Daily globe., 1882-07-19
THE PEACE PARLEY ENDED.
War to the Knife Between the Pennsylva
mia Republican Factions.

mia Republican Factions.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1S,-The executive
committee of the Republican state committee
appointed to aid Chairman Cooper in con-
ducting the campaign and who were given
discretionary power in the matter of the
proposition submitted by the independents,
met this afternoon, Chairman Cooper presid-
ing, and all the members, except Coburn of
Center and Mcpherson Of Bradford present
Chairmab Cooper, prior to the meeting, made
no concealment of the fact that the commit
tee, as such, would reject the independents
proposition and regarded all further peace
negotiations at an end.
After reading the communication from The
| independents, heretofore published, and the
communication from the regular candidates,
given below, the chairman was authorized to
make the following response TO the commu-
nica.ion of the independents:
Gentlemen: Your several letters have been
received and the executive committee OF the
Republican state committee have given them
| full consideration. We are also in receipt of
| the accompanying letter from our candidates,
which we forward, as part OF the general pro-
ceedings. All the communications which you
| have sent differ In their conclusions and can
| not be reconciled with each other. The diff
| ferences between your candidates are so wide
| that they practically bar any further attempt
/ at negotiations on the basis proposed by them
| Our action in submitting four PROPOSE tions
| which embodied all of the methods and pur.
poses ever asked by those whom you are called
| to represent, exhausts the power entrusted to
US by the convention of June 81, which auth
| orize1 the Republican state committe to
''adopt all honorable means Ito harmonic the
| Republican party so as to secure a success in
| November"
| The letter of the candidates is as follows:
Philadelphia, June 15.-To Hon. Thos. N.
| Cooper, Chairman of the Republican State
Committee: Sir-We have the honor to &C
communication addressed to us by Hon. John
| Stewart, Col. Levi Berdeluf, Maj. VIM. G.
| Merrick and Maj. Junkin, Esq, in response te
certain propositions submitted by the Repub
lican state committee, representing 1.-THE Re
publican party of Pennsylvania, looking to an
amicable and honorable adjustment of what
| ever differences there may be among the vari
GUS elements of the party. Without accept
| ing any OF the propositions submitted by youl
committee, this communication asks us as
| condition precedent to any recommendation
on the part OF the writers thereof to declare il
the event of new convention that We
will severally forbid the Republicans
of Pennsylvania to call upon us for our ser
| vices as candidates for the various positions
to be filled by the people at the coming elec
tion To say that, in the effort to determine
| whether or not our nomination was a free an(
unbiased choice of the Republican party, VIZ
must not be candidates, is simply to beg the
question at issue. We have no desire to dis
cuss this question in It's numerous bearings
We have placed ourselves unIeservedly in III
hands of The Republican party of Pennsylva
mia. We have pledged ourselves to act con
currently with your committee, and are bount
by It's action. We therefore respectfully sug
gest that we have no power or authority Il
act independently of the committee or max
any declaration at variance with the PROPOSE
tiOns submitted in accordance with its action
There ought to be and can be no such thinI
as personal antagonism in this contest
We severally and emphatic,lly dlsclaim ever
the remOtest approach to a feeling of thi
kind toward any person. We fraternize will
and are ready to support any and every citizer
who loves the cause Of pure republicanisn
and with this declaration we submit the who'll
matter to your judgment and wise considera
tiou.
We have the honor to be, as before, you
obedient servants.
(Signedl JAS. A. BEAVER,
| VIM. II. RAwLE,
VIM. T. DAVIS,
JNo w. GREER,
M. BRoSIUs.
Being asked whether it was rot to be as
sumed that all negotiations looking to har
mony and unity were at end, Chairman
Cooper replied, "You will have to draw you
own conclusions"