Evening journal., 1916-06-21
STAN By THE PARTY, THE ORGANIZATION AND
rnE MALNRITY PRINCIPLE

rlE MAJORITY PRINCIPLE.
VxyE have read, With interest aud surprise, state.
w meni attributed to Alfred l. DUPONT. of Brandy
VINE hundred, relative to what Il pIeases him to call
Ghepuhllcan machiae politics In Delaware.
Our surprise Is caused by the fact that he fails to
dncreriiaie as befueen political organization and
political machine and by the further fact That he
epaea'ors 10 coniure up political machine where
onb political organization exists We are lar inside
the lines oi rIh WHOM assert that within the last
ten or twelve years ilerc has hecu on the Repuh-
hcaa side In ibis Slate anything even upproximaing
political machine. There has been hold. aggres.
s'c, militant and effective organization, hut Il has
been elected ll the Republican voters, part oi II by
decgaied authority and part of II by direct authority
In other words. Il has bcn, and s is, representative
OF The wishes oi large mulotty Of the Republican
electors so long the cardinal American principle
OF majority rule prevails In politics. can body OF men
elected by The voters, representative OF the voters and
Responsible 10 he voters he fairly termed political
= machine!
A. political organization is body OF men, duly
~ elected by Nprimary convention process. which
represents in concrete FORM the great body oi the
electors belonging 10 part, and which serves as the
agent through which those electors promote their po.
iitical principles and policies and when possible put
them into eneci for party and public good.
political machine is body OF men that exists in
defiance of the party electorate and in violation of Il,
principles, policies, rules and usagcs. II is some.
thing that preys upon The party and The public inter
ests and is injurious 10 both.
There is no Republican in Delaware. who is fair Of
mind and purpose. who does know chat with wide.
open deld and with Republican electorate awake 10
its responsibilities and opportunities It is impossible
es Tor Republican machine to exist here
p IT. has been said That a government is Just as good
as the people who maintain il. In other Words they
N desire good government they have IL within their
power to nave IL And so Il Is with political part,
o"oer the rules OF which the voters have the power
s''''n OF delegation Ii they elect or delegate
good men they will have a good organization, If thc,
~ ~ VI ''"sae o'o men they viii have a had organ
'1a'on Those are irui.ms which apply 70 all poli,i.
cal parties.
III me Republican electors in This state rrprcseht ,bo
best there is in the czenry OF our con,mon,.., -,
Hhcn comes 70 an intelligent conception of th ,,,
II and political duties theS owe 70 their Stat. and ~,
tion. That eur STATE Is what il is, and that our n.,,
is What il is. is due TO the high quality OF the Renuh
Ioan electorate, 10 The high quality Of Republican ar
. ganization, TO The high quality OF Republican pub
4 service and TO the high quality Of Republican prne
4, pies and policies.
B, BY the token II may be said that for year
there has in this State political organizato
Il that has shown such high degree of intelligenc
t such profound regard for public interest and sue
an earnest desire to do The thing, a majority Of tl
4 people desired 10 have done has the Republican
eauizaton BY the exercise of those qualities IT ha
Whit a.. ~ 81
II time after time and would have done four year
ago had it not been for a national breach in the part
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