Evening journal., 1909-03-19
Friday. March 10, 1909
THE NEXT SENATOR.

that we are not much disturbed about
Senator Henry A.. dupont. His relations to the
so-called powder trust are not misunderstood
by the people of Delaware. We have no doubt
either that Colonel DUPONT will be reelected
Senator from this State if he so desires We be-
eve he would be reelected under direct pri-
mary system of election or under any other sys-
TEN.
Col. dupont, however, is not person who lets
his light shine before men as many man does.
1t has been heralded abroad that he was the
dominating spirit Of the powder trust; that he
was the back bone of the trust and all that.
Hence when he did appear as a Senator in Wash
ington not representing the so-called powder
trust but the people Of Delaware, this fact caused
surprise. There are Standard Oil Senators,
there railroad Senators and there are all
sorts of Senators who are branded either Justly
or unjustly as Senators of this or that special
interest Under the Washington code of politi-
cal ethics it perhaps natural that Colonel
dupont should be looked upon as the Powder
Senator We think the fact that he is not so
regarded, at present, is to his credit and to the
credit of the people of Delaware whom he rep
resents.
We were also led to our remarks by the fact
that the Alice press bureau circulated stories
that the friends of the ex-senator were much of
Tended because, we presume, Mr.. Alice was not
a big wig at the launching ceremonies of the
Battleship Delaware So far as we are concerned
we certainly should have had no objections to
the presence Of Ex-senator Alice or any other
Deawarean at these ceremonies. We don't know
why he was not there. AT the same time it was
recited that Mr. Alice had done much to Sc
cure the honor of having the big ship named for
Delaware THE JOURNAL is not disposed to
take any honors from Mr.. Alice but it may be
well to remember that Colonel DUPONT without
fuss or feathers was, we believe the most potent
force in securing that honor for Delaware. We
think that when the credit for this kind OF thing
is given to any one it should be fairly distributed
1t is a fact that all Delaware's representatives
in Washington did what they could do to secure
the honor for the State.
Senator dupont has taken his place as becomes
Senator at Washington. He is man OF his
own views he has treated Delawareans with
whom he has come in contact at Washington
courteously; he is doing what might be expected
OF him.
We are glad that our Dover contemporary has
such hopes of Democratic success next year.
We don't begrude it the consolation Of rainbow
chasing and we believe its prediction in one re-
spect is true. This prediction is that should the
Democrats control the next Legislature the
Democratic hope is for ten candidates for United
States Senator in every Legislative district. The
number Of prospective candidates, however, is
far too small Ten Democratic candidates for
Senator would be only three hundred and fifty
candidates in the entire State. We may eXag-
gerate somewhat but we understand that there
were about 900 candidates in Kent county alone
for the positions that were given ont by the Kent
Levy Court. At this rate there would be about
5000 candidates In the State for Senator, and
why shouldn't there be? With so many cand-
dates there would be a boom in the high hat
trade. The candidates would all be lined up.
We newspaper folk would have a glorious time
writing about them and there would be much
space and speculation. We could all wait for the
toot Of the Delaware railroad locomotive whistle
TO tell which candidate would have the most
votes but we doubt whether our Democratic
friends could elect a Senator if they tried,
Our Democratic friends should not worry
about the next Senator. He is already there.