Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-06

neople, but at the end of his reign they
would gladly turn TO the old Demo
cratic PARTY for relief, rs they have in
times past. When corruption stalks
abroad in high Places. when malfeas-
ance in Office is allowed to go unpun-
| ished, when such unbonnded and such
unheard of extravaganza is practiced as
| is INDUCED in by the present admins
traUion, the people OF this country
ought to rise up and drive they from
power If they are possessed OF the old
American spirit, as believe they are.
10 my mind the trust question is ms
| important as any issue we have in our
platform. The industrial trusts of this
country are working out to- q, higher
degree the old scheme of the protective
tariff, the mother of trusts. Having
crushed out the individual competition
at home and having complete control
OF the home market, they now demand
| that this government seize foreign ter
ritory in which their articles may be
disposed of and business encouraged >
Thus We have had protective tariff,
industrial trusts and now we have i'm
! perialism. -
Speaking of State issues in Delaware
Mr.. Salisbury said:
1.-THE recent. Regular or anti-Ad
dicks Republican convention has to
some extent helped the Democratic
cause in Delaware by taking the Regu-
lar Republican organization oft OF tho
hands of what might be called the rail-
road faction Of that division of the Re-
| publican party, and turning it over to
ex-senator Higgins, who, by reason
| of his untirlng political exertions, is
the national leader of the more respecta-
BILE element of the Republicans.
Politically Higgins IS none too
| good, and two of his chief assistants,
Hilles, promising, and prominent
young lawyer, and Knowles, also q
member of the bar, are dstrusted even
by their OWL faction, and believed to
be entirely willing to advance them
selves politically even to the extent of
| sacrificing the good name of the State
In gratifying Addicks' ambition.
Their hope. doubtless. is that the
Union or Addioks Republicans, by sys-
tematic corruption of the voters, can
get enough added to their crowd to
make a majority. Higgins, however,
can hardly affor6 to combine with Ad-
dicks. He has openly called him "a
| moral idiot as to political methods,
and at the first conclusive sign that he
had combined with Addicks enough
decent Republicans would vote the
Democratic ticket to make such COM
binatiun harmless.
"Col. du Pont, the recently dis
charged leader Of the Republicans, ia
now sulking, and refuses to advance
the necessary funds to continue their
political operations. Only nominally
the leader Of his faction, and without
any political experience, sagacity, or
tact, the colonel was easily endorsed
by ex Senator Higgins, and was Kissed
In what he thought was his own con-
vension.
1.-THE railroad influence which con-
trolls the Regular Republican organiza-
tion has lost ground, and in this way
the effort to control a majority OF the
next delaware Legislature for railroad
and corporation purposes will probably
fail.
"In this campaign the fight of the
Democrats against corporate control Of
the political affairs of our State by the
Bay State gas or the railroads is
likely to produce many local political
phenomena. The grange element is
still strong in the agricultural sections,
and the declaration In the Kansas City
platform against trusts aud monopolies
opens the way to the agitation to these
questions. H-F..
1.-The Addicks Republicans have prac-
tically nominated the board of directors
of the Bay State Gas Co., aud the Gnu.
ployes for the State offices, and the sal
airy list of the, State is to be made to do
service as the payroll Of his company.
do not believe that Burris, named
for governor by the Regular Republi-
cans, will allow his name to be used as
o figurehead to be put up or pulled
down as anyone else may wish Mr..
Burris is respectable lawyer Of ster-
ling honesty, and. has the respect of the
community.
Neither is DR.. Marshall, the AID.
dicks nominee for governor, a mere
figurehead, and it is thought he has a
sufficient Independence of character and
sturdy manliness to resent attempts to
use him merely as a stool pigeon. The
DOCTORS personal character is assailed
by no one. His political associations
are the chief objection to his caadi-
dacy. 1t is pretty fight, and the Del
aware Republican situation reminds ma
very much of the wits description of
the political parties of Spain. He
spoke of about 33 general and we'll
defined parties, each of which mad
numerous subdivisions.
"Our State Convention will be neld
September 18th, when we shall nomi-
nate candidates for governor, Dieuten-
ant governor, attorney general, Presi-
Dental Electors, Congressman for an
unexpired term fol the present Con-
gress, nominees for the next Congress,
State treasurer, auditor and insurance
commissioner.
1.-THE next Legislature will elect two
United States Senators. one to fill the
present vacancy, and a successor to
Senator Kennsy.a For the latter posi-
tions there are numbers Of worthy can.
didates who have been discussed for
these places.
For tho gorernorship we also have
number of worthy aspirants, all of
whom are eminently respectable men,
and of good standing in the party.
have noticed since | have been ip New
England that Gov. Tunnsll has been
mentioned in the papers for renomi-
nation, but I feel satisfied that this is
not encouraged by him, as he was 10th
to accept the nomination given him in
'96" M. e, Hennessy.
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