The sun., 1901-03-06

tentlOn OF PRESIDENT MCKINNEY, anu III
obedience to that vote, the State, repre-
sentatives in the electoral college, as
sembled and respecting the majority vote
of the people confirmed their choice for
President of the United States. That
is the American way, and pre-eminently
the Republican way, of settling political
questions. There is no other right way.
lhe American people cannot afford,
unuer any circumstances, to surrender
the principle Of majority rule. With
that principle eliminated the soul Of pop
ular government would be lost. The Re
publicans of Delaware cannot afford to
surrender the principle of majority rule
cannot afford to desert it. To re-estab-
lish that rule in the States government
has been the object of the Republican
effort as against the Democratic effort
in this State. All the evils of the States
government, and their name was legion,
grew out of the Democratic attempt to
maintain government by the minority
Ito prevent Republicans from voting and
count illegal Democratic votes. What
ever of corruption there may have been
in the States electorate, whatever dis
regard TO law there has been, and what
ever impurity of the ballot and disre-
gard for the sanctity of the ballot box
there has been, it is all the product Of
Democratic disregard for and the deser-
tion-overthrow-of the principle Of ma
jority rule in the States politics. The
Republican political fight in Delaware
has been against this overthrow of ma
jority rule and against the corruption
in politics ana the outrage in govern
ment which it produced. Without that
as purpose they never could have sue
ceeded Any Republican who will recall
the fact that for a long time the ltepub-
Leans, a great many of them at least,
were anxious To win the State with the
old constitution and the old dsfranchis-
! ing tax laws IN existence, in order that
they might give the Democrats Il taste
Of their own medicine and will re-
member that the Republicans did not,
we say could not, win the State with
any such evil purpose possible, will agree
with us that to now, in any way, ignore
the vital principle of their contention,
majority rule, deserts every thing that
has been Republican in this State and
necessarily approves every thing that has
been Democlatic-are giving up every
thing that was and is right in politics
and approving, that is accepting, every
thing that is wrong in politics. That is
the position assumed by the 'littlc body
Of Republicans, we are ashamed To
say-who insist that they alone ought TO
he permitted to dictate and that the
majority have no rights"
This, indeed. from Republican view
point is "a most disgraceful situation. >
1t is not only il dcsertion Of the vital
principle of Republican policy-the Vita
principle Of free government-but it il
rohbing the State of its lawful, right
ful and necessary representation in the
United States Senate. Factionalsm i,
straining the ancient guarantees of free
dom, and upon it, the people OF Della
ware, the good people of Delawar,
without regard to party, ought to pou
the wrath of an aroused vrtuous indig
nation. What these men, this 'ittl,
body of men," have done and what the.
have threatened to continue, removes
this senatorial question from the plan
Of party politics, and makes it II ques
tion of patriotism. 1t is fractional dc
nial Of, and destruction Of the one Savinj
element in our politics, the rule of th
people.
Good citizens of whatever politica
opinion or creed, If they be Americans
must oppose whoever and whatever On
croachcs upon the right Of the people t,
govern themselves, and that is wha
the opponents of the election Of Mr.. Ad
dicks To the United States Senate arr
doing.