South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-13
COLEMAN DU PONT, CANDIDATE.

History repeats itself The case of Mark Hanna
virtually making himself president by William Nc
Kiney his proxy finds it's sequel in 1916 after the
lapse Of years. the big business" cam
raign being launched in New York in behalf of
Coleman du Point, only Pont doesn't any
proxy. The big powder manufacturer IS indisposed
to take any chances proxies. 1t is proposed to put
it straight up the republican national convention
that what the country wants is a Business Man for
President" and Coleman u Pont is the man.
OF course. something other than Wall St is neces-
sary play up before the public in order to gain
public approval, and the campaign is launched
from Delaware. du Points home state with New York
merely a national headquarters. We have it from
the literature being that there been
something ike popular uprising in Delaware in be-
half OF the big brawny. brainy Pont,
and that unless he is elevated the presidential
to succeed the professor of Sanskrt" etc. we are
liable lose Delaware. might infer that it is
contemplating seeding from the Union. and. setting
up a little kingdom there by the seashore pro-
claim Coleman Gu POINT its king Delaware. you know.
has stolen the corporation formerly pride
81 Jersey and that should now want to furnish the
country big president is only nat
ural sequence.
some of the literature being distributed from du
Points New York headquarters more than interest
ing. Really. had appreciated the of this
wonderful before-sx feet. two inches tall.
Weighing zoo pounds. fat and all that sort OF
thing,-and how he consigned Gas Addicks to the
senatorial boneyard that Delaware might have clean
politics with of course Henry Agernon du Pont for
Addicks successor We supposed forget history
in this connection apparently and take Mr. Coleman
du Points word for it, that no. it wasn't OF the
du Point machine fighting the Addicks machine but
the high-ninded political puritist desire part
q the du Points clean mp Delaware politics and end
the reproaeh that the Addics aggregation had brought
fba
wanted assume, without the expenditure of a cent
of du Pout powder-stained millions for counter-cor-
ruptiou. and that Henry Algernon du the
SO from faint that the heavens came near
opening up and swallowing nina Ia Elijah.
Then there is the bid for the German-Amercan vote
that the du Point literature affords us We in
formed that this bis ahusiness political purist. and
presidential aspirant resigned the presidency
l. du Point de Nemours Powder Co. at the outset OF
the because he was so opposed TO selling gun
powder 10 belHgerents for the slaughter OF human be-
ings Europe We suppose the Frenchman-or
rather. the American of French descent-would have
been willing to sell the powder had it been going ex
clusively to the Germans but wasn't to be so and
threw down the reins-though it is not ex.
planned that he has thrown any the dividends
Coleman du Point. accordingIy 10 understand. is
some altruist- as well as big business" man.
But why further with this ltterateuristic clap
trap Coleman du Point viii not be the republican
nominee for president and does expect 10 be- II
"A 'big business" campaign for control OF the repub
lcan party and perhaps TO scare the democrats; th
with a presidential attachment calculated TO cemen
interest and force II necessary the acceptance Of IBIS
business tenets Their watch the du Points and othe
big business" Interests an the republican campaigI
barrsl With their Iucre OF course to save the country