Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-29
BY HENRY B. LOOS
CopDright. 1915.
ARTICLE V

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trnptin, 10 read the trcud OF comm e
,,.,,,ts !, tbe o,,in,us rin,ds aIraady
,.tlc,it'. ,, t,a rnIitirnI bnriznu
f.h,, iL.ra ia rnod for ,bo,ipbt in these
r,sdirtions il soon ,ybe, II Is rprren,bered
,h,t ,nt ,rar, ,uontns benca DaInvara
T.. =, ,,io,t or rs-,iart a T-ui,sd states
Sorat,r ,'oloueI Henry 4 din POM is thn
man uhrsa term vii nxniro lie SON
tIorr,. /. ,Iu p,rt who 20 rorarrod "a os
Tho t;oIoneI,s rrot,thniece in - + din Pont
d., Nen,ours G. e.. is derendnnt in tho
i,yoi baitI. about to no vngcd In tho
rn.,rts
IN. significance or this is OF considor.
-. ohI, p,aonit,,u, in viav of Tho ,ersist .
.,ni renort th.,t Thomas T. Eavard of
wilmington is, to he the Democratic can-
,if,Iato 70 bs nittcd AGAINST tho colonel
Thomas T. Pa-ard is tho nttornev renrc-
Scnting his wife. Mrs. Julian ortiz and
Mrs. Roheaon Perot. Of PhIladolpbia. In
The suit brought AGAINST Pierre : du
punt Henry f. du pont and 10 other
directors of tho powdcr ronpauv. zach
Of these ladies has pctitionod tho ro,,rt
for permission To become a party nlnintirf
to the proceedings.
sOOTttsAyt,ps rItOprrt,
DH' WHAT caHlpHlsi maternal 10 use
against Ihe CoioneI' the political sooth-
SIS'IS thoI re- u tle court decrce Is
adverse 10 hi3 'mouthpiece' and the other
uirecs' ON bayafd VIII be able TO knock
nun so 'ar out oi 'h' SchAtorsh'n u VIII
TAX" 'ne oi"llei W years 10 NIKE hhck.
huI narN' Nna' Is lhis new report pc
lhS "mspcte" so caut'ou3IN along the
@ m" "'G, .,l m" Iom,' norm.", 1F%E'- ,,,..
dent OF the powder company, would like
the delaware 9"leSation to the Repu6li-
can ''ationa' invention 10 mention MS
name 'or '''S'"'n' hu' WY
because otL"' p"HlE n"uleu ior FTeS-
Iel, I"eil, "i @ w ,H"- ! H.o,eS 1t not un-
natural tnat on" mlRnt De Cohsluereu the
i"|'taI c'nu'u''e or ,hs C"''uu o,%teS
senate CoIn'i Tue answer rurlher-
more II - sometimes hearG that J. .oIe-
man hu ron, oula not pnJccl 10 peIi,E p.an
representative OF lht blaihohu ot"Ie
al the Na,loNai conventions
,,or,i aL ,,% r Soin,no, sta,dinm to"ctSa
Is ali well and good. but the old colonel
is getting along in years-7S years old
and a r1od many things can happen be-
tween now ana unyt November"
TO analyzc the situation and find that
these rlmors are based upon firm
foundation. il is necessary to go back
to thc davs of political turmoil in Della
ware when Colonel Henry A. du Pont
,,,I.inr, rarc,tod and ,tnsurcessfuI
a .
Addirks and take a place in the United
states senate.
III. Colonel u,ver vas rewarded with
any, nrosnnct of success mill r. Cole
man din Pont appeared on the field i'm
IoOy when no was brought into +. |. du
pnnt do Nemours &. co, by hi, cousin
Alfred din Pont.
General ~ Coleman din Pont was far-
s'pbtad lie raolized thDt unless some
soI.t of compro,nise could be effected the
Colonel would never be represented I'm
tba I'uited states SENATE.
An nnnnrtuua noInent soon arrived
.rEnre Tas a snlit i'm the RenubIican
marty The Union Republicans. refusing
10 siinnort Addicks. threw their strength
in sllpport of James Frank Alice and
pIaceJ the latter in the Senate in 1905
only one of the two seats I'm the United
state senate allotted to the Diamond
state was filed.
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AGREED On COMPROMISE
Then it was that the compromise" was
established among r. Coleman du Ponr,
Colonel Henry du Pont and James Frank
Alice. As the story is told by the old
cnmpaigners it was agreed that Alice
should hiring All his forces TO bear to
mace the col .aI i'm the United states
Senate and in return the two du Points
were 70 extend every effort in behalf of
,ue. whom ba bacaD,a a candidate for re-.
.In.tio,,
rnInpeI iIsrr, du pont finally went
IN rbc J-rited states Sarata acrordint. to
s,.ta,I,,Io ~. ,r,n5s.,.rsI OH ~ bi, hold
inn, In tbe nou,d,,. connonr 70 his son
Ii9,,.,' - IL, pnnt ,bis gi,,i,Ig ,i,a to tbe
nan,f1g NJ the Iatter os tRe CoIoneI.s