Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-10-07
Mr.. Wolfe Opens.

of Hon. Charles S. Wolfe, opened tne
State campaign last evening in a speecf
delivered in the Assembly Building
which we publish in full this morning
This speech is of special interest, not on
ly because the first in order ana Ill
measure establishing the pitch for MT
Wolfe's successors, but IS being the nrs'
delivered by the Independent candidate
showing his resources and methods ol
attack. He assumes the offensive al
once, and his arraignment of the sell
constituted and self-perpetuating mana
gers of the Republican party has all the
force which courage and sincerity can
give to conviction. The speech IS
strong and able one in ITSELF and it's pow
er is doubled by the evident honesty ana
earnestness of the speaker. If Mr.. wore
follows up his campaign with the 'lgor
and directness Of attack with which he
has begun. it is manifest that the expec-
tatiuns entertained Of a quiet campaign
will be very far from realized.
We do not feel called upon to answer
Mr.. Wolfe's definite charges against GER
tain individuals prominent in the Repuo-
iican party of the State We recognize
that there is much of truth in these char
ges. Many of them have appeared in the
Press and we condemn the acts COM
planned of with no less emphasis than
,l; N
the estimate OF the wrong, but in the
remedy and in the time and method Of its
application. Why must Gen. Baily be
made the scape-goat for otfenses commit
ted by Messrs. Cameron. Quay and 9TH
erS on occasions entirely disconnected
with the present campaign? There is no
ceptonal candidate and every way fit
man for the place. Whatever Mr.. Quay
& Co. have done at other times, they gave
the Independent Republicans no subStan-
tial grievances to complain of in the late
State Convention. 1t would doubtless
have been a stroke of policy on the part
spirit of concilaton. Their method Of
procedure was certainly not conducive to
the re-establishment Of harmony and uni
ty in the party. They, however, had
the majority and any concessions would
have been of favor, not of right. They
chose to withhold that and exercise to
its full extent the power which they held.
1t taught Independent Republicans ex-
actly what they had right to expect as
long as they failed to secure the MAORI
ty in the Convention to which their ma
iority of the State entitled them. They
did not, however feel justified in desert
ing the party, and Mr.. Wolfe conducts
his movement as he originated it--''in-
dependent of the Independents"
For the Independent Anti-machine Re-
publcans of the State to follow Mr..
Wolfe outside of the party organization
would be to abandon it hopelesSly to the
machine and leave the latter with all the
advantages of position, the prestige of
regularity, and the best right to the party
name If there was no hope of doing
better such Il course might be justified.
There is, however, abundant reason for
believing that with the greater public
interest which the more important stake
Of next year will develop the Anti-ma-
chine Republicans will secure represent
alton in the State Convention proper
tionate to their real strength. This we
can afford to wait for. If the machine
gave us General Baily it at least gave us
candidate against whom no objection
rould no raised and did II without .ny