The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-05-05
WATTERSON ON THE INDEPEND-
ENTS.
( From he Corier-Jownai. j

! publican Con vpntiOn at Cincinnati, the
nomination Of Bristow and Adams by
the BUitihg Independents, and the res
enuncistlon Of the Liberal platform of
1879. Thus equipped The new party ls
| to proceed upon st. Louis, capture the
! Democrats, and force the acceptance of
| its ticket la Baltimore. Al the Hon
| est lmpracticables are booked by the
| Graphic for its arrangements which is
| given with considerable detail. The
Independent Voter, according to the
| theory OF this schedule, has lost faith in
his capacity to cope with the drill mas
| ter After Curtis's failure in Albany
what hope is there against strategy
| The idea, therefore, is to go outside the
! lines of battle and the rules of war, to
come down upon the opposing hosts by
para allelogram, to paraiee the quotidium,
| and carry off the sway in a hand basket.
In word, General Kilpatrick's famous
! cavalry movement at Resaca is to be
duplicated, with civil variations. In
stead of here's your pantheon horse
man." it is to be here'o your mule"
We l. it won't work. The Liberals
cannot come out of the same hole they
went in. There is neither time nor Op-
rortunity to execute any pigeon wing
movements this year. The drillmas
ters have the Republican party pig by
The tail, and he cannot get away from
them. He may kick, leap, and squeal,
but 20 no purpose. The HOmination of
Bri,tow depends entirely on the state
OF the Republican liver when the Gin,
cnati Convention meets. If the drill
masters are scar they will take Bris.
tow as a matter of that, or nothing. If
they are not afraid they will take
Blaine. Morton, or COnkling. If they
are either, but only little pressed
for elbow room, they will take Wash
huTne. The bolt sketched by The
Graphic cannot be successfully made.
Before Schurz aud his followers are
permitted to return to places from which
they can by any possibility play any
pranks their hands will be securely
tie The Republican managers are
too wary to iHn any risks. Nothing
less than a third term, stands on the
part Of the Presidents friends could
cause split, and, siEce Blbcock, Bel
knap ~ Go. put Grant out Of the way,
there has been the certainty of a united
hand OF brothers The whips have the
laggards well in hand The Indppen~
dent organs lave declared against the
Democrats. Thus the goose swings
high for the parti~ians, and the Homes.
lmpractirgble must, for the time being,
sing small.
But -uppu,e the Cincinnati COnven-
tiun should nominate Norton or COnk-
ling and the Independent Voter should
revolt. set up standard for himself
nominate ticket, carry it to st Louis,
what reception would he receive De-
rision. The Democrats would say,
"Sir, we salute you You are a very
pretty person. The cut of your coat is
lovely The sprig Of wild flower in
your cap IS simple, sweet and embIe
matte. But your neck is too short, your
legs are too short, whilst your har is
too long and you get it rather late.
You declare that you despise both par
ties, vet seeding from one you come
to the other and are willing to Join it
provided YOU can name the terms. EX-
cuse us. If it be your purpose to pro-
ceed on principle proceed. If you are
independent alike OF victory and votes
the fates that reward disinterestedness
be with you You can lose nothing
by our refusal to wear the collar you
have wrought. 1t is nice collar, but
it don't suit u.s." Could anyone blame
the emocrats-should anyone be sur
prised /? The Independents have not
given the Democrats a fair show. They
affected to look for miracles, and be-
cause they got only the work of falibe
men they have made haste to cry down
the party which has given thsm what
they have clamored Decentralization
the avant courier of reform. Hum
buggiug intrigues are, therefore, out Of
place. They come in bad grace from
the Liberals. But yesterday tive New
York Tribune spoke Of the Republicans
as "sobered aud cnostened." That is
the cu- of the rest, provided they can
get their man. 1t is with them a one
man movement though we are incIin-
ed to doubt whether that one man
must be Bristow, and for the reason
that BrisGow is radical, strict discipline
party Republican who would hardly
eonsant to any side show arrangement.
lie only biioO "olito 10 q
square cut, toe line Republican nOmi-
nation by the regular rank-and-fl Re.
pubicans in convention assembled at
Cincinnati. If he cannot get that he
is off and out.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
cannot be brought into any crooked
ness whatever. The only hope of the
party is to return to the strict cOnstruc,
tion pricniples of Jefferson and Jack
son, from which, as a party, it has
never indeed departed, The platform
OF 1872 was sound and clear, no mat.
ter what the ticket was. Hottest money,
home rule, and a tariff for rever ue,
Joined to popular demand for admin
istrative reform, and led by candidate
who represents the spirit and letter Of
/ the platform these are the sole last
surviving hope of those who are not
carried away by provisional expedients
and who prefer defeat to conspiracy.
For three successive campaigns the
Democratic party has been forced to
! compromise part of itself. This time
it will try it alone plain straight
no sugar, or sugar OF lead In 1t.