The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-30
Gre'liug telegraph
TUESDAY, MAY 80, 1871.
REPUBLICAN, CITY NOMINATIONS.


REPUBLICAN, CITY NOMINATE ONS.
The delegate elections of the Republican
party of Philadelphia are to be held on the
second Tuesday of June next, and the politi-
cians are busily engaged in preparing for that
momentous contest. On its result, and on
the character of the nominations made by the
Republican conventions, much de-
pends. The Democrats, warned
by innumerable defeats, and pro-
foundly impressed with the necessity of
making unusually good nominations, are
hunting up their best material, and, from
present indications, they will make one of the
best city tickets they have ever formed in
Philadelphia. We wish we could say as much
for the prospect looming up before the Re-
publican party; but, unfortunately, there are
many reasons for apprehending that it will
nominate number of inferior, Objectionable,
obnoxious, or unpopular candidates, who will be
as mill-stones tied to the neck of the party to
drag it to destruction. We need not particu-
larize. We have no animosities against any
of the aspirants to crafty. Our only object
is to promote the welfare of the city, and to
urge the Republican party, ere it be too late,
to construct ticket that is in all respects
worthy of the support of all its
well-disposed members. But while
the Democrats have held their pounds
in leashes and compelled the vile elements of
their party to remain in enforced retirement,
the Republicans are, from present indica-
tions, more likely to select the bulk of their
ticket from class of positively bad, indif-
ferent, or inferior aspirants than from the
hosts of talented, honest, good and true men
belonging to their organization. If these
fears are realized, the Registry law, and
all the false counting that dishonest return
judges can do, will not save an ignominious
Republican ticket from deserved defeat.
Thousands of the rank and file of the Repub-
lican party, and of its most exemplary men,
bers are rife for revolt They are tired of
voting for local candidates whose tainted
regulations are the sure precursors of iniqui-
ties in Office, and the doctrine is growing
every day more popular thst it is infinitely
better to vote for an honest, exemplary, faith
full, and talented Democrat for local office,
not involving partisan principles in the dis
charge of its duties, than for corrupt, dis
graced, ignorant, or disreputable Republican.
Ludlow as Judge and Sheppard as District
Attorney command the respect of the COM
munity, Democrats though they be, and they
serve the interests of all good citizens, while
it is plain that the Republican party has been
injured rather than benefited by sup
porting the unworthy men who have occa-
sionally been elected heretofore by their suf-
frages. All other things being equal, the
masses of the Republican party prefer to sup
port Republican nominees but large and
growing minority of it's members in no
mood to invoke the great evil of entrusting
important local powers to untrustworthy men
simply because some remote, presumable, or
imaginary good may thereby be accomplished
Alocal partisan victory resulting in the choice
of corrupt or contemplate candidates is
worse than a local defeat and as partisan
issues will not be directly at stake this fall
thousands of independent Republicans will
gladly embrace an opportunity for making a
sedulous effort to secure the best possible
selection of local officials irrespective of their
partisan afinities. Much more than the
usual number of cut and scratched tickets
will be polled, if the Republicans make in
ferior nominations; while thoroughly bad
Republican ticket will be overwhelmed in a
whirlwind of popular indignation.