The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-14
BYRNE AS
DICTATOR.
lie Opposes Union With
Union Republicans or
Any Terms Other
Than His Own.

William Michael Bvrne one Of the fore
most Regular Republicans Of the State,
In an open open letter in the Middle'own
Transcript to-day rciterates that his party
will make no concessions to tho tnioE
| Republicans organiz ltion and that unity
Of party can come only on Republican
| principles.
Following is lhe letter and Edisor Down
hams reply: read with grea. saliaf fact
Ion the recent utteranGes In your paper on
the prospective political crisis in Delaware.
There Ia no avenue OF information as
valuable for thu people as presI when it
Is viglant fearless and incorruptable;
md every man who loves tho honor of
Delaware must read with acclaim the de-
nunclations of political debauchery and
the demands for political recltude SO force
fully appearing in your columns.
1t is TO tho credit of the Republican
party OF the nation, and every part Of 1t.
that 1t has for a long time enjoyed success
through tho suffrage of the people; but
what Is of vastly groatcr Importance Is The
fact that the party has deserved the sue
cess which bonors 1t,
Success can exist Without honor and
without justificatiyn. Who would hnye
the hardlhoud to defend those eras Of
Democratic success in Delaware when by
unscrupulous di.franchi .ep,cnt of vast
numbers of voters by iniquitous tax laws
that party was enabled to ontrench itself
in power? They did not receive their cre-
dentials from the whole people, For their
own selfish ends they narrowed the NUM-
ber of voters and the management of pub.
lie affairs was entrusted to them by the
voice of only part of the people select
cd bv themselves with view OF Sc
uring power This violated the fund
mental principles OF popular government
which derives its vigor from the untram.
neld and unrestricted expression of views
on public questions by tho whole body of
electors. No honorable Democrat justifes
the power of u political party founded on
electorate dishonesty diminished. Some
Democrats might deny that their party
ever dishonesty diminished the electorate
Of Delaware by the manipulation Of vie
ious tax laws, but they will not deny the
evil otexcluding part oil tho people from
the right of franchise or OF putting i'll the
hands Of an interested few :he power pro.
pcrly belonging to the many.
But tax laws are not the only means of
assauiting the honesty OF the eleci ora'e.
The theory OF popular government and
Of manhood suffrage demands that every
man VOC shall be equal in the deter !
mnation of public matters If my neigh
Dor can corrupt hundred voters SO that
he practically approaches tho polls with u
hundred and one votes as against my one,
what creator assault be made on the very
foundation principles OF popular govern
ment? Is there any considerable number
Of men iu Delaware ready to pnrsue thls
ubiquitous sourse and seek to clean their
hands by the cry sit Is the only way to
win," ut is the only way to beat the |
DeinocratsF
yield to 10 man In desire to beat the
Democratic party in Delaware and else
where. Iy,eld ono man In u desire to
promote Republican success In Delaware
and in The ma ion, because in the success
OF that party l SEQ the host securities for
the prosperity of our people at home and
honor of the nation abroad. President
Mckinley In his superb management Of
our public affairs has so exalted tho STAN
dards Of tho Republican party as to nrou4e
60, Al ~, ~ ,,n,art - all |
riots; and l sincerely hope that old Della
ware will be found standing with honor
shoulder to shoulder with her sister states
in the Columns supporting the President.
This greatly desired end must not how
,vcr be attained BY contemplate aud cor
for decade in Delaware
against vaunted and shameless policy of
should the voters OF Delaware
low supnoly see their political honors de.
toured by a leopard with spots unchanged
Shall wo now condone what for u decade
va have condemned?
Itisnos mo,,dbls to unlte N, R,,uh-
ic,ns of D,law,ro The princin,,, of th,
marty HONESTLY cxn,unded
r,red touchstone TO solve tho rro b,nm
rbe priucipIes ami traditions of TINT Marty
rom the time of Lincoln orc so nlin that
10 who runs may read. On these prjpci-
lies the Republicans of Delaware can and
hould unite. The victory then resulting
youldebe victory for ths timo honorel
Republican party. That victory will be
ignal and perman ant if we unite on tile
~, uo,,,. uu, J.,