Milford chronicle., 1922-11-03
REPUBLICANS HOLD
MEETING TOMORROW
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trict, but the welcome accorded tn
Republican candidates was more thai
encouraging. Senator du Pont, speak
ing in his characteristic directness re
piled mainly to criticisms of the Re
publican party.
The Senator was given a warn
greeting as he advanced to the from
of the platform to begin his address
While he was speaking the crowC
kept arriving and occupying the
standing room available on the maiI
floor and in the gallery. He said:
"It is a pleasure for me to be il
Sussex county and again talk to the
people of Seaford and vicinity. The
last time I spoke in Seaford was about
twelve years ago when 1 was interest
ed in starting to build road in Della
ware which, 1 am glad to say, is now
practically completed, and as Della
wareans we are enjoying the good that
comes to a community by improve
ments.
81 think it is molly proper to an
swer some of the very unreasonable
or unwarranted criticisms on the part
of our friends, the Democrats.
'In the Every Evening of October
20, Judge Boyce is reported as hav-
ing said, "The party in power in this
state is to blame for all that has
happened for the past few years and
that party is the Republican party
which has virtually had complete con-
troll of the State since 1900" I have
been a resident of the State during
the entire period named by Judge
Boyce and as one member of the Re-
publican party, I am willing to ac-
cept all the blame for the good and
bad things that have happened dur
ing this now almost quarter of CEN
tury.
"I will only touch on two or three
points just as examples of what the
Republican administration Of the State
has accomplished.
Twelve or fifteen years ago
drove from Georgetown to Laurel in
the fastest thing I could get hold of
in the shape of vehicle in George
town. Was told we could reach Laurel
in about 21s hours. The roads were
not in their best condition nor were
they in the worst condition but rath-
er nearer their worst condition than
their best. I made the trip in 21s
hours. made this same trip about ten
days ago in % minutes and was not
in a fast car either. will accept for
the Republican party the blame for
good roads in the State of Delaware.
Nineteen or twenty years ago I
was shooting quail in Sussex county.
A heavy rain storm came up. We
were near a public school and step
ped in. In walking up the school
room one of the floor boards gave way
and my foot went through. Drive
around Sussex county today and look
at their public schools. will accept
for the Republican party the blame
for the schools built under their ad-
ministratiOn.
Judge Boyce goes on further to
say, Another fault in the present man
agement of our State government is
the intolerable increase in our taxes.
I can tell you we are getting close to
the limit, etc. Ladies and gentlemen
I am surprised at statement of this
kind from a man as learned as my
dear friend Judge Boyce. Delaware, 1 /
am advised, has the lowest tax rate
of any state in the Union, and as ev-
erything in this world is only large |
or small, high or low, good or bad, by
comparison, Judge Boyce is living in
the State that is, in this instance, in
the most favored position, so let's be
kind and say that when Judge Boyce |
said we were getting close to the linn
it, he meant the lowest limit. The Re-
publican party gladly accepts this re-
sponsibility, too.
Thomas F. Bayard has criticised
my attendance at the U. S. Senate.
will say to the people of Delaware
1 did not go nor do I expect
to return to the Senate to answer
roll calls. I am going there to do
things for Delaware. AS a matter of
fact the roll call in the Senate is fire.
quently used to delay, to filibuster,
some times for talkative Senator to
get his second wind, and it is, nine
times out of ten, for the purpose of de-
laying matters.
every little, if any, actual work is
done in the Senate Chamber. It is the
place for oratorical grandstand play.
The work is done in committee and
out of the Senate Chamber. When in I
an important committee listening to
4 statement perhaps from a cabinet
member, perhaps from General Per-
;hing, to leave this committee, run ,
nto the Senate, answer roll call and
pack upstairs to the committee, is not !
only useless but unwise, and if it is
,nly for a quorum and I know there
S a quorum present, seldom an :
jwer the roll call. '
"The Every Evening states that Mr.. I
3ayard said I had only voted on six >
Mr.. Bayard, whom know, :
ike and admire, would not willingly :
make any false statements. This say q
Without any reservation, but he is mis-
7
"I want Delaware to judge my :
in the Senate, not by the 7
lumber of hours I sit in the Senate \
Jhamber, not by any long speeches
hat I may have to make in self-de-
ense, but by the results accomplish .
d for the State of Delaware ind for !
he United States.
''Mr. Bayard, also, so the Every T
Ivening states, says that Newberyism n
nd duPontism are synonymous. My
My answer to this is that the COM
arison is an insult to the intelli-
ence of the Delaware electorate. -
"I want 20 say frankly, publicly =
nd with all sincerity, that I do not IN
ant, and the citizens of Delaware
nouid not send me to the U. S. Sen
te. for what I have done for Della
are. The one reason for the people