The sun., 1898-12-19

The legality OF DR.. Hiram Burton,
the Fifth Senatorial district of Susst
county, protesting against State Senate
elect Franklin G. Maull taking his Sc
in the State Senate is still being discusst
pro and con by large number of pc
sons.
The concensus of opinion, as expresse
by leading politicians, is that DR.. Bu
toms action is plainly illegal and that
forfeited all claims to the seat when
withdrew his contest against Mr.. Mau
before the Superior Court, during tt
tabulation Of the vote.
1t is asserted that a few Republican
will stand by Mr.. Maull, although he
Democrat, and that he will be allowe
to take the seat to which he was legal
elected by the action of DR.. Burton.
The United States Senatorship is agai
attracting more than the usual attention
and whilst very little is said one way O
the other, quiet and effective work an
pears to be the order of the day.
The coming of Willard Salisbury int
the "ranks' was the sensation of tn
week and neither Regular Republican
nor the Democrats, who had eyervthin,
arranged for the return of Hon. Georg,
Gray, Gold Democrat, to the United
States Senate, have as yet recovered from
the miniature earthquake that Mr.. Sauls
bury created in their midst.
How and in what manner they car
still obey the mandates of the Admins
tration is the question exercising the
minds OF the Regular Republicans, but
as they have not seen their way clear, il
is hard to state what method will be EN-.
ployed in untangling the web which Mr..
Salisbury made.
Republican Glasses" must reiterate
that it is unfortunate for the Republi-
cans OF Delaware and therefore for the
State that United States Senator is to
be elected this winter. II there were no
senatorial contest the Legislature about
to assemble at Dover would fulfill the
highest expectation of the people in re.
spect to those great questions of stat.
utory reform, which the new constitu
tion imposed upon the late Legislature,
but which that body was unequal to de.
termine. The election of Senator. with
the acrimony which it will probably in.
lect into the Legislature will necessarily
Interfere with legislation. 1t will pre-
vent, it may be feared, the making of
that record which would otherwise en-.
sure Republican domination for MANY
years to come. This contest in 1895 gave
the State to the Democrats in 1896. A
similar outcome, or one approaching that
even to moderate degree, NAV give
this State back to the Democrats in 1900,
and vet the Offices to be fillefin the
State and in the three counties in 1000
are, selfshly speaking, of infinite more
value to the party than half dozen
senatorships. To the State itself the
continuance of Republican supremacy
now endangered by the coming contest
over the senatorship is of Infinitely
greater value than any senatorial repre-
can possibly be at Washington.
Delaware needs new laws. 1t needs a
decent non-partisan administration of
public affairs. 1t needs an absolute wip.
ing out of the Democratic tricksters who
are still in office. All this is imperilled
by the senatorship. Hence it is true
that the election of a United States
Senator at this time is a misfortune to
the Republicans of Delaware and to the
State itself.-Republican Glasses, SUNDAY
Star.
There is considerable curiosity among
certain politicians to find out how J. Ed
ward Addicks will stand when it comes
to the final contest. 1t has been asserted
by the Regulars that the Union Republi.
can party is party of Addicks' follow
ers and that if he were out of the wav the
party would disappear from sight. On
the other hand, it is held by the Union
Republicans that they are the onlyRepub-
lican party in the State, that they are the
genuine Republican party because the
largest, and that Addicks is but mem.
Der of the party the same as other
men, and has no more rights and priv
ileges.
If this is true, and there is no reason
to believe that every Union Republican
is simplya blind follower of Addicks,
then Addicks is more sure of carving
the whole Union Republican delegation
than are some of the other candidates in
the State. If the Union Republicans
were simply elected as Republicans and
not pledged to support Addnks for Sena-
tor, then there is plenty of chance for
some other Union Republican to work
his claims for Senator 1.-THE Union Re-
publlcans 60 for Addicks to a man then
it is likely that the Regulars will not fall
into line, and there will be deadlock as
surely as the Legislature meets.
OF course there is still talk of confer
ence in which the claims of the various
candidates can be discussed and an at.
tempt made to reach some arrangement
by which Senator can be elected, but
it is doubtful if this will result in anv
good. Conferences did not result in any
good when the Regulars had the ma
ority III the General Assembly of the
Republican members and the Union Re-
pubicans had the minority, and the
plan is not likely to accomplish much,
now that the conditions are reversed.
Then the Regulars placed the Union Re-
publican minority in the position of hav-
ing prevented the election of United
States Senator, and unless the Regular
minority watches itself there is likely to
be an effort made to put it in the same
position this time. The Regulars must
face that condition or else surrender to
5he Union Republicans, for there is
nothing else for them to Wilmington
Correspondent Philadelphia Inquirer.
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