Daily Republican., 1880-08-12
Tne rroup,e in Delaware Couasy.

Although Thomas v. Cooper. Of Del
aware county, Pa, has received the
for state Senator from that
county by q decisive majority, it seems
that there are quite number OF Ne
publicans who will not vote for him,
and some who will vote for his Demo-
cratic opponent, TryOn Lewis, in pref
erencs to Cooper. There may be q cause
for this oppositicr for aught We know,
but admitting that there is, this is a
very bad time to elect Democrats to the
Legislature in preference to Repubii-
cans simply to crafty some little local
personal feeling, which may nave been
engendered during the heat Of politi-
cal contest. There is to be a United
States Senator elected in Pennsylvania
next winter in place Of Senator Wal
lace, the present Democratic incum-
bent. The question for Republicans is,
shall that successor be Democrat or
shall he be Republican II Demo-
crat 1t will give the Democrats the
ascsndancy in the United States Senate
for two years at least, and PERHAPS
longer. II Republican, his may be
the vote that may change the politics
of the Senate from Democrat to Repub-
liean. 1t is confidently expected that
II the Republicans are successful in the
Northern States there will be q major.
lily for that party Of two. Should the
Legislature Of Pennsylvania fail to
elect Republican Senator and send
Senator Wallace or some other Demo
cratic Senator back to the Senate, the
PARTIES would be equally divided. IN
all probability the election for men,
beers Of the Legislature may be very
close between the two parties, and q
Republican Senator from Delaware
county may be needed to elect q Re-
publican U. s. Senator. In such case
the vote of an Objectionable Republican
will 20 as far az the most respectable
aud unobjsctionable. Mr.. Lewis, Mr..
Cooper's political opponent, may be a
fine man, perhaps the superior OF Mr..
Cooper in some respects, but he is q
strong a Democrat as the most loud
profans whiskey drinking
members Of the party could be, and if
he ever gets elected which we hope he
will not. he will forget that he was
elected by Republican votes and that
he is under any obligations whatever to
them. He was once before member OF
the Legislature. elected through the
division of the Republican party in
factional fight, but we have never
heard that he ever voted with the Re-
publicans on that account. Abraham
Lincoln when importuned to remove
Grant from the command Of the Army
Of the Potomac at an important crisis Of
the war and appoint another General
in his place, said, lit was bad policy
to swap horses while crossing stream"
This tri!e remark Of the Martyr Presi-
dent will apply with equal force to the
Republicans Of Delaware County. The
stream is about to be crossed by the
Republican party, the objective point
being the possession Of the United
Statec Senate. A stumble by the Re-
publcans Of Delaware County over
boulder or cobble stone in the middle OF
the stream may be fatal. II may keep
the Senate in the hands Of the Demo
Gratis two years longer. As we have
said we do not know the main
points of the opposition against Mr..
Cooper but no matter what they are
the Republicans cannot afford to defeat
him. THIS Is one of the times when
the worst kind Of aRepublican is better
than the best Democrat. Let there b.
no f.ltering on the part Of the Della
ware County Republicans.