Evening journal., 1901-12-09
PENINSULA PRESS
What a Partyl

From the Sussex Republican.
The only overtures made to obtain
one Republican ticket in the last cam
paign were made by the Regular Re
publican County Committee, and they
were rejected by the Unions. After
wards, a suggestion was made to the
chairman of the Unions that, as the
legislative nominees seem the bone of
contention. that they be left as they
were and an agreement reached
whereby there might be one county
ticket This suggestion was met with
the rather emphatic but inelegant re-
ply of "to h-ll with the county
ticket"
This put an end to the negotiations
for one Republican ticket in Sussex
county and the responsibility for two
tickets and consequently defeat rests
entirely with the Unions The demand
that the Regulars should withdraw
their whole ticket disband their or
ganization and accept and vote the
Union Republican ticket upon which
they had no representation, was non
sensical. and not to be considered by
any self-respecting individual. Such a
demand hadnever been made nor insist
ed upon before and was only the out
come of over confidence of the Unions
that they could win anyhow and did
not need the votes of the Regulars,
but their minds were disabused on
election day and votes proved that the
balance of power rested with the
Regulars There it rests today and
will expect and demand recognition as
such. That vote represents about one
/ half of the real Republican vote of
Sussex county. The combined Repub-
! lican vote of Sussex county is about
! forty-hve hundred. Nearly two thou
sand of these votes are colOred, and
under the influence of Addicks has be.
come a corrupt vote and we are salts
fed that at least one thousand of the
white vote cast for the Union ticket is
paid. leaving less than a thousand un-
corrupted votes for that ticket. Tc
undertake to claim that this vote is
Republican is nOnsensical; a purchased
vote has no politics and this vote 1.
only the expression OF the sentiment
of the man who buys It, and this con
I dition alone is the explanation Of th'
vote cast for the Union ticket.
IL is not Republican, because it ex
70 presses no Republican sentiment o
principle. Il is an Addicks vote, be
/. cause it is bought by him and regis
S tiers his will or wish in politics, ant
this is the right" which the Uniol
organ boasts will win, though al
! hades be against them We wish tn
editor OF that organ would explain
n wherein they are right and upon wha
/, right the organization it represents /
, founded. Some years ago We said tina
y IL was founded on nothing less,
Than Addieks gas and cussedness,
"a and We have fully been confirmed /
\ that opinion by the actions Of AC
= dicks adherents. recorded in the pre-
= ceedings of the Delaware Legislature
h Every act has been made subservien
"A TO the effort to make Addicks senate
IN and in no instance that We can reca
IN has tne vote Of the representatives
n that organization been cast for u
nv purpose Of upholding Republica
e principles. or benefting the Republica
". party What a record for any organ
de zation which boasts of its Republican
n ism. owned body and breeches by ol
IN. man it has no idea other than b
M wish and that is TO be senator.
'g- independence, no thought Of it's ow