Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-03
REPUBLICAN "PEACE."


MITCaELL'S INTERPRETATION OF IT.
Andy kauffman's Withdrawal to be . Test-
The Staiwarts Go Marchirg On.
By Times correspondent in Washing
ton last evening, Senator Mitchell was in
terrogated as to the Philadelphia confer
ence. 1.-THE conference committee on the
part of the Independents acted with wis
dom and discretion" said he. "The con-
ference has relegated the whole matter to
the convention, with certain joint recon-.
mendations. In these recommendations
heartily concur. Our committee could do
no more. 1t could not dictate nomina-
tions''
You think something has been accom-.
plished, then?"
Everything that could be accomplished.
1t is very satisfactory to me. OF course,
whether the Cameron people are earnest
or not will be shown in the convention. II
they ignore the agreement entered into at
Philadelphia, you may expect rousing
and enthusiastic Independent convention
to follow, in which the nominations of the
10th of May will not be ratified. 1t will
then be found that Mr.. Cameron is not the
Republican party of Pennsylvania, and
that his ticket cannot be elected without
the aid of the Independents. If Mr..
Cameron is wise he will use every effort to
see the principles laid down by the Phil
adelphia conference carried out"
But will not the carrying out of that
code Of principles involve the withdrawal
of tho Objectionable nominations? For
instance, the second section of the confer
ence report says that competent and faith
full officers should not be removed except
c0r
presses the removal Of Sullivan and Wylie
and other Federal officers in Pennsylvania
to give place to his own political friends,
and spirit of the agreement
II think it would be violation which
would tend to give us little faith in the
honesty and good faith of Stalwarts. In
fact, tho removal of these officers now
would be breach of the. first part of the
agreement entered into at Philadelphia,
the second pant of which is to be settled
by the convention. We abandoned no
rights by the conference. We shall insist
on the withdrawal of these Objectionable
nominations, with the additional claim
that they enter into tho express stipulation
made at Philadelphia. Ii MIR. Cameron
were wise he would go with me to the
president and ask for the with
drawal Of Jackson, Kaufman, ETC.,
and he would find his position greatly
strengthened thereby and the people would
then accept the action of the conference in
good faith"
"IOu would go with him, of course %
"Ceytainly, if these removals arc in
sisted upon it will not give much hope for
any material concession in the Stalwart
convention"
lsayEe OF tile Same Opinion.
Col. T. NJ. Bayne was more radical in
the expression of his views. He went
straight at the mark. " The conference
can be best Judged by its fruits, but two
OF the stipulatiOns, the very first two, can
be brought into immediate action. Here
they are" and Colonel Baync read from
the truce: &c First, that we unequivocally
condemn tho use OF patronage to promote
personal political ends, and require that
all Offices bestowed within the party shall
be upon the sole basis of fitness second,
that competent and faithful officers should
not be removed except for cause. Now,
II tho Stdlwarts are sincere in agreeing to
these propositions they can show it with
out delay. Col. Sullivan and Mr.. Wylie,
collectors of the Twenty-third and Ninth
internal revenue districts respectively. are
competent and faithful officers. fur whose
removal there exists no cause. If they are
removed it will be for no other purpose
than to promote personal political ends.
They are not yet removed, and Senator
Cameron can now show his good faith and
sincerity by going with Senator Mitchell
to the president and joining him in asking
that the names of Jackson and Kaufman
DO withdrawn. Senator Cameron. with
out the cooperation OF Senator Mitchell,
and in 4 case of infinitely less moment to
himself and tho Republican party, asked
President Arthur to withdraw nOnlina
tion. and presto, it was dono.'
Some Moro Opinions.
Ex-Attorncy General Lear writes to the
Press that he fears the principles are too
pure to be reduced to immediate practice
by any political party as test of the
sincerity of those who profess them let
the convention of next week "adOpt this
declaration of principles and the resclu.
tions, extending tho whole to thirty nine
articles, if the same high tone can be kept
up to, and then and there dissolve, after
recommending their state committee to
call convention of delegates selected as
provided i'll the first resolution, to nomi
nate 4 ticket about the 1st of August. 1t
is not right that all the good things shall
be bestowed on the future. Give some-
thing to the present, especially as the
next convention may repeal the whole
thing"
Commodore Hicstand's opinion is that
any action which will bring the wander
ing brethren" back into the party Of
" Lincoln and Garfield" and again bring
down on their innocent heads the ridicule
and contempt of the Times and the DEM
ocratic press generally instead of their
honeyed words of praise, is worthy of
almost any sacrifice from the Stalwarts
except party principles and party organi-
zatiOn. The propositions for governing
this election Of delegates and holding con-
ycntions in the future are right because
fair to all.
Russell Erret says: can Independent
movement is impossible it never lasts
long, and I suppose that this is the end.
The resolutions are mere platitudes,
truisms which everybody believes in and
which mean nothing. The conference
changes nothing, and the Independents
couldn't have changed anything if they
had tried.''
The Philadelphia Record says that "if
MIR. Wolfe will take the trouble to run his
eye over the Republican platforms of
Pennsylvania for dozen years he will find
them filled with tho most beautiful re-
solves in favor of all sorts of political re-
FORMS"
The New York Erening Post with fine
scorn observes that these high standing
resolves were signed not only by the In
but also by the machine leaders.