The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-09
until November,

the city of Baltimore possible, a
thing that has not occurred for
many years. And Kentucky, the
legitimate home of crossroads Bour-
bonism, is being stirred up from
center to circumference by a revolt
against the boss and his methods.
"Things have gone on SO long from
bad to worse" says the Louisville
Post, a very radical Democratic
paper, 'that decent men can no
longer take a part in the party man
agement." 1t is the fact, the Post
says "that ext Confederate managers
control the party organization and
make the nominations" Just now
there is a popular organization in the
Democratic party working in har-
mony with the opposition, against
the regular nominee for Clerk of the
Court Of Appeals, a man whom the
Post says ''not only gets drunk in
public places but is VIGOROUSLY unfit
for the Office" Speaking of this
revolt and striving to whip the party
voters in the Courier Journal, the
organ of Democracy in that state says;
cit now looks as if this regular
candidate of the party that for years
past has had from 100000 to 10000
majority in the state might be beaten
at the polls, a result that would be
we'll nigh fatal to the future Demo-
cratic supremacy in the state"
But this d~isintegrating of parties
is not confined to the Southern
States. Already, in Pennsylvania, there
is a serious revolt against the Cam
eron ring, and it is simply a revolt
against bossism and Republican bour.
bonism. Little by little the Re-
publican voters in hat state have
had their right to name their candi-
dates for official positions taken from
them, until about the only thing that
now remains for them to do is to 60 to
the polls on election day and ratify
the DEGREES of the Cameron machine.
In some of the counties in the State
this movement has attained the pro-
portions of a party revolution. Its
leaders are among the ablest and
most reliable Republicans in that
State, and some Of these men claim
that their ticket will get half the
Republican votes in the State. And
while this is probably an over estim-
ate, yet if as was the case last year,
a self-nominated independent Re-
publican, after an individual canvass
of only four weeks, could poll 5S,-
600 votes, it is not unreasonable for
Senator Mitchell and his colleagues
to expect, as they do, that a ticket
regularly nominated and vigorously
supported on the stump in every
county in the State will poll a vote
not less than 100000 which is just
about one-third Of the Republican
votes in the State, the result of which
would almost certainly be the defeat
of the Cameron ticket, and the
elevation to power in the Keystone
state of the Democratic party. We
all know the result Of boss dictatiop
last spring by the Senators from New
York, and we think its repetition
would not be considered good policy
by the most unyielding stalwart in
the party.
These are indications Of existing
public sentiment, which should not
fail to be noticed by party managers,
and particularly by the Republicans
of Michigan, who have been honored
by positions of influence, honor and
power by the mass of the party voters,
for years past, with great unaminity,
that the Genes of I874-5 may not be
repeated in this State in 1928, Of
which, without there is perfect
unanimity in the party and an alb
sence of all attempts to dictate
nominations against the will of the
people, there is great danger. Wise
politicians will not antagonize the
popular sentiment or seek to stife
the expression of the popular will,
and we trust the lesson of the hour
may be needed, and wise councils