Evening journal., 1900-12-31

dicks party, which has sprung into ex-
istence since the Republican victory in
1883.
The Democratic party la this State
is one party with several factions. The
Republican party has no faction, and
the Union party has many warning
members held in the balance by one
head. Each of these parties elected
members of the coming Legislature
with a definite understanding and a
settled policy, and each candidate Of
each party fully understood what his
obligations to his party were when he
was nominated. The lines were tight
| ly drawn between the parties, and
with the Republican party " meant
good men for offices, good State gov
ernment, and the election Of two United
States senator's With the Union Re-
i publisan party it meant j. Edward Ad-
dicks for United States senator and the
/ Legislature and the State government
for the interest of Addicks. With the
! Democrats, their way had been plain
| ly marked out for them by Clark, Far
low and King at the last session Of
the Legislature. Although they had
troubles i'm their party in making nomi-
nations suitable to the different ele-
ments in their party, they were, with
a few exceptions, agreed to eliminate
any Addcks candidate OF their party
to represent them on the ticket or in
the Legislature, and with their past
experience and their determination
that no one should be elected who
would vote for Addicks. They have as
their representatives men who have
the confidence Of their party, and who
/ tp a1,nr ,af,
TO their party by acceding to the
wishes Of the leaders of the party.
Not many years ago there was but
little difference between the policy of
the two great parties in the nation. A
question of tariff or money would
alone changes the administration. al
ternating between the parties in each
succeeding four years, until the advent
Of William j. Bryan and his allies,
the Populists, Socialists and other
isms that have arisen to eat at the
heart OF good government, and then the
alternating system ceased, and the
Democratic party, under this new
regime, has failed to elect a president
and the Democratic party is beginning
to cast of its barnacles and get the
party back to its moorings. In Della
ware the great majority OF this Demo
cratic party are in one accord in the
policy of the elimination of Addicks
from Delaware politics, and their nomi-
nations for the members of the Legis-
lature were with this end in view.
Since the election we hear much talk
| from the Union Republicans about ma
Jority rule, and a party caucus since
| they elected more members than the
Republicans did. They say, "They are
the majority party, and the minority
should go with the majority into eau
caus, etc"
1t is not so. They have no division,
in their party. 1t is one party, and
Regular Republican party is another
party, separte and distinct. They have
no more right to go into caucus with
the Union Republicans than they have
20 go into caucus with the other dis
tinct party-the Democratic. Before
them were two Republican parties in
Delaware, and when this so-called
Union Republican, party was a small
faction Of the Republican party (made
a faction by Addicks) did this faction
80 into party caucus with the major
ity members of the same party? II the
Union or Addicks party had, at the last
election, elected enough members to
elect Addicks and Alice or Layton. to
the United States Senate, would they
have been so solicitous for party har-
mony or havethey asked themembers of
the Republican party to go into caucus
with them? Would they give TO the
Regulars one senator if they did not
need the votes of the Regulars to elect
Addicks? Would the Republicans
Of the Legislature agree to go into eau
Ialfd ha
that there would be one Union and
one Regular Republican elected United
States Senator's? Does any Regular Re
publicans believe that the Union Re
publicans would elect a Regular Re
publican as the. first senator and Ad-
dicks as the second? Or, is there a Re-
publican, who would think OF going
into such a deal, or think that any Regu-
lar Republican would be elcted if il
was agreed that Addicks should be
! elected as the first senators
The promises Of the Addicks leaders
and the Addicks candidates for the
I last Legislature, made to the Republi-
! cans of Sussex before their election
and their actions in the Legislature
+ after they were elected, bore fruit not
good for any future belief or conf.
, dence in their word.
The Addicks papers are asking for
peace, and his leaders are lavish Will
I promises since their necessity require
it, But they are only idle words; only
another way to fool the people; only
e another web to entrap the foolish, K
r elect their chief to the position he 81
r much desires. Watch and listen t
o those who have the influence with thu
n incoming administration in Delaware
: See how often they cry for peace while
they hold the reins OF power
The way for peace is clear If th'
members elected to the Legislature d.
their duty as they are called to do ii
A REPUBLICAN
Laurel, Del, Dec 26.