Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-09-03
Organization or Dis0ryGni-
$nfiOn

Organization or DisOrgani-
saitOn.
In our paper of this week will b,
found two documents of importance
to the Democracy OF Clearfcld coun
ty. One is call for Democratic
Convention, issued outside of the or
ganization, accompanied by the pro
ceedings of a meeting, held at Cur
wensville, in pursuance Of that call
at which meeting resolutions have
been passed and call for Primary
Election of Delegates and County
Convention to nominate q ticket is
made. Tho other document is let
ter from a number of Democrats, to
tho Chairman Of the County Commit.
tee, asking him to call together his
Committee 10 take into consideration
the propricty of change of the sys.
TEN Of nominating candidates, and
this letter is acquiesced in by the
Chairman making the call desired and
a meeting of the Committee appoint
cd to be held on September 9th, 1873.
We thus have q distinct issue made
between action within the organixa-
tion and palpable and avowed disor-
ganization. Those who have attend
cd and are acting with the Curwens-
vile meeting seem TO forget that the
Democratic party has recognized
system of discipline and action; they
have attempted to correct their griev-
ances, if such they have, by striking
blow at their party and giving aid
and comfort TO the Republicans
Those who sign the letter to the Chair
man, recognize a system of organiza-
tion, claim that wrongs exist and ask
that those wrongs be corrected within,
not outside of that organization. The
grievances, detailed in tho resolutions
OF the CurweDsvlllc meeting, may or
may not exist; if they do, they are
but repetition of what has occurred
ut every Primary Election for years,
and they can and should be corrected
by the Democracy themselves, with
out the aid of Mr.. Fuford or of Cur
wensville Republicans. 1t seems to
be admitted on both sides that the
system of nominating needs amend
ment or change, and it is tho plain
duty of ovory one who loves his par
ty or seeks its purity to aid in max
ing that amendment or change but
1t is equally his duty TO act in doing
so within the organization and not
outside Of it, Horo is the line OF dis
tinction to which wo call the atten-
tion of all right minded Democrats.
The question is simply one of orgapi-
cation or OF disorganization. Will
you aid the Republicans or sustain
your own friends' For those who
are in this movement for personal
ends, whose motto is "rule or ruin"
VIC have no tolerance. They know
better and they have, by falsehood |
and double dealing, deludcd honest
men 10 their own undoing. Their
Oily Cannon wles and bold asser-
tions are powerlcss in the light of
right and truth. We havo had this
game attempted before and it has
found meritcd failure as il certainly
will now. To combine with Republi-
cans and cut the ticket may bo all
very well 10 those who have again
and again been defeated at the polls,
but TO those who love their party and
its priaciplcs, who seek no office and
have no personal ends TO attain, the
plain path Of action within the organ
ization and the support Of the ticket
seems to be the right ono. If, in this
Primary Election, wrongs have been
it is but fair to ask have
not all been guilty Of the same wrongs
in a greater or less degree 1t is
just, too, 10 remember that every sys-
TEN of nominating becomes, in pc
riod of years, subject to abuse, and
its amendment or correction becomes
a necessity, whilst to Democrats IL is
conclusive to say that the wrongs com
planned Of must be rigbtcd In the Con-
gention Of Return Judges or within
the pale OF party organization. The
gentlemen who engineer the Curwens-
vile movement are not suitcd with
action wifkia tho party. They have
tecn disappointed in pet candidate,
and they have attempted to break up
tho Democratic organization TO attain
their own ends. Have they ever sought
the County Committee or its power