The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-07-21
The Stalwarts Decline.

AT meeting of the Republican ex-
ecutive committee in Philadelphia on
Tuesday, Chairman Cooper was author
lied to make the following reply to the
communication of the Independents:
GENTLEMEN Your three several letters
have been received and the executive CON-
mittee of the republican state committee
have given them full consideration. We
are also in receipt of an accompanying let
ter from our candidates which we forward
as part of the genera proceedings. All of
the communications which you have sent
diifer in their conclusions, and cannot be
reconciled with each other. The difference
between your candidates are so wide they
practically bar any further attempt at ne.
gotiations on the basis proposed by them
Our action in submitting the four PROPOSE
tions which embodied all of the methods
and principles asked by those whom you
are called to represent exhaust the powers
entrusted by us by the convention of June
II, which authorized the republican state
committee "to adopt all honorable means
to harmonize the republican party, so as to
secure success in November"
The letter of the candidates referred
to in the above communication was as
follows:
PHILADELPHIA, July 10, 1SS2.-Hon.
Thomas Y. Cooper, Chairman of the Republican
State Committee Of nnSylpdnid-SIR: We
have the honor to acknowledge a receipt
through you Of communication addressed
to us by Hon. John Stewart, Colonel Levi
Bird Duff, Maj, G. w. Merrick and George
Junkin, Esqs.. in response to certain prop,
ositions submitted by the republican state
committee, representing the republican
party Of Pennsylvania, looking to an ami
cable and honorable adjustment of what
ever differences there may be among the
various elements of the party without ac-
cepting any of the propositions submitted
by your committee. This communication
asks us as condition precedent to any
recommendation on the part of the writers
thereof, to declare that, in the event OF a
new convention, we will severally forbid
the republicans of Pennsylvania to call upon
us for our services as candidates for vari-
GUS positions to be filled by the people at
the coming election TO say that in the
effort to determine whether or not our
nomination was free and the unbiased
choice of the republican party, we must not
be candidates, is simply to beg the question
In any OF its numerous bearings. We have
placed ourselves unreseryedly in the hands
of the republicans of Pennsylvania. We
have pledged ourselves TO act concurrently
with your committee and be bound by its
action. We therefore respectfully suggest
that we have no power or authority TO act
independent of the committee or make any
declaration at variance with the PROPOSE
tions submitted in accordance with the
action. There ought to be and there can
be no such thing as personal antagonism
in the contest. We severally and emphati-
cally disclaim even the remotest approach
to a feeling of this kind toward any person.
We fraternize with and are ready TO sup
port any and every citizen who loves the
cause OF pure republicanism and with this
declaration we submit the whole subject to
your deliberate judgment and wise consid-
Grafton. We have the honor TO be as here
tofore, your obedient servants,
JAMES A. BEAVER,
JoHS w. GREER,
WILLIAM HENRY RAwLE,
marriott BRosIUs,
WILLIAM T. DAVIES.