The sun., 1900-08-06


sentatives chosen by majority rep
resent all the people of the elcc-
ton districts from which they have
been elected; and elections are held to
ascertain whom the people. by major
ity vote, will choose to represent all the
people of that district That is the
broad view of American politics, as op-
posed to minority representation.
THE PITCH THAT DEFILETH.
Harmony is desirable, but good citi-
zenship and devotion to country and |
principal mark limit to compromise. |
"There is thing" as Falstaff said to
Prince Hal, (which thou has often
heard of and is known to many in our
land by the name of pitch rs ancient
writers do report doth dctile. Public
Ledger.
Aye. and desiring that harmony that
agrees with good citizenship, the Union
Republicans have set the limit Of com
promise at that mark-devotion to
country and principle. With that limit
set they won their case before the
National Republican Convention, and
with that still in view, they will win in
an appeal to the people of Delaware.
Aye. and the editor of the erstwhile
sober and truthful Public Ledger has
descended to the level of"pitch' Singer.
1t would be charity, if that was ad
missablc, to suppose that the Editor Of
the Ledger wrote in ignorance of the
facts about Delaware politics and is
therefore, innocent Of evil intent in his
pitch Singing. The contrary is the
truth. We happen to know that this
Editor has lit least had the opportunity
to know the truth about Delaware poll
tics. The facts have been put before
him. He prefers Il lie to the truth. He
prefers to bcsmirch and dctilc the rcput-
alton of men who are at least every
whit his peers; to disparage political eff
forts az heroic and honorable as have
ever been made in this country, and to
injure Il political party engaged in Il
life and death struggle against political
tyranny and for decent politics and just
government. In this great and good
fight this party is opposed by an unrea-
sonable, unjust faction of would-be poll
teal leaders to whom the Editor of the
Ledger ascribes all possible virtue, and
to whom he credits efforts at honorable
adjustment of party differences which
they have not attempted to make. This
: assertion of ours was amply proved in
: the trial of the Delaware case before
: the Republican National Convention.
In that tral il was conclusivcly shown
} that the parties whose cause is cham
: pioncd by the Ledger, are party wreck
ers inspired by the narrowest ana most
ihdefcnSihle political prejudiccs. With
; every advantage Of positon-0f for
mcr recognition by the National Con-
Nenlioi--m thcir favor, they were
ineloriously defeated upon a showing of
the merits Of the case against them. and
rejected by Il unanimous vote Of
the convention. This conclusion
5 was reached after what was prob
ably the longest and most exhaustive
; examination and discussion. Of Il
similar casr, made hy Rppuhli-
can National Convention, and tie
, vcrd!ct in that case convicted whom
Tie ledger dclends. ana eXhonorated
: the tniun Republicans from every
: e!iar@e made against them. There can
be no greater proof of the unrcason
4 and nnfairncss Of the Lcdgcr,s criti-
] cismS aud abuse than is found in that
/. verdict II proves that the Editor Of
: ledger is Il wllful pitch" Singer seek
+ ing 70 deiile whom truth would compel
= him 10 honor and defend.
! The evidence before the National Re.
g publican Convention ut Philadelphia
! proved thai the Regular Republicans
$ of this State had made no efforts to
II reach compromise with the Union Re.
nuhlicanS, and further. that they had re
z jected offers of compromise that had
G been submitted to the convention by thu
5 Union Republicans and were unani
s mously approved by the convention. Sc
e marked was the unreasonable and un
y compromising attitude of the Irregular
l. Republicans" that the gentlemen of tn,
i Executive Committee of the convention
Y expressed a pardonable disgust for theil
n contention, and in the end hustled then
II out of court with scant courtesy
Z unanimously commenting the Union En
is publicans in their report to the conven
g ton. Since the adjournment of the Ma
g tional Convention the attitude Of th
II Regular Republicans has been on
N continuous threat to defeat the Rcpubli
y can ticket in Delaware-they still rcfus
to to accept the propositions approved b.
le the convention.
p The Ledger's statement that til
le Union Republicans demand that tn
Y Regulars turn the State over to then
m is ut once false and absurd. Th
ID truth is just the other way. The reg
T. ular'' minority that have nothing an