The sun., 1900-03-16
Friday, March Is, 1900.

that have held them since the days OF
1860. y The only way
to bring about united action is for the
Union Republicans to evince DISPOSE
tion to sacrifice something in return for
the sacrifices that would be made to
meet them.-The Morning News.
This ia lodging the issue; an obscur-
ing of fact, hard cold fact, behind glass
of sentiment and jingle Of words.
Sincerity, earnestness and conscien-
tious judgment in matters polite, is not
confined to the Anti-Addicks party. To
assume such condition is proof Of arro-
grant self conceit. To assert that such a
condition exists is falsehood. The
Union Republicans, representing ma
iority of the Republican voters Of the
State, are loyal to the principles of their
party-to the principles of the National
Republican party-adopted and held by
thst party since 1860. There has been
and can be no truthful impeachment OF
that loyalty; the prevailing sentiment
of those Republicans who believe in the
principles of the party that have held
them since the days OF 1S60," is the pre-
vailing sentiment of the Union Republi-
can party; Of a majority Of the Republi-
cans OF the State.
No greater sincerity OF purpose, Of
earnestness in work or of devotion to
party principles and party interests, has
ever been manifest in this State than
that which has marked the history and
progress of that party. No other party
Of this State has been SO violently OPP
posed or SO unjustly misrepresented and
abused; no other party Of this State has
shown such vitality, such power Of or
gan:zation, such rapid growth, such uni
form devotion to party principle or
achieved such uniform success. In every
election in this State since 1889 the
Union Republican sentiment and vote
have prevailed-have been the prevail
ing Republican sentiment and vote. The
Union Republican party Of Delaware has
never been beaten, in party contests or
at the polls, by vote of the people.
These are the hard, cold facts of Della
ware political history which no glass OF
political sentimen or gingle OF words can
hide or disprove.
There never has been any necessity for
party division in this State-thcre is no
such necessity now. The bolt of 1896
cannot be justified. 1t was made by
defeated and desperate minority. 1t was
made for no good cause, contemplated
no good purpose and represented neither
agood or prevailing sentiment. It has
been productive of nothing but disaster
to the Republican party, of outlawry
and revolution in the State-political dis
grace of the State-and has been repudi-
ated by the Republicans of every elec-
tion since it occurred. To say that
such things are the fruits of good politi-
cal sentiment and action, that they are
justified by the prevailing sentiment
among sincere, earnest and loyal Repub-
licans, is absurd. To say that the main
tenance of such conditions, and the re-
production of such results is necessity,
is false. There is neither necessity nor
authority for sending two sets OF dele
gates to the Republican National Con-
vention-the boilers have no right no
authority to send delegates to that con
vention, and what is not right cannot lie
necessary. If there was ever the sem
blance of reason for sending two sets Of
delegates to the National Convention, it
has been destroyed. The Union Repub-
lican proposition for harmony destroyed
all local reasons for it. That PROPOSE
tion threw the door wide open in its
appeal to the court of last resort, the
people at the polls. The Republican
National Committee by its request and
authority for the election Of Union Re-
publican delegates to the National Con-
vention destroyed the whole of the
bolter contention the convention
hall door and put up the sign: "No ad-
mittance for Delaware boilers"
There is, therefore, no reason, neces-
sity or authority for the sending of
bolter delegation to the National Repub-
lican Convention from Delaware.
As to showing disposition "to sacri-
fee something in return for the sacrifice
that would be made to meet them" the
Union Republicans have a monopoly of
that disposition. They have already
proffered all that honor and reason will
allow. They have made Republican
success possible and have maintained
the conditions for that success against
the desperate and disoyal efforts of the
boilers in behalf OF the Democratic party,
and when bolter betrayal of principle
and party, and Democratic lawlessness
could go no further, when success is alb
solutely assured, the Union Republicans
throw the door of opportunity wide open
to give every man calling himself a Re-