Milford chronicle., 1921-07-15
REMARKABLE CAREER
OF OUR new SENATOR
I. COLEMAN DU POINT, WHO HAS PUT
OVER" INNUMERABLE COLOSSAL
PLANS THAT AMAZED
FINANCIERS OF INDUSTRY
HAS WON HIS WAY TO AFLUENCE AND
WORLDWIDE PROMINENCE BY HIS
ABILITY TO THINK QUICKLY.

Governor Denney last Thursday ap-
pointed General T. Coleman du POM
as Senator from Delaware, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of
Josiah o. WolcOtt to accept the Chan
cellOrshjp of Delaware.
General du POnt when notified Of
the appointment, telegraphed his ac-
ceptance to Governor Denney and he
is expected to return east from Col
Orado Springs, where he is resting
with his family, about the middle of
August, when he will take Lis seat in
the United States Senate.
The advent of General du Pont to
the SenatOrship brings about much
anxiety among those seeking for Office
under U. S. Government authority.
The naming of postmasters, federal
officials in the various departments
and distribution of federal patronage
will be the right of the new senator,
which is the cause of much specula-
r. tiOn. His first appointment will be his
private secretary.
Although born a Kentuckian, resi-
dent of Ohio for ten years, builder of
New YOrks largest office building and
owner of hotels in many cities Of the
East, General T. Coleman du Pont
still is a Delawarean.
1T would be impossible for me to
express the deep gratitude and how
greatly complimented I feel at being
thus honored by the State of Della
ware through you, it's chief executive"
General du Pont wired Governor Will
liam D. Denney at Dover when he was
appointed.
"As you know" he adds in his dis
patch, which comes from Colorado
Springs, Col, where Gen. du Pont is
taking a much> needed rest, 'I have
never had any political ambitions, but
when called to duty by ones State or
country there is but one thing to do,
to give the best that is in you. This
1 will do"
To those who have personally met
and known General du Pont, his ac-
ceptance of the senatorship is fraught
with much significance.
Delaware has already had du
Pont as it's representative in the Sen
ate-Col. Henry A. du Portland it
never had an ADLER, more unselfish or
more patriotic Senator than he was.
Col: du POnt, by reason of his unique
war record and his long subsequent
service in the army, his remarkable |
success in the direction of great bus
mess enterprises and his unusual lit |
erary attainments was signally fitted
to render services of the highest type |
to both his state and nation. So also
Coleman du Pont, by reason of his
unusual career of achievement, and
his experience covering so many lines
of human endeavor, is equipped as
few men are to bring to the Senate
capacity for service that should main
tain the high standard set by his dis
tinguished cousin.
1t is a curious quirk of fate that
Coleman du Pont will complete the
term for which his cousin, Colonel
Henry A. du Pont, would have been
elected except for most despicable po-
litical treachery in his own party.
Gen. du Pont will undoubtedly be a
valuable addition to the Senate and
unquestionably will be an important
factor in the consideration OF every
grave question.
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, represent
ed very strictly the financial inter
ests; Lodge, of Massachusetts, today
the intellectual. General i
du Pont does more than either of
them; he represents the financial, in
teIlectual and general public's inter- t
ests all rolled in one, as will quickly /
be perceived from some Of the Incl, I
dents of his long and intensely active L
career. t
After all, it is the little incidents
which truly reveal the big man.
A "f1ivver' was coming along the S
road from New Castle to Wilmington. f
A big seven-passenger Packard was b
halted by engine trouble. The "Hivver" C
stopped. .,o,, o
did the Packard people need aid?"
Of course, they did. And the "hlV- o
Jer" towed them into town. ?
In town leading banker OF New o
York got out of the Packard, drew n
rom his pocket his visiting card and h
emarked: Ct
Thanks for the tow You may W
;harge it to me-"
General du Pont, who was in the tC
fivver'' and had done the towing, pI
rev forth his own visiting card, with W
he smiling reply:
"Thank you for your courtesy. am ii
lad to have been of service.
What the New York banker thought
fter reading the name on the card 4
7ould be difficult to conjecture. of
Has Won His Own Fortune er
General Coleman du Pont weighs st
Is pounds, and is six feet two in his ro
tockings. He is formidable man to be
leet, yet he looks at you out of clear, OF
parking, blue eyes which beam ac- tlC
on and energy. co
One always should remember that TO
oleman du Pont has carved his own wi
-ay to fortune. He was one of the op
poor" du Points, so to speak. His faith a
:, Biedermann du Pont, and his uncle, tie
fired Victor, left the family circle MI
1d settled in Kentucky many, many su
ears ago, to take up the more pro- AT
tic and safer business of paper MAX
g. vi
"There wasn't room in the powder
lsiness at the time for all the fam
v" is the explanation given for his VI
theirs and uncle's leave-taking. ing
So it came to pass that Thomas Mi
)leman du Pont was born in Louis the
lie, KY, December IL, 1853. Unlike Go
ost other members of this remark pal
lie family he was not born wealthy. Sal
e was prepared for and entered the col
rbana University, Urbana, O., and twt
en- the Massachusetts Institute Of rel
from which he was grad his
ted as civil and mining engineer. wis
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