Daily Republican., 1882-09-14
PuRh the Fighting.

Push Ihe Fighting.
Why not push the fighting says tn
Newark Ledger to the Republicans an
then that independent paper goes on t
say that favoring call for constitr
tional convention would be stronl
card for that party, land might viii
the game" The Ledger farther says
"it is high time to make some radi.
cal changes in our organic law and thi'
cannot be effected without a conveu-
ton of the best men in the Common
wealth. If the subject is properly dis
Cussed before the people we have nC
doubt they would vote for those candi.
dates for the Legislature who favored
the call Of convention.
Some general provisions In favor Of
schools ought to be incorporated in the
constitution, and representation ought
to be more equitably adjusted, and
clerks and registers ought to be elected
by popular vote.
If the people can be Trusted to elect
a Governor and a member of Congress
we do not see why they should not be,
to elect clerks and registers. A little
more spice of true Democracy would
not harm the little Diamond State.
We are glad to welcome so respecta-
BILE and reasonable an aid to the side of
good sound common sense. 1t is be-
cause the people are not fully aroused
to the Importance of the real issues in
volved in the pesent campaign that
they do not act with the party that sin.
cerely favors a Constitutional conven.
tion. 1t is encouraging, however, to
know that the cobwebs are disappear
ing from before the eyes of the people
and they are beginning to see, though
it be but dimly, that they have in a
large sense but the name of full privi-
legged citizens instead of the substance.
1t is not the fault of the Republican
party that a Constitutional convention
has not been called years ago. Tha po-
litical supremacy of the State has been
in the hands of the Democrat for thirty
years. If any party should have been
moved by a spirit of justice and gen.
erosity to move in favor of Constitu.
tional convention that party should
have taken the initiative. Why has
that party not done so? The reasons
are obvious. 1t would have been giving
away part Cf the political power and
prerogatives that inure to it through
political patronage. 1t would have
been giving the power which the Gov
ernor possessed into the hands of the
people, and the latter might have been
90 impartial in their choice as to elect
some Democrats and some Republicans
to office. These results would not SUB.
serve the purposes of the Democracy.
Thirty years OF Democratic supremacy
has encoiled the people with chain of
Democratic political slavery stronger
than ever. That chain has been drawn
tighter and tigher each succeeding ad-
until nothing but the will
of the people can break 1t. We would
open the eyes of the people if we could
to see this monster chain as it entwines
the limbs of the people of the State ia
an anaconda grip, We would ask
them in all Candor and sincerity to ex.
anime The question and see what privi-
leges they have left when compared
with the privileges OF a large free and
prosperous State like Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania the Governor is
elected by the people, so in Delaware.
In Pennsylvania the Judiciary are
elected by the people for a term of
years, in Delaware they are appointed
by the Governor for the whole Of their
natural lives. In Pennsylvania as in
Delaware Congressman are elected by
the people, but that is only because
that election is regulated by the Con-
stitution of the United States, and
which the States cannot annul. In
the Legislature is elected
by the people on the district plan, 80 in
Delaware but on the county plan. In
the Secretary of State
is elected by the people, in Delaware
he is appointed by the Governor. In
Pennsylvania the State Treasurer is
elected by TIE people, in Delaware he
Ia elected by the Legls ature. In PeDn.
sylvania the County Commissioners are
elected by the people, in Delaware tho
Levy Court with the same duties to
perform, is also elected by the people.
In Pennsylvania the Sheriff and Cor
oner of the counties are elected by the
people; the same in Delaware, but here
the analogy stops. In Pennsylvania
tho clerk of the courts is elected BY the
people, here he is appointed by the
Governor. There the Prothonatory is
here ne is appointed by the
Governor. There, the Register, Recor-
der and clerk of Orpt ans court are elec-
ted, here they are all appointed. There
the Attorney for the county is elected
here the analogous office-state's At |
torney is appointed. There the county
Treasurer and the county Auditor are
elected by the people, here the first is
appointed by the Levy Court and there
is no county Auditor, but State Audi
tor is appointed by the Legislature.
There the Directors Of the poor are cleo.
ted by the people; here they are elected