Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-10-11
Committee Meetings.

On TUESDAY OF laSI week, oru, lnsI.,
the members of the Republican County
Committee held meeting. The first
step towards calling this meeting was
so irregular as to call forth very gener.
al denunciation. 1t was by call ap-
pearing in but one of the Republican
papers and was done under the name
of James S. Craig, Esq, the member
Of the State Committee for this county
1t is well known that the member ot
the State Committee has nothing to dc
with the County Committees meetings.
However, when Mr.. Craig came to
town on the 3rd inst, he stated that
he had nothing to do with getting ur
the call that appeared in his name in
the Eagle; that he did not write it OF
sign in, and knew nothing about it ex
cept that he learned from some indi.
viduals in this place not members Of
the County Committee. We make
this statement in justice to Mr.. Craig
in this matter.
The Chairman of the County Com.
mittee, Mr.. Walker, on hearing of this
unusual proceeding, concluded to
adopt the time named and to give such
notice as he could, in the short time
allowed, to the members of the Com.
mittee to appear on that day. 1t
might be necessary to further state, in
order to have full understanding oi
the matter, that the 3rd inst. was the
day on which the Congressional Con-
ference for this district was to meet in
Pittsburgh, and that two members Of
the County Committee, DR.. Pillow and
Chairman Walker, were also two oi
Mr.. McJunkin's conferees. 1t will be
readily seen that they could not attend
both meetings, or be both here and al
Pittsburgh at one and the same time.
Whether there was any design in all
this proceeding we leave others to say.
The members of the Committee, some
thirty appearing, when they came to
understand the subject, wisely con.
cluded to take no action. One principal
reason for this was the fact that no
nomination for Congress had as yet
been made for this district, and the
county ticket was therefore not CON-
plete until that nomination was made.
The same state of facts exist yet. But
that omination is expected to be made
next Monday. 1t would, therefore, be
very inadvisable for the County Com
mittee of this county to take any action
that might tend to injure or endanger
the chances of our county getting the
candidate. The committees of the other
two counties of the district, Mercer and
Crawford, have carefully abstained
from taking any action so far. The
fact is well known that the candidate
for Congress, whoever be may be, may
re quire and have need to receive the
votes of all Republicans in all three of
the counties of the district. This Office
should not be endangered to the Repub-
licans by any needless action having
reference to the peculiar condition OF
affairs in the politics of the State at
large.
At the committee meeting, contem-
plated to be held to-day, we would,
therefore, suggest that no action be
;aken except such as looks to the in
,erest and election of the county and
district tickets. That is the special
md proper business of the County
Committee, and it is all important that
,he Congressional candidate Cor this dis
rict, and the Republican candidates
or the Legislature in this county,
hould be successful at the approaching
election, November 7th. Nothing
hould be done on State affairs that
will imperil their election.