Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-01

Ia pfains That Unions Are Justified.
b following letter has been pro-
MATED from the headquarters of the
&{e Central Committee Of the Union
AublicAn party OF Delaware:
70 the Republican voters OF Della
III: The time is fast approaching
3n II shall become our duty to
NIB carefully and considerably the
Nv responsibilities now resting upon
and TO protect ourselves, by all |
<orHble means, from committing |
n great error which will, in any way, |
|oct upon our motives and upon the |
1ults which we are SO earnestly |
Having to attain.
Ror more than quarter of century,
M people of the State of Delaware
|xe been unjustly governed and a
1#{orify of It's citizens deprived of the
jtrol Of the affairs of the State, by
11on OF partisan and pernicious legis-
Hon which is now iu operation and
6fch has, among other things, pre-
Nfed great number of our citizens
mo enjoying even the right of the
ID people made heroic efforts to
sure such control as would remove
Qse enactments from our statute
oka and give again to the people the
<ht to cast an honest ballot, without
or hindrance Of any kind. We are
living TO-DAY to complete the work
16n begun and which will, If success
~ enable US to obtain control of both
n 4uses Of the Legislature, elect
ofcrnor, q Representative to Congress
Dd three electors to vote for Mckinley
bid Hobart for President and Vice
fesident OF the United States and
3legates to q convention to revise the
onstitution OF Delaware. With these
tjects in view, legally called con-
ontion was held on May 18th, 1896, at
Qyer The convention was legally
rd regularly organized and its bust
1ee was transacted in proper order,
4til sometime in the afternoon, when
small minority of the delegates de-
ated on motions which they aGvo-
ted in the legal convention, with
how, formed themselves into con-
3ntion and assumed the title Of the
epublicsn Party. The assumption of
dch an organization 1t seems, was
nAsd upon the statement that they
zero acting under the advice and
uthority OF the State Central Com
8ittee, which had been in existence
5f two years, when 1t was known to
very one conversant with the proceed
bgs of the last meeting of that COM
pittee, that the State Central Com.
5jttos, on whose authority this
piting convention was fraudently
&ganized, acknowledged that theil
York was done vote of thanks was
t}en the chairman OF that COMMITTEES
I'D 1t ceased regularly to exist with
he temporary organization of thai
pnyention. Their assumption sub
6quent to that time, made upon the
tatement that they acted upon lega
rnunds is, therefore, without th,
sast shadow of fact, right or Justice
Yet it be granted that one-third of |
Dnvention can, at any time, bolt from
hat convention and organize an op
psing convention at the dictation o
Wy man or In the interests of any 81
men, whose political stock in trad
6ems to be determination that tn
Minority shall rule and whose state
nents consist more Of vituperatlon
bate, vindictiveness and an apparent in
atiabIe desire for personal revenge, thai
xom any exalted notion of the vel
IRE OF the Republican party or for th
yinciples for which it stands, then al
pc that the will of the majority sna
>4 the determining law on politica
o6iicies will fail: and the customs an
ules existing heretofore in all politics
5rganizations of an, political faith, fc
hat matter, have all been wrong an
Vi are now at sea as to what is rigt
d these things. The conclusion mus
therefore, follow that those gentlemen
who have taken upon themselves til
trave responsibility of attempting 1
disrupt the Republican party in th
State and to continue Democrat
Ascendency therein. must answer ;
the bar Of Republican opinion, nj
only as to the sincerity of the
Imotives, but as to the wisdom of the
factions.
Ii there be one cardinal doctrir
more widely disseminated than anoth
fmong the American people, it is tn
|I$the will of the majority honestly al
fearlessly expressed, shall be the la
3which shall govern their actions at
i}policies. This accepted pol itical do
2trine we can safely assume, was N,
jaDtirely unknown to the gentlemen wi
1imly saw the departing glories
political arrogancy, bossism al
Federal patronage vanish from the
8view and in their stead the rising til
Eof honest primaries and fair polite
[1treatment.
The majority of the legally call
7<convention elected delegates lawful
IMPROPERLY equipping them with certi
fcates, about which there could be
h Valid doubt and sent them to the N
G tional Convention of the Union
publican party at st. Louis. The
4delegates were denied admission to th
uonvention by reason of misstatemer
by delegates from the boiling conve
lion as to their regularity and asse
Ing that the delegates representing I
legal convention were Democrats. i
i all the vilification, hate. misrepresent
+ tion and falsehoods made before {
National Committee at st. Louis
the boiling delegates against the
( Representing the Republican party
+ Delaware, there can be no excuse
4 palliation.
A review of the political conventio
I o. any party prior to that time will 4
% find parallel for its injustice,
famous and damnable treatment. Wit
but an excuse or reason for it's actic
beyond the one to satisfy "senator
courtesy. these delegates were
. jected. What senatorial courtes,
had to do with electing delegates il
A. conventiop in Delaware and with q
Knitting them to a convention in
81 Louis, men of sense and fairness ha
\ never, as yet. found out. An individl
from this State was placed on the n
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