Daily Republican., 1882-07-10
rae Penn syIVania Republicans.


cans of Pennsylvania will sustain de
feat at the approaching State election
unlees there is union and harmony i,
the party and one Republican ticket il
the field instead of two. Pennsylvania
has been a grand old Republican Stat
Byer since she wheeled into the Repub
lican ranks and her twenty. seven cleo,
fOral votes have not failed to be counted
for every Republican President from
the time of Abraham Lincoln down tt
the lamented James Abram Garfield
True aS the needle to the pole her vote
can always be counted upon for the
successful President, and it may per.
haps be the same in the future; but
there is no denying the fact that she is
sadly out of joint at the present time,
and the Republicans themselves have
put her on the short cut for the Demo
cratic camp by dividing their party and
giving the Democrats a chance to slip
in between the divided wings. Efforts
We are glad to see are being made to re-.
store harmony and to unite upon a
ticket chosen by new convention, but
the movement is not as bright with
promise as itshould be to insure sue.
cess. What is the cause ofthe rupturein
the party in Pennsylvania This is a
question worth attention and Republi.
cans of other States can study it with
profit. In a general sense it is the am.
bitiOn of political leaders, in plain
terms bOssism, with Senator Cameron
AZ chief boss and others trying 10 super.
eide him and take his place. That he
has been arbitrary in action and I'm.
yielding in his demands is not denied,
bnt that is no argument in favor of
breaking up the party and turning the
State over to the Democracy. Better
by far have the State Republican with
Cameron than Democratic withouthin.
He has not been advanced to any posi- |
tion in the party from which he cannot |
be dislodged whenever the Republican |
party desire his removal. He holds no |
position to which he was not legiti.
mately and honestly elected by the
whole Republican party; and when.
ever that party gets tired of his rule
whether it be arbitrary or not it will
remove him by the legitimate methods
and rules of the party. We do not gee
that there is any occasion for two Re-
publican tickets in the field. The dele
gates to the State Convention were
elected in the usual manner; the con
Tention was held in the usual manner
AID Republican candidates for Cover
nor and other State officers were nomi,
mated and placed before the people in
the usual manner. The opposition to
Cameron had an opportunity which .
they used to elect convention in op.
position to him. Why did they not do
isH Simply because they were in
minority, and though minorities have
rights that should be respected, it was a
the right of that beaten minority to
submit to the majority. This they
have not done and this is what causes q
the trouble in Pennsylvania We are
not amongst those who approve of the
bossism of Senator Cameron, but it
seems that the Republican party Of l
Pennsylvania does, and this Is their Il
eight AT the primary elections for u
delegates to the State Convention is the VI
place to settle the matter, and that bat 81
Tie having been fought and won by L
Cameron, there the opposition to him LII
should cease until the next contest in ="
The primaries. In sentiment and spirit, LII
The independents may be right, but in LII
Ill that pertains to the party they are al
wrong. If it is their desire to be Demo 10
Gratis and to place the Democratic party
n possession of Pennsylvania, they ~
ave a right to, and should march 90
'oldly into the Democratic party and ".
AIRY On an open and honorable warfare r,
and guerilla tactics are ~
considered dishonorable in war and
-, ar
hey are just as dishonOrablein politics.
this the dominant ",
ring Of the Republican party will not
ave done its duty to insure success, un-
IL it goes to the farthest verge consist ~ ~
ncy will allow, in order to conciliate r
DO factions and keep the old keystone q
tate safely lnoored in the Republican m
'ank1. As bossism Is the cause of the o.,
'arty rupture, let bossism humiliate it. 30
'elf little and bring back the party to ~,
he position it occupied to insure sue 90,
Csc. pennsylvania cannot be spared +o+
ON the Republican columns to please ~,
'osS Cameron, would be boss Mitchell
any other boss. Pennsylvania out Zoo
the Republican column, there is no
her State to take her place. It is 7
ne that we expect to bring Delaware En-
rOnnd to the Republican side at the cor
ext election, but it would take ten tho
e1awares to mako one Pennsylvania, So,
far as electoral votes are concerned. one
is true that Virginia and not
'orth Carolina show signs of casting lisl
the Democratic yoke, but both of one
lem would not counterfeit the loss of
The latter has always 7
en- sure Republican stumping ground; Chi
not . certainty be sacrificed for an the
lcgEtainty. 10