Daily Republican., 1882-05-18

THGRsDAY MAY 1852
The PennsylvaNiy independents.

The independent Republicans OF
Pennsylvania will hold their State Con
vention in Philadelphia next week and
the probabilities are that straight in
dependent Republican ticket will be
nominated for stat2 ott;ce-s. Mr. Garrett
chairman of the committee of 100 aud
Judge Agnew, both prominent and un'
exceptionable men in character aud
ability are named for the nomination
for Governor. With Senator Mitchell
and many other leading Republicans
in the State supporting the ind nperd'
ent movement, it would look from the
standpoint as if the ticke. would poll 50
many votes that the regular Repn6il.
can ticket, headed by General Beaver,
would be defeated. Last year with the
defeat Of MI. Wolfe who ran as a VOL
untary independent candidate for State
Treasurer, 80, 900 votes were polled for
the volunteer. With an organized par
ty and such men as United States Sena-
tor Mitchell and the able and intiuen.
tial men composing tha committee OF
One Hundred, in Philadelphia, SUI
porting ii, it would not be unreasonable
to expect that the Independent Repul-
ican ticket would poll three times the
number ofvotes it did last year, under
which circumstance the sure defeat of
the Regulars would be a torsone con-
c4usion, provided the democrats are
any thing like united upon a ticket.
The question is, what good can be &C
comp'ished by insuring the defeat Of
the Republican party in Pennsylvania?
Nobody objects to the ticket already
nominated by the Regulars, for the
gentlemen placed upon it are fully up|
to the average in charaC' er and ability,
but the methods by which such nomi-
nations were obtained is Objectionable.
The time has come when people will
LOT submit to be driven by the party
lash ike sheep into The shambles. peo
Yle do lot do like they did years gone
by, wait for the man who tells them
how to vote to come around, TIC
schoo master has been abroad in the
land and as the people by education
have been raised into higher plane OF
political aCtion, they think their own
thoughts and contro their own actions
to a greater degree than was ever done
before. Such people will not become
menials ia a party. They will not sub.
nit to compulsory measures under the
party lash. When it was found that
these men who think ard act for them.
selves, but who could lot be drsgoonad
into adopting something they did not
favor, IL WAS unGise in the party |
headed by Don Cameron aid his fol.
lowers 20 force ticket into tbs field |
which they knew they would not snp.
port. Nobody objects TO General Beay-
er or any candidate on the regular ticket |
on lack of superior, fitness for the cfticbs
for which they are candidates, tut when !,
it was found chat they could not unite
the party, that should have been 5Uii.
cient reason for taking some other men
who cor'd unite it. There are num-
ber OF able Republicans in the State
who could have brought harmony With
them if they had been nominated.
They should have been chosen, instead
of General Beaver Such a forciug
policy in Pennsylvania will not pay
politically. We hope for Republican
success, nut IL it is attained 1t viii only
be because the Democrats are more dc,
moralized than the Republicans are.