Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20
Republicans Arc Responsible


Having elected \ majority ot tho mem
I'M. 1T both houses of the General IS
scmllv IN Delaware. the Republicans will
ID responsible for the acts of that body
81 Il Il NJ to the Republican party as -
whether the session, Which will convene
nc>t January. will he constructive Or
otherwise Therefore, they should never
lose sight It tho fact that they Will hc
accountable for the result
In vlcw of tic fact that tho entire coun-
tn. following thc world war. is emharklnE
III i constructive period. and that Del
aware Is An integral part Of the country
mans grave questions Incidental thereto
may come before tho lawmakers 81 the
state. therefore il Is incumbent npou
/ then, 10 act for the best interests q thc
commonwealth and AT oi the people,
rather han fnr partisan interests i
there should ~ any deviation from tins
policy the people viii know where -
place tho I.lanc and as legislators arc
responsible to tic people no deviation
rom the straight and marrow path Will
To safe
Hints Of ripper legislation arc al-
ready in tho AIR. v.'h particular reference
to the government Of Wilmington That
1 this cItv needs new charter and radlcal
/ revision of some Of its methods 10 per
son who has gwen the matter tie least
/ thought can DENY. tut ripper icgisla-
non viii not do II Will not mce, the
/ rcolnrcmcnts II there IS 20 he q revision
/ of the city government, work on the PROF
ect should be under way nov If there IS
to be new charter ii ought TO be gotten
IN shape at once and placed before the
people Of the city, as well as the city
officials. for general consideration. long
enough before the Legislature meets TO
enable all to become familiar with II and
to make il possible to get it into shape
that everybody feels is right. Any eleventh
hour legislation of tins sort will NOT do.
incidentally. any new charter for VIII
minCton or anv amendment 70 the pres
ent charter could not be made by a
strictly partisan vote, for the reason that
q two-thirds vote is necessary in each
house and there is not a two-thTds par
tlsan membership in the lower branch
II viii be necessary, therefore, IN order TO
get ANYTHING OF this character through 10
make 1t agreeable TO both Of the dominant
parties. No legislation Of this sport
should be attempted until after II has
had pretty strong approval among the
people AT large II Wilmington. While It
nngh, not be possible to satisfy every
body IN the city in any matter of leglsla-
3ion. the largo majority Of the inhabitants
should tie satisfied before any momentous
cIty bills 60 before the Legislature, and
certainly ample time should be permitted
10 clapse after any have been introduced
and before action is attempted to give all
an opportunity TO be heard who have any
thing TO say.
The Democrats viii not, however be
entirely guiltless if anything goes through
that ought not, unless they protest TO
the last ditch and make their protest SO
loud that it can be heard from one end
Of the State to the other Legislators of
both parties viii have 10 cooperate III
matters Of legislation if they want 10
serve their State and their constituents
properly, and let US hope that this spirit
viii obtain and that only necessary con
structive legislation will be enacted.