Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-02
A REAL DUTY.

A REAL DUTY.
Referring to the admirable and ef-
fective manner in which the Demo-
Gratis Of Delaware. this year. have at
tended to the important primary duty
OF nominating complete State. county
and district tickets for the Judgment
of the voters at the November cleo
ton, the Dover Index says: when
all nominations have been made the
time will have arrived when every
voter should begin to find out all he
or she can about the candidates. This
is n duty that no good citizen can AT
ford to neglect"
Sound and truthful advice. And it
might be added that when observant
citizens learn their party has nomi-
mated unfit or actually repulsive can
didates, 1t is duty OF citizenship to
vote against such candidates at the
election.
Also, 1t can truthfully be declared
and conclusively maintained that in
the nomination OF candidates this year
the Democratic voters Of our State
have made no mistake. OF course this
has the sound of partisan conten-
ton. but there are many, many citi-
xens throughout the State who know
this claim is well founded. There are
no insists or objectionab,es In the en-
tire array Of Democratic candidates in
Delaware this year.
This being the assuring situau ton.
the matter that now appeals most
pertinently to our people Is the selec-
tons they shall make by their ballots
on election day. and in this connec-
ton we call attention to the following
practical advice from the Dover In
dex:
cot course we assume that
every one is~fegistersd or will be-
come registered on October 81.
If any voter has neglected to reg
lister and vote IN the past this Il
one year that he or she cannot az
ford to overlook or shirk the duty.
Conditions are such in the coun-
try and the State that it 10 little
short OF unpatriotic for any In
\ telligent citizen to fail TO take a
\ hand in Strengthening them.
Whatever other call there is for a
democratic Congress. We must
send a Senator and Congressman
who Will help undo the mischief
recently done by enacting a Tariff
law that Is not only denounced by
Democrats but pronounced dam
nable by many leading Republican
Statesmen. business men and
newspaper. Then there are the
problems OF eurbang profteering,
providing for settlement Of strikes
and many other urgent things
that the Republican ad-
ministration and Congress are
afraid tos undertake or unable to
deal with. In the State we need
real house cleaning. No sane per-
son can contemplate present condi-
lions without apprehension. II
State could become bankrupt we
arc on the road TO bankruptcy.
II We could go into the hands Of
a receiver It might be a good
thing. We must get rid of lot
Of our useless and burdensome
machinery in some way. The Re-
publican machine that has
brought us to this condition is in
control and has named the ticket.
A Delaware voter who seeks to
change conditions has but one
course open and this Is to vote
the Democratic ticket"
No nero partisanship IL involved
this appeal. The situation In natt
and State challenges the attention
all interested voters. regardless
their party Affiliations or inclination
Who among this class of citizens W
even attempt to impeach the fairne
or correctness Of the appeal thus p
forward by our Dover contemporar
There Is no partisanship in dernan
ing . change In the trend OF nation
administration. There Is real pAtric
Ism and q desire for pubic service
asking the people OF Delaware to vo
for q change in the administration
affairs In this State. There Is cor
polling need for change.