Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-09
POLITICAL.
BEkKs COUNTY INDEPENDENTS.
A Club Organized to Advance Tho Anti
EOss Ticket In tho Canvass.

hLhho NOONIx
A Club Organized to Advance tho Anti
Eoss Ticket In tho Canvass.
Reading Dispatch to the Times.
A club has been formed in this city
under the name of "The Independent
Republican club of Berks county,"
Among the members of the club are the
following: General D. Mem. Gregg,
whose gallant deeds during the war Of
the rebellion may be read in history ):
Richard T. Leaf, a prominent iron manufac-
turer; Thomas u. Stichter and Henry
Eppheimer, leading merchants J. IL.
Cheetham, a prominent business man !;
DR.. w. F. Muhlenberg, Nicholas Muhlen-
berg. A. D. Miller, Cyrus G. Derr, Bray
ton Mcknight, esgs., and others. Tho
character Of these men, like Banquo's
glass, shows us many more. Tho club
adept ! :. resolution approving the course
Of Jnnn \. Sheetz and J. Hunter Clingon,
the .jeiiss county delegates to the Phila
| delpIil convention, and also issued an ad-
| dress 10 tue Republican voters Of Berks
county, which begins by declaring that ::
"Thc i;erpetuat:on OF a political party is
| impossible unless it be able, at proper in
tcrvals of time, to purge itself OF its lead
crs. The masses of 4 party remalL virtu-
Gus. the leaders, long in the possession Of
power, become corrupt, and unless the
party possesses the ability within itself to
cast them off it must needs become impo-
tent By the desertion Of right-mindcd mcn
from its ranks"
Independent Movements in Huntingdon.
1t has Just become known that a meet
ing of leading Independents was held at
Huntingdon on Monday evening last, at
which the chairman of the regular Rcpub-
lican county committee presided, and ut
which One-half of those present were men,
bcrs Of the committee, including ono Of
the secretaries. 1t was resolved that the
Independents Of the county organize with
the present committee as 4 basis and that
it be continued during tho ensuing year
a committee of seven was appointed to
iraft :: declaration of principles and to re-
port at the next meeting. The Independ-
ents declare that they will not go outside
Of the party, but will nominate ticket i'll
accordance with tho party usages and
compel the Stalwarts to support it or to
become the kickers.
Mr.. JunkIn's Letter OF Acceptance.
George Junkin who was nominated by
tho Independent Republican state conven-
tion for the supreme judgeship, has ac-
cepted the nomination by letter, addressed
to President Foster and Secretary Leach,
saying: "Yours of the 9Th inst, inform
ing nc that l had been unanimously nom-
mated by the Independent Republican
state convention, held in Philadelphia on
May 24th ult., as candidate for the Office
of judge of the supreme court of the CON-
monwealth, was received yesterday.
81 have neither sought nor desired this
high Office. l most heartily sympathize
with the principles that called forth the
! convention, and upon which, as broad
aud wise platform, it placed itself. Unless
the Republican party be pervadcd and con-
tro!lcd in its action by them its mission,
for iho country's good, has ceased.
"if the use of my namo CAN, in any de-
gree, assist in inducing all true Repubii
cans to act upon these principles and to
place tho control Of the party in the party
itself, it is my duty not to withhold it.
81, therefore, cordially and gratefully
accept this nomination and. it elected, |
will cndeavor to discharge tho duties of
this office to the best of nv ability,''