The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-09-03
GARFIELD Or CoNKLuNG

The delegates to the Republican State
Convention, which meets on the 9Th OF
September at Harrisburg, have had no.
tice served upon them by the members
OF the National Republican League thai
unless candidate is nominated who will
suit that body war may be expected.
The notice is in the form of circular
which has been mailed to all the dele
gates. 1t is signed by Wharton Barker,
Chairman, and these members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee: Samuel S. Hollipps-
worth, Samuel W. Pennypacker, Edward
Il. Wood. Henry Reed, Mayer Sulz5erg-
er and Silas W. Petit The document is
as follows:
" To the Delegates Elected to tie Republican
State Conuention:"
I'VE address you in full confidence that
you will not make the mistake of surprising
The nomination of a candidate for State
Treasurer at the present time to be matter
OF minor importance, and that the outcome
OF your deliberations will show that you
have been guided by wise counsels, and
have had regard solely to the best interests
OF the party. Though the Office of Treasur-
er is not in itself one Of the highest moment,
it so happens that this is the irst Republi.
can State Convention which has assembled
since the new issues arose within the marty.
and upon you will rest the responsibility of
saying where the Republicans of Pennsvl-
vania shall stand. Back of the question of
candidate lies the question whether the
party is to enter the campaign wheedeled in
TO line beside the wounded President of the
United States or beside the late Senator from
New York and his adherents and by your
choice you will determine it, 1t has now
become reasonably certain that the forces
that compelled the last State Convention in
Pennsylvania to support policy which, if
it had not been defeated at Chicago, would
have been ruinous to the party and disas-
trous to the country, will be brought to
bear upon you. All the influences that are
potent in swaying the actions of men will
be exerted upon you to induce you to at
tempt to reverse the eyents of the last two
years, iull as this period is with the story
OF Republican prosperity and success to
prevail upon you to set your approval upon
apolicy which has met deserved condempa.
tod, and to put yourselves in opposition to
the sentiment of good men everywhere, and
10 the head OF the party and the nation.
The attempt will be made, notwithstanding
the fact that the wishes of the great maiori-
ty of the masses of the party are manifested
too plainly to be mistaken. in the hope that
any result will be accepted. But we ask
you to remember, for the welfare of the or
ganization so dear to us all, and whose fu-
ture is now so full of promise, that in the
changed condition of things party ties can
no longer compel to say by their votes that
that is right which they know to be wrong /;
aud to forget this fact is to insure disaster
and defeat. The resolute determination of
hundreds Of thousands of Republicans not
to vote in favor of third term in the Presi-
dency if the issue had been forced on them,
the recent change of party control in the
strongly Republican cities of Philadelphia
and Pittsburg, are only warnings to the
wise, but to the blind and perverse they
mean wreck and destruction. However
much our party pride might wish it were
Otherwise these are the facts, end 1t behooyes
you and all of us TO recognize them"