Evening journal., 1912-12-30
HOW SELECT


and vaulting personal ambition has
already made the Democracy of our
neighbor the Index very sick and
weak
I'VE are opposed" it says, ito any
caucus which is intended to bind dele
gates or memberss Of the Legislature
TO vote for any man.
Caucus rule is simply party rule, and
often boss rule, and has no place in
this day Of progressive thought and
Independent action"
How would our neighbor select a
Democratic candidate for Senator at
this time? There are twenty-nine
Democrats in the Legislature, a clear
majority. and it is their duty to elect
some Democrat to the United States
Senate.
The only way Of selecting Demo-
cratic candidates i'm this State OF
which we have any knowledge is by
the vote Of a majority of those to
whom the Democratic voters have del
egated the power of making the nom
nation. Most candidates are chosen
by convention composed of dele
gates chosei by the Democratic voters
for that purpose A State Convention,
for instance is composed of 1856 dele
gates. The man who receives SO
votes for Representative in Congress,
or for any other place to be filled at
the next election, is the choice of the
Democratic patty. In a county con-
vention composed of so delegates. the
man who receives 81 votes is the
choice Of the convention and the can
didate of the Democratic party.
Democratic candidates for United
State Senator in this State are cho-
sen by the Democratic members OF
the Legislature. This is the well es-
tablished and accepted method, and
Democratic voters all over the State
knew before the nomination of Dem
ocratic candidates for Senator and
Representative in the General Assem-
bly,, and before the holding of any
primaries. that it would be the duty
and prerogative OF the Democratic
members of the Legislature to nomin-
ate the Democratic candidate for
United States Senator and that he
would be nominated by the votes of
a majority of the Democratic mem
bers of the two Houses.
1t would be as logical and sensible
to inveigh against the choice of
Democratic candidate for Representa-
tive in Congress for the 1856 delegates
by the votes Of SO members of the
convention as to inveigh against the
choice Of a Democratic candidate for
Senator in Congress by the votes of
- o. the % persons to whom the
power of making the selection has also
been delegated by the Democratic
voters.
We do not say the established
method Of making nominations is the
best possible method. either as re-
CARDS candidates for Senator or can
didates for Representative but it is
unquestionably the Democratic method
until changed The place to begin
action looking to a change is the
State Convention The editor of the
Index was member of the last State
Convention. He did not propose any
change or raise his voice in protest
against the present method.
How account, then, for the puerlie. |
babyish and disloyal course of the In |
deX editor and of other would-be bolt
ers. They perceive that the choice
oi majority of the Democratic men,
bers OF the Legislature, is not their
choice and that they, with all the
backing Of the DUPONT Republican Ma
chine, will be unable to control the
Democratic caucus. They know there
Is one Democrat in the State above
oil otheCs whom the DUPONT Republi-
can Machine fears and hates. That
Democrat happens to be the choice
of a majority of the Democratic mem
oers OF the Legislature to whom the
Democratic voters have entrusted the
1f L h.
well as the choice of an overwhelm-
ing majority of the Democratic voters
In the State, and III the selection is
made by Democrats they know that
he VIII be chosen. They know the
DUPONT Republican Machine will 20
to any lengths to beat him and will
gladly throw the Republican vote TO
some Democrat acceptable to reac-
tionaries in general and to the dupont
Machine in particular Hence the fran
tic effort to find a few Democratic
traitors, four poor misguided men
elected to the Legislature as Demo-
Gratis who Will betray their trust and
try to turn over the control of Dem
ocratlc party affairs to the enemy,
the dupont Machine, as long ago poor
Benedict Arnold betrayed his coun-
try and tried to hand It over to the
British. Traitors seldom succeed in
their heiariOus purposes. Benedict
Arnold did not succeed i'm handing the
country over to the British: Farlow.
King and Clark did not succeed in
electing Addicks, and we Opine that
sufficient number of traitors and
bOlters cannot be secured among the
Democratic members OF the Legisla-
ture To turn over to the dupont Re-
publican Machine the privilege of
naming the next Senator.
Again, What Has He Done?
From the Wilmington Sunday Star
Nnd)
The over-shadowing issue in Della
ware today is the election of United
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