Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-02
THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS.
IMMENSE AEErING AT FULTON OPERA
HOUSE.
A Wolfe -inDG. the Cameron Lanl0s-Ee:
fui Slaughter of the InnOcents.

A Wolfe -inDHe the Cameron I.anl0s-Feas-
fuI Slaughter of the InnOcents.
Last night Fulton opera house was filled |
by very large and respectable audience,
composed Ill great part Of solid, intelligent,
thinking people, among whom were quite |
Of humber Of ladies. Almost every seat in |
the parquet and parguet circle was occr-
pied, and tie gallery also was nearly filled. |
At 8 o'clOck Hon. Charles S. Wolfe. the |
Independent Republican candidate for
state treasurer, entered the hail under
escort OF Mr.. 5. S. Spencer, T. &. Holahau
and a few others. He was received with
marked applause as he walked down the
main aisle and took his place upon the
platform.
On motion cf Mr.. Spencer the meeting
organized by selecting Henry Baumga,d-
Ter as president.
In taking the chair Mr. Eaumsa.,incr
said he never had and did not now pro-
posed 70 take prominent part in politics,
but he considered it Il great honor 10 be
called upon to preside over so large. re-
spectacle and enlightened a body OF his
fellow citizens as was now assembled.
The following list of foflicers, all of whom
have hitherto been pronounced in their
adhesion to the Republican party. was
proposed by Mr.. Spencer, aud unanimously
confirmed.
PresI..leni-iENHl EAUMGA.DNEE.
Vice PrcsGen:s-D. r. LocIer, Abraham i:i-
ncr, George Il. Reed Il. L. Martin, George ".
Schroyer, VIM. kirkpatrlck. city Henry Il.
Wiley: Conoy: Adam r.: Wilmer, Para .isn;
Col. VIM Mcclure, Columbia; DIR. II. NJ.
Alexander, Marietta NJ: ii. Tagsart. 1:iti,z
Mansm hr T. SaisRsry Zssi"r t ov hins
Krcider, IIcmp:rld Il. W. Harnisl, West
La,npeter.: |. X. Wilmer. Milersvillc: Abr.
ham Shenk. Salunga John Il. Ericker. Ecni.
Plontz. Warwick: Prot. Chas. Keller. >traS-
| burg: lIenr: &. Martin. East I!empiicltl ;Io!,n
Herr, Manor; samuel Hoover: Pequea.
Sccrctaries-T. l.. IIOlahan. Henry {. Moore,
Willis Muster David Lechc, city.
Mr.. Wolfe was then introduced and Ic-
ceivcd with applause. He opened with i
| ilattccing reference to the ''great cUE
morwealth Of Lancaster county, followed
by brief culogy OF Tilad;le,ls Stevens, tbs
grand old cOmmOncr, and said that if he
| (thc speaker) had not been born in Union
county he would like to have been Ian
tastcrian. lie had been III Lancaster once
before-at . Republican state convention
| which had passed resolutions against Il
"third term in the presidentia! Office.
and insisting that only honest and efficient
men should be chosen to fill public places
| In the face of these resolutions the ma
chine managers had elected Don Cameron
to tie United States Senate, and lie by
trading and trickary had struck down the
peoples choice the white rlumcd knight
of Maine, in the interest of the third
term candidate, and then followed the
election Of Hoyt, and Stone and company.
Things are rather badly mixed when
he Wclfe) had the :iutlacity to announce
himself rs Il candidate for state treasurer.
the mandate Of silence was issued he was
to be ignored as Of no consequence. When
they found the honest Republicans were
supporting him they said don't vote for
Wolfe. or Noble will be elected Cameron
and his rctainers thought they had the
voters corraled like cattle, but the little
devil Wolfe has let the bars down and they
are getting out by thousands, and although
they are urged to 90 back to the Cameron
pastures, they don do so worth cent.
Nj. Wolfe read editorials fron, 4 number
of newspapers, both Republican and Dem
| Ocratic, TO SHOW how widely they differ in
their views Us to the effect OF his candidacy
and how badly all of them We're scared
about it. The Republican Grams know
that Wolfe will draw from the Republican
party five times Us many votes as will be
necessary to defeat Baily and they arc
striving to make good the loss by securing
Democratic help, and hence We hear of the
Republican candidate being closcted witt:
Bill McMullcn, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Wolfe was especially severe ON Ed
itor Smith, Of the Philadelphia Press, aud
contrastcd his vigorous denunciation of
Baily and the Cameron ring before the
state convention, with his subscrviency to
the rings candidate at the present time.
The best answers to Mr.. Smith campaign
speeches are his own editorials printed in
the Press prior to the state convention.
In answer to the argument of the Press
that General Baily was regularly noml-
mated and that he is therefore entitled to
Republican support, Mr.. Wolfe answered
that Lawson and Douglass were the rcg;l-
lar candidates for commissioners in Phila-
de!phi:, and yet the Press opposes them as
ring candidates, refuses to recognize the
binding force of their nomination and
supports Carson and K,umbLaar the in
dependent candidates. The same bosses
who nominated the ring candidates at
Philadelphia nominated Baily at Harris
burg.
Mr.. Wolfe ut very considerable length
exposed the means taken by the Gamer
oni:ns to secure Eaily's nomination md to
defeat the popular WILL lie showed that
Baily was almost unknown III the state,
and that the people Of his own county had
no thought of presenting him as Il candi-
date. The principal candidates for the
Republican nomination were Messrs. Da-
vies, Mapes and Lawrence. Mapcs and
Lawrence withdrew and Mr.. Davies had
the field himself. Col. Stewart, of Fay
cite, was then urged by his friends for the
nomination. Both these candidates were
Blaine men and the bosses determined to
crush them. Don Cameron sent for Gen.
Baily to come On to Harrisburg. Baily
had admitted to Wolfe that he had been
sent for, and had gone to Harrisburg to
consult with Cameron. When he went he
had no idea cfssbeinS candidate, but his
candidacy was then fixed upon. He was
one of the :'0G who had stood by Grant
at Chicago, and therefore he was
chosen the fit representative of the
! bosses, The people of CniOntown did not
Wait him and had no thought of present
ing his name. Gov. Hoyt did not know
him until he was told he was one Of the
| 306. and when Attorney General Palmer,
| who was elected to tine state convention as
a Davies man was requested by Quay to
nominate baily, he said he could not do it,
| rs he did not know the man. Baily was
| sent to his room and introduced to him,
and after being shown scat, Palmer
looked at him, and putting his arms
aLimbo said: "Now tell me, who the
| devil are you anyhow?' So little was
Baiy known, that it was long time be-
fore the newspaper organs found out how
to spell his name, and only last week Quay