The sun., 1900-08-13
THE HARMONY TICKET
Only Three Places Out of Ten On
it Filled by Union
Republicans.
THE PLEDGES CARRIED OUT
No FactIonaI Ostracism Has Been At
tempted, But Men Were Named
who Conserve the Inter-
ests and Wishes of
the Majority.
THE PLEDGES CARRIED OUT
From the Georgetown Union Republi
can.

From the Georgetown Union Republi-
can.
The preference of the Union ltepubli-
can long ago was that Il ticket i'll this
campaign be made hy an equal division
of the places upon the ticket 10y agree
ment and then place the responsibility
for the filing Of these places upon each
organization. We have been. and are
now, i'll favor of the plan for harmony
as put forth last January by the Union
Republicans. and approved by the Ma
tionul Committee as absolutely fair and
equitable. That plan having been re-
jected. and no other having been pro-
posed that did not involve an absolute
surrender of the rights of the majority,
the only course left open was that of
placing before the people a ticket that
hy its fairness, its freedom from fac
tional ostracism. should in Il concrete
form embody every previous pledge
made or desire expressed for fairness.
for party success and for party unity.
This has been done. Out Of ten places
only three are straight out Union Re
publicans. The sole question that
should he asked by every man of him
self is, is that too much for the major
ity to demand Without disguise GER
tain places upon the ticket had to he
from either one side or the other. If
the majority could not demand them,
upon what basis Of right could the min
ority claim them; We ask every Re-
publican to consider this question fair
ly. The present condition of Republi-
can politics is full of peril and of long
continued evil. The action taken now
is frcightcd with long continued con.
sequences. that will he carried down tn,
stream of political events on Il long
voyage. There is no thing in amy mum
dane affair that meets universal al-
prOval. No ticket eyer nominated was
altogether satisfactory to everybody.
The Union Republican party. now til,
Regular Republican organization Of I'll,
State. has placed before the people /;
ticket that should receive the support ot
every Republican voter. The candi
dates are well known men whose an
ceStry is as old as the State itself. Out
side of personal prejudice. or the feel
ing of antagoniSm based solely up0l
factiOnal objection there is not Il mal
selected who does not deserve his nomi
nation, by reason of personal fitness ant
4 as Il reward for long and loyal part,
service. Moreover. in the making of tn,
ticket every effort was used to carry ou
previous pledges to nominate tcke
non-factional. or rather bi-factional. t,
the very limit of political generosity
1t is we'll to remember that. 1t is wei
to remember that the majority of an,
political party has. under the spirit o
American institutions, the right Il
nominate straight ticket and the righ
to demand of every true party ma1
loyal support of that ticket. In tn
present instance no fractional Ostracsr
has, however. been attempted. nor has
been desired. The majority has onl
done what it had the right to do--nomi
Z nate for its own choice. officers tha
conserve the wishes and interests o
that majority.