Evening journal., 1900-03-31

was Simply an doSeInoldtt ol hcu ltP-
,resenting no organization or party, rec
ognized by no organization, party,
party rule or law, or state statute.
They were then absolutely without au-
thority and without a following. The
republican party was intact. Its dele
gates were regularly chosen and regu-
larly convened and organized. It's ma
tional delegates were regularly and
legally elected. Those delegates were
the only delegates authorized to repre-
sent Delaware at St Louis. No act Of
the convention could alter that truth
the convention could admit the anti
Addicks bolters, but it could not give
them regularity.
"The anti-Addicksites title to regu-
larity was petitioned for after the
national convention, to the democratic
clerks OF the peace in this state, and
was granted by them acting under the
state law and for the democratic party.
Il Is from that source-the democratic
party Of Delaware-that the anti-Ad-
dicksites got their party name and en-
blem.
THE Sun does not propose TO ask for
any judgment at the Philadelphia con-
vention. The union republican party
will send delegates 10 that convention
and expect them to be admitted; not for
the sake Of any judgment. for or
against their regularity, but because Of
the undisputed right Of the republicans
Of Delaware who accepted the nomina-
tion of the st. Louis convention, and
OF all previous national republican con-
lventions, to representation in the Phil
adelphia convention"
That is the case and position Of the
union republicans, authoritatively
stated by the Sun. It explicitly evades
at the start the question of the author
ity Of the national convention Of the
party to decide as to the legitimacy and
regularity of any state organization as
suming to be the republican party Of
the state No other position
is open to it unless II admits that the
endorsement Of the regulars establish
ed that party as the legitimate and the
union party as an illegitimate body.
The fact that the national conven-
tion has authority to judge Of the
qualification and election Of its own
members" completely destroys the pre-
vious denial of its power to decide
which organization is the republican
party. The only qualification for ad-
mission to the National Republican
Convention is: republicanism OF the
delegates and lawful election by a legal
republican convention. When the ma
tional convention seats delegates II af-
firms that those delegates are regular
republicans who were properly elected
by a legitimate republican convention.
The National Republican Convention
at st. Louis did that for the regular re-
publican party of Delaware lin the ex-
ercise Of that authority"
The delegates admitted at st. Louis
were regularly chosen by Delaware
delegates who were regularly elected by
Delaware republicans to represent the
party in a state convention, with au-
thority from the voters Of the party in
Delaware TO choose delegates to repre-
sent the Delaware republican voters in
the National Republican Convention al
ST. Louis. When the St. Louis conven.
tion admitted those delegates after
hearing the allegations Of the union
republicans that the regulars were moi
properly chosen TO represent the repub-
lican party Of Delaware IL decided that
the claims, representations and objec-
tions Of the union republicans are un-
sound and without force
When the highest body of a political
party has decided that state body
claiming to represent that party does
represent IL. the local authorities, re-
gardlessof pariyaniliations, are without
either power or right to question on
deny that decision. and under the con
ditions, the Republican National Con-
vention having decided that the regu-
lar republican party of Delaware is the
Legitimate republican party in the
state the clerks of the peace were COM
, PEELED to recognize that party.