National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-06
THE REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK IN PENN
SYLViNIA.

SYLVANIA.
A few days ago Col. MCCLURE, in the
Philadelphia Times, took an editorial glance
ut Pennsylvania" and after a survey of the
field concluded "that the Republican major
itics in Philadelphia, Allegheny, Lancaster
and Bradford counties would be obliterated
at the next election, and that the Demo-
cratic maiorities in the other counties would
be anywhere from thirty to fifty thousand
Col MCCLURE based his estimate-which is
almost too ridiculous to he onsidered-upOn
the fact of u resolution indorsing the prin-
ciples of Mr.. HAYES administration having
been rejected ut a recent Republican con-
vention held in Pittsburg, of county con-
ventions having been held in Lancaster and
Bradford and no action had upon national
politics, and of the president of Republic
can convention in Philadelphia declaring
resolution hdOrsing the administration of
President HAYES out of order, and also
upon the representations made to him by
the confessed party leaders of the State.
Col. MCCLURE's lifelong feud with
General CAMERON warps his judgment and
makes him totally unreliable as fore
caster of political events. The end and
aim of Col. McCLuRE's life has been to
defeat the CAMERoNs, and were Pennsylva-
mia to give $4,000 Democratic majority
next summer no man knows better than he
that the election of Democratic Legisla-
ture would inevitably follow in 1873,
whereby Democnt-SAMUEL j. RAN
DALI probably-would be chosen to sue
coed Hon. J. ID. CAMERON in the Senate.
We are led to these reflections by letter
received from q gentleman thoroughly
posted in Pennsylvania politics, calling at
| tenti0n to the article above referred to, and
who says his observations of the political
field there have been made with some care,
and he reaches an entirely different conclu-
sion. He asserts that there will not be n
Democratic county in the State give AZ
large majority as it gave last fall, and
there is not Republican county that will
not hold its own, or do even better.
One of the most distinguished Democrats
in Connecticut wrote few days ago, to one
of the proiessed leaders of Democracy in
Pennsylvania that 1--WE must unqualifedly
oppose the policy of President HAYES, OF
we will lose our ticket in Connecticut"
The reply by return mail was: 1--WE must
unqualifcdly indorse the policy of Mr.,
HAYES, or abandon our organization in
Pennsylvania" and this is evidence of Dem
ocratic wavering
For the last four years at least fifty thou
sand Republicans in Pennsylvania have
taken no part in politics whatever not even
voting, because they held that the powers
and opportunities of men high in office were
used for the promotion of personal ends
that the public service of the country was
administered for party purposes; that inter
ference, with tyrannical arrogance, in the
political affairs of States and municipalities
was much too frequent; that men nOtOri-
ously corrupt were kept in high public
places, and that the passions and resent
ments arising from the late civil war were
kept alive that they might he used for per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and political effect.
This class of thoughtful, intelligent and
conscientious Republicans will, for the first
time in several years, take an active part in
political ailnirs, for the reason that they
firmly believe that the administration Of
President HAYES means that none of the
logical and legitimate results of the wal
shall he imperilcd; that the settlement o.
past differences, AZ embodied in the Consti'