Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-28


The action of the County Democratic
Executive Committee yesterday in de-
clining to call meeting of the Democ-
racy to receive the report of their duly
accredited delegates to the Eden Senate
rial Convention, was certainly asingular
procedure. 1t is due to the delegates that
they should be permitted to submit their
action to the Democratic masses for ap-
proval OF otherwise, and it is also due to
the party that they should have an oppor-
tunity TO indorse the course Of their del.
egates in refusing to participate in con-
vention which proposed to half disfran-
chise the county. and permit three of her
six votes to be cast by parties who had
deliberately, of their own accord, placed
themselves outside the pale of the Demo
cratic organization.
The whole trouble is that the Execu-
tive Committee, as at present constituted,
is a very anomalous body, there being
upon it several members who are actually
engaged in open warfare upon the party
to which they owe fealty. We hold that
all such are ineligible to seats upon that
committee, and have no more title to
membership therein than the boilers were
entitled to seats in the Democratic Sena.
torial Convention. Having thrown off
their allegiance to, and deded, the party,
they certainly are no longer Democrats,
and are disqualified from serving on the
committee at all. We believe that by
their rebellion they have virtually re.
signed their positions, and the Chairman
has a perfect right to fill the vacancies
az once.
Although the committee, however, re-
fuse to call a meeting for the purpose in
dictated, and although Colonel Lester,
as Chairman of the party, believes
that he, individually, has no authority
to call such q meeting, still one may be
held. The Democracy themselves can
call it, and we understand that
a movement IN this direction is already
on foot. A petition to this effect is now
being prepared, which will be presented
to tue citizens of this city, interested in
Democratic success, for their signatures.
L is 10 lie hoped it will be signed by all
to whom it is offered without hesitation,
and that it may present a long array of
names of prominence, influence and
Standing.
When this meeting is called it will
have very interesting work before it.
It will doubtless promptly ratify the
action of the delegates TO the Eden Con-
vention, and it will also have to take into
consideration the question Of closely
drawing party lines, and strictly maintain-
ing party discipline. This is absolutely
necessary if the integrity and OIganiza.
of the party is to be preserved, and no true
Democrat can raise any objection there
to. The boilers are organized and yield
ready compliance to the wishes of their
leaders. Surely the Democracy of
Chatham county should not behind be
them in so important a work. The
party should be thoroughly reOrganized,
and the principle, whoever is not for
US is against US" should be firmly estab-
lished and rigidly enforced. If suy
man calling himself Democrat objects
to this let him assert his rights as free
American citizen and cast his lot with
whom he pleases, but let him not be
permitted to wear the Democratic livery
in which to serve It's enemies. Even if
this course should result in throwing the
party ia minority it will be better than
the present condition Of affairs. We
would then at least know who were
friends and who were foes.