Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-28
An UnhaDDy Organ.


The Philadelphia Press thinks it worth
its while to urge the Republican state
committee not to call the state cOnveE-
ton ut too early Il date to enable the
delegates to be chosen by the people. The
Press is not complimentary to the COM
mittee in entertaining the idea that it
has any such purpose, though it has JUS
tification for its suspicion in the fact
which it states that ''such things have
been done before and may he attempted
again." The Press has reason to he
very unhappy over its apprehension,
both as hig!i-toncd independent, hon
est organ of the voX populi, and us the
organ of Il Republican faction, both OF
which positions it undertakes TO occupy.
1t is somewhat embarrassing to play
upon such dScOrdant Instruments. and
the success of the Press has not always
been distinguished. 1t is now in Sit
uatiOn of peculiar anguish. Its partic'
ular party is very much mashed and its
sometimes fierce independence is at.
tuned to very low key. 1t belongs to
a party whose representatives it de-
clares to he addicted to calling conven-
tions in which the people lave no voice ;
and what is particularly sad about it is
that this great injustice is practised to
the injury of the particular Republicans
whose organ the Press is. And yet they
cling to the party, and it urges them
thereto, considering it much better to
be disfranchised Republican than to
he none ut all. The average American
citizen ought to be SO uneasy under such
treatment rs to kick out of the party
traces; hut these Independent Citizen
i.eformers are IN amiable sort of servile
asses who will bear any amount of hard
usage and belaboring without uncover
ing tie spirit they were born without.
IT seems that 4 vigorous effort will he
made in Philadelphia by one class OF
Democratic politicians in behalf of Con-
troller Pattison for the Democratic
nomination of governor next year.
Another set, with equal vigOr, will OPP
pose him, and one feature of their can
vass against him will he movement to
support Judge Ludlow for the nomina-
tion TO the supreme bench. The Demo,
cratic city committee appears to have
been called last night to appoint tenn.
porary cIairmen of the conventions
in the anti-Patlison interest, and the
controllers friends managed to have
these appointments deferred. Hereto
fore Philadelphia has cut 4 very poor
figure in state conventions by reason of
just such squabbles rs these, leading to
division, strife and often to disgraceful
contests for s',ats. 1t is to be hoped tie
Philadelphia politicians will spare
their party in the state at large
any more Of this shame. 1t does
not appear that i'm this Patti,on
contest the factions divide On the old
lines, but j. can fairly he claimed that
among the most active opponents of
Pattison are some of the most disreput-
able of the Philadelphia traders, and if
the "Tommy Ryan proposed for chair
man OF one nominating convention is the
Tommy Ryan who falsely sat in another
Ryan's place in the Williamsport con-
yention and falsely voted on his name,
honest men of all interests should object
to him.
THE prospect now strongly points to
tho friumnh Of Mr.. GOWen in the Read