The sun., 1908-10-02
POLITICS THE ONLY CReP m
mr. iWAag TRIa YEAA.

VAN the political altaailOn y summed
hp with adgfabls bfvvity. The ma 10 the
strest, asked about The political OUTLOOK,
says franhIyi
well. slFanesF. the tomato Sscp failed;
tho peach crop wus pOof, aad there alBt
sny.h.eG lsf' 70 heps for ba, The political
The story of = local political orator
has point IN the estimate of the situation.
he had made . political upesch, Desno-
cratic political argument. A. The end one
of hIs auditors oeme up and aaid 20 him
with enihuelasms
4 tell yod what, you have converted
me; hereafter I'm not going TO handle
any hut .DeIHooFatlo money
For the truth Is.-tkat ID, the truth that
the natlve win isli you n he knows yotl--
that Delaware has noe changed, To have
been here Ia the Addlcks days, 90 have
bTeathed the atmoaphere and had the
spirit of the Addldks regime brought homo
% you then Il 10 have been eduoatsd In
past and present Delaware politics.
sThe Republican stock company has
only got new angel; its morals have not
improved'-this was ono suggestion that
serves 10 illustrate the situation.
There h one question that Ii 10 Be heard
on all Sides where 10 10 coming from
this year?' 'It' IL tho famous 'Its that
Mr.. jerome established In political par
lance years ago.
This question brings one down 10 the
plain fact OF the situation. No one 10
disturbed. excited. much distressed be-
cause ono du Pont of local fame was
thrown out Of the Republican wagon,
went somewhat precipitAtely over the
dashboard IN fact. Local pride was
not disturbed, no one 10 angry. indig-
nant threatening to take summary
vengeance upon the Republican ticket,
State or national, on this account; not
in the least. The thing that people are
saying softly. very softly. but audibly
none the lees, IL:
"will,du Pont tighten up. do you
supposef'
There is the campaign issue Of 1908
In Delaware. Every time there 10
bulletin from national heedquartefs In
New York that campaign contributions
are slack there corresponding sad
ness In Delaware has not Athe
tomato crop failed and the peach crop
been poor'f,
we had the largest registration In
our history this year. was lone COM
ment. -but you see they have made
registration free this year and lots Of
people are out OF work and are getting
ready for whatever may happen
Somehow in the whole Delayare situa-
ton you are, reminded of the story
Fingy James Conners tells OF himself:
'Fingy. have you had a fist fight
very recentiy?s some one asked.
-0nlJ one.' was the reply. "A feller
called me somethin' tD lttn. amt
a-goin' to tell yosFhat and just handed
him one. Then started for his pardner,
but he had run away. oh, well. might
just as we'll tell you what he said. he
said looked like FiDgy ,Conners.'
There is the Delaware moral and self-
respecting attitude Of defence,
Sometimes in saikinR. about the cam
paigu they. the local Authorities, suggest
that the only hops tAst the Democrats
have is that the battle will be fought with
"smokeless.- which means. of COZ -se.
that there will be little or no du Pont
powder. For Il is said In Delaware that
the Democrats can do more with Sz5. 900
than the Republicans with $4,000. The
Republican national committee might
as well be informed now. moreover. that
the Republicans Of Delaware expect at
least $50. 900 from IL. and are basing their
campaign estimates upon It.
Seriously speaking, there ere few OBJ
servers who believe that Mr. Bryan can
carry the State, although one is told
that the Democrats are giving him better
support and are moro united than evAr
in recent years. Not that there are any
issues In the State that might influence
the result; there are not. II the State 10 to
20 Republican II Ia entirely matter Of
habit. OF going 'as it lays. as the gambler
says. There is no enthusiasm, no Vxoite-
ment. 1t ID as quiet In Wilmington as in
Norfolk. Everybody 10 a. good natured
politically here al In Richmond; tho only
difference lies In the direction Of hunger.
An Addicks education lasts o long time.
and Delaware has<had complete educa-
ton and is still loyal to that political
foster father.
1t is true that the Republican party is
badly divided in some local fights. Ex-
Senator Alice, once famous. 10 among
those seeking revenge. There Ii the
pleasant quarrel Of the "wets' and 'drys'
10 compiicate the State ticket, although
the "drys' are supporting the Repub-
licans Ia the main. There are other
disafiected Republican elements, whole
nest OF petty chickering's and wranglings
that may come % the surface in the end.
But no one feally expects this 10 happen.
Wherever one goes he is told that the
State 10 to be Republican nationally by
about 1000 majority. 30 far az prophecy
can outline the future.
But always there 10 this question Of
hunger cropping up. this problem Of
swhere is It coming FROM this awful
possibility that Colonel du Pont may
dghtsn up. This IL the political situa-
ton in Delaware, This presents the i'm
portant issue Of the national campaign.
Tariff? Well, there Ills question Of the
tariff upon votes. Trusts7 Yes, there is q
question shout the possibility Of lack
OF publit spirit upos the part Of one trust,
certain. extreme insistenoe upon the
idea OF -smokeless. but there II ends.
The discussion. Of campaign issues.
however. the things that one at least
makes n show OF talking about up ito
election day, however practical one
may become on that occasion there
sIu,ply isn't anything bf this In Delaware.