Daily Republican., 1881-12-05
The Republican stu stivn.


can journal to call upon all good tru
Republicans who would rather hav
the party succeed in the approachin
elections than to hold an Office, to com
to the rescue of the party and save
from a suicidal policy that must insur
defeat. We are of the opinion Q
Emory Storrs, who testified in the
Guiteau case last Saturday, that thu
party is party hard to break up, but
it can be weakene to such an extent
a. to make it ineffective at times. This
is the position of the party in VII
miugton. 1t is strong enough If thor
oughly united to carry the city by owe.
a thousand majority, and the State
also, but by a smaller majority; but
the dis.ensions in the party, if kept up
will rend and weaken it so much that
it will neither carry city nor State for
years to come. If successful there must
be union of forces. We presume nc
person will contradict that. But how
is that union to he effected is the ques'
ton? Very easily. Let both commit
tees representing each a part OF the
R~publican party Of Wilmington, step
down and out of existence, and let the
people elect one in which the who g
Republican party can have confidence
Neither committee at the present time
represents the party. Under these cir
cumstances there should be no difficulty
in both committees getting ont of the
way. 1t will not do for one committee
to disband without the other doing the
same thing. The same objections to the
remaining committee would still be
made.
1t has been noticed by all Renubli-
cans that negotiations have been goini;
on between representatives of the two
committees for some time past, the
proceedings of which have been Off
cially published even in a Democratic
paper, but it has also been seen that
negotiations have failed to bring about
a proper understanding and an amica
bic arrangement which would result in
the union of the party. The committee
of which Mr.. Hastings is chairman
wants an election held for a new com
mittee nAxt Saturday. The committee
OF which Mr.. Baker is chairman agreed,
if we understand it right, to the election
of a new committee, but not until some
time in Fehruary-two months later
The Hastings Committee contend that
q February election would be TOO lat,
rs the Levy Court meets in that month,
and there would be no time eft between
the election of the comm ,c, and the
meeting Of the Levy Court in VIII III
to do important political work which
is always done about that tim. by all po
litical parties. Mr.. Bakers commit
tee contends that the time is amply suf
ficient, and also that there are other i'm
portaGtp Dlitical objects in view Of tqua.
Importance that sholl | be performed by
the old committee \ correspondent OF
the RErUBL1CAN, though perhaps no
speaking by authority of Mr., Il sker' ;
committee, gives the selection of Post
Maatar 90 ona Of Ri, -, I ntr ,hia,t. . a n Il
thinks that new committee should be
relieved Of the acrimony and feeling
which might be engendered by the Sc
lection of that official If this is legiti-
mate work for R1pub can committees,
then we d } not blame Mr.. B ,ker's con
mittee tor postponilg the election for a
new com mittee until February-prc-
vided the selection of Federal officials
is considered paramount to getting Re-
pubIicans assessed, their taxes paid ard
the way pavei for successful ,nte-t
in the City and State next summer and
fall.
Failing in negotiations the Hastings
committee considering it important
that new com mttee should be selected
early, have appointed next Saturday,
Decemb n 10th, as the time for cleGtins
a new committee, for viii II purpose
they have selecte o1e Judge, cal)ol
upon the Baker committee to select
another and the two thus chosen to Sc
lect third. At any rate the election
will be held unless recalled, which is
not likely, and then there will be still
two Republican committcesiu 10 the field,
though the committee OF which Mr..
Hastings is chairman will have ceased
to exist. 1t will be remembered that
when the Hastings committee was Or
ganized, it was explicitly instructed to
call an election for new committee
early in December, by which time 1t
was expected all the Republicans would
unite in the election.
We arr aware that the Baker com
mittee calls itself the regular committee
and we do not say that it Is not, but
the Hastings committee claims the
same regu 'arity. In the dispute who
is to decide? Certainly the peor,e.
Then give the people chance. Mr..
Hastings is willing and his committee
has appointed next Saturday as the
time for the people to elect new com
mittee. Mr.. Baker il also willing if The
election is postponed until February
We would much rather the people hac
Of their own volitiou come together ant
called an election without tn
interference of either committee