The evening Republican., 1902-07-12
THE POLITICAL
:. !. ~. :. SITUATION.

T William Michael Byrne, discuss
log the political situation in Della
ware says:
I'm one OF, the. most deliglitfr
prose Idyls which has refreshed me
'"prue4 and ]. - that master Of Amer
>. Can letters. George William Curtis
I gives a recipe for happiness il W
but look npon the world through
I properly-ad djnsted spectacles; and IL
one of his inimitable stories thu
prince OF orr local reconteurs; Colone
7 Needs. tells how intrinsicaIly varlan
mav'be our estimate ofthngs because
OF a difference in the point OF view
Since my coming to town, | have
'beena weekly reader OF the Sunday
Star. .3
"After refreshing myself with the
I editorial budget Of my friend Bell,
which, II view Of his latest public
effort, would hardly dare tocaIl ;
Hight repasb, Hasten to turn to the
Interesting column devoted to the
Glasses. '!i NUt withstanding a Wig
o.o,ls and trenchant style, keer
perfection Of political drift, and =;
-feariessness of assault on party err
rors | am not satisfied that the best
! view Of Delaware polite is to be had
through the murky and distorted
'Giasses OF my Democratic friend. |
am not convinced that his view OF
political afairsis entirely divorced
from an effort to promote the inter-
es!s of his party. 1 would gladly join
him and every one In promoting the
/ public good; but l must be first GER
tain thai his purposs is not mere
MASK to establish Democratic supre-
macy in Delaware When 'Democra-
tic Glasses rails at Republican
abuses. when he adopts as his own u
shibbieth allowing desire to purify
the Republican party. lam remind
ed that since the days OF old Troy,
the cautious have viewed with sus.
i! p'cIon. a gilt.oearing enemy. We Re.
,, .publicans of Delaware have our
faults. What great political, organ
ization is fr' Q ol them?
Ours are no more glaling than
those of our opponents; and we are
not to be driven from persistent
effort to promote the public good
because of the skilful tactics of an
astute enemy in directing his guns
against our vulnerable spots. What
would have been the fate of Greek
culture it Themistocles had refused
to fight his great battle rather than
bribe the chief of his Greek allies9
What would have been the fate of
Roman power if Caesar had refused
an alliance with the Roman A lli cks
Marcus Crassus: What wo uld have
been the fate of England had Wal
pole waivered in his aims to ca tab
lish the Hauoverian line on Englands
throne by making the best of the
rotten conditions prevailing there in
the eighteenth century! And what
friend of Cuba n liberty will criticise
Leonard .Wo cd fol securing the
safety of tn g last offspring of free
dom by filling the nav Of that
swashbuckling soldier of fortune,
Maxine Gomez! The worlds whole
history, proves the, correctness of |
the poets ethics that from our dead |
selves we rise to higher things We
make partial good the splendid stepp-
ing stones to absolute perfection;
and while deploring the. existence of
evil, its presence, we carefully guard
ing ourselves from its touch does
not llllnerve us in our battle for the
best. obtainable good Lam profound
" convinced that the best Obtaina-
bic good for the State of Delaware
can be attained by a continuance of
Republican power. We stand faced
by the necessity of reform legisla-
tion for state. counties and city.
These results can be best accomplish
ed by the constructive pol c.es
which have distinguished the Re-
publican party in every state of
the Union. But vastly more i'm
portant than these local interests
are the duties we owe the nation.
Who after Jackson's vigorous stand
with South Carolina, and after the {
fearful arbitrament Of war in 1861, I
will say that any SOW ereign state by
action or, inaction has the right to i
snap the ponds binding her to the ,
Union! Delaware, standing alone in E
this indefensible position. may not s
work irreparable injury TO the re- &
public: but-snppOse, because of in s
ternal dissentiOns, thirty of her un-
Fortunate example, where would be re
the life of the nation. The fault of
the many would be different in de- il
sree;but., in principal, the fault is *
The same in one as If it exists in a
thirty. Among thoughtful and pa. t.
5riotic men, there cannot be any fl
Inference of opinion on the politi- a
'als.auty, Iof Delaware, to send two b
senators to Washington. Shall they
p' Democrats OF shall they be Re s
)ublicans. c
The Democracy Of Delaware and t.
he country is aggressive and alert. !,
ieveland has emerged from his treat Ii,
l1ent, Bryan has s,,bdued, his ambi-' :
ion, Cochran, the master of AiDeri-f
an cloquence, sounds tue trumpet
'otes of-an ex,,ltant foe, and the fer. y
lie Hill,appaies his genius to har- II
this Heterogeneous mass for 81
united assault on thelvomig leader &c
T modern Republicanism. Theodore IS
roosevelt will he The ceinre of attack 60.
a the fall elections. His services in
he cause of freedom in Cuba his
inns to plant eriean liberty in the P'
Philippine Islands. his policies pro. y.