Middletown transcript., 1905-12-02
TIME FOR HARMONY
Insurance Commissioner Marshall Dis.
cusses the Political Situation

Insurance Commissioner Marshall Dis
cusses the Political Situation
cdr. George w. Marshall, insuranc,
commissioner of this state and one of, thu
members of the Union Republican har
mony committee was in Wilmington
Monday on business. While here the
doctor ma':grd to talk harmony to a
number ol Republicans whom he met
though he held no formal conferences.
The doctor declared that, in his opil-
ion, the time to talk harmony had ar
rived and he proposes to talk it in the
most convincing way. 81 am talking on
this line," said the insurance commits
sioner, who added
"The time has come to ask: Are you
Republican because you believe in the
principles, and the performances of that
party? Do you want to see its suprem-
| acy maintained, that it may carry to
completion its manifold works for the
| betterment of the counties, the state and
the nations; or do you want it to have its
efforts brought to naught by temporary
or permanent defeat, administered by
its pretending friends, for the benefit of
its imp!acabIe enemies
''The Republican Party must maintain
its supremacy or the Democratic Party,
crouching now behind the mugwumps,
will spring again into power. If you are
sincerely Republican, you will work
for the success of your party. If you
work against your party, You work
against all you believe in and hold most
dear politically: and to put into effect
governmental policies which you know
are fallarious, and against the best in
terests of your county, your state and
your country.
'The Republican party in Delaware
cannot maintain its supremacy while it
remains divided. Will you work and
vote for merger of the two Republican
factions, or will you put your own or some
other mans private grudges before your
party's and your own interests? Will
you break your party over another mans
head, merely to make that mans head
sore? Ask yourself: What are the things
to do which will insure the maintainence
of the Republican Party's supremacy :?
Then do what you believe is right, and
work to get others to do likewise.
''Some may reason that little OF the
emetic called defeat would, maybe, do
the party good. Many in Wilmington so
reason. Do not deceive yourself. The
next election is not municipal election,
and therefore cannot be of non-parti-
san nature. The Republican Party will
win, or the Democratic Party will win.
There is no alternative Whichever party
wins will put into operation its theories
and practices of government. If you be-
lieve in Republican theories and practices,
then you want that party to win and
should do your best to that end.
"a defeat at this crisis would mean
the election of two Democratic United
States Senators, one for a six and one for
four years term OF Office, and a Demo-
cratic representative in Congress. 1t
would mean Democratic state govern
ment two years hence. 1t would mean
Democratic county government 1t might
well mean tampering with the election
laws, for partisan advantage, and ulti-
mately, disfranchisement of the negroes.
Do YOU want these things? If you do,
your Republcanism needs tonic. Della
ware was not easily, or quickly converted
from Democracy to Republicanism; nor,
were the Democrats once again intrenched
in power, would like conversion be
made again one whit more easily or
quickly.
''Now is the time to think. Shortly
will come the time to work and to vote.
Surely the fate of your party, and the
well-being of your country, your state
and your county rightly claim your calm,
dispassionate consideration and your pa
triotic action. Think and work to make
others think and work for the salvation
OF the party. 1t can come only through
harmony and continued victory. Don't
make any mistake about that.
.'The party needs now, as it has not in
many year, the patriotic services of its
best brains, its coolest and most accurate
judgment, its best executive ability, and
its most loyal hearts. Do not let your
judgment be warped by the streams or
reiterated fallacies and falsehoods, which
irresponsible, but crafty persons, pour
occasionally through the press upon the
public. ."-Moraing Ners.