The sun., 1901-10-10
THE PRESIDENTS FAVOR.

RepublicanlSm uO not assure the Anti
Addicksites of his favor, and they are
trying by their old discrcditablc tricks
"a prejudice him against the Republican
party organization Of this State.
According to these Democratic-bolrer
Republican allies. there are no reputable
capable on honest men in the Union Re-
publican party. The absurdity Of that
lie, ought to prohibit even confirmed
political liars telling of it. And yet i
is being told. printed and sent broad cast
over the country in the hope that the
President may hear it, read it, and lac
influenced by it. The Judgment avprip,g
such thing of the President of tie
United States is not complimentary +
either his dSccrnment or Judgment. Rea-
sonably it can not be expected that Preai-
dent Roosevelt could believe that Il partt
organization controlling State, and
that includes ninety per cent. of the Re
publican votes of that State, contained
no reputable, capable, honest men. The
w NNiiN LllibNNlblllNN VI SUM u SITUATION
is it's hest contradiction. The Union Re.
publicans Of Delaware accept the Pres
dents alleged decision to demand capa-
city and honesty in public office. as the
very hest rule which he could adopt: and
which applied to Delaware will vindicatp
the claims of their party to the Presi-
dents trust and confidence: they arc
pushing no man for office who is not
worthy and capable of the office he seeks
The contrary charge is not only untrue
but cowardly hcgging of the question
at iSsuc in Delaware politics.
Referring to the political history Of the
State. and its relations to national poll
tics, it is not complimcnting the prcsi-
dent to suppose him ignorant of it. He
assnredly knows that there has hcen il
disastrous ulvision in the Republican vote
of this State since 1896 The origin of
that division of the State vote-the bolt
from the Repubhcan State Convention,
the convention incidents at st. Louis. til,
ensuing campaign and the election of the
Union Republican delegates to the elec-
toral college, the defeat of the State
ticket, the fraudulent Democratic lrgiain-
ture and its election of r. Il. Kcnney q
the United States Senate, and the sub
sequent defeats Of the election of lt.
publican United States Senators by tha
holterS-cannot have escaped his notice
These things have been pcrsistcnty ad-
vertised an over the country; and whlr
the main result Of all that advertisement
has been to deceive there has been
enough Self evident truths. contradicting
the untluth, to suggest that intelligent
capable ana honest Judgment Of The
stories told would result in finding the
truth. That this has occurred is proved
hy tie reversal Of their first Judgment ~
the Delaware ease by many Of the lcad-
ing Republicans Of the country. Ii bcs
ing therefore fair to assume that prc~i-
dent Roosevelt is well Informed ahout
Delaware politics, il il also fair to aS-
sumo that his opinion about il will u,
correct There are no personal interests
70 warp his Judgment The buffers rnu
offer lin nothng that it would 10 10 ~
Interest g accept; they can offer him
nuthing hat can effectively promote na-
tional Interests. nor can they withhold
unytIlng that iwould seriously nndangr
national interests that they arr not now
withholding. Under these conditions II
is reasonable to expect only right aud
polite Judgment of the Delaware ca,r
from the President HAT he will rcr'r=-
ilizr liz tie Republican party organzati II
Of thn State the Union Republican party
that has already been recognized hy Ne
national parity organization. ana that IS
nov represented in the National Rrpuhli
cnu Committee. The Union Republican
party Is also the majority party Of TIL,
State.
The course Of President MckiMcy iu
Withholding his favor from the holtrrS
during the list year Of his udmnist",-
tull, was tlr strongest possible yrriti,il-
tiol " til claim tlut hc had changed
hi opinion and intention about the h0ltrr
J.. pullicaus of this State Ii was cyi-
dc,t thai Is regarded al his obligations
10 them growing ont Of the convent ~
Incident HI 1896, HAL Been discharge /.
His latter efforts therefore were not di-
rrtcd toward placatiug the b0ltrr~. Is,
sustaining their fractional organization.
III was just aS evi,lcntly trying To heal
the division i'll the party ranks III Il " n
10 assure his mistaken botcr friends ~
recognition Us and III the Republican
purity IF the state. There cannot hc
amy real doubt about that But WHINE
I'nsilrut Mckinley was trying t0 dt
thiS, every proposition made to carry out
the Presidents policy was rejected Nv
The bolrrs. They chose division aud ,l,-
feat as preferable 10 recognizing tnr
Union Republican party 70 be the i
publican party of the State.
These arc facts easily attcstrl. The
death of President Mckinley has not
changed tho facts Of the ease. III thoy
must stand as basis Of Judgment. Il
does, however, bring these facts befor.