Smyrna times., 1900-01-10
REPUBLICAN HARMONY TALK, /
PLUMS ON POLITICAL TREE MAY BRING
FACTIONS TOGETHER.
views of the Press of the State With
Regard to the Situation in the
Three Counties.

Regard 10 the Situation in the
Three Counties.
Many tempting offices to be filled
this year in Delaware, and the cropping
up of numerous candidates, has re-
vlved harmony talk among the Repub-
llcans. Suggestions by the score are
being made of how they can come to-
gether The want-to- Fellows are
going to the plan suggested by Horace
Il. Knowles, chairman of the Regular
City Committee, of ''give and take. ="
This plan proposes to have the factions
meet in State Convention and divide
the offices alternately, one side to have
the Governor, the other, the Lieuten-
ant Governor, and so on down the list.
while common primaries are to be held
for places on the county ticket. Every
body, III the meantime, is to keep mum
about the SenatOrship, not losing sight
OF the fact, however, that the Incom-
ing Legislature will elect two Sen
atOrs.
The plan of harmony suggested by
the morning NetOs is for the two fac
tions to divide the nominations for
these offices between them, one faction
taking one office and the othear faction
another, all the way down the list.
The Legislative nominations, it naivelv
says, 'can be left to the voters them
selves in the several districts. -
The Union Republican of George
town, gives serious heed to the sug-
gestions of the Morning Neps and laws
down this as a good plan for har-
mOny:
1.-The way 'to win in November is to
call common primary, to have one
State organization, with. one State
Central Committee. Let the whole
Republican vote act as high tribunal
of adjudication upon questions at issue
and thereby end the matter. If this
solutiOn-the only solution, come when
it may-can be agreed upon, the Union
Rep"btican believes that a ticket
should be nominated with due regard
to every factional interest involved.
and will advocate the widest generos.
lty upon the part of the majority in
nominations and all other matters per
taing to our politics. But one thing it
will never advocate, and that is har-
mony at the expense of political free
dom-success by the sacrifices of the
rights of the people.
The Wilmington Sun, in speaking of
the position of the Republican party
says:
"The Morning News makes plea
for Republican unity on the only basis
that it recognizes-the chance for Of
flee. That is the Alpha and Omega of
bolter Republican politics. They went
out of the Republican to secure the
Federal offices, and now can appreciate
no reason for return but to secure
office. That is too plain truth for
any one to make mistake about. The
one and only potent argument with the
boilers is to promise them Office.
1.-The proposition to divide the Della
ware delegation to the next National
Republican cOnvention-the sending
of two delegations and the admission
of both with half vote for each dele
gate--is delusive subterfuge to de-
celve the unwary. The makers of it
the bolters-realize that the political
conditions, State and national, demand
that they cease their effort to prolong
the destructive party division which
they have created. Instead of a manly
acknowledgement of their error, sur
render of usurped authority and re.
turn to the legitimate and potent party |
organization of the State, they are
for some plan to avoid it.