Smyrna times., 1916-10-11
Eleven Potent Reasons Why Senator dupont Should Not
Withdraw From the Republican Ticket; FiUe Potent
Reasons Why TOlUnSend, Reinhardt and SlUGin
Should Withdraw Without Further Delay,
From the Party Wrockcrs' Ticket

cal place over the wreckage the party that nomi
mated them bodies of their associates
a regularly-constituted ticket.
The question that confronts Colonel Townsend.
Mr.. Reinhardt and Mr. Swain is whether. in this
election they prefer party wreckers support to Re-
publican support, or Republican support to party
wreckers support They must realize that they Can
not have both the milk and the meat"
We have given eleven reasons why Senator dupont
should not withdraw from the Republican ticket. We
shall give five potent why Colonel Town
send Mr.. Reiphardt and Mr.. Swain should withdraw
from the party wreckers' ticket. They
Ffrst-They have been nominated by the Republican
party for high and important office and in the BE-
lief that they will do everything possible to promote
the principles and policies of that party and to elect
its representatives to Office.
Second-The third ticket upon which they also have
been nominated has been set up not to conserve the
Republican party, but to wreck it; not to promote the
principles policies of that party, but to njure
destroy the1n elect representatives of that
party office, but to defeat them
Third-The party wreckers' ticket represents po-
ltcal impulse that recommends it to the favorable
consideration any loyal Republican any lover OF
good government.
Fourth-Republican control of the next Congress
may depend upon the reelection of Colonel dupont to
the Senate and Representative Miller to the House.
The failure of Colonel Townsend, Mr.. Renhardt and
Mr. Swain to withdraw from the party wreckers' ticket
is not only interfering with the proper and ag-
gressive conduct the Republican campaign but max
ing possible continuance Of Democratic control OF
both branches Of Congress.
FIfth-The Republican voters of Delaware will
not support any who strikes hands with or lends
announcement to movement which has personal
enmity for its chief impulse and the wreckng OF the
Republican party and the defeat of majority of the
candidates the Republican ticket for its chief OBJ
jects.
In view of the foregoing and Of the approach of
the general election it will be well those who
have been scheming to get Senator DUPONT off the Re-
publican ticket and to keep Colonel Townsend Mr.
Reinhardt and Mr. Swain the party wreckers'
ticket to abandon their impractical and impossible
projects and to settle down to the legitimate enter
prise of electng the Republican ticket that was nomt-
dated in Dover on August 22-and when say
"eecting the Republican ticket" mean electing all
Of it and not part Of 1t.
No candidate on that ticket is SO spineless to
hermit himself to used by any other candidate as
sacrifice for Republican party wreckers holiday
It will be better those who planning for that
party wreckers holiday to give heed to that fact now
when they have time to change their policy, than to
ignore it until it is too late for them to do So But
whatever they may decide to DO. let them not lose
sight of material facts One is that Senator du
Pont will remain the Republican ticket until the
polls close on November and that the same public
favor which won him the nomination will win him
the election Another is that it is not likely that
Colonel Townsend, Mr.. Reinhardt and Mr.. Swain Will
so far forget themselves to remain on the party
wreckers ticket The third is that the Republican
friends of Senator DUPONT Representative Miller
George M Fisher Charles ]. Luff and Amos A. Wat
son will not stand by and them sacrificed on the
altar of the Malodorous Order Of the Political Double
Cross for the benefit any Republican candidate whe
is so indscreet as to nger in the anteroom OF the
Order.
Tho friends Of dupont Miller Fisher. Lu and Wat
son demand square deal from and for every candi-
date on the Republican ticket They want nothing
less: they want nothing more, and they Will know
how TO deal with those men who refuse to give It,