Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-31
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erected 2 score or more public schools
for the Negro children Of the Sts.e.
One building alone at Dover ,.on
tains q gymnasium and swimming poo
and the latest up-to date equipment
Its cost il said to approach 500, 900
1t is charged that the white chiidrc,
have inferior school buildings.
General du Pont built the du Pont
Boulevard,. the ono modern highway
of the peninsula.
1t is his chief contribution to the
welfare and pleasure Of his adopted
State.
But there is. as pointed out, n very
worth. while section Of the Republican \
Party that objects to this popular view
Of General 4. Coleman du Pont and
llu cousin Pierre.
The Negro schoolhouees and the hou
levard are. Us have said, the mos,
powerful weapons in the hands Of their
opponents.
With them they hope to clout the
nolitical life out Of Senator du Pons
Tuesday.
Here is the view which these objec,ors
take Of the largess. benevolence, philan-
donations or whatever one may call the
du Pont expenditures.
'Thc whole object Of this expendi.
ture Of hundreds of thousands Of dol.
mrs Is to solidify the du Points. Cole.
man and Pierre. with both whites and
blacks in Delaware, Coleman with the
whites. Pierre with the colored.
"Once this is done and they got the
people on the hip. they will become the
Odd Man Of the Mountains to the
State.
with their millions Veil never be
able to shake them of. Delaware will
be the slave OF the du Fonts" Is their
expression.
4 singular feature Of the campaign
which has attracted considerable COM
ment is that none II Senator du Pont' 8
colleagues in the United States Senate
have come into Delaware TO strengthen
his hands.
1t is true that Secretary DENLY has
been here, and Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt will be. But these gentlemen
are visiting other States.
Ii Senator du Pont carries Delaware
1t must be with the vote OF Wilmington
and rural New Castle County.
Kent County is certain to give a
Democratic majority, and I have reason
to believe that 1t will be substantial.
Sussex County has a fight all its own.
disgruntled because Of Congressman
Layton's opposition to the Anti. Lynch.
bill. there Is q considerable number Of
white Republicans who are opposed to
him this year.
Confident predictions are made by the
opposition to du Pont in Kent County
that it will give majority Of 1000,
II not more. for Bayard.
In Sussex the same spirits Of an.
tagonism to Congressman Layton claim
that Sussex will 70 Democratic also.
Du Pont Chief Target.
Opposition to Layton Is not nearly 80
bitter or so united as it Is to Senator
du Pont.
Just what part Alfred I. du Pout and
United States Senator r. Heisler Ball
are playing in this game has not been
openly disclosed.
Alfred !. du Pont has been given, and
rightly, the credit for putting Colonel
Henry A. du Pont, formerly United
States Senator, on the shelf.
It's story Of family dissensions,
mixed up with stock deals, that need not
be rehearsed here.
Now that L. Coleman du Pont is
linked up with his cousin, Pierre du
POnt. In philanthropy and politics, the
rumor persists that Alfred ]. is once
more In the saddle to unhorse them.
There have been strenuous denials Of
this. But Alfred I. du Pont Is a re.
sonrceful citizen.
Senator Ball has no particular rea.
son to cffervesce with enthusiasm, over
Senator du Pont.
Senator du Pont has never gone out
OF the beaten path to aid, comfort or
assist Senator ball!
Besides, du Points defeat would give
Senator Ball tor his colleague q Demo.
crat. who could hope for no specisl
favors from tho Administration at
Washington.
Patronage Is at Stake
THIS would leave the senior Senator
with all the patronage and prestige OF
the state at his command.
du Pont wins, his immense wealth
will overshadow any modest claims
Ball could make, and thus would i'm.
peril the latter's position as the domi.
mating power In the State.
"Why do you desire the defeat of
General du Pont; he Is a Republican,
and 30 are you?" asked Gne OF the op.
position. 'ln the first place this isn't
dangerous period In national politics,
The Senate viii be Republican without
hin.
"Why don't We want hlmf I'll tel,
you," said this leader.
IT. Coleman du Pont thinks only n
uRelHons.