The sun., 1900-08-27


the Republican party acting in and
through its State organization. The boil
tiers went out of the Republican party
to defeat it. They sought the aid of the
Democratic party in that enterprise, got
it and succeeded in their purpose. More
than that these Anti-Addicks boilers
have maintained the separation from the
Republican party, and have continually
threatened its defeat when they could
not enforce their demands for its con-
troll. Further than this they are recog-
nized as the allies of the Democratic
party and fusion with them is sought by
the Democrats III order to assure Re
publican defeat and Democratic success.
The bolter organization is not politi-
cal party. 1t has no political principles
that it will not forsake for the ulterior
purpose of its eXistence-the defeat of
]. Edward Addicks in his canvas for
the United States Senatorial election.
In that it is Anti-Republican. Mr.. Adj
iolity of the Republican voters Of the
State. Opposition to that majority that
will defeat the Republican party of the
state to accomplish its purpose is most
assmedly Anti-Republican.
lii making this distinction between
professed Republicans we want to eX-
press our belief that very large part
IA majority-of the voters who have
been affiliated with the Anti-Addicks-
ties, have sustained that relation simply
because Of their desire to maintain IN
appearance of, loyalty to the Republ-
can party; of loyalty to the national Re
publican convention and party. These
voters had really no interest in or sym
pathy with the Anti-Addicksite man
hunting purpose of the bolter organiza-
| tion They have less interest in it now.
The purpose of their politics is to de-
feat the Democratic party. They can
not do that as members of a minority
bolter party, They cannot do that by
maintaining a position of antagonism
to the Republican party Of the State;
their political principles, their political
purposes and their personal ambitions
all conspire to separate them from the
bolter organization, and unite them to the
Union Republican party. 1t is the only
| consistent Republican party in the State.
1t is the regular Republican party and
the majority Republican party and if
the State is won from the Democrats
it must be by this party. Defeat and
destroy the Union Republican party and
Delaware is permanently Democratic
State. These are the facts of the poll
| teal situation. They cannot he success
fully contradicted. Why then should
| these loyal Republicans remain outside
the party organization to which they
/ rightly belong, in which their influence
can be used for the furtherancc of the
principles they avow and for the bcne-
| fit Of the State of which they are citi-
zcns? We do not believe they Will do so
| stay cut Of the party to which Ill loyal
| Republicans of Delaware. belong. The
| opportunity has come TO them now to
/ show what manner of Republicans they
| arc-to prove the honesty of their inten-
tion and their loyalty to their Republi-
can principles when they followed the
| bolters because Of their recognition BY
the National Rrpublcan Conyrntion-by
/ leaving The boltcrs now because thcy no
longer have that recognition ana noloug-
er net by authority Of the National Re
| publican organization. We know that n
great number of these men have done
just this thing. The rest of them ought
to do it, They all ought to avow what
they have done and what they intend
| TO do. That is the shortest route to
Republican unity and success. That is
the honest way to do it. 1t is the Re
publican political way to do it. The
men who do this are Republicans.
The men who go about under a pro-
fession Of loyalty to the Republican
party but who carry knives in their
sleeves. and malice in their hearts, who
turn the party organization into a man
hunting and prosecuting league and
who conspire among themselves and
with Democrats for the defeat Of the
party to which they belong and who by
that kind of cospiracy have defeated
the Republican party and threaten to do
it again, are not Republicans whether
they write their names with a prefix or
without it.
The Union Republican party is THE
Republican party Of Delaware because
of its willingness to do all reasonable
and honorable things to secure party
unity and success The test oc devotion
is the test of loyalty and truth.