Evening journal., 1900-03-24

BE FORMULATED TO ENCoM-
PASS DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT IN
DELAWARE.
When the Republican State Commit
tee sent its vigorous answer to the
unionists' committee, Bayard p
q Burn Of Milford. Delaware. wrote
to District Attorney Byrne stating that
: the cause OF Delaware republlcanism
5 had been much advanced by the manly
p attitude Of the Republican State Com
, mittee In reply, Mr.. Byrne sent the
7 following interesting discussion on the
/, political situation in Delaware:
D February Q, 1900
Mr.. Bayard p. Burn,
p Milford, Delaware.
, Dear sir: | was glad 20 receive your
l favor with the information that repub-
. licans OF your county are much ercour-
. aged by the vigorous and manly stand
{ taken by the Republican State Com
e lmittee in the answer IL sent to the
letter OF Mr.. Alice. With us here Il has
met with decided approval by all those
desirous Of the permanent success of
= nothing to do with the composition Of
the letter, / thoroughly approve of the
main contentious made therein
AS I understand the situation in
r. Delaware. the uniOnists have for a long
= time been industrious in building up a
, party organization outside Of the re-
= publican party OF the state and nation,
I and thinking they had constructed a
strong holy fhay fnaHa On affnrf In fH.
Alice letter todestroy therepublican or
. ganization by a process Of unfair ANAL
!. gamation This assault involved the
, integrity of the republican party or
{ ganization; and that il has been sue
= cessfully met and repulsed ought 70
=, give satisfaction to every Delawarean
D anxious for the victory of true republic
canism. Certainly It is elementary mat
the greatest good for the people is OBJ
4, tained by well regulated party organ
ization. Because the republican organ
4 ization of Delaware has done nothing
S to forfeit the confidence OF the people.
e the effort Of the unionists to build up
F. an antagonistic and gerrilla organiza-
a ltion meets with the deserved resistance
= OF the people. IL would be ruinous 10
self-gOverning communities IT, not
withstanding the justice OF party Or
ganization, men with sufficient means
4 were permitted to build up a personal
b political machine with which TO make
J. political war upon the regular and well
n constituted party organizations
4 / am opposed heartily to the present
/, aspect OF unionism in Delaware because
l believe that movement to be viola
T tive of the best principles Of party
/. government believe, too, that their
= rejection by the national convention In
T. St. Louis in 1896, and their failure to
, obtain a reversal of the conyention's
r action by the national committee OF
r. the republican party at its recent meet
Z ing in Washington. were due to this
e fact, that their organization is a viola
il tion of the principles underlying the
4 existance Of all well regulated party
government How could the national
. lconvention and the national committee
\ take a different view Of unionism IN
q Delaware, since the unionists here
/, lhagrantly declare themselves In violent
- -eloppOsition to the republican party OF
Il Delaware and to the leaders Of the re.
= publican party in the nation? II chs
a national convention and the national
n committee took a different view, en-,
n couraging revolt against party organ
n izatiCn, and saying in effect that al
~ hostile movements would be recognized
Ii IL they had a certain amount o
81 Is strength, they would deal a tremendous
,n blew at the unity and integrity of part,
Il organization. Without party Organiza
tion political affairs would be chaotic
4 These fundamental principles actuat
me in my attitude toward the unionists
. and l have never permitted myself Il
:, be swayed by personal animus dlrectel
s1 against Mr.. Addicks, or against an.
unionists in Delaware. I have neve
- undertaken to sit in judgment upon MI
- Addicks, or anyone else, and have con
~ fined my view of the Delaware situa
- tion entirely to the attiture OF Mr.. Ad
dicks in public matters. am told re
r liably that Mr.. Addicks seeks TO justif
lie a widespread corruption of the electo
-. rate. This is a principle Of politica
~ action to which | shall never subscribe
y lt is a matterOf notorious informatio
u. that Mr.. Addicks is the bone an
- sinew Of the uniOnists' organization
land that the existence of that organiza
al tion is not for the purpose Of accom-
u' plishing any reform in the republica
party. but for the purpose Of furthel
ne ing his personal political ambition
believing dS I uO III iht utttcolll
party organization, | shall never cor
S. cede the right to any man to organic
'e hostile and guerrilla political machir
OK for the purpose of either wreaking pI
'p- litical vengeance on his opponents,
securing political advantage to himsel
&C. when the condition of the party
er- which belong affords no justihcatic
ne for such revolt.
I'D / do not see, therefore. how any r.
OF publican. rejecting on the principi
that ought TO govern party action, cs
ID think for a moment Of dealing with N
ng Addicks as the head Of a hostile part
ty, II Mr. Addicks would take a posltiC
ng IN the ranks of the republican par
at and strive valiantly for the triumph
its the principles OF the best republica
by ism. / certainly would not oppose hi
On II a majority of the people thereaft
] would wish to confer political hon
on, upon him, though I might not suppc
him for such honors. because belle