Evening journal., 1906-08-02
Thursday, August ?, 1906.
HARMONY MAKING PROGRESS

THE second step taken to bring about union
n OF the factions and reorganization ot the
Republican party was taken yesterday when the
committee met in this city and arranged certain
details for the primaries TO be held in this county
and At which delegates 10 the harmony state con-
vention will be elected.
The orderly progress now being made IN favor
Of harmony cannot be other than pleasing and
satisfying TO every loyal Republican in the state,
regardless OF his past factonal affiliations. For
several years the rank and file of both the Union
and Regular Republican parties have been fret
ting under The intolerable conditions that have
prevailed in the party, and have been clanoring
for return to the plain, old-iashioned system oi
majority rule. Perhaps longer than it should
have been, the leaders of the factions have kept
the party divided, but, in response to the pract-
cally unanimous desire Of the Republicans, an
agreement was entered into by the official heads
Of both the Union and Regular Republican parties
to abandon both Of the factional organizations re-
turn TO a single convention and reorganize the
party The plan OF the harmony convention APP
peared to be acceptable to everybody when it was
suggested by the resolutions adopted several
months ago by the Union Republican State Com
mittee.
The proposed harmony convention, which is TO
meet September 5th, is to be composed Of dele
gates chosen by Republican voters iii their re-
spective districts throughout the state There IS
absolutely no restriction qualification whatever
as to who shall participate in the primaries other
than pledge to support the party nominees. On
that day, previous factiona contests are to be
forgotten, and only such men selected as will rep
t1,a
the district No good Republican can take excep-
ton to this majority rule method Of choosing dele
gates to the convention, and any man who de-
clines to participate in such fair and open pri-
mary not only comedies himself to be out Of tune
with the majority Of his party in his district but
positively hostile to the interests and welfare OF
the Republican party. Indeed, refusal TO vote at
the Republican primaries be construed to
mean nothing else than the person so refusing de
sires that he shall no longer be considered as a
Republican, and is either TO be designated as one
preferring, for some special purpose, TO remain
outside Of the party lines, or to be an ally Of the
opponents Of the Republican party
We cannot conceive Of any man, who thinks
seriously over the trials troubles and difficulties
that have beset the party during the last ten
years, having any desire whatever 10 be recog-
nized as a loyal Republican, who will deliberately
turn his back on the well-formulated plan Of har-
monzing the party on such an equitable basis as
that now proposed. II there be such a man in
Delaware who has heretofore been connected and
identified with either faction he will do well to
ponder long before refusing TO get aboard Of she
crowded harmony train. Arrangements are being
made and orders will be given for that train TO
e4on ~ every station and no man will be left AT
home unless it be his desire to break away and
separate himself absolutely from his fellow Re
publicans