Evening journal., 1899-12-05
POLITICAL IF
POLITICAL AND
What Delaware Newspapers dave
70 Say on Several Polit
icaI Subjects.
THEY ARE NOT UNANIMOUS

ckuDEs THAT FOR AN OFF
YkAR Mr.. ADDlcKs FIGURES
cONsPlcuousLY IN DELAWARE
POLITICAL NEWS.
SAYS THE NEWS AND ApvER-
T1SER.
Colonel DUPONT Is one Of the best
and cleanest leaders the Republican
party has ever had. He is not a die
tator. ana his friends know that he Isl
estr eager for their honest opinions:
thcv know that he has been willing to-
step, aside IL necessary for the success
og the party. providing a union can be
had ON. sli honest basis. One thing.
however. ls certain He will never step
aside,fsr the great boodler. No Mr..
Writer YOU are mistaken, MIR DUPONT
"a leader Mr. Addicks is dictator
and solct rVoprietor.
SAYS MIR SUSSEX PUBLICAN.
sen fact. the Union Republican Or
aanization ,cbn be said to contain two
Wdl- defined factions to-day. One
who are Aedicksites pure and simple.
The other anli-Addicksitcs who are
thorourhFy xlisgustnd with AddicSs' and
his present, leaders and who Gro long
nronosc TO lmalSc themselves heard.
rh6so latter have been Republicans at
heart and lAlye heretofore affiliated
with tho Union Renuhlican organisa-
t,on hccausc khcy believed in its rcgu-
tariiv and hoA'e thereby TO attain Re
uulgican succd ss They have had no
particular axcl 20 grind and they are
not5aftcr the loaves and fishes.
sSysfFHEtRS{AY RiEskRg ~,
Tho ones who shavc -heen making
threats what they win do to the Repub-
lican Police Commission ers have not
hcnrod them from doing their duty.
There is nothing alarming IN the fact
thtt the police force has a Republican
captain and three sergeants. when the
ranolmen are more tbs n half Demo-
craia and they have sesten Democratic
sergcants The attitude of Democratic
Commissioner Hart Is ani enigma since
the political complexion OF the board
is changed We hear on the best au-
thority that no changes VIII be made
IN the force without Just cause, and
every man will have fair hearing.
Drunkenness will be pun ished by dis
missal and the Offenderl will not be
Given second trial The officers are
expected to do their duty and their po-
litical affiliations Will not be question
ed The men who are discharged will
Dcisucceeded by Republicans until the
force is equally divided. This is al
III ht ana should not be complained Of
SAYS THE DELAWARE PILOT.
our Union Republican friends ar,
fund OF saving. lust now, that ever!
man is innocent until he is prove,
,uilty. There is no such doctrine eithe
Do. laW - morals Proof, legal proof
hos nothing to do with a mans guilt o
Innocence, although II has cverythinl
10 TO with his conviction. II Is tiu
that by the rules Of evidence a man J
pscsumed to be innOcenC until his gull
lfoSed 'NTfiisA. ~ rfestsshf fNion 2
5i,sF'h ~ -tssentiat 70 the eafotysepAr 3isefS
y ,pf. the citizen When = man picks YOU
pot ket and you catch him at it, ia
law presumes him innocent until "a
theft is proved to the satisfaction of
Jury But you don't presume him innC
cont You know he Is a thief Aftt
& certain lapse OF time the law prs
siimes that debt is paid, but the ere,
i,cr who has never received a cent
not apt to presume any such thipg.,
the contrary he has the strongest kin
Of 4 conviction that. the debtor WI
pleads the act OF limlitatiohs for ~
purpose OF avoiding payment ofwhntl
owes, is a dishonest man. Ng
49, fNN
SAYS THE STATE SENTINEL.
Tho very driest political joke il III
gotten on by one Of our county paper
which claims that Colonel II. A. DuPo
Is a political leader. In the name
an that Is true. who does he lead wh
Goes he lead? A leader is supposed
know and hcknown of the peoplt.s
3 fact there is not public man--if q
Qnel DUPONT can rightfully be called
public man-who is as little known
20. II he were TO visit Dover. for
ttance. and walk the length of eve
street in it. we venture the ASSERT
that not twenty-five persons wol
snow him Arc there twelve poople
Milford who know him? Wa doubt
"A leader is supposed to be in tol
with the people; to know someth
ol their wants In this he has sho
himself densely ignorant or irrcvoca
BLIND. His appointments TO of
prove this In no case has he b.
governed in his choice by the wants
The people Democrats and men
doubtful honesty have been the rel
tents Of his favors in more than
Instance.
a leader Is supposed 10 be true
MS rarty and yet it has been sait
Colonel DUPONT that he voted for
Democratic presidential candida
Hancock and Cleveland. We don't
cert this as a fact. but II has been
repeated. True or false. or leavin
-rt If the question entirely. We reu
Who docs he lead? What does he L
Colonel DUPONT is. SO far as we kr