Milford chronicle., 1922-12-01

IN FUTURE CONSIDERATION OF THE NEGRO race
in Delaware by the Republican party factor in poll
tics their attitude and acts in the recent campaign Will
be handled with full realization of the potentalites in
volved 1t has acclaimed by all parties, that the
rights of people must be recognized and that the
people must rue" during the last campaign there was
no sembance of the people ruling in either OF the TWO
leading parties of Delaware. There were many reasons
leading up to the conditions which prevailed during the
entire campaign that be ascrbed to factonal deI
encesbut there is an underlying easyy traced to
direct manipulation of the primary election laws IN Dela
warewhich must be either repealed or be SO amend
ed by the legislature that the present manipulation by the
petty political workers. in all parties, can not control ana
make the nominations of the tickets which are presented
for the peope to vote at general elections perma-
nent registration which would be automatically revised by
causing of those who failed to vote at the gen
eral elections struck from the registration hsts
must be provided also provide that those who
come of age to vote who into the state or dis
tric or acquire legal eligibility to vote shall be added to
the registration books of qualified voters but there must
not be any against those who failed to vote reganng
place on the of registered voters by reason OF
their failure to vote the preceding eectonson the
contrary they must have this privilege to regain their
rights by making new personal registration IN legal
manner
When these changes are made then provide that all
primary elecons-shoud primary elections be retained
shall be held on day for all political parties IN
Delaware The registration books to be supplied to the
primary election officers sitting at the election
places: Republicans to vote at the Republican polls ana
Democrats their primary ballots at the Democratic
polsthe names of all voters being checked off as the
ballots are by each party This will largely stop the
practice now in vogue many districts, by people Young
at both primaries system along such lines would again
make possible for the people to rule by giving them te
right to vote the candidate of their choice to go upon
the ballots This system would affect the problem OF the
negro and white in Delaware by removing the OPP
portunity now existing through the activities of certain
district political workers control the actual nominating
power districts where they large factor Inc pro-
posed system would benefit each poncal party at the
primary elections by removing and making 1t Impossible
for voters of opposite political aaton from voting at
the polls for or against candidates. whom they beeVe
would be detrimental that party by their nomnaon
and thus help defeat the will of the majority OF the par
ty which they oppose There would be no possibility OIL
disranchsng any legal voter who failed to vote at pre-
ceeding election who thereby had their name dropped
from the registration stsfor they would retain the right
tn re-regser at any subsequent registration day, pro-
vided by before the next elections take place. Ihere
would result from system of this, or similar knd tne
one much desired eectthat the squabbe for reglstra
ton would not have to be gone through with by the po
cal parties before election held and the considerable
cost be saved to the and people Then the fact that
all who retained their names upon the reglsCro
lists by voting at the last election, will be assured Oh
their right privilege to vote at the primary elecons
of their party without further bother on their part Eher
this or some similar policy will have to be provided or
the entire primary law be wiped off the books retaining
only the registration laW-Whch is splendid thing Tor all
parties-w to be acted upon by the legislature II
we are to have least representative men or women NIL
the offices as members of the legislature the county and
state places as Under the old convention system we
had officials of higher mentality than are getting un-
der the primary eecng systeunder its present oper
ation What the people want now-is' remedy ana we
be1ieve that they will get tiff not this Wlner-suIey d.
+ newt sesson of the legislature. The people must rule
but under the present laws it is an mpOssby for the
neonle to name their ticketbecause the local pocal
encen see to it, only such voters as they can con-
troll at the primaries registered tne rS' nEee "
70 ora1ifv for voting That is where the Afri-
oo is verv much in the woodpile for both and all po-
cal parties in Delaware.