Evening journal., 1900-05-07
AN UNDNNG PRINCIPLE

port that Colonel Henry A. DUPONT
had agreed to enter into a COM
promise with J. Edward Addicks and
that President Mckinley would play
the role OF mediator. We can say that
j. Edward Addicks never will go TO the
United States Senate by the aid or
with the approval of Colonel DUPONT
In this he has the earnest support Of
the Republican party Of the State.
Commenting upon the mater the
Providence Journal says:
The report is scarcely credible.
Colonel DUPONT unless his reputation
outside his state is based entirely on
misinformation, is a man of high pub
lie spirit and unquestionable personal
integrity. He is commonly spoken of as
having proved his patriotism as a sol
der and mis- loyalty to sound political
principle as a citizen. While promi-
nent in politics, he has never been
counted a practical politician" in the
sense Of being a political tradesman
or trafficker for office. Even his op-
ponents in the long contest in which he
has been conspicuous have not been
able to bring any railing accusations
against him, either personally or polit-
ically. Il is almost impossible TO be-
lieve that such a man could enter into
a cheap bargain" with Addicks int
order to secure for himself a seat in
the United States Senate
For nearly ten years the people OF
Delaware have refused, despite many
temptations. to allow Addicks to repre-
sent them in the upper branch OF Con-
bfo ofrott.s 10 r,Ielofv H.,
high office have been defeated and be-
lause the people OF Delaware have not
believed that he had any good claims TO
the honor or that he was fitted for the
duties. He is a politician Of the most
practical" sort, and his methods.
which are well known all over the
country, have failed to command the
approval OF his fellow-citzens He
stands for about everything in political
policies. schemes and devices which are
commonly disapproved by the better
classes of the American people. Colo
mel DUPONT so far as can be judged
from the outside. is Addicks precise
opposite, standing for what is best in
both theoretical and practical politics
If his reputation is deserved, the
Office OF United States Senator would
at least suffer no loss Of dignity and
character in his possession. Addicks,
on une other hand. would degrade any
public Office TO which he might be
chosen. 1t Is absurd to think of them
on any grounds Of public policy occu-
pying the positions of colleagues Col
onel DUPONT could not consistently
enter into any agreement with Ad-
dicks a condition of which was to give
the two men joint honor To be as
sured that he had done so would be a
shock to ones confidence in human
nature. The Senate has just escaped.
barely, the disgrace OF Quay's admis-
sion to one Of its seats; the American
people in every state. and especially
those Of Colonel DuPonts standing,
should take a good care that no other
similar disgrace is inflicted.
We assure our Rhode Island contem-
porary that there has been nothing In
common between Colonel Dupont and
Addicks; that there will be nothing in
common between them Colonel Du-
Pont does not deal with such man.
He has too much self-respect and too
high a regard for the honor and integ-
rity Of his party and state. He is not
a seeker after the Office of United
States senator, and would sacrifice his
own chances thousand times rather
than deal with a man OF the Addicks
kind. This he has demonstrated time
and time again. During the last Legls.
lature, while the Addicks members
were voting for Addicks day in and day
out. the Republican members voteS
for many representative men Of th'
party and left the Addicks men abso
lutely no ground for the assertion tha
it was DUPONT or nobody. II any per
son doubts this statement we invit
him to consult the journal OF the join
sessions of the two houses. But tn
Addicks men said mo; we viii vote 70
nobody except Addicks,' and a vacanc
resulted That journal Of proceeding
gives the lie to any man who assert
that Colonel DuPont's candidacy stand
in the way Of harmony. He has show
his willingness to have any respectabl
and capable man elected TO the Senate
and at the same time he has manifesto
a grim determination that the hig
cfTice never shall be disgraced by tn
incumbency Of Addicks or any Of hi
creatures. That is the situation, an
that unassailable position is what hs
enabled him and his friends to retail
the confidence and support Of the RI
publican voters
We assure the Providence Journl
that the people OF Delaware are alive
the situation and that Mr. Addicks wi
fail this year as he has in the past.
is a fight for the undying principle tn
men who debauch an electorate al
corrupt and disrupt a party are mo
worthy Of public execration than
seats in the United States Senate.