The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-22

| Elmlra Daily Advertiser.
1t Is within the power of the Repub
licans to give the Democrats the next
House of Representatives, but the
Democrats are powerless to carry it on
their merit.
| NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT.
Boston Herald.
1t is a funny state of affairs in Penn
sylvania when the Regulars want their
party defeated as II warming to the In
dependents Of the dangers of boiling,
and the Independents wish for the
same result to prove to Cameron that
the people won't stand bossing.
HIS KIND Is ALWAYS IN DEMAND.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Blaine's fences lie all over this coun-
try, but his coal-mines are principally
in Ohio. In this connection, how
would Mr.. Blaine iile to move his
family into Ohio and take hand in
our State politics? We stand in need
of some electricity.
I
Manchester Union.
! Judging frcm the utteranccs Of the
StalWarts papers there are grave doubts
whether it is Wayne MacNeagh and
Thomas l.. James, the men vino fer
out the frauds, who are on trial in the
the star Route eases, or whether it is
Dorsey, Brady and the other men who
have been caught with the proceeds of
frauds in their pockets.
A CASE OF POLITICAL DYSPEPSIA,
! Boston Post.
In the administration of Chester A.
| Arthur we have return to Grantsm
and all its name implies; and we
| should not forget chat he was nOmina
| ted and elected by the votes of these
very independent and truly good Re
| publicans, and rather than vote for
| Statesmen like Samuel j. Tildcn or
| General w. s. Hancock, they would
do it again. Somuch for Independent
Republicans,
THE PRESIDENTS EYES OPENING.
| Washington Despatch to the New York
Tribune.
Persons who have talked with the
President have got the impression that
he thinks Senator Cameron has been
doing considerable bluhdering, and
| that the President is in hopes that some
thing can be done toward Il reconcile
| ton after two or three months, if the
strife is allowed to quiet down. The
rumors of impending wholesale re
movals in Pennsylvania, to be made
after the adjournment Of Congress, are
not generally credited. 1t is felt by
many that in the existing condition
of sentiment in Pennsylvania such a
course would bring on Il political riot
and make Cameron's ruin speedy and
complete.
CAMERON'S DICTATORSHIP.
The Independent.
The plan of new Convention, of
course, imposes upon Senator Cameron
the necessity of taking the back seat
and letting the Republican party, rs
such, by properly elected delegates to
Il State Convention, make up the ticket
to be voted for. His day as political
dictator is ended, and, if lie does not
believe it, the next election, under the
existing state of things, will disclose
the fact beyond the possibility of doubt.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania are
presented with the alternative Of defeat
or new State Convention, properly
elected, with the withdrawal of both
tick cts and the nomination of II new
ticket Which side of this alternative
will they choose? The Democrats
would, of course, greatly prefer the
continuance of the existing status, and
this ought to be reason why Rcpub-
licans should seek to change it.
WORSE THINGS THAN TRANSIENT DE
FEAT.
Boston journal.
When "bossisnp gets to be rs arrO-
CANT as it is in Pennsylvania, and all
reasonable persuasion fails, the only
lCSOuIct ltll IL w hlCfN tl5tllilSb ~ NNSh
at the risk of smashing things. So
long as the machine finds that it can
override opposition it will not abate
its dictatorial pretensions. The only
way to teach it anything is to defeat
it. Herein lies the justification of the
Independent movement in Pennsyl-
yania. We see the chance that the
Democrats may succeed mt the State
election in Pennsylvania, aud we
would rather that chance did not
exist. But there are worse things
than a single and transient Demo-
cratic victory. Unrestricted bossism
is worse. The repression of individual
rights is worse. AS to the Independ-
ent movement probably insuring
Democratic Congress next fall and
Democratic Administration in 1884, r"
that is moonshine. 1t will have no
such results. So far from that, moth
ing will 50 greatly strengthen Republic
canismin Pennsylvania rs to break the
dominion of the machine. The out
look for 1854 will be the brighter for
having the political atmosphere in
Pennsylvania cleared,
-peruua il sIIre cure for biliouSness