The daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-19??, 1902-10-25
WILLIAM vi. BYRNE DEFINES
POSITION TN POLITICS MORE
CLEARLY THAN HERETOFORE,

President, but with an utter disre.
gard of the Presidents y wish they re
fused to join in u programme thai
would give Delaware two Republican
Senators at Washington. They pre-.
ferred to have no senatorial represen
tation or to have Democratic sena tor
ial representation rather than have
Republican senatorial representation
if such representation included Mr..
Addicks as one OF the Senators Such
an attitude can be justified only when
you view tie Delaware political sit.
uation from the Democratic view
point, or from viewpoint of absolute
independence of party organization,
but it Cannot be justified if you con-
slider the Delaware political situation
from the viewpoint OF party Repub
lican. have never been any thing
other than a party Republican and
never will be. do not believe in the
false morality under cover of which
these Darty-smashers would split the
Republican party to pieces in order to
wreck their vengeance against Mr..
Addcks, who is succeeding in wrcst.
ing from their grasp the wand of poi
llical power IN Delaware. They are
desperate because they are losers in
the Delaware game of politics. Their
hatred against Mr.. Addicks is reflect
ed in their present attitude in the
Congressional fight. They know thai
under no possible condition can DR..
Ball be elected to Congress. They
know that il DR.. Ball were removed
from the ticket | would sweep the
State with a handsome majority.
They know if am elected l will be
the servant of the people of Delaware
but Will not acknowledge any cabal Of
political consPra,ors as my masters.
These party smaSllers will not sup
port me because of my devotion to
the peoples interests.
WoRKlNGMEN APPEALED TO
The real deciding ia ctor in this
contest will be the workingmen of
Wilmington. II they support me
will surely be elected. There
has never been III the history of |
organized labor a crisis as import
ant as the one it now faces. In the |
next two Congresses questions that
will arise affect the relations Of or !
6 glnized labor to the prosperity Of
the Republic Tor a century to come.
My life has ceen one identified with
labor. My youth was passed. in an
factory and by observa-
ton as well as by study have come
to observe the rights and the re-
'ponsibilities of American labor.
There IS no doubt but in the Con-
crosses Of the next few years organ
Zed capital will have many cham
)i onS, and it will rest with the
Sorkingmen of Wilmington to de-
eide whether they will waste their
votes by casting them forDr. Ball or
whether they will g;"2 sl,ltiu to rl0
il order that may go to Washing.
on and there plead for the rights of
abor in the great work Of adjust
ng the relations between the work
ng men ofAmerica and the captains l.
# industry whose great combina- I
ions Of capital are now threatening |
he permanency of American insti- &
utions. If | am sent to Washing |
on by the votes of the workingmen T.
t Wilmington l will devote my l.
inc and my industry to the advo- p
acy of their cause, but if l am not d
ent to Washington | will not S
ease my efforts in other ways to =
remote what | consider the best \
lterests of theRepublic by advocat- p
y in season and out of season the "
shts Of American worhingmon in