New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-14
CAMERON'S BAIT REJECTED.

|
ANCE-BEAVER IL THE WAY.
lPIoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l
| PHILADELPHIA, Penn, July 13.-The candidates
on the Independent Republican ticket met at the
| Girard House to-day and considered the PROPOSE
tions submitted to them by the Cameron State
| Committee for harmonizing the party. The candi-
dates did not consider 1t their right to decide for
the Independent Republicans all the questions in
yolved in the propositions of the Stall
wart Committee. That will be done by
| the Independent Republican State Committee, n
NEE ing of which will be called soon for that pur
pose.To test the sincerity of theS candidates
| In their professad desire for harmony and the
cess of the Republican party and to show their
own willingness to sink all per-
sonal considerations, four of the Independent
nominees united in a letter addressed to those on
the other ticket, Offering to Withdraw and recon-
mend new convention, and not to he candidates
for denomination, providing the Stalwart candi-
dates will do the same.
| Mr. Mc;ilchael, the Independent candidate for
| COngressman-at-Large, did not agree altogether
with his associates, and sent separate letter; but
the difference is not material to the of the
plan, providing the Stalwart candidates agree to it.
1t is generally believed here that the candidates on
| the Harrisburg ticket will not accept this propo-
sition. In fact Mr. Beaver the Stalwart candidate
| for Governor and Mr.. Cooper the mouthpiece for
| Mr. Cameron and the chairman of his committee,
scOf at the plan as one to dIsfranchise Republicans
| without cause.
The independents, however assert that this
| merely shows that these men are looking for per-
sonal and not party ends; and that rather than
sacrifice their slim chances for reaching Office
this year, they prefer to sacrifice the party. The
Independents say, also that it is against this very
thing, namely, peryerting the party machinery for
personal ends instead of using it for the purpose of
securing good government, that they are fighting;
and hence, to bring success to the movement, the
candidates must be men who untrammelled and
who will care less for themselves than for the
cess Of those reforms which the Independent Re-
publicans demand. They are not fighting
for personal ends. and therefore are
willing to exclude themselves from
any chance of sharing IN the fruits of Office which
a united party can command. If the leaders on the
other side exhibit like spirit, then unity is as
sured.
There are other strong reasons urged for this
course The Stalwart candidates have not offered
TO resign. In their letter to the State Committee
they simply offer TO submit their candidacy to any
test agreed upon. The Independent Republicans be-
lieve that General Beaver is the Stawart candidate
for Governor simply because of his course at Chi
cago in 1880. He has himself said that, before he
entered the field as q candidate for Governor he
consulted " Boss" Cameron, Boss" McManes and
Boss" Magee and obtained their approval of his
candidacy. He does not represent the reform prin-
cples of the platform in any sense and has not
SAID a word since his nomination in favor of them
Although he has been constantly travelling about
the State making speeches and canvassng for votes,
all he has said has been in defence of the Stawars
and his own candidacy and in derision of the nde-
pcndents. he has not discussed any of the great
public questions of the day, is silent the subject
of Civil Service Reform and ,the assessment of Of
iceholders and, in fact, the Independents assert
that he has shown no ability or capacity TO rise
above the level of machine politics. and expects
success simply because he lost leg in the war. All
OF the Independents assert that emerging from a
new convention with Mr. Beaver as their
candidate on reform platform would sim
ply he a mockery, and make the election
of Pattison, the Democratic nominee for Governor
assured because thousands of Independent voters
upon whom, as Mr.. Conkhng says, party lines now
rest lightly, would vote directly for Psttison
wien, with other candidate than Beaver, they
might be induced to vote the Republican ticket.
Many antagouisms have arisen because of the
course of the canvass far and if in a new con
yenton a mixed ticket should be nominated made
up from candidates both the present tickets the
Stalwarts would knife " the Independents, and
many of the latter would refuse TO vote for the
Stawarts, and, as a consequence, everything would
be lost, and the party left in a more demOraliZed
condition than if the Democrats should succeed
because of the continuance of the two Republican
tickets in the field In the latter case the Re-
publican vote could be united in another
year, but in the former the antagOnisms would be
so deep-seated as to take years to overcome. Gen
eral Beaver has not mended matters either, by his
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committee had made its propositions yesterday, he
spoke of its work q great piece of strategy and
said it was throwing hot shot into the camp of
the enemy" and that the result would not
danger his prospects in the least" Such talk as
this coming from hIn at time when he is protesting
TO be seeking harmony, the Independents assert
simply makes 1t impossible for them To support
him under any circumstances. To-day when the
proposition of the Independents read to him for
withdrawal, he laughed immoderately, as though
it was a coed joke. The road to success for
the party now is only blocked by the
personal ambition of General Beaver and the Inde-
pendents say that, if he and his associates are
as really desirous for the success of the party
they pretend to be, they will not long hesitate to
accept the proposition.
AT the Independent conference to-day, beside the
candidates Messrs. Stewart, Merrick, Duff, Junkn
and McMchael, there were present Philip g. Gar
rett chairman of the Committee OF One Hundred;
l. d. Mckee aud +. w. Leach. chairman and secre-
tary of the Independent Committee; Wharton
Barker, H. NJ. jenkins, and others. There was har-
rnonv IN their counsel the only difference of opin-
lon being that manifested n Mr. McMichaePs letter
The independent Republican State Committee was
only EN- powered by the convention to ll vacancies
on Inc ticket Unless the candidates resign, there
fore il cannot adopt the new convention plan of
filing vacancies Is there none, but IL can con-
slider the proposition to submit both tickets to
vote AT primaries That proposition will, of course,
be re jectcd ..
Thc following are the three letters sent out as
result oi to-day's conference:
GENTLEMEN: BY communication received from the