Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-01-19
THE CAUCUS BOLT.
Approved by the People---What the
Republican Press Say.
A STRONG POSITION.


The Sena torial contest at Harrisburg
/ has sGmed a phase VII 'ch may lead |
to a dead lock in the Legislature. For
! ty-seven Republica can members, all sup
porters of Mr.. Grow, refused to go into
the caucus on the ground that infuen-
ces of a sort unfortunately well known
in Pennsylvania politics were being
e1erted to defeat the will of the people.
As justification of their disregard of
party rules they now point to the fact
that eight men instructed bv their con-
stituents to vote for Mr.. Grow, were
found in the caucus voting for Mr. Oil
yer. With these eight votes, i; seems,
Mr.. Oliver had only two more than
necessary to nominate him. Under
these circumstances, Mr. Grows sup
porters cannot be stigmatized as boilers.
They stand on their duty and respons
ibility to the only body which has
right to call them to account-the body
of constituents they represent; and they
had right to refuse to walk into the
tolls of caucus which they knew had
been prearranged to defeat the candi-
date their constituents desired chosen
If they stead.astly " te in the Legisla-
ture for a man of unquestioned Repub
lican principles they cannot justly be
censured Their position is all the
stronger from the fact that their candi-
date is Republican of exceptional
emincnce and ability, who has a very
large popular following in the party,
Will the nominee of the caucus is
person of no sort of political prominence
who was never heard of in connection
with the Senatorship until brought
forward by the Cameron influence just
before the Legislature met.-N. Y
Tribune, Rep.
| HOW THE CAUCUS WORKS.
To show how this infamous caucus
system operates it is only necessary to
reproduce the third and faal ballot ta-
ken in the caucus Of Thursday night
TIE highest number of votes cast was
95, although there are in the Legisla-
ture l53 Republican members, 9 Green
hackers, Greenback Repu ublican, and
| Fusionist, all of whom are expected
to vote against the Democrats for SEN
ator The highest number of votes
given to Harry" Oliver was 70. and
receiving that Insignificant number he
was declared the nominee of the Re-
publican majority of the Pennsylvania
Legislature for Senator of the United
States, and his nomination aoas made
unanimous That is to say, by the
caucus plan, Mr.. Oliver having but 70
votes out of 25G, that being the whole
number of members of the Legislature,
he is, so far as the caucus can do it,
elected Senator Instead of being the
choice of majority of the Legislature,
as the law declares he shall be, be is
the choice of less than one-third, and
yet if there had been no hlls OF the
honest Republicans from the caucus
Harry" Oliver would to-day be in ef-
feet Senator from Pennsylvania in the
United States Senate.--Phitd. Tete-
graph, Rep
THE RIGHT KIND OF MEN.
"The anti-machinsts declared boldly
that they were working, not for man,
but for principle, and would maintain
their antagonism to the workings of
machine politics till Messra Cameron,
Quay and their adherents could bring
their minds to indorse, or at least to
put up with the election of some man
ranking in responsibility with Hon.
John Welsh, or Hon. Wayne Mac
Veagh, in the east Of the State, or with
Gen. Moorhead, George Shir s, of
Pittsburg, or Thomas Phillips, of New
Castle, one Of the largest oil o2cra,qra
ih the State "-Phiia. Inquirer. Rep.
WHAT IS A CAUCUS?
A caucus is, or ought to be, purely
voluntary assemblage 1t is SER
want, not a master-a convenience,
not necessity. If, by a snapjudg-
ment call, systematic PACKING. raonay.
ed influence, or official duress, the eau
Gus is prevented from its original pur-
pose, and becomes place, not for
consultation, but for the execution of
foreordained DEGREES men of spirit and
independence will march out-or, bet,
ter, keep away. The n.en in Rennsyl
vanis who do not respond when Simon
or Don says thumbs up' evidently
know how to fight the machine We
wish them success.-Boston Herald,
). Ind.
LOST CONTROL.
The machine in Pennsylvania is
rattling around in frightfully loose
kind of way, and Boss Cameral seems
to have lost control of l.. The Grow
men are in state of revolt against the
caucus, and VOW to stand out against
the Cameron ring to the bitter end.
The Democrats hold the balance of
power, and have infinite satisfaction
in seeing frst-class Republican row.
Whether the anti-machine men will
have backbone enough to hold opt re.
mains to he seen, but the fact that
there has been even a feeble revolt
against the machine is ray of light
in the toss-ridden keystone State
Cleveland PLAIN Dealer, Dem.
AN UNPRECEDENTED REVOLT.
No revolt of such magnitude has
ever before been witnessed in the
party upon such an issue. The inde-
pendents are led by such men as
Wolfe, Emory, Mapes, Mckee, Ian.
dis, Lee and Lawrence, and We hope
that they will neither be coaxed, brib-
ed nor driven from their position un-
til the accomplishment of the purpose
of electing Oliver is abandoned, and
better man selected.-North Wales
Record, Rep.
THE PEOPLE WILL SUSTAIN 1T.
As the mass of Republicans in the
State desire the election Of Mr.. Grow,
so we believe the people will sustain