The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-04-19


Our latest dispatches from Harrisburg
cave small ground for hope that the
will modify their prearrang-
ID programme in respect to the nomi-
latiOn for Governor, Notwithstanding |
he clearest indications that the masses |
VI the party do not approve of their !
choice and the serious danger that de. |
feat, which would be disaster, may
result from their obstinacy. But we
have done our full duty in the matter
now let the delegates do theirs.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
AS the momentousness of the issues
that hang upon the coming campaign
are better understood, and as the influ.
ence which tomorrow's convention will
exercise in shaping the result of that
campaign is better appreciated, we be-
gin to see the clouds dissolve, and the
future of the party becoming brightand
assured again.
The nomination of General Hartranft,
which awhile ago looked as though the
people demanded, is now most strongly
opposed by them. The "plot, 'or "job,"
or whatever tmay be, of the party man
ayers, has evoked a storm of honest in.
dignation throughout the length and
breadth of the Commonwealth. Inc
people sternly reject any attempt TO
force upon them candidate nominated
by such means as those which elected
one-half the delegates sent to Harris
burg from this city.
Now, General Hartranft was as gall
liant a soldier as Pennsylvania or any
other State sent to the front, and we
cannot reward too highly the heroes who
saved the Union, and his administration
of the Auditor Generals Office has ap.
parently been satisfactory and honest,
but there are suspicious against him
which would weigh him down like
milestone in the coming canvass. They
may be unjust and malicious, but they
We're lot inspired by his opponents for
the nomination, nor have they been urg-
edagainst him by these honorable gentie'
men. Furthermore, he has not the ripe
| experience, ability, or culture for the
| Executive of great Commonwealth
| like Pennsylvania.
Besides all this, consider the great is.
sues at stake in October next. The Of
fees are high and important-Governo
Judge of the Supreme Court, Auditor
Genaral, and Legislature to elect a
| United States Senator. Seldom is there
such combination of causes to call for
good nominations, wise counsels, and
unanimity of action. In the November
| following the Presidentialand Congress
| ional elections will be held, and it may
so turn that the electoral vote of Penn.
sylvania thrown into the scale will turn
| the balance. The result of the Presi-
Dental race will hinge upon the Octo-
| Der contest.
| Never was there a more critical peri
l
cd, and the party should be active, har-
monious, and united. We have not the
beaten Democracy so much to fear as
the dangerous elements in our ranks.
growing bolder and more confident
every day by just such movements as
that now under consideration. The
moral force of our organization must not
| be weakened, least of all in Pennsylvan-
| ia, always staunch and true. Let the
aspirants for the nominations, if not the
members of the convention, rise above
their personal ambitions and save our
party, now more than ever needed, from
| the shadow of defeat which looms up in
| the future.
| AFTER THE CONVENTION:
| YESTERDAYS WORK.
General John +. Hartranft is the Re-
publican nominee for Governor Of Penn
l
inauspicious selection, a sad opening of
what promises to be most exciting
and difficult campaign. Made not in
the spirit of harmony in the party or OF
the interests of the State, but simply to
crafty "ring' which has taken pos
session of the Republican organization
of the State and will lead us to inevita.
BILE defeat in the city next fall unless
sternly checked beforehand, it will need
a superhuman effort to elect General
Hartranft Not even the placing OF
Judge Mercur upon the ticket with him
will help to tighten our load.
The selection of delegates to the Ma
tional Convention and the State Consti-
tutional Convention is poor, and calls
for no praise. A little leaven of wis
dom, integrity and ability, is infused,
but it does not leaven the whole lump.
Some of the names to the first are those
of good Republicans and honest men,
and one or two are of another class.
In choosing the delegates at large to
the Constitutional Convention there was
an evident ignorance of the bill passed
at the recent session of the Legislature.
There were twenty. eight delegates to be
elected at large from the State and six
from Philadelphia. The convention
yesterday gave our city IA share of the
States representation. The hypocrisy
of the delegates from this city naming
the Hon. VIM. u. Meredith is palpaable.
We can only wish that the conven-
tion had been held under fairer auspi-
ces, that there had been less of the ring
and rowdy element, aud more of the
disinterested and patriotic spirit which
characterized few members. Judge
Mercur's name is tower of strength
but even it or that of the best man the
Republican party of Pennsylvania ever
presented cannot etface the shame with
which a part of yesterdays proceed.
ings are disgraced.
PATIENCE and forbearance cease to
be virtues when any man or set of men
attempt to tyrannize over either peo-
pie or party. The Republican State
Central Committee of Pennsylvania,
whose own authority is derived from
the Republican voters at secondhand
only, and therefore may fail entirely to
represent their wishes, empowered the
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