The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-05-24

slitutional law Of Pennsylvania fixes
the number Of Senators and Represen-
tative at 251, maximum which the
platform preserves in the selection of
delegates to future State Conventions,
but it at the same time wisely protects
the primary right of each Republican
voter in the declaration that delegates
selected as Senators and Representa-
tives are selected. This is popular
and representative suffrage carried
into primary action, giving to local
sovereignty the say whether il shall be
popular or representative. Either is
a great advance, and in the advance
the party of the State has only re-
Trained from interference with the
right of home rule in primary details.
Look carefully at the platform, and
you will see not only successive but
eliminating steps to every remedy,
and steps pointing to every liberty
which wisdom can suggest. These are
reforms of to-day. Only envenomed
sophistry can call them reforms Of to-
morrow. The ticket with high honor
recognizes every element of the party
the platform embodies every principle
which the knowledge of men in dis.
passionate conference, committee, or
convention could suggest as abreast of
the times.
The Republican party redeems its
pledges. 1t has never forfeited its
word, and neither misconstruction nor
taunt can shake its record or purpose
in this regard. Accomplished reforms
will be maintained, promised reforms
will be realized, and that they may be
maintained and realized the State
committee asks all who lean toward
Republicanism to fall into line under
the old standard, that a victory sure
to be won may be doubly assured.
In contest where nearly all is at
stake they do best who are most
willing to sacrifice personal desires,
individual shades Of opinion, or per.
sonal ambition and interest, for the
common cause. In such contests
shrewd an INSCRIPTIONS enemy too
often prompts the lifting of the red
hand of faction, so that it may serve
as "will.o'the- wisp" to lead the
unwary aside and into quagmires,
where they must remain without flag,
without purpose, and without goal.
There is but one enemy to fight. 1t
is the old one, which in major part
was false to the Union ip its hours of
danger ; which subsequently stood but
as an obstruction to the rights of man;
which to-day represents a reaction
opposed to American labor, TO our
material advancement in manufactures
and commerce, to the redemption of
our nations pledges. With settled
purpose not to be diverted from their
object, the Republicans of Pennsylva.
MIA will face this common enemy, and
with it alone decide the great issues of
the conflict.
An the better to do this let all Re-
publicans who have any suggestion to
make, correspond with their State and
and County Committees - counsel with
their neighbors-invite and encourage
the ever. sufficient aid of their local
and metropolitan Republican press
prompt the active to greater activity,
inspire effect in the new and untried,
hasten primary action where haste
can do no wrong,-anticipate in the
earliest hours of the canvass that
machinery Of the law which requires
early registries of vuters-and in all
things get ready for a great battle.
Serve early and manly notice upon
the enemy that every honorable effort
and resource shall be employed to
achieve a victory which many regard
as vital to the great Republican party
and its principles.
By order Of the Republican State
Committee.
TIJOO W OONnED