The sun., 1900-12-31

adelphia. The minority Republicans of
the Legislature have not, and apparently +
annot agree upon Senatorial candidate.
They are divided into at least three
sections, thus, for Higgins, du Pont and
Hilles. Neither one of these factions of
a faction will give way for the other.
No one of them appear to have ma
jority of their joint following and each
is therefore powerless to compel the
thers to accept another candidate. While
these candidates and their friends wran
gle over their rival claims, while they
attempt to enforce their factional de-
mand that the majority candidate for
United States Senator shall withdraw
from the canvass, the Union Republicans
wait on some reasonable outcome of the
wrangling and the important State, Ma
tional and party interests which the
/ Legislature is in duty bound to promote
lsuffer, and are threatened with defeat.
lit is plain that the continuance of this
lstrife will interfere with the regular
Legislative work. No one can doubt that.
Then local matters are neglected and
local interests suffer. 1t has been given
! out that no appropriation will be made
for Wilmington harbor at this session of
| Congress because of the States lack of
the proper representation in the Senate.
1t is not use to decry this; no use to say
that it ought not to be so. The truth
: is apparent. 1t means that Wilmington
: trade facilities in which every business
Y man and working man in the city are in
Z terested, are to be abridged, and the
e citys chances for more work, for bigger
e and better contracts are to be destroyed
d We are told, too, and the news of Con.
n gress supports it, that the important
: Ship Subsidy measure may be defeated
II for the lack of Delaware's Senatoria
Il vote.
E. No other city of the country is more
p Interested in the upbuilding of an Ameri
a can Merchant Marine than this city
al and none is really more interested in har
a. Dor improvements. No other people ar
T. more in need of liberal and progressiv
OIL legislation, than are the people of Della
rd ware, and no other people have bette
s. opportunity for promoting at once thei
III own and the National interests, and ye
ne while these things are apparent, an
al pressing upon public attention, minoi
ity of the Republican Legislature wrar
ke giles over the selection of Senator's
IN candidate: and candidates themselves
aS none of whom have half dozen follow
nd ers in the Legislature, allow themselve
hu to be impediments in the way of
eg reasonable and righteous settlement {
IN the whole dtficulty-impediment di
ne tructive of every kind of material pr
Ltn gress.
IN This is the legislative stuation-tim
ei- circumstances and opportunities that al
ideal, demand for legislative refor
that all good citizens regard as imper
tive, legislative majority Offering equ
-he privileges to the minority in the selectic
yer of candidates and waiting the minority
he decision, and all these being wasted b
ng, cause Mr.. Higgins, Colonel du Pont al
op- Mr.. Hiles are Senatorial candidates al
ma neither of them can control the ha
My dozen votes necessary to decide the co
OF troversy between them.
ing The settlement of the Senatorial contl
eet versy is up to the minority decision
OF the Union Republicans have chos
rst their candidate and are waiting for t
ury ''Reguars" to decide who they want
the vote for as their representative, in ord
be to elect two Republican United Stat
ses Senators.