Smyrna times., 1890-04-16
The "Delawarean" on the Political
Situation.

The DelaJUGreaa had on Saturday a
vigorous editorial nearly a column in
length, about he-"chasm that divided
the party" stating how it was made
and how it can be healed. The editor
says he has waited patiently for time
to close up the chasm, year has
eiapsed, and those who profess to be
Interested in the future welfare of the
party have been instigating false pub.
licatiOns which could have no other
effect than to keep up the feud and
still further embitter the dissenting
factions.
The editor then refers to the efforts
which Hons. Chas. B. Lore, E. L. Mar
tin and John B. Pennington have been
making to bring about a basis of agree.
ment between the factions without sat
isiactOry results, and concludes the
editorial as follows:
Weeks have elapsed since these
men performed what to them seemed
for the interest Of the party, and still
nothing has been done or said even
looking toward unity or harmony in
the party. Their efforts so far have
only been answered by newspaper ar
ticles calling these men schemers and
"COney Island dealers" Possibly there
is some man foolish enough to think
that the Democratic party can win
next November by nominating a fac
tional candidate for Governor. The
man who thinks so, however, is not
wise nor iit to be consulted about Dem
Ocratic politics.
From one end of the State to the
other experienced, unselfsh and seusi-
Die Democrats are expressing fear that
defeat awaits the party unless the
wisest cOunsels prevail and un-
Objectionable men are chosen to lead
the party. For our part we want to
see the party victorious next fall. We
want the State to remain Democratic.
and IT Will remain Democratic if the
honest, experienced and sensible men
that are not mixed up in factions are
put in command. Boys and selfish
upstarts, who are nothing in Il party
but Doodle or place hunters, and who
continually put themselves forward as
prominent persOnages and great lead.
ers when they have not sense enough
to run ward meeting, can't win a
victory in Delaware this year of our
Lord, 1890. Neither can the party be
led to victory by that self-important
class of men VINO, when spoken to
about healing up the differences of the
party; put on airs and exclaim, "We
| enter into no conference on party mat.
ters for party unity outside of the reg
| ularly elected State Convention" and
that we propose to hew to the line"
In other words, no men can win a
| Democratic victory this year in Della
ware by factiOnal candidate. To win
a victory this year the party must be
united, and united not only in name
but in spirit and action.
The Democrats want Democrats this
fall who are free to treat all members
of the party fairly and impartially.
| They do not want candidates who
are already under a pledge as to
patronage, &c. Partisans of neither
faction have any business to be put
forward to embitter the factions and
engender still further animOsites. The
Democrat to lead the party is the man
without tactiOnal record, without any
entangling alliances, and who has no
! personal taYOTs to bestow or no enc
mics to pInish. Such candidate can
be elected, and such man ought to
be nominated. As for our part we
shall use our best endeavors to secure
peace and harmony in the party, at the
same time we shall not beg or humil-
late ourselves, or abandon a position
that we think honorable and manly.
Our voice may not be potential and
our advice may not be needed, still we
have deemed it our duty to warn the
party that defeat awaits it under GER
tain conditions, and the conditions we
have stated in this article, which has
been written only in the interest of the
Democratic party.