Evening journal., 1888-12-10

through a persistent and courageous con
test in every campaign; and, second, that
factional hatred never waited upon the
strength or weakness sf the common
opposition, or il it did. it welcomed
strength rather than weakness. Fac
tional hatred wants to succeed and it pre-
fers, therefore, strong ally to a weak
one. This is automatic.
Now. what effect has lying down had
upon the Republican party ia Delaware?
In this county the Democratic majority
for the Presidential electors was s,s40,
which is just about 900 fewer. than the
number Of disqualified Republicans in
the county. This wholesale disqualified
tion is of course the direct result Of the
lying down policy of 1886, for it takes
two years TO qualify the voters. On the
basis Of the above disqualification the
Democrats of New Castle county had a
majority of nearly /, 200 Where the re-
naming l, $40 or thereabouts came from
is easily explained. A city Of over 80, 600
Inhabitants, in which the inspectors Of
election are appointed by partisan
Levy Court, becomes an easy prey for
the repeaters Of the dominant party The
Democratic majority in rural New
Castle was 625, which is nearly 100 fewer
than was expected by the Republican
County Committee. In the country hun.
dreds the people elect their own inspect
ors and repeating is impossible for this
and various other reasons repeater
has no opportunity at Milford
Ia Kent county the showing for tho
lying, down policy is no better We are
assured by high Republican authority in
Kent that there are 800 disqualified Re
publicaus in that county, which is one
fourth as many as there are in New
Castle. When we reflect that there are
three times as many Republicans in New
Castle as in Kent and that there are be
cause Of the population in this city fully
four II not five times as many Republican
poll taxpayers. 1t becomes obvious TO
everybody that Kent suffered fully as
much as New Castle from the misguided
and spiaeless policy Of 1896 The Demo.
cratic majority in Kent county for Presi-
Dental elect ors was I, 100 although the
factional feuds induced many Democrats
to remain at home on November 6. What
this majority would have been II there
had been fun vote aud harmonious
election can only be estimated
The party that does not contest wisely, |
and fearlessly. each election is not party.
The man who does not believe in his !
party sufficiently to fight its battle whom
ever there is battle to do is not q party |
man. A party that does not 60 forward, !
goes backward; unless it fights it's sol |
diers not only become disorders, but it
fails also TO attract recruits Ii offers no
inducement to thoserbold and indepen
dent men who for good reasons Of their |
own are constantly changing their party |
fealty 1t has no charm for tho young |
men who love combat and who |
above all things want to vote
when the proper age arises.
If General Mcclellan had not been re-
moved the Army Of the Potomac would |
still be moving towards Richmond, and |
there would be more disorders at homo
than soldiers at the front Let the Re
publican party Of Delaware profit by |
its past mistakes and never lie down |
again. Let it profit BY the wisdom Of it's
enemy which never says die.
II the Republican party had the
courage Of its opponents with its
principles, it would be invincible II the
Democratic party had the principles Of |
It's opponents, the latter'might as we'll 80 |
out of business. The secret Of success
is accident sometimes, but generally it is |
striving for it. Let no man and espec-
tally no young man flatter himself that
something may turn up if he will only |
lie low, for such notion carried either |
into business or into politics is the sure
forerunner Of defeat and disaster