Daily Republican., 1890-05-21

very excited state OF mind over the
appointment Of Mr.. Andrew T.
Thomas 10 the rosioilice at that place.
It's candidate was Mr.. William V. Sip.
pie. an eslimable gentleman and bust
ness man Ut that town. Mr. James p.
Pierce, another well-known aud excel.
lent gentleman, was also strongly
backed by his friends for the place.
There were three candidates, but as
we are informed by one minutely ac-
quaintcd with the local situation al
Milford. 1t WAS not hfee-coInered
fight. Mr.. Thomas, tho successful
applicant. managed TO get together a
powi rsul support without antugoniZing
either of the other candidates, who, il
appears. were SO busy fighting each
other lhut They overlooked great
many woiily and influential citizens.
These are-tho facts, and upon them we
must Judge the action OF Senator HiE-
gins. The News OF this city takes it
tor granted that the News and Adver-
tiser would cot bave spoken SO strong
ly rs il did II il were not justified in
the matter. We take the ground that
Senator Higgins would not have
chosen Mr.. Thomas If he had not been
justified in the matter. What is the
News aud Advertiser bu, the express
sion Of a man. Mr.. Henry l. Hynsony
AS between Mr.. Hynson's heated as.
sertious and Senator Higgins dcliber.
ale action there can be no room for
choice on tie part of any good Repub-
licau.
On the face OF it, without any cor
roboraiive evidence, we should dis
or :, II he N ws and Advertiser. 1t is
too violent. Mt Hynson was too mad
when he wrote his intlammatory edi-
torial. ln things OF which we know,
of which all well informed Republi
cans have knowledge, such as the ap-
pOintmcnts at Smyrna, Bridgeville and
Georgetown for example, the Milford
organ is SO violent and so Tar from the
truth in wha, It says that the assump.
lion is entirely safe thet he is wild and
inaccurate as to his assertions about
Milford. Moreover the Milford
Chronicle, also Republican news
paper, said last Fiiiay that Mr..
Thomas appointment was excellent.
The Milford correspondent OF the
Every Evening of this city stated, on
the same day, that the appointment
was well received and created very
little furore, which is the true test OF
the merits OF an appointment OF that
character. A ain, the editor of the
News and Advertiser, we are told, was
an interested party, Il partisan Of Mr..
Siplle. Editors who take heated parts
in matters oil political appointments
| cannot be expected 10 speak i'm.
rpartially, and they never 90 so speak.
But mole than this, the News and
Advertiser, Ike the NcTs Of this city,
has never yet been conciliated to
Senator Higgins election. News.
papers, like nien WHO are unfrieudly,
do not have to go far to fiud ground
ior complaint They can evolve them
from their inner bitterness
The News and Advertiser makes
the assumption that its editor and the
other friends Of Mr.. Sipplo are the
people, and yet we have the un-
doubted assurance from dlsinter-
ested party that it was IAN even
fight" 10 say that Dir. Sipple had |
the whole community ct his back is
notoriously untrue. The friends OF
Mr. Pierce conteDded that he was in |
the lead, while Mr.. Thomas friends
modestly insisted TINT their favorite |,
was ahead There is no question that
Mr.. sipple was air,ia Of Mr. Pigrces
strength, or why dill lie Gght him
SO bitterly? And TO say That Mr.. |
Sippe had more support ihNa Mossrs. |
Pierce and ThomRs together cnrlie7 its |
own denial Oh its lace. The truln is
that the contest wfxej co sharp be.
tween the two men who regarded
themselves as the leading candidates
that Mr.. Higgins deemed it best 10
take third man. This is often the
case, aud recurs constantly. But in
,his case many OF the leading men of
Milford, friends OF Messrs. Slpple and
Pierce respectively advised that this
be done, and we have no doubt that il
was the best for tn, party there.
The impudent assumption of the
editor of the News and Advertiser
that his candidate had the community
solidly at his back ia made ior the pur.
pose, of course, Of deceiying the peo
pie. 1t is made for no good aim ln
retpect 10 the party. Indeed, if every
thing was true, as he states it,, his con.
duct could not but receive the unanl-
nous condemnation OF every homes
d and sincere member OF the party. All
) such demonstrations Of violence and
virulenco against honorable party lead,
, ers are intended for mise.lievous effect
and always enanate from minds that
mean 10 ruin II they canaot ru!e. Il
the News of this city wants 10 pro-
mote such maliclousness to the immi
nent danger OF party success let i,
continue TO pat the editor of the
News and Advertiser on the back.
For ourselves we are too busy fighting
the Democrats 10 devote any extended
space to quarrels within the party
Senator Higgins is at the helm and Ia,
ship Is going all right.