Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-18
BIZ a stag Correspondent

wrr.MINGTON, Del, Aug 1S.-With the
,..irs hours of the Republican factional
Am in this State at hand, the purse strings
u ,he two du Pont cllaues have suddenly
N.n loosened and money is being literally
roured into the contest with lavtshness
rhyer before known here.
particular effort is being made, the
,.g,lsrs charge, to buy the negro vote,
mich has alwa"s stood solid with the Or
r,nI,ation Repblicians. The followers of
ilfred I. du Pont, who are fighting the re-
sanitation of Colonel Henry A. du Pont
az limited States Senator, declare they have
nm over AT least half of the negro vote,
vhich Mt present represents nearly 80 per
cent Oh the total suffrage strength of the
STATE. But they deny any improper use of
money.
Kent farmer said to friend in Dover ::
'grhls primary election is worth almost
a. much to me as the seasons crops. for
nave three sons who vote with me-"
1sack Of the whole political war, accord
ing Ia the Organizat on Republicans who
arc backing Colonel Henry a. du Pont for
denomination and reelection, Is private
family quarrel engendered a decade ago
i through one mans divorce and subsequent
fernarrlage and ripened gradually into i'm
vlacable hatred between family factions.
Today the enrlre state is tern from end to
& "A In the most complex and at the same
tns the most bitter political fight in its
E hairy
The climax In the stormy factlonal war will
Be reached tomorrow at the primaries.
when 100 delegates are to be elected to the
R,pnblican State Convention, which will
meet In Dover next Tuesday to nominate
the Republican candidates for all offices to
be filed at the November election.
The Circumstances to which the organiza-
ton Republicans attribute Alfred l. du
Points formation OF a faction within the
party and his present fight are his divorce
IN 1906 from his first wife, who was Miss
Bessie Gardner, of Boston; his remarriage
10 months later to Mrs. George A. Maddox,
ne divorced wife of his secretary, who was
before her first marriage Alicia Hayward
Bradford. daughter of Federal Judge Ed
ward g. Bradford, and the social ostracism
70 which the other du Points subjected him
and his second wife. 1t was this same
~ OF circumstances. in part, they say,
Which caused the du Pont powder suit
INTERFANIILY STRIFE
The feeling of bitterness against the other
branches OF his family mas so grown in
Alfred !. du Pont, ii Is declared, that he
willing TO go any length to end the
political domination of General t. Coleman
y font' Republican national committeeman
apm ., Delaware; Colonel Henry A. du Pont.
ehfied States Senator, and the other du
spa's VINO have been active politically to
less degree.
me entrance of Alfred /. du Pont into
Pnues was signalized i'm the spring by his
ssleat OF the Senator. his rival candidate,
~ one OF the six places of delegate to the
H-pupiican National Convention from Della
Ls' Together with Major Edmund Nit
ush former Republican State chairman,
~ huoy X. Vale, of Milford, a Philadel-
lnA awyer. who were also delegates, he
ss.ssseaed In deadlocking the conference OF
e.eS delegates and preventing the re-elec-
M san ot General du Pont as National Com
1nlsenan The National Committee itself,
~esfer, by the exercise of its legal pre-
sssNe oVerstepped the deadlock and re-
nAAted the General.
ANTEMACHINE CRUSADE.
ala was the signal for the Statewide
~. Shieh has developed into the bitterest
s.l.io'ersy Delaware has ever seen. The
80 Oh Alfred / du Pont and his fol-
Is nave been purge the party OF the
4. ,.'ep. bosses and bring It once more into
\, eehtrol or the people" To this end
~ eeeare their movement 10 be an anti.
he and Independent Republican cam
A. -As old Guard leaders hold up to ridicule
~, sSerton that the Alfred 1 du Pont
h Is working unselhshly for party
I,i. Ihe fallacy OF this contention. they
siTsa is demonstrated by the fact that,
4. = Win the so-ealled independents, are
s5,s setenants Of the former discredited
h,..zi machine OF ]. Edward Addieks,
e,s.s senator ]. Frank Alice and Levy
Iss'sn@n Imam BENJAMIN A. Groves. a former
lIf,sz member OF the STATE Legislature.
! du Pont, to prove that he is un-