Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-12
Saturday, January II, 1907.
wILL IT PAY NEw CASTLE

XIERY serious indeed is the position New Cas-
tie county will be placed in if she persists
in combining with the minority in Kent and Sus-
sex to force upon those counties a man for
ator who is not the choice of the Kent and Sus-
sex people or their representatives. 1t means, as
we see it. another factiona war in which the
counties will be the participants In a general
way New Castle has no particular interest in the
next senator. BY the plan adopted by the Presi-
dent and which appears to us to be a most adj
mirable one, the Federal patronage for New Cas-
tie is given to the New Castle senator, and the
Kent and Sussex patronage to the senator from
Kent or Sussex. This plan will avoid no end of
trouble and friction, and will be most beneficial
to the party. 1t prevents New Castle senator
from forcing upon the people of Kent or Sussex
town an unpopular and undesred man for post
master or any other Federal position, and like
wise would save the people of this county from
an Objectionable appointment. If the senator OF
each district would be answerable for his action
solely to the people of his district it would be in
every way best for the people and the party. 1t
is wrong, it is outrageous, for a senator in one
district to do a manfestly unpopular and inn
proper thing in another district solely for the
purpose of trying to help him in his own district.
The division Of senatorial territory as made by
the President prevents that condition or posi-
bility. We say for the good of the people and
the welfare Of the party, let us accept President
Roosevelts plan and to make it operative in the
most satisfactory way, let each district have the
selection of its senator. We can conceive of no
better plan than that to meet the peculiar poti-
cal and geographical conditions in our State. The
plan is now recognized and is enforced by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. We now have a senator for New
Castle, the choice of the people of New Castle,
and another for Kent and Sussex Why not, lot us
ask, is it not the best and right thing for New
Castle to stand with the President on this mat
ter? We have agreed to let Kent and Sussex
have the next senator. Why not go a step fur
Their and let the people of Kent and Sussex say
by majority vote who they want for their sem
.ator? Such plan is recognized by the party
selecting its nominee for governor, congressman
and other State officers and works well. Why
will it not work just as satisfactory in the selec
ton of the senator's? If it is good plan and no
one can deny it, why not start now to enforce
it? 1t would. perhaps, enable this county to es-
cape much trouble in the future. There would be
no question about our county having the right TO
select the successor Of Senator dupont four years
hence. Colonel DUPONT would not have accepted
the senatorship were he not the dhoice of this
county, and neither should Senator Alice or any
other man in Kent or Sussex try to get or be
willing to accept the senatorship unless he is the
choice OF those counties.
The principle involved in this matter is one
that cannot be ignored without peril to both our
party and those interests that concern our city
and county. VIII it pay New Castle to push
herself into the fight when there is so much to
be gained by keeping hands off, This is not New
Castles fight, and say with The Morning
News, that it is not only right but best, that our
county keep out of it, at least until Kent and
Sussex have had fair chance to agree by an
Expressive majority vote upon a man.