The sun., 1900-03-20


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IT is to the credit of the (Anti-Addicks)
party, however, that throughout the
county New Castle hundred furnished
the only instance of an attempt to sell
out the Regular Republican party to
the Addicks Republicans, and that the
attempt failed, as it deserved.-Every
Evening. S
OF course. Everything that is disre-
putable in politics is commendable from
Democratic view point. II is this
touch OF nature that makes the Anti
Addicksites and the Democrats akin.
The methods employed to control this
so-called Republican delegate election
were the old Democratic method OF pre-
venting the people from voting-reject-
ing the votes of men who had right to
vote and accepting the votes of men who
had no right to vote-and the counting
in of the candidates who had been de-
feated by the voters. The men whose
votes were rejected at this election in
New Castle, had perfect right to
vote under the call for this 30
called Republican delegate election.
They were Republicans and bad
a right to insist on the reception of their
votes, and also that they should be
counted. The refusal of that right was
an outrage. Hence its commendation by
Every Evening. That however is not the
worst of it. The votes cast were not
counted as they were cast. We have good
reason for saying this. Men who stood
at the polls and counted the votes as
the, were polled say that there were
only SO votes cast instead of SS, and that
canvass OF the voters show that the
Taylor Hilles ticket received 81 votes,
and the du Pont ticket received Is votes,
majority of % for the ticket that was
counted out.
This is what Every Evening COM
mends. If the Anti-Addicksites enjoy
such victories and covet such commen
} dation, they are welcome to them
Union Republicans prefer to do and bt
right, and for that cause to endure
, Democratic abuse. This election, how il
was conducted, and how it was decided
is none of our affair, except that it offer
to sincere Republicans proof that thu
Anti-Addicksites are not the politica
saints they profess to be; proof that the,
do not want the Republicans of thi
E State TO succeed at the next gen
e eral election; that they do no
g intend to submit to the will of tn
4 people as expressed at the polls.
There is another point in this relation
: which Republicans should note. Th
o Anti-Addicksites have been boasting @
n sure majority vote in this county
Here is proof that they do not believ
g what they say. They have never al
o lowed that question to be tested at tn
s polls, and in this delegate election busi
y ness they have managed to avoid pol
= Of their strength, showing 6e,ided fea
l. that the voters whose fealty they clair
would not sustain their contention i
IS an election confined to the voters {
j. their own party. Elections were held il
y only three districts, and in two of thes
n the du Pont ticket was out voted. 1
n Christianna hundred where the secon
:. largest vote was polled, Shurter, th
y du Pont candidate was beaten by 24 vote
Is in total of 16l, and in New CAST
j. hundred the du Pont ticket would hay
d been overwhelmingly defeated, had
n not been saved by outrage and fraud.
IS In the three hundreds in which ele,
"A tions were held, the du Pont irrecol
le cilables lost two, and broadly this il
ie dicates that even in their own party ,tw
,e voters out of every three are again
y them.
Le With these facts ascertained the Ant
p Addickstes are welcome to the con
RS mendation of their Democratic allies.