The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-05-18
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IEr ias a. ~ greater deposition
iii. soar tbaa ever before cspse ally
amgaR Republican, a. dispense with
VIA. scaled "bo. rule Thc nassos
81 tie voters say iLet vii aai le dictated
% Us ile fartl manasers. Thai tbe power
come, irais ils people and lla, eAueases
aaI conventions should be len perfectly
tr.. ~ raosr gu,u officers aud measures a.
u,.k as alak best without beine uau.
II ..t,l Il Eng, the same boss,
What ,a4 ts spirit may
have upon d. ian election, !, a matter q
conjecture ltaay possibly bs lnc a,als
81 Il pubhsa=..,lesl 10 some q the states
IN no,abl, n Psalsyls4u There the
regular Republicans und,r the lead Of
Cameron have held their state convention
ana nominated officers The lndepen
dents who ate opposed tg Cameron tAIb 9
I hald4nt auo,ier convention aud nominal
inaan srt 81 officers They admit that
/ tie ticket already placed in nomination is
good gao but ibey do ua. iibe 70 submit
10 CAmeoou influence.
Tie y. s. Iaas, remarks as follows on
/ the situation,
fbu .-indrpendeul, 81 Pennsylvania
lara not independents ~ one sense Of The
vari. They ar Republicans coutending
4 AGAINST j certain method Of p ats manage.
ns,n. they do bot pretend te he dissatls-
4 G,d With the principles Of kepnblicanism
/ "a declared or eXempliiied by the party
movement. with O view to breaking up Old
I li6Hs and eilectiug reorganization OF
poIiucal forces, though il IL by no means
( igpas.IIc that tHelr course, II strongly
ufuUriea, may promote such result
/ I4gl aayc thu, far protested against the
Idani1at8pu Of party eannsela 10y the au-
luWuritg " a sali constituted leader, They
have ta.tu Up thc fight against tie power
st tho ..uachiBe' IN order 10 Yiud'eate the
right ol TIE iaass I publ can voters to
control ,Eo action 81 caucuscs and Goa
y,t,tinas. They believe thar these bodies
should he representative Of the popular
/ viii wiiihs jhc party aud sLould give *,
pF54si0n "a IT, demand IN making nomi.
atiaus
VI
burg ticket thry will baye gained little on
nothing TIE ground for reform within
tie party viii remain, with the advantage
perhaps OF some advance Of popular sentl'
mont ii that direction, But, on the Other
lEag,l the machine, viii remain uabroken
ID. wntiyp power sill be unchanged, and
Ito cuaiutrr whose authority they
repudiatt, viii still be IN a position tc
puide its achou The declarations OF the
convention evidently count for little, No
body has faith in reform by resolution
prtuciplas are perhaps more important
than MN, hut they are Of small value en-
bpdi.,t Il. platforms They have effect only
IN tba prtion nf neu Recognizing thes'
facts the leading Independents Of Penn
sylyania are giving ont that they will no
accent tho results Of tameron's convent
ION Int viii adopt ticket OF Their owl
and fight the machine TO It's overthrow
, ii this fight goes on and the Mitchell fac
ton receives the support when 1t appar
entity expects. claiming asst does that J
represents the majority OF Republican
VOTERS. The almost inevitable result Will b'
a,5cfcat Of the Republican Party IN Penn
svlyania Then arises the question
nhatbcr reformers are to shrink from sucl
result. II the Cameron control canno
: be- thrown oil without defeating the party
shall it be allowed to continue? II 1t N
. wolves all the evils and abuses credited t
il, it ought TO be- got rid Of AZ any pric
for the sake Of the party Moreover. II !
stionable whether it would not be de
G ieated without any organized independent
movement Party prospects are duoiou
:. IL Pennsylvania a. best, and there IS n
better tine than the present for iightin
out this issue Of the boss rule and lettin
! the immediate party consequences tax
ear % themselves