New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-24
PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN.

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| pENNSYLV4NIA AND WISCONSIN.
M hotter evidence could be given OF the
harmony now reigning in the Republican party
than the striking unanimity of the two con-
ventions which met yesterday i'll the widely
separated States of Pennsylvania anu WIS
conMn. These two commemorative are III
apart, not alone in distance, but III interests
also; and on questions of finance, especiaiiy'
ms well as of party policy, there might easily
be honest differences of opinion. IL Is no'
long since there were such differences ohly
n wear ago there was marked DIVISION vi
sentiment, running through the whole hepuo-
lcan party, upon the Presidents policy
toward the South. The Pennsylvania Conven-
ton of 1878 utterly ignored President hayes
the Wisconsin Convention recognized the
existence of conflicting views concerning MS
Administration, but cordially commended MS
oims in seeking 10 cOnciliate the South ana
nu,ifv The Civil Service The Wisconsin Con-
veutlon of 1878 boldly assaIed the newly adj
vanced heresies of paper money ana ne-
nounced them as akin to the decisions oil
Communism: the Pennsylvania Convention
did not, il must be confessed, speak out upon
the money question as IL should have dOhe'
But a wear has changed all this. The Penn
svlvania platform of yesterday might nave
been adopted in Wisconsin. and the WISCONSIN,
platform in PENNSYLVANIA, excepting, OF course
those portions of purely local interest. The
march of events has brought the Republican
party again shoulder to shoulder. In Penn
syiyania and in Wisconsin, in Maine and Min
MIA
The progress of the country to resumption mas
opened the eyes of that small class OF he
publicans who had been blinded Tor Il
| time 10 the honest theory OF finance. Inc
! organized attempt Of the Democratic party to
! subdue the Executive Department OF the Tow
| eminent by threats of violent and unpfece-
dented action on the part of the Legislative
! Department, and its strenuous effort to destroy
! the safeguards Of the ballOt-bOX, aroused the
| Republican party to the knowledge that there
were duties to be performed concerning when
! there could be no such thing as dispute. mus
! il is that we find the whole organization
sDeabing with one voice. Both of yesterday S
conventions applaud the firm courage OF
President Hayes and the Republican members
! of Congress, denouncc the whole course OF the
! Democratic majority in Congress, and ac-
knowledge with gratitude the success of re-
sumption, admitting at the same time the
soundness and honesty of the financial policy
by which it was at length achieved.
There are differences between the platforms,
but only in detail-none in substance. The
PENNSYLVANIA Convention added to the poIiti-
cal declarations already Indicated, one calling
upon Union veterans to resent the expulsion
II 4 Loo from, off tVIli oh
are their only means OF support, and followed
| traditional Pennsylvania precedent IN reaiilrm-
| inc the wisdom of Protection. The Nlscon-
| sin Convention also made some additions to
what may be called the essentials OF its plat
form. 1t wisely emphasized the fact that the
Republican party is opposed to the presence
of troops at elections, except when it Is
| Unnecessary to maintain the public peace n;
and also reminded the country that III no
.'instapce under Republican Administration
shave United States troops interfcred with
60 the exercise of free suffrage on the part Of
"the people" There was also slliltul al
lusion to the refusal of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress to forbid the buildOzcrs
70 come in armed bands to the polls, at the
same time that the absolute exclusion OF the
Army was demanded. Among the less formal
incidents should be noted the strong speech
in the Pennsylvania Convention of ex-Speaker
| Grow, who took the stump last year IN the
! initiation regions for hard money, and now has
the satisfaction of seeing the whole party on
his platform; also the attempt of a delegate
70 commit the Convention TO the renomiua-
ton of General Grant. This was dismal
failure. In both States the Republican stand
ard has been planted on high ground, and
victory, with honor, is already assured.