The record-union., 1899-02-11

would result in the choice of any man
for Senator is the equivalent Of a
declaration that a majority of the rep
resentatives Of the party have choice.
and if they have they have a right to
that choice. It is the very genius OF
our institutions that the majority shall
govern, and whoever denies this doc
trine intends by chicanery and fraud
to aid the minority in defeating the
will of the majority Of the party. The
candidate for United States Senator
who would object to caucus on tne
ground that a caucus would defeat his
aspirations, confesses himself to be sub
stituting the trickery of minority 1or
the deliberately expressed will OF
ajority. The adherent of the canol-
date who proposes to defraud the Re-
publican party out of a choice for
United States Senator simply because
his personal choice cannot be forced
upon the party need not count himself
a Republican. Other considerations
than mere personal partisanship must
be sought to account for this species
of political treachery.
The time has fully come for plain
speaking in these matters. The eighty
six members of the Senate and Assem-
bly, owe it to the Republican party
to choose Senator, and having failed
by one method they owe it to the party
to try other methods Of agreement.
Let it be understood now that no candl-
date will hereafter benefit by the fail
ure to elect a Republican Senator at
this session of the Legislature. Who
ever has obstructed that result Will
stand before the rank and file OF the
party deserving the condemnation OF
having defrauded his party out OF the
Legitimate. fruits of its victory.
A Senatorial, deadlock can result only
by reason Of placing the interests OF
1.-THE candidates who are parties to 1t
above the rights of the voters OF the
party and above the highest interests
of the party itself. There is no other
possible Interpretation than this. 1t
simply means that individuals have
determined to either rule or ruin the
party; that they are placing their
selfish personal ambition above the
principles of the party itself.
In view of all these considerations, 1t
is the duty of the eighty-six Republican
members of the Legislature to meet
1 n
celebrating upon the highest interests
of the party This they owe to the
Republicans who have elected them TO
office and at whose hands they have
accepted the trust Of acting in accord
ance with the highest interests Of the
Republican party. If a deliberate party
council of this kind, held in a spirit OF
conservatism, presided over by partisan
patriotism, guided by party fealty, and
honestly striving to harvest the fruits
of a Republican victory, is unfit to be
trusted with the fortunes of any Sena-
torial aspirant, that aspirant is unit 10
be elected to the Office of United States
Senator. Whoever refuses to submit
his pQlltlcd1 IOTIuIleS u SONA q SoeAA~AA
of the party is unworthy OF honor at
the hands of the party itself. Let the
test be made at once. Let the Sena-
torial candidates whose personal ambi-
tions are standing in the way Of party
success and defrauding the party out OF
the fruits of it's well-earned victory,
declare themselves at once on this
question; and the Senatorial candidate
who refuses to submit his claim to
deliberate council Of his fellow partf-
sans will prove beyond all question the
treasonable selfishness of his ambition
and his unfltness to be trusted with
great Office at the hands Of the party
Whatever caucus or council the Re
publican members Of the Legislature
may hold should be as open and public
as their conduct in the Legislature.
There should be no secrecy and all
votes taken should be viva voce. The
press should be freely admitted in the
interest of public information Pub
licity in this matter is altogether de-
sirable and is never Stunned by honest
partisans or manly men.