The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-22
OBEY THE PEOPLE.

OBEY THE PEOPLE.
IL it was indeed. the course of things
during the present Legislative session
ought to be sufficient to convince every
Depublican of the State, and of the
United States for that matter, that there
is no good political result sought, or to
he obtained. in the effort to prevent the
election of Mr.. Addicks to the United
States Senate.
The opposition is Democratic. That Is
its purpose is to weaken the Republican
State and National Administrations.
There is nothing good in that. These ad-
ininistrations have been chosen by the
people. BY their vote, casr, canvassed
and recorded under the law, they, the
people, have chosen those whom they
desire to represent them III administer
ing and making the laws. The principles
Of the party chosen are the accepted
band legally sanctioned political principles
Of the State and nation, just as the men
chosen to Office became the visible and
active representatives Of the authority
and power of the State and nation. 1t
is just as reasonable therefore to ex-
pect legislation and administration ac-
cordng to Republican ideals, rs it Is
10 expect the exercise of authority by the
Republican candidates elected and in
Quoted into office. 1t was not altogether
question Of who should do it, but of
what should be done that was decided in
The election.
In voting for President and Vice Pres
idcnt of the United States, the people
voting for the electors who should east
the final vote for the President and
Vice President decided that Republi-
can should lie chosen, and that person
chosen should he William Mckinley
The men to whom this duty was assigned
were not compelled by any statute law
10 vote for Mr.. Mckinley So far as We
know they we're not compelled to vote
FOR amy one. and that there is (waS) d
possibility of the failure to elect a Presi
dent. Suppose that had occurred thai
enough of the Republican electors haC
chosen to cast their vote for some one
not Il candidate before the people fol
President at the election, or had choscl
to cast their votes for Il defeated candi
date. what would have been the judg
ment Of the people toward such an act
SGppose again enough of the member
pftTcnrtu 'rnp cleelI6n 66f a Tfftetsiidetnt i;
the people what would be the popula
Judgment Of such an act? There car
De no doubt about the Judgment. III,
patriotic, law abiding citizens of thu
tmitcd States, without regard to part,
III politics, would have voted the recrcnn
electors to be traitors, alike to the part,
and To the country. The crime of which
these rccreant electors would have stoo,
convicted IN the popular Judgment, wouI,
be that they defeated the will Of iii,
people ANA overthrow their decision mad
at the ballot box. OF course the Law
provides for such Il contingency in pro
vidng fol the election Of President b,
Congress, but that provision does not il
any way provide an excuse for the crim
committed in preventing the decision o
nc question at issue III the election, b,
1hr people, ;ts contemplated and provide,
for IL the Constitution. 10 COMM
such Il crime for any motive would b,
dastanllr. but to have committed sucl
crime for purely personal reasons
because of personal dislike for the can
aidatr chosen, to vent personal spit,
on avcngc II personal wrong, real or i'm
agin>iry would Dc Il pcrvcrsion Of au
thoritE and power drprnycd to a degrc,
indesclibablc.
What ne have said about he law rcgu
laiing the election of il President OF
The United States is also true about tn,