Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-28
NO HARMONY NEED APPLY.
The Independent Republicans of Penn
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PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-The independent
republican state committee has formally re-
Jeeted all Stalwart propositions for harmony
and is now framing reply.
Following is the reply:
Chas: n. Cooper, Esq, Chairman of the
Republican State CommIttee-Desr SIR: am
instructed to advise you that the Indenendent
Republican state committee have considered
the four suggestions contained in the minnie
proceedings of your committee forwarded to
me by you the 18th inst.
am directed TO say that this committee fiod
that none OF the four are methods by which a
harmonious and honorable unity of the Re
publican voters of Pennsylvania could be OBJ
tanned. All OF them are inadequate to that
end for the reason that they afford no guarantee
that, being accepted, the principle upon
which the Independent Republicans have
taken their stand would not be treated with
respect or Put into action. All of them con
tain probability that an attempt to unite
the Republicans OF the state by their means
would either result in reviying and strength
ening the political dictatorship which we con-
denim, or would permanently distract the Re
publican body and insure the continued
triumph of our common opponent, the Demo.
| cratic party. OF your suggestions, the first,
| second and fourth are SO inadequate as TO
| leave no separate discussion.
The third, which alone may demand after
| ton, has a fatal defect in not including the
withdrawal of that ''stated" ticket, which
was made up many months ago and long in
| advance of the Harrisburg convention, to
| represent and to maintain the very evils of
| control and abuses of method to which we
| stand opposed. THIS proposition, like the
| Others, supposing it sincerely put forward,
| clearly shows that you miSconceive the causes
OF the independent movement as well as its
II "a M 1. L
sire to measure the respective members of
those who support the Harrisburg and those
| who find their principles expressed by the
l Philadelphia convention. This is a complete
aud fatal misrepresentation. We organize To
promote certain reforms and not abandon
| them in pursuit of votes.
| Our object is the overthrow of the "bossn
| and OF the "spois" system. Ia this we are
willing aud anxious to join hands with you
whenever it is assured it will
be honestly and earnestly for
this purpose, but we can't make
alliances or agree to compromises which on
their face threaten the very object of the
movement in which we have engaged
Whether your ticket has the support OF the
many or the few, Of the majority or the mi
nority of Republican voters, does not affect
us in the smallest degree. Every citizen is
asked to record himself against the abuses
| which it represents. Had the gentlemen who
compose it been willing to withdraw them
selves from the field as they were invited To
join In doing for the common good by the To-
dependent Republican candidates, this act
| would have encouraged the hope that new
convention freely chosen by the people and
IunembarraSsed by the claims OF candidates
might have brought forth the needed guaran-
tee of party enamel patton and public reforms
| This service, however, they have declined
to render their party. They not only
claim and receive your repeated as
surances OF support, but they permit
| themselves to be put forward 10 secure the
use of Independent Republican votes. At the
same time they represent the bossism and
spoils methods and the machine mana cement
which we are determined no longer to tolerate.
The manner IN which their candidacy was
decreed, the means employed to give it TO the
convention, the formality of the obligations
which they incur by it, the political methods
with which it Identifies, and the political and
personal plans for which their official in
huence would be required, all join TO make il
the most imperative public duty not to give
them support at this election under any cir
| cumstances.
In closing this note this committee must
express its regret that having considered 1t de-
sirable to make overtures to the independent
Republicans, you should have so far misap-
pretended the facts of the situation 1t is our
desire TO unite the Republican party on the
sure ground OF principle.
In the confidence that we are thus serving il
with the highest fidelity, and PRESERVE for
the future service Of the commonwealth that
vitality OF Republicanism which mas made the
party useful in the past, and which alone con
fers upon it new right Of continued exist
ence, the only method which promises this re.
suit in the approaching election is that pro-
posed by the independent Republican caudi-
dates in their letter of July Is, 1882, which was
positively rejected by your committee. On
behalf OF the independent Republican state
committee of Pennsylvania
[Signed f. D. MCKEE, Chairman.
The reading was interrupted by applause
several times, and a motion directing the
officers of the independent state committee to
forward the letter to the regular Republican
committee as the independents reply was
adopted amid great enthusiasm.
The committee then went into executive
session.