The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-01-26

fttl'a A-'fAAA eAA--'t -A-A-N ~
will find his duty therein tosupport
the nominee OF the Republican eau
Gus whenever that nominee wasfair-
~ and honorahiv chvscn, as was the
ease last Thursday night.-Huris-
burg Telegraph.
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Aboat Boilers
WHEN the free and frisky boltcr
Is no. boiling he IS either running
for office or threatening TO bolt if the
PARTY dor'trun him. He Is the one
privileged nuisance that exists in
this country. and always bolts Un-
der the plea Of patriotic duty.
The Eolter goes into 2 council OF
Republicans candidates are suggest
ed. be or his friend among the rest.
He goes on a little further. and IS
certains that q majority is against
him. he or his Moses Is not selected,
and forthwith. he figuFatiyely speak
mo. tosscs his horns. throws his tail
in the air. and sails away into the
open fields. When be gets to & safe
distance he begins paving the
earth and. looking mad, bellows
that he "a'nl Going to be ridden 10y
bosses" lie i- perpetual l,ieader
OF the baby act, q sort Of sick
MONKEY with "a blonde moustache,
and generally about as useful in a
party as Shirt button without q
hole. lie is the kind Of skulless
vertebrate who defeated Zack Chand-
Ter IN Michigan and sent Christian
cy to iii his place in the Senate.
lie is q great protector 10 morality,
a sticklcr for honesty and purity,
and he pratcs loudly Of these quail
ties even while he goes back upon
his promises and covers himself
with dishonor. His only redeem
ing feature, ii it be a redeeming
oae. Is that he has the obstinacy to
sacrifice q principle or a party 70
advance himself or secure revenge,
and for q time az least he viii re-
main true to his fellow apostles,
Like Teuuys0a's Launoelot-
ills honor rooted In disAag9r stands,
And -A unml.AfIl keeps him s.itaIy
tr5s.
There are occasions, of course,
when fraud or trickery or violence
may compel a rupture in party eau
cuses as in church associations or
any other collection of individuals
united in any common Gayse, but
vour chronic b0iter makes occasion
for himself. and his defeat is always
o. signal for running up n flag of
secession.
TL. business has become the
can growing egil which threatens
the di-n,cgration of the Republi-
party. Men 20 into conventions
and cIucuscs of that party fully
resolved. If they do not win to bolt.
They did it ia the State conventions
last summer; they did in The Ma
tional convention in June they
are doug il in Senatorial contests
this winter. OF course there is no
law. cxgept-s-' one rule governing
honorable men, to compel the oc-
ceptance OF a decision of the maiori-
tv. this sense Of honor is lack
ing, the primary design OF a politi-
cal association Grganized to advance
ccrtaio principles Is IN iBlincnt dan
ger of being defeated. The iAsiori-
~ may submit TO the threats and
dictation OF minority for a time, but
finally such rule VIII become as
unbearable in a caucus or conven-
ton as at the polls, and defeat Of
the party permitting ii viii be inev-
liable The men who s0lemnlv
promised to vote according to the
of their State in the
National convention last summer.
and then came to Checago and cool
ly violated that promise, are Ger
tainly unworthy of confidence. and
dangerous persons to intrust with
responsible plaoes. Is matters not
the ir action resulted IL al
fortunate sc lection or not, it is a
question of personal honor with
them, and they can never regain the
which they forfeited bv'
tbs act
Just nov We are called uDon toI
note an outbreak ef t,le same spirit
in the Pennsylvania Legislature
where number of so called Repub-
Leans have bolted the action Of the
in selecting candidate for
United States Senator, and put for
ward a candidate of their own.
TheIe IS 4 tfiiie ie-s odium attach
ed to the boilers III this Gaze. per-
haps, than in some others. for the
reason that those refusing TO be !
bound By the caucus also declined !
10 enter II ia iiie first place; but the
ultimate effect must b6 the same. !
sRd lead to a party defeat and dis /
'ntegration. II a party is bad
,ne, this may be well; but ifa good |
,ne, the action Is wicked and unpa-
riotic. We are not sure that theI
ime has not nearly or quite arrived |
when boilers shopld be defeated. at
whatever cost The minority should
lot be allowed to foist candidates
lpon the people, and TO yield in
me Interests of harmony is simply
o encourass end perpetuate the
vi and--to Eswara Iishonorablc Il
Let factious minogities I
Understand that boiling means in I,
yitabie defeat, and that the majori
viii net suppnst candidates chos-
n under compuision 0G this kind.
nd the evil will be largely redac, .
q.
The United States Senate will be Z