The sun., 1901-08-01
Evil. IN POLITICAL REvoLTs.

the driving OF fiiStHiS lioih l''"
honor and responsibility is to be found
in the independent action of the voters
in municipalities. So long as strict party
lines are drawn i'll the matter OF selecs
ins city officers just that long may
scandals and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be ionha,
The Morning News.
The contrary of the above IS true oi
tha Government of this city and STATE
The root and source, of the most dlsas-
trous things in our local State and mu
nicipal government, is to be found in the
bolts that have occurred in the Repnbi
can party. We say this in view of what
We think is II pretty accurate knowledge
Of the history Of Republican politics ~
this State, and of a general kn0wledg"
of the mon who have been its leaders,
and Of the motives that have actnated
them. 1t is true that the factionalism
that has marked the history of the Re
publican party has been the home and
refuge of the sh-called '.ndependenl
voter and il is also true that this fac
tionaism is chargeable, at least in
directly with al the political corruption
developed during the almost unopposed
Democratic control Of the State.
Our knowledge of the history Of Re
publican politics runs "A little further
back than that Of our contemporary; runs
back to Il time when nothing bnt bolt
Of So-called independent voters coulI
have turned this city over to the Demo
Gratis And that thing happened. Some
where ahont the seventies. n number If
Republicans. anticipating speedy Re
publican control Of the State from the
accession Of the colored vote, sct about
the overthrow OF what they called. III
order 10 discrcdit it. the "old city ring. :.
They succeeded. They defeated the Re
publican municipal organization. put tht
city into Democratic control. making III,
whole State government Democratic, AM
put back for thirty years the Rcpubliuar
opportunity TO apply Republican prin
ciples to State and city government. tn,
advertised motive Of this Independent
movement was to ''turn the raScas ont
The real motive was to defeat Il Repnhli
can organization that could not other
wise j" controlled, and break down III,
power Of leaders who would not Scry
the purpose Of the So-calle,l ''indrpcnilen
voters. There are people yet alive hcrt
about who we think will vonch for iii
truth Of what we have written. If thu
VIII increase our contemporaries col
iidrne" IN them, we will say that 81,
eral Of the people, whom we have
mind, are Anti-AdlicksiteS Further \
will say th" promoter, II the fnmol
alti-ring movement. are now. almo
70 man, Anti AtlaicksitcS. 10 til
anti-rils movement is tracrailr III ii
faetioml differences that have dnfeat,
me Republican party. The struggle i
party leadership began there began
the ambition Of men for Congrpssion
iild Senatorial h"nors In the promoti,
Of their plans the controversies were IN
rcd into primary elections, and
Stat" conventions dividing the par
connsclS lending to the divisions, /
tr'lNitlS, lay downs aud defeats that IN
marked the party's history; and Inns
llntll now with the projectors ana len
trs Of the disastrous nnti.ring mo,
lnemt Still fighting the party organiznti.
" hose who know. and who viii III
ne trouble to think II out, the line
connection between that anti-ring mo,
tnrlt and all that followed it in 10,
politics, is clear. Effects have follow
causes III such order of character Il
sequence rs to be Of unmiStalahlr nri..
Now, remembering what has 'ocenrl
IN Delaware politics, recalling thr I,
that government Of tho people, hy
le0ple anl for the people. was litera
impossible IN Delaware, the robhinr
thousands Of people Of their rights.
r0hbin- Of county trcaSnrers, tie !
ruWing Of the electorate. and thr II
overthrow Of the government chosen
the people, with all tlle difficulties 4
sacrifices which contests against
growing rvils in government entail
what possible excuse can be offered
that Independent Republican movem,
in this city? What can be said to eyc,
what prevented the application nf Rrp
llcln principles, that demand cuual
before the law. 10 the government Of /
State for So long timcy Is it posi-
tlat any abuse of power on c0rrupt
~ municipal politics. could have exist
III" curing or which demands such
sacrifice on the part Of the people
Delaware. as that independent m0ycm,
eritaile,l? Aside from our knowledge
he situation, which is that there i
10 such abuse or corruption. We
ready to say that nothing could have
CURED under the existing circumstanc
that would have justified the mo
mcnt Another thing we want to Z
phasiz" in cnntrovrrtng our contcmp
ary's political heresy, is that the dis