The sun., 1900-09-13
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.


Delawares Democracy, IN convention
assembled, has made its usual biennial
show Of itself. Tile convention at Dover
d. Tuesday Was lin aggregation Of dis
order such as ought to convince reason
able thinking voters Of the Democratic
party's untitness for the making or ad-
Iministration OF law 1t Was simply a
concourse Of political partsans intent
upcn nothing but naming standard bear
ers III contest for the spoils Of otiice-an
eNhibtiol Of partisanshp and factional-
ism III politics, riotous in its disorder,
and held III check only by the cohesive
power of political pef and plunder.
There was nothing in all the conyen
tcn's work that indicated any thought
Or care for the public welfare. The de-
liberations, or what ought to have been
the dell iLerations { f State Convention
called to declare a policy Of State gov
ernmcnt and to select candidates for
officers to administer that policy, We're
marked by a disorder 50 outrageous that
Il delegate rose in his place on the floor
to rebulle it, and declare that the preve-
: liant disorder was disgrace TO the party
and to the State If this delegate had
recalled the characteristics of recent
other Democratic conventions he would
probable have said that this recur.
. rent disorder was 4 continuance Of the
disgrace % his party and the state. II
he had vantcd 10 have been strictly true
i'll his statement, he might have slid
that hi~ party had made the government
III lie Stlte disgrace. ana that <nell
proceedings gave no promise Of reforma-
tian
With ghe lcligoalees cf the eotWen.
i.an II its isEet nlakiag NJ have -
criticism a. niuse, yXcrl u say thai a~
Democratic iicket uakine goes il ap
i. aeal, ln ~ goa3 ioi as GOOD rs thJ
I Democratic party Is camhlc Of making
i under present conditions. - the oldel
s nd more thoughtful members q tp
i pafty the absence III it~ pld time ila
j. popular leaders must have bcen sugees-
{ t1e VI dceadence, u growing infom
I. peteae md consequent farther dioel.iee
! tnd misfortune Il the State should lhe
4 Democratic party bc continued in power
I Whatever mag he said ii favor u ties
Y gentleman personality, III onr acquaint
! ance with thcn wc have found much L
! respect, there II NOT among hrln III
q quality of leadership; II gogtl palit.a
il purpose that +, assuring To tie pu0pll
e q whom politics Is j mattcr of duty L
{ tllc State rather Than u party Agal
! ii the absence ot these qualities thest
J, candidates u party r0pre~ ntatirc
haye pledged themselves 10 4 contbnt
Y alce " Tie thing. llie pai9oscs ta
i methods III the Democratic partl fo
Il \ MICH there Il no reason WAith hap.
4 beM mnatl A tha State II tln p1st
4 TIr atu acknowledged III lllmWa5 /
A Ae afIefansil,le + foliavs tlai til1e j
II Go Eo,@ VI Fglaa at loi hr shlt
/. .ithef il thq elHF1Gier al Ae tichc
y famed, u II lbe decIa purposes 3
Il lda parity 81 0hish thay Uy tha ctea
Y tafcs.
flt pnli,~ of tae rla4 fam asr aaaU
!. il@-iss ana II msal e thp allegation
Is untrue. fhat i uothin4 new III il eX
4 ett that il its abuse of i man whom i
+ dare not name il gats 1 liiile lower il
G the scale q deccrJy thln If neeassar
u even il I Democratic political PLATFORM
Y 'rfat the making o. this platform VA
6 largely influenced by the character o
9 lie Union Republican platform is cyi
lS dent. The same topics arc discussed am
4 II the main the same promises made
Y But years Of experience with tho Demo
!" arHii" taatr proves OH. IL PROMISE, ar
worthless. Whenever Democrats at
ie tempt to reform politics they make i
4 worse TIE election laws of this Stat
C. prove this. They now propose, possibl
& because the Union Republicans sue
4 gested it, 10 remodel the registration