Middletown transcript., 1899-10-21
From Union Republican. Oct. 10.

i
tinent utterances upon the political sit
uation that has ys0 been furnished il
found in the Middletown TRANSCRIPT
of last week. Its greenness, its uttel
lack Of comprehension of the futility
of its proposition, its failure to GRASP
the very elements in the political prob
lem of party uLion is so youthful as to
suggest the immaturity of adolescence,
were it not known to be au contraire, a
mere case of hypertrophied liver, with
mental vision jaundiced and pitifully
obscure. We give the TRANSCRIPTS IS
plan for party union and party success:
1T is becoming more and more evil
dent that the Republican '.fathers'' in
the lower counties who chose at the
time between Addicks and the Demo-
cracy offered to them to vote the Union
Republican ticket, nave become con-
vinced of the extreme selfishness of the
| Addicks' leaders as well as the greater
sinner against Republican harmony
and victory in Delaware and they are
looking 10 the Republican Eagle, soar
ing above the party mists, to (ind the path
to union and victory. They are being
convinced from their own inward con-
sciousness that the first plain duty is to
drop Addicks and all his paid satellites.
They Cannot see that as Republicans
they owe Mr.. Addieks anything though
they hoped for victory through his
party. They realize more and more
the enormity of his party sin in twice
defeating the election of a Republican
Senator, and his sworn purpose to do
so fer fifty years to the burning edges
Of IIades. This was the threat made
by Mr.. Addicks himself and every
act of his hired leaders prove that he
and they intend to make good the
threat 50 far as they are able, bus fort
unateIy their ability ends at the deter
mination of every unsellish Republican
to do his duty. The way is plain-the
Eagle leads"
The first question that naturally and
Immediately suggests itself to the mind
of the earnest Union Republican work.
er is, who is the person and what his
party achievements that he thus sau-
thoritively, and summarily proposes to
ostracize mass of men, earnest, coura-
geous workers, who by their labors
have furnished the first demonstration
| in generation that the Democratic
party can be beaten2 What has the
editor Of the Middletown TRANSCRIPT
done-in the politics of this State to
justify his arrogant assumption of the
right to issue DEGREES, or to formulate
party policiesl Fortunately sor the
party, the senseless imaginations of
men who theorize, cannot effect men
who work. The people know the diff
| ference between The skulker, and the
| fighter. The Union Republican party
| is mate Q up of men who work and who
have the courage to fight; and further,
Of men who have known how to win
fights, even against the odds of a hos
tile Administration, against federal
patronage, against the howlings of
traitors and boilers, like the editor of
the TRANSCRIPT and even against the
Democrat; party thrown into the ac-
count. Such set Of men cannot be
ostracized. lit were possible to ostra-
cize them, the result would be return
to the old and impotent leadership that
never won victory in more than a
quarter of century, though supported
loyalty by the very men whom they
now endeavor to betray, though their
work and political capacities have re.
suited in the almost complete demora-
liZation Of the hitherto inyincible
Democratic party. Republican success
In Delaware,-and we call the atten-
tion of the TRANSCRIPT and all other
boiling papers to consider well the
statement-cannot be brought about
by driving any man out of the party,
be ha Bolter or Union Republican; nor
/ by keeping out any man be he Demo-
crat of the Gold or Silver stripe, Single
Taxer or of the Temperance party.
The wisest leadership will get every
man in, and keep him in. and it be be
In and can be got to work, allthe bet
ter This kicking out process which
aas seized the mind of the editor Of the
| Mi.dietown Transcript as rare and
Inspired solution of the paity's diff
culties is game that two can play at.
It is rsfre shing at this late day, not
to say vastly amusing. toread of Union
Republicans being kicked out Of the
Republican party, and especially when
the suggestion comes from the editor
Of The TRANscRIPT. Our pristine
recolIections of him are that the great
est difficulty was had at one time in
keeping himself from kicking himself
out, and 1t was only partially success
fullat that. We have no mea"a of
knowing how long bis horns have
grown in Middletown, bat in Sussex in
former days the dior made no parti-
cular demonstration of Republican
activity; 90 the contrary be pent both
time and money 10 austaiping and sup
perting the Sussex Journal. the only
Democratic organ III the county II
lis, perhaps. this former experience.