Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-12
The exs Mayor.

One of the leading questions In local |
politics amongst Republicans Is, who |
will they dominate that can be elected
the next Mayor Of the city The re-
ply is, any good Republican Of good
character who has the confidence OF
the people, and who has been prominent |
in provoking and encouraging factional
feuds In the Republican party. On an
honest vote there is . good round Re-
publican majority Of 800 in the city In
q local contest, but If considerAte
coupsels and wise measures do no
prevail it Is Just As likely that there
will DO that much majority the other
way.
1t will be worse than folly to force
candidate upon the party who some
400 or 800 will not vote for under any
circumstances The time has come
when getting the nomination for an
Office In the Republican party is one
thing and getting elected TO th at office
il quite another thing. Objectionable
methods can be employed To secure
nomination against which good citsens
who vote as honestly at a nomination
as at any other election are powerlees,
but the votes of these same citi-
zens will not be- powerless at the right
time IL does no good TO rip and rear
at these citizens and read them out OF
the Republican party THAT does not de-
prive them Of their votes, and II the
Republicans do not want their votes
there are other parties that do, and
they will cast their votes where they
will do the most good.
Even An Objectionable candidate can
be tolerA ted II he is fairly nominatet
atan honestly held nomination election
but it might as we'll be known nov D
at any other time, that q candidate
nominated by more Republican vote
cast in at election district than Their
are Republicans in that district, Will
one-third Of the Republi cans voters di'
not go to the election at all, will not b
tolerated. The people have put a
with ouch things from time 70 time
but they will pat up with 1t no Longer
Every Republican Is entitled to on
vote at the nomination election, and n
honest Republican will want to vol
more than once.
1t is an outrage that some unprinc
pied rascal goes around voting three {
four times, often more than that xii
ing the votes OF just SO many goo
honest Repu bilcans, who do not belle,
in m achine methods. While we n
talking upon this subject we might I
well say that any set up candida
might as well get out Of the way, for
he gets his Inclination by lavish g
penditure of money and beer, runniI
in Democrats swearing that they a
Republicans when 1t is known tn
they are not, and by paid repeating,
will ge. badly left. No Republic
nominated by such means can be ell
ted in June next
But we are told that the Democr'
hold the same kind OF nomination ell
tious, and they do not lose by It, +
may be true, but there Is no excuse
Republicans doing the same THU
Republicans cannot afford TO do
the Democrats do. There Is an IN
pendent element In the Republic
party that the Democrats have no tr
Bile with. This element will vote
the Republican candidate II he is fai
nominated, and he suits them. Ii h
not fairly and honestly nominated, q
will not do it, and there is an end Of
We do not know that there is
truth in 1t, but 1t is q current rel
that there is already set up" 10
particular candidate for the Republi
nomination II there is one Il
better be taken down. Such mach
work in politics has become very
popular. The candidate in whose IA
the set up has been made might
successful without 1t, but In the pre-
temper of the Republican parry,
set up will be knot ked to pieces by
people at the regular election, II
cannot do 1t before There ought
Republican Mayor to succeed
present Mayor, and there will be oil
intermeddling politicians will
their hands off and let he people NJ
nate the man they believe they
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