The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-19
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1901
THE PARTY wREcKER.

light. as the wreckers of the Republican |
party and the reckless opponents of the
States interests, and have submitted a
compromise plan to the Regulars. lnas
much as the plan merely proposes that |
Addlcks shall have one Senatorship, and
that the other may go to Colonel du
Pont, the Regulars in their answer to-
day will most likely refuse TO consider it.
The opposition to Addicks may be justly
placed on other grounds besides the suffi-
cient reason of unftness for the place.
On strictly party grounds, good Republic
cans have the best reasons for repudiat-
ing him. 1t would be difficult to find
parallel instance Of politician who has
completely wrecked his own party, and
then has the effrontery to ask reward
for the disaster. In 1895 Colonel du
Pont was the Republican candidate for
United States Senator, and commanded
fifteen votes, when only one vote more
was needed to elect, Addicks had four
votes completely under his control, and
used them to defeat his own party. His
action caused Il vacancy in the United
States Senate, and ut the next session of
the Legislature Il Democrat was chosen
Senator.-Public Ledger.
The Union Republicans of Delaware,
including the members of the Legislature
representing that party, do not hesitate
to proclaim their Allegiance to their party
rules i'll the selection of candidates, and
their adherence to Mr.. Addicks as their
candidate for United States Senator
they do not regard the designation nd
dicksites," at all discreditable. They are
honest men. who are Republicans from
conviction, who have the interests Of this
State at heart, who believe those inter
ests will he best conserved by Republi-
can control. and who know that this con
dition of Republican control has been
brought about through and by the leader
ship of Mr.. AddickS: that he has done
for the Republican party what no other
leader ever did, and what, as far ms the
facts show, no other leader would or
could do for it. They know that the
State is Republican today because Mr.
Addicks would not he driven out Of the
States politics, would not desert the
people whose cause he had cspoused
because of the prosecutions of Il combined
Republican and Democratic opposition
These men know of the difficulties which
besct the Republican party under the
Democratic rule, and they know, ter
rible us they were then, that they were
UNNECESSARILY augmented by the oppo-
sition to Mr.. Addcks; and that no other
political leader Of the State, excepting
not even those Of the terrible DAYS pre-
ceding and following the civil war. has
been 50 maligned and prosecuted for his
Republican opinions and political efforts
To make Delaware Republican State.
Ills devotion to this cause. his gener-
osity in meeting its demands ana his
courage and patience. under persecution.
have won not only their admiration but
their deep and lasting gratitude. The
LedGer'S snecr ut thcn-calling them
AddickSites regarded as being an
honorable designation.
The charge of being wrrckers of til,
Republican party, urged by the Ledger
Is Il repetition Of one the factionalist lies
told TO bolster up the mos, wicked poiti
cal conspiracy Of this States history
The Ledger knows it to be a lie Other
wise there might be some excuse for IL
repetition of it. The party wreckers ii
this State are the political followers OF
Colonel du l'ont, whose special champion
the Ledger is. They boted from Tho
party because they feared defeat in 1896
have repeatedly attempted to defeat il
since, and are today refusing oyertures
for party unity that accords the minor
lty equal rights with the majority-they
will not unite with the party because Of
Colonel du Points hatred of Mr. Addicks
Colonel du Pont is therefore the leader OF
the party wreckers, and the Ledger an
intermcddling advocate ofthc wrecllinpo al
u party in which it has no part; Il dc.
tractor Of people i'll whom it has only a
gossips and Il slandcrcr's interest: 4
newspaper parasite fostering itself upon
Delaware for its own benefit, advocating
no good interest, helping no good cause,
II INJURIES the commonwealth in return for
the support it draws from its people.
Which is the better man politically.
Mr.. Addicks or Colonel du pont? For
tunately there are rules of Judgment. and
Facts for proof in such case Du pOnt
has lived all his life in Delaware, ana
lived in it under the disgraccful ana
destructive Democratic rule. So far as
the public is informed he never lifted
his hand or opened his mouth to miti-
gate the outrageous political ills tho
people suffered, Or to protest against The
lnfamS perpetrated in the name Of
government. What is reported Of Ills
politics described him MS vacillating be-
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties. Locally he was never heard of
until he aspired to succeed his father ~
member Of the electoral college of the
state. In the campaign Of 1894, following
which he became Senatorial candidate
ut the suggestion of George v. Massey
ana Senator Higgins he was not known
or heard Of as in any way interested in
the success of the Republican ticket.
lie was not named as a Senatorial candi-
dale because of any personal fitness, or
public service, but rs an available party
upon which to consolidate votes which
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