The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-08-30

sylvania and in the Nation, has Civ
eli the country the purest admins
tration Of public affairs that ever
was given in this or any other coun-
/ try. We say this. not as means
of securing votes, but as an absolute
/ fact. which cannot truthfully be de-
MED. We do not saw that the adj
ministration OF the State and Ma
tional Government by the Republi-
can party has been perfect, because
that would NOT be the fact. Nothing
on this earth is or ever will he per-
feet. Bat what we do claim for the
I Republican party IS that its admin
! istratlon of public. office has been
more perfect than that of any other
party that ever preceded it. 1t has
been as near perfect as human ma
ture is near perfection. No party
can be nearer perfect than that, let
it be called Democrat, Independent,
Labor party, or by any other name.
The Republican party administered
the Government successfully through
one of the most devastating wars
that this or any other country ever
passed through. the Democratic
party, which is aow seeking to gain
power, resolved that the war WAS a
| failure" Is that true? Was it true
when the Democratic party gave aid
and comfort to the rabels by passing
that resolution? You, who were in
the field. know that it was not. and
is not true. Those who were at
home, aiding and cheering those
who were in the field, know that it
was not true. All who are to-day
enjoying the advantages of ''the
best government the sun ever snone
upon,n whether soldier or citizen,
Democrat or rebel, know the war
was not a failure. The Republican
party, which sustained and sup
ported those who carried on the war
SO callantly and successfully, is not
any more of failure to-day than it
was when it was supporting the
Government and the loyal armies on
the field of battle. The Republican
party was true to the country then
and is now. The Democratic party
was not true to the country nor to
! the soldier then, and it is no better
now. Whether you be Independent
or Republican, you must admit one
thing now. You must live under a
Republican or Dem cratic admin
istration in this State for the next
four years. None other. as parties
are now constituted. is possible
I You all know that. 1t is only pos
sible to havea Republican or a Dem
ocratic Governor elected. Stewart,
the Independent candidate, cannot
be elected; that is absolutely out of
the question, being simply one Of
the impossibilities Of politics. The
next Governor of Pennsylvania will
either be General Beaver or Robert
L. Pattison, unless the one who will
be elected should die. You have
your choice If the Repub-
licans of the State OF
Pennsylvania, whether they call
themselves Independents or Regu-
lars, vote solid for General Beaver,
he viii certainly be the next Gov
ernor if he lives, simply because the
united Republican party is largely
in the majority in this State. Di-
vide the Republican party suf-
ficiently, and Psttison, the Demo-
cratic candidate, will be Governor if
he lives. That is plain. Where is
the advantage of dividing the Re
publican vote between Stewart, the
Independent and General Beaver ?
What is to be accomplished by do
ing so? The Independents will be
no better off. because they must, in
the nature of things, be defeated, be-
cause it Is impossible to elect Mr..
Stewart. Now the only thing that
can possibly be accomplished by
dividing the vote is to defeat Gener-
al Beaver. Suppose he is defeated
by the Independents voting for
Stewart, where is the advantage d?
Republicans, there will be no advant-
age in that. You know there will be
none, but there will be the great
disadvantage Of surrendering the
administration of the State of Penn
sylvania for four years to the DEM
ocratic party. Do you want that,
Republicans, be you Independents
or Regulars ? If not, then vote for
General Beaver, and his election
will be beyond the possibility Of a
doubt Harrisburg Telegraph.
THE CANVASS ~ MAINE.