Middletown transcript., 1895-09-28
DEMOCRAr1c EDTroRs AND Mn.
ADDICKSe s.s z.

!. u. S. Senate. There can be no doub
about the loyalty Of the TRANscRIP.
to the Republican Party, all Of it tina
is worthy of the loyalty of honest men
and four months age when the Legis
lature adjourned we under took to MI 9
the arguments Of the partisan Dem
ocratic press and the Sentinel agains
the seating of Col. DUPONT, and to Civ
a reason for the hope that is within u
why we believed, and believe, tina
Col. DUPONT will be seated when Con
gress convenes in December. Tit
people are familiar with those argu
ments and repetition would impair
nothing new, and besides the matter ii
in abler hands now and in due time il
will be presented to the proper tribunal
| the judges of the law and the facts
Incidentally the TRANSCRIPT ex.
pressed hope some weeks ago that a
non-partisan conclusion may be reached
and that the result may be the seating
of Col. DUPONT, This has brought out
over column in the Sentinel to prove
that lie is not elected and another
column and a half of political Pot
pouri" that refers to the same matter.
Why The Sentinel is seeking a public
discussion of this subject Just now is
not apparent, unless it be to use the
opportunity to try to strengthen Mr..
Addicks with the people. The people
have had enough Of that traitor to his
party, and while his money may at
tract few to whom success, personal
or party, one or both, is more than
honor, it can never give him the power
he hopes, except through Democratic
influence. This is said advisedly. The
Democratic press of this State is rem
dering aid to Mr.. Addicks, and
without this aid he is nothing. It is
possible for the Democratic papers to
80 praise Mr.. Addicks that their re-
presentatives for due reasons shall not
think it unwise or improbable for
them individually to seek closer
alliance. Men mny place themselves
in position to do this, and the Demo
cratic press is helping the matter
along. Here is a sample from Dem
ocratic Glasses in the Sunday Ssar:
"In Kent and Sussex, Addicks and |
the Republican party are synonymous
terms. The down-State Republicans
are practically unanimous for the Gas |
King. Higgins and those who sur |
rounded him are not of the stamp tha
make friends among the plain, honest,
rural folk, They are lot of lean and
hungry schemers. The rural Repub-
lican cannot stomach them"
Is this trueP Certainly it is not. 1t
is an insult to the honesty of the tried
and true Republicans of those counties
to believe it for moment. To say it
IS true, is to say in the same breath
hat those men are open to bribery
and that they can embrace the man
who selfishly said 81 will rule or
'uin;" the man who entered into a
with Democrats to pre-
rent the election of United States
senator; the man that boasts that he
WINS the Republican Party of Della
ware and that unless it obeys his
lehests he will sink it ten thousand Is
athoms deep. That ISL. Edward Ad-
licks and for his benefit hired attorneys
re opposing in the columns of the
Sentinel the seating of Col. dupont.
The Republicans of Kent and Sussex i
will never enlist under the banner Of
uch a man, and such as do will meet
he defeat that they will court. Money
annot save him. Addicks withall his i
money had nothing to do with the q
lection in New Castle county last fall, /
nd if he as gambler in politics can Il
ot accept the result of his venture. y
eing beaten in Kent, as any "honesty- p
mong-thieveso gambler would have II
one, then there is an element in the !,
sepublican Party that can and Will 8,
each him. There can be no doubt -
bout the existence of such an element s
4 Kent and Sussex counties to-day. o
he assertion of the Star correspon- 81
ent is worth nothing. The same St
ritter in the same letter says of New =,
astle county, "the Addicks people "
a majority of the party 6 6
ere." Every citizen of New Castle b
'unty knows this to be false, and it Fl
roves if proof is necessary, the other m
'sertions as to Kent and Sussex "
'unties to be false also. o'
But the assertions prove something
Sc. They show how far the Democratic
-ess of the State is willing to 90 II
tier for consideration or to COM AZ AZ
'ss the defeat of the Republican
arty. They ally themselves with q, ~
r. Addicks whom they have denounc- 10
from every standpoint. Certainly ~
OF them do not go so far as the th
tnday Star but they have warm HI
1e for the "boodler," as they called -
m during the campaign and the tn
yislative session. To say the least 10 10,
cir attitude is not patriotic, nor
es it receive the endorsement cf the tie
asses OF the Democratic Party. To tic
IN who can look through non-parti- 10y
q glasses the encouragement given in in
r. Addicks by the Democratic editors
the State, must appear to be a
llingness to prostitute the good :
me of the State to gain an uncer-
n party advantage. It certainly