Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-27
MAJORITY RULE.


The principle OF majority rule Is
fundamental IN our Government and IL
Just az fundamental In the manage
ment of the affairs of the Democratic
party. If this rule should not be np.
piled In Governmental matters. there
would be chaos In Congress and In our
State Legislatures and In every Gov
ernmental body, and II this rule is
not applied in party government.
there will be chaos In the Democratic
party.
The members of the State Demo-
cratic Committee who bolted the state
Convention on last Saturday should
consider this in the cooler moments
that they will have before the next
meeting of the State Committee. II
they do this. we are convinced that
they will recognize that their atti-
tude on last Saturday was all wrong
and they viii conclude TO attend the
next meeting of the State committee
ard abide by the judgment of the ma
iority. They have the full right to
present the name of any Democrat
that they think is ftted to be nation
al committeeman. They have the
iiEnI Aft tItfifN Di Shfh n
man and IL possible convince the ma.
jority OF the committee that they are
right. II they do this. they viii ac-
eept the advocate OF every ether man
10 sustain the majority of the Com
nittee II that majority should select
some other Democrat than the one
they propose.
1t would be a splendid outcome II
the committee should be unanimous
for some Democrat as national COM
mitteeman. but this is not at all likely.
The members of the committee differ
Ia their judgment on this matter. and
so differing they will propose differ
ent men and only one man can be
chosen. and this one man is the man
that has the approval of the majority
cf the state committee.
We want to get away from the past
factions Of the party as far as possible
ard n man should be selected without
re gard to his past affiliations in the ex-
pectation that i'm the performance of
his duties he will so treat all Detno8
Gratis as to draw them together In the
future work of the party. It seems inn
possible To find an active and compe-
tent Democrat for the position of
national committeeman who has not at
one time or another allied himself
with one side or the other I'm the past
political fights. but IL does not matter
so much whether he has been on
ore side or the other or
whether he has been on both
sides. but It does matter as to whether
he is competent man and it matters
still more as to whether he is to be
chosen by the majority OF the COM
nittee or by the minority of the COM
mlttee.
We now call upon every member of
the State committee to prepare him
self TO attend the next meeting of the
state committee and present his vic vs.
calmly, but with all the earnestness nf
his convictions. and with the firm in
ttntion Of standing by the fundanen-
Ia basis of our government by ac-
cepting the majority Judgment In the
selection of national committeeman
as well as In every other matter that
may be brought before the committee.
We hold no brief for Mr. Gray who,
from the press reports. has the najor1.
" of the State committee We hold
no brief for any other particular
Democrat. but we do hold j brief for
the all-important principle % mai foritv
rule that underlies our entire govern