Middletown transcript., 1899-11-11
PRINCrpLEs BEFo4sE MEN


s'party leaders, from the attacks and
assaults Of villifiers and irresponsibles.
(DThe real, true and tried leaders t
the Republican party in this State need
no defence. (2)TheY stand first, last
and all the time, for real Republican
principles, and as such they need no
defence in the minds OF honest.minded
men. 1Tbe Morning News" holds
that party principles are first to be
considered and above pa ty leaders.
It is not neces Jary for any news
paper to devote its time and its words
In landing or vindicating trus leaders.
{3)They need nothing Of that kind.
Their work stands for what it is and
for what it accomplishes. Believing
firmly in the principles Of the Republi-
can party it is sufficient for"The Morn
ing News'' to stand by those principles
without fiinching. That is all sutfi-
cient, and futile protests and the handy
ing Of words with untruthful and irre-
sp0nsible scribblers amount to nothing.
(AThe party is not SO much in need Of
leaders as it is in need of returning
sense of party honor upon the part of
those who have seen fit to set aside
party principles for the sake of the
personal advancement of one man.
The situation to-day is the result OF
conditions for which the right-think-
ing men Of the party are in no way re-
sponsible. (5)They have done their
duty, and those who have borne the
burden Of the fight for the right are
rot anxious to pose as leaders. No one
man took the stand that brought a bout
the division in 1896, but many men,
and each one Of them is to-day entitled
to the respect and consideration of the
Republicans who believe it party prin'
ciples, party regularity and majority
rule. We ere not aware lhas any one
Of those men who acted with such de-
cision in 1896 is asking for defence
from the assaults Of those they defeat
ed. They were prompted BY high
senss of duty, and having accomplished
what they set about to do they are
satisfied that they were right and that
events since then have justified their
every act. They are not posing as
leaders, yet they are just as determined
as ever to stand against the usurpation
of The Republican party Of the State
for the use of one man who wishes it
for plaything.
The above is the reply to the article |
In the TRANSCRIPT last week. It'll
doesn't say that, but the "News' has
way Of omitting names, &C.; 'tis CO.'S
mopolitan, you know. But re-read the
article in connection with the following
numbered queries and comments:
al. How of the attacks Of resposir
BILE partisans2 But we disagree and as
sert the necessity to defend against
error Of all grades whether it attacks
party principles or party men-leaders
or workers.
~. Certainly not as such but when |,
misrepresented they should be. and i
must be for vigorous organization, de-
Tended by party papers.
I'D. No paper in the State fiatters
less than the TRANSCRIPT, but let's
none outdo it in its efforts to do justice.
(G. But we assert that Addicksism,
the curse nf our State and the cause of
party disruption, has grown under the
pose Of the informing News" We be-
lieYe its silence policy has ought this
about.
(6). We ag. ee, but the bad ''condi- |
tions" have been growing and what is
to be done about iii. That is the ques-
ton.
CASE IN POINT.
The sEvery Evening" Of The S h in
sta1t furnished an Illustration Of Inc !
''defencso due party leaders as tho
views it. The EVERY 1
Evening" said: II
The suggestion of union of the Repub :
lean factions of this State for next years ]
election, on the basis Of division Of the !
.wo United States Senatorships between !,
Addlcks and Higgins, has been made pub.
icly. What an alliance this would be? If il
lnything would tend to unite the Demo. | Il
ratio party and make the State surely Dem
'cratlc once more, political alliance so !.
lnholy as this would do it." i
The "Molning News" does not be- q
ieve this libel upon Hon. Anthony
Higgins nor do the reputable people !"
whom that paper delights to represent. i
But there are those who believe all 8
vii spkoken against man or woman, o
nd nncontradicted the believers grow. 81
he Every Evening" lies. 1t has E
urpose in lying-to injnre the reputa. o.
lon OF Republican whom for an un- q
Explained cause 1t has followed for =
ears with political venom. The '.dis- =
sputable SUM- copies tho article % add m
trife to its circulation but The Morn n,
lg News" offers no defence. It is 70
lent and the enemies Of tried and le,
ue Republicanism point to it as con- u
'nting to the base ehange-is not that ~ ~
uep "Silence give consent.'' - -
But why dues the TRANSCRIPT say !.
% charge is falseP Because no Re- lei
iblican has been so situated to make loa
more advantageous "alIiance" with MI
ddicks, and no allianca has been Ro
ade. Was not Mr.. Higgins the eau iul
: nominee in 1895-was there an al pr prs
ncea Yes, between Addlcks and I. n
,vernor Watson and the lying EVERY no,
7ening' approved. Cru
Has the e. Z. proo.sof its assertionsP We
none. From such Misrepresentation Of
. TRANSCRIPT is ever ready to de- The
i'd any Republican, and the honest sho
ople approve its course, ~
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THE result of the Kent cnuntv br; For