The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-29
I'm PERFECT ACCORD"

The following declaration of its po-
Sition from the Morning News Of yester-
day. marks Il distinct advance upon right
political lines by that paper. 1t said:
We are in thorough accord with every
man in Delaware who declares that tie
General Assembly should elect two Unit
ed States Senators. and that those Sen
ators should be Republicans. In that
respect we do not differ with a single
man in the State. That is what we are
anxious to have done al Dover and done
ut once.
Ii those two Senators cannot be elect
"a i'll one way. let them be elected i'll
another way The one end sought is Il
have Delaware represented III the United
States Senate hy two Republicans.
The election Of Senators is Il state af-
fair and II political neceSsity--it is moi a
personal question III the slightest degree.
Two men thoroughly representative q
the State. ana representative Of the ma
jolity political party, should he elected
hat is AL there is in the situation ut
Dover today. II is not 4 question Of the
election o. this man or 1T that man,
but of the election OF TWO thoroughly
capable and representative Republicans,
| Upon all that we can agree with cur
contemporary and doubtless every other
! Nv p",ii.,.. .. ~ ,st"e- ILL i.s,-,ii =
endorse the sentiment rs far as it ap-
/ plies to the case in hand. The declara-
, tiun Of its position ly the News has tho
right ring, but the scope of its an
nouuced agreement does NOT nclud,
enough to make It Immediately effective
II has never been question of what
ought 10 be done Or when it should y,
done in the Senatorial controversy. MOI
has there been much doubt about wha
would he done when it was concluded
The question is who shall choose TIL
candidates and how shall they he chosen
Usage. custom and law assign this lut.
! Of selecting candidates TO all the mem
: hers of the legislature who agree ii
: political sentiment ana who represent til
: same political party. The duty is their
l and the privilege is theirs. and if tn
members Of the Legislature representa-
the Republican party MS il voted at III
November election agree among then
selves. decide to select candidates an
4 elect them who shall be the choice {
0 them all expressed by majority vot
G OF other assent. the desired result wi
I be easily and quickly secured.
: If. however, parties not members {
+ the Legislature ara to dictate the sele
d ton Of candidates for thte purpose
!. defeating the peoples decision at Il
\ polls. the agreement as TO the necessit
d Of electing two Republican Senate
) amounts to nothing. The necessity
e for agreement upon some plan by viii,
i candidates for whom all the Republican
Is ~ the Legislature will vote.
a Is the News in perfect accord" wi
q the general Republican agreement iii
Senatorial candidates should be select,
~ majority assent of the Republici
70 senators ana Representative? Is it
a. perfect accord with the Union Repub
e nm proposition that the majority of t
!! Republicans in the General AsSeInt
\ shall name one candidate. and the mine
n ty the other?
q Agreement about the necessity Of d
ll- Ing thing is Of no account in the a
sence Of an agreement of how 10 do it