New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-23
HAYES AND THE CAMERONS.
EFFECTS OF THE NEW POLICY.
PROBABLE ASPECTS or TIE FALL CAMPAIGN-ITs
SMALL IIPoRTANCE-A GRAvER QUESTION TO

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PROBABLE ASPECTS or TIE FALL cAMPAlGN-lTs
SNAIL HIPoRTANCE-A GRAvER QUESTION TO
BIZ CONSIDERED.
IFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIDUSEl
PHILADELPHIA, June 19.-PeDnsy elects next
Fall Supreme Court Judge a State Treasurer, and
an auditor The election in itself Of tritiing i'm
portance for there are members OF the Legsla-
ture 10 be chosen and il is OF consequence to one
citizen in a thousand whether the three state Offices
70 be filed are occupied by Democrats or Repub-
leans Both parties viii make good nominations,
and the election need not excite any great interest
inside the Commonwealth or any ut all outside its
borders were it not for the fact that the country at
large will insist upon looking at the result an
expression OF opinion upOn the merits OF President
Hayes's Administration. II is pity that man
cannot 10 TO the polls and express his preferences oS
one OF two men running for Judicial positions with
out feeling that the eyes Of the nation are upon him.
and that by his ballot he is sustaining or assalng
the Government at Washington: but - il is. Al
ready tine bearings of the coming election are thor
oughly cauvasscd by the politicians, and the con-
clusion reached that II Pennsylvania goes Demo-
cratic the result viii indicate Republican dissatis-
faction with Hayes policy The politicians are
trying to make il appear III advance that the people
are displeascd but the truth is, all the trouble is
with the party managers themselves. If the Demo
Gratis carry the State Il will be because the Repub-
lean managers give il away. There are no signs Of
popular dissatisfaction with the course of the Adj
muistraton, and If there Is here and there Rcpub-
lcan voter who is ready to drop ont of the ranks
/ because military interference IN the South has been
/ abandoned there are at least two independents or
Democrats disposed 70 step in and fll mp the gap
Are the leaders, then, angry at the change Of atti
tude toward the Southf Not at all-they don't care
! FOR T,,ul han I'm
are alarmed at the civil service ideas Of the President
ana fear that there may De distribution OF the
Offices which will break down the Cameron domino
| ton The Republican party OF Pennsylvania is a
/ wonderfully perfect machine organization. AT the
head Of II are the CamerOns, father and son. Every
Federal Office is filed by their active parrIsans; the
/ chanmen Of the state and County Committees are
| their supporters, and III almost every county con-
! uollcd by the party there . local ring of Office
/ holders linked in with the big State ring. The loss
OF the control of the Federal patronage would Grip
! pie the Cameron power. If the Offices given to
the men who are disposed TO organize aud lead an
opposition faction, the Cameron directory w in all
probability. be broken down completely. for Its
strength is not III popular confidence, but wholly in
its ability parcel out the sp0ils, and the srewd-
/ ness with which il exercises this power.
The Cameron Clique understand very well that a
crisis has in their Affairs and they are meeting
il with good deal of bodnes5 They are not
whining and begging about the White House. but
they cooIy give the Administration to understand
that If their friends to be reformed ont Of the
Federal Offices, Pennsylvania cannot 90 Republican
next al IL t.e mean time. before * l. determined
whether Civil Service Reform CamerOHism is TO
cOEtEOl IN The appointments TO office in the state,
they viii allow ro endorsement Of President Hayes
by tie Iaui, and r Of The parry. Conventions have
aeen held lately in the tour strongest Republican
coanties- Aliogucuy. Philadelphia, Lancaster, and
BradiOrd-c1unties that gaze uore than double tie
majority thlt Hayes received IN the whole State
las. Noyembcr-aHd In Lot one Of them a word
/ allowed to 5e said by resolution sustaining the
Presidents policy. Resolutions Of indorsement were
tabled iu Aiiegheuy and Philadelphia. in Lancaster
| dead silence waa enforced ami IN Bradford the
! Haye men made tight in the cAucuses, and were
| beaten.
Here is unmistakable throwing down of the
gauntlet to the President The CamcFous do not
wait for him 20 attack thom. They demand that he
shall pledge himself 10 let them alone in the enjoy
meut Of the spos, and they warn him that If he re-
FUSES they viii give the State 20 the Democrats and
thus deal a heavy blow az bis administration. And
they can carry cat ther threats. The party organi-
cation If wholly Ia then gr15p. and however warmly
the masses may approve the Presidents course,
there is tine Co sHppiant the old efficient ma
cincry with something new that viii do its work.
NiciDIN ia PcnnsF lyaHid hs tee iCr leass tEe 70
sut ol complete organ zlt.on. II tie men no have
hold OF the crarhs AND levers of tie Rcpuhcau ma
chin choose 20 lei 80, II VIII certainly ma lnto Itc
/ ditch. What j. the PRECEDENT 10 dot surrender 10
tc CamcrOusf II he lakes tlis course hc Is
lo5t, for hc fo.1eits as 0Iae ias respect
aId support o. tbe reform element in hls PARTY all
/ over the country Eycy bod, knows that nowhere
else IS the application II ciy.l service reform
more needed than iu fcnusyiv.nil. /. books now -
| i tie p0icy aHopfei ~ Washington is ono al celay
and ccnprobils'. n0sc tas ia ~: tAc cii-s / ne
quly cOur,c - Tor 'tLc Precedent To iiew clean
~ 60 tc line 0i reform g. hts llrAcd ogt, no mat
teg what may bccono al thc chips. III Ia doc not
hc VAL make "a ragged piece Wo.k. II 3 81 10
real consequence whittier PcHas ylVaua SJea kepuD-
lean not mex. ra!l, put tac Ot the Admin
sfTatoH and tnc fHturr OF toe National hepaDheaii
party depend upon the fidelity and th0roughness
wir wnicn the President gives cifec. 20 the themes
| of Governments he cnuucated with such admirable
clcaIuess ia Lis inaugural adde's. L. V. 5.