel's appeal brings aid
and comfort to the. Democratic opponents Of SEN
-atof duFonf ana of the Republican party. Those
who inspired the article those who lured Mr..
Addcks on for years with the false hope that
he would be elected Senator, cannot again bring
the prize almost within reach. IL is a vain and
deoeives no one. 1t is, we believe. the appeal of
men who tried in vain TO send the Republican party
TO destruction during the last campaign Ii is
their last angry effort to crush the party to cause
the house to fall by undermining its foundations
The article charges that corruption has been
rampant in the Republican party since the re-
tirement Of Mr. Addcks. II demands that Colonel
DUPONT be held up in the same way that Mr.
Addicks was held up for many years. II charges
debauchery OF the Republican primaries 1t
oandes the reports, so far unconirmed, circulated
by Democrats about Colonel dupont There will
have to be proof given of this alleged corruption
under the direction of Colonel DUPONT before the
charges are accepted.
The Journal believes that it is the patriotic
duty of these supposed friends OF Mr.. Addicks.
who now make these charges, to produce the evi.
dence. The Attorney-General has been holding
Investigations II the men responsible for The
Sentnels appeal have the facts to support their
statements, let them place them before the Attor-
7ey-General. They have the opportunity IL they
IAN. to hold up Colonel DUPONT as Mr. Addicks
was held up The way is clear The atmosphere
can be Illuminated. These statements can be sub.
stantated or they will be tossed into the Junk
reap of discredited reports The Evening Journal
does not propose to defend bribery and corrup-
ton, u II were practced during the last cam
pagn' no matter who the offenders may have
been.
The Sentinel's appeal is the vail of lost politi-
cal souls the wall Of those who missed their
chance TO ride into political power and fame over
the political corpse of ]. Edward Addicks which
they had mutilated and thrown aside when il
suited their sordid selhshness and when thew
thought they would profit personally by so doing
They failed Hence these tears Hence their bid
for revenge, or for political leadership, and they
hesitate not again to use Mr.. Addicks as they
used him in the past.
Why this suddenly revived interest in Mr.. Ad.
dicksT Why this great feeling of solictude for
him In marked contrast is it to the manner in
which they treated him when his financial fortunes
began to lag. In marked contrast is II TO the
stern and cruel notice they served on him ths,
ne was down and out" that he was discardej
from the political deck of cards
Then II was to serve their selfish ambitions thew
PLAYED him false.
Now tits that they shed crocodile tears that thev
appeal 10 the god Of political disruption that they
cry TO the Republican members Of the Legislature
70 plunge the party into chaos by causing dead
lock
This appeal to disruption will fail The curtain
vas rung down. The Journal lifts it only TO ex
ssse me hollow mockery behind the latest eFfor