The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-16
The DELLA
WARE DISPUTE

The Inquirer does not always agree
with Senator Hanna, but sometimes
the Senator Is right, and when he Is
it delights to commend him. He is
absolutely right regarding the Sena-
torial dispute in Delaware. He has
been talking about the failure Of the
Legislature to send two Republicans
to the United States Senate. He
says that Addichs had twenty solid
votes, with two more ready to come
] to him when it was obvious that they
would elect him; that dupont had
but five votes that would stick to
him; that IN spite of this fact Ad-
dicks was willing to compromise and
permit DUPONT to be elected, il Du-
Pont, on the other hand, would agree
to Addicks' election; that DUPONT re-
fused to compromise, and Is therefore
responsible for the result.
This is absolutely the truth and 1t
is curious to see how some of the In
surgent newspapers are criticising
Hanna for stating it. Here is one in
Philadelphia, for instance, that re-
marks:
Senator Hanna's statement is prac-
ticaliy confession that he tried his
utmost to get the respectable Re-
publicans to compromise on Addicks,
and, more surprising still, he not
only does not condemn by word the
discredited horde of Addicksites but
with a shocking disregard Of political
morals, essays to excuse and defend
his extraordinary conduct in giving
aid and comfort to the Addicks con-
tingingent against the interests OF
the honorable Republicans of Della
ware which concern the whole Re-
publican party. Chairman Hanna, in
fact, actually places the blame for the
outcome in Delaware upon the Regu-
lar or Dupont Republicans, whom he
denounces for stubborness.
If you pick out the craziest lunatic
in an asylum he will tell you that he
aloEe is sane and that everybody else
is crazy. If you pick out rabid In
surgent newspaper that represents
only small minority, it will tell you
that it alone embodies all that is
good and pure and that the great ma
jorlty Of citizens are corrupt. In the
quotation above given the respecta.
bic and honorable Republicans of Del
aware are proclaimed to be only those
who opposed A1dicks. This is a di-
rect insult to the great body of Re-
pub!icanS of the State.
The DUPONT Republicans claim to
be the Regulars, but they are not.
They were thrown out of the Repub.
lican National Convention Committee
and were thrashed out of their boots
at the polls The socalled Union Re-
publicans are the genuine regulars of
Delaware, not only because they have
the National party recog-
milton, but because they proved on
election day that they were in large
majority.
And yet here is a little contingent
holding itself mp as the only genuine
thing in Republicanism that abso-
lutely deties the great ma jority.
Finn and his crowd in Pennsylvania
tried to wreck the Republican party
here and DUPONT and his little fol-
lowing, to satisfy their own ambitions
and their spite, are trying to do the
same thing in Delaware.
1t makes no difference to the In
quirer whether Mr.. Addicks is ever
Senator or not, but, it stands for the
right of majority to rule, and if. as
the result of the DUPONT bolt from
regular Republicanism, the State is
captured by the Democrats, DUPONT
and his boilers alone will be at fault.