Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-29

STALWART CONFERENCE.

STALWART CONFERENCE.
Beaver, Bros,us and Cooper Together Here.
The Chairman Goes b SEQ 1u.ysn
Atlantic City-The head OF the
Ticket Also at the Seaside.
General Beaver and Marriott Brosius
arrived in Philadelphia yesterday and al
most Immediately repaired to the head
quarters of Chairman Cooper. Later in
the day all three met again at the st.
Cloud hotel and remained together for
upwards of an hour. Curious bystaRders
began to shake their heads and speculate.
Mr.. Cooper, while sunny and cheerful as
ever, seemed desirous of having it under
stood that the meeting of the
two Stalwart candidates and himself so
close on the heels of the Independent state
committees rejection of Mr.. CoOper's
propositions for harmony was entirely &C.
cidental. Shortly afterward Mr.. Cooper,
with his family and lot Of baggage, left
the hotel for Atlantic City. Gen. Beaver
said that he was going to Asbury Park,
where Mrs. Beaver has been staying for
the last two weeks, and at ) o'clock left
the hotel and took the $3.50 train from the
Broad street station for the seashore. Mar
riott Br0sius, twenty minutes before the
departure of Gen. Beaver, hurridly secured
his linen dust,r and small travelling bag
and made almost double. quick time out Of
tho hotel. He said that he was going
home to Lancaster, and that his meeting
with Gen. Beaver was accidental. He
jumped on car and started for the depot.
Half an hour later Mr.. Taggart, score
tary of tho Republican state committee.
said at the headquarters that the meeting
of Gen. Beaver and Mr.. Brosius had been
entirely accidental.
Meantime rumOrs were flying. Men
| were talking On the street corners and in
tho hotel lobbies about the significance Of
the meeting. As coincidence in connec-
ton with MIR. COOper's visit to Atlantic
City it was recalled that Secretary Quay
was there and also that 4 report came
from Washington few days ago that
Senator Cameron was to visit Atlantic
City this week. There was talk of a con-
ference of the Stalwart leaders and candi-
dates to consider still further means Of
harmony between the two Republican Gle
ments. In this connection al old lumor
that gained ground fow days after
the meeting of the Independent eau
didates two weeks ago and the submission
of their proposition to withdraw both
tickets and nominate now men, was re-
vived aud discussed. 1t was to the effect
that if all other means failed pressure
would probably be brought to bear against
Senator Cameron in Washington, which
would compel him to give up Beaver and
the whole ticket and accept the PROPOSE
| tiOn Of the independents. 1t was said at
| the time that General Beaver was to be
provided for by appointment to some i'm.
portant position by President Arthur.
| Chairman Cooper spent portion Of last
evening with Secretary Quay in Atlantic
City. The chairman told reporter that
his visit to tho seashore had no political
significance whatever. Notwithstanding
this assertion, it was thought by certain
other politicians, who had heard of the
movement of General Beaver and Mr..
Brosius, that the candidates for governor
and possibly some of the other Stalwart
nominees might soon make their appear
ance in Atlantic City.
Before General Beaver left the St. Cloud
hotel lie spoke guardedly in answer to some
questions concerning the rejection of the
propositions by the Independent commit
tee on Thursday. He said he was not sur
prised at the action of the Independents,
as he had thought all along that the com.
mittee would support the stand taken by
their candidates. 1t was in some respects
unfortunate that they had done so,
but he thought tho Regulars could
ion that the work Of tho Inde-
and that both sides would proceed with
/ hn snb Of ho
rumor that there was a bare possibility of
the Stalwarts acceptiong the proposition
of the four Independent candidates to re-
tire both tickets, hold new primaries and
q new convention to nominated new men.
General Beaver was asked what he
thought Of the plan. He said that, SO far
as he was concerned, he was perfectly
willing to step down aud out il it was the
wish of the Republican party. He said he
had all along been willing to take this
step il the welfare of the party demanded
it.
Secretary Taggart said, however, that
Immediately after hearing of the result of
the Independent committee meeting Chair
man Cooper had proceeded to mako all his
contracts for printing and publishing cam.
paign matter. He considered all peace
negotiations at an end aud nothing left to
do but fight it out at the polls. Among
Gen. Beavers closest political friends in
the city the bare idea of the acceptance of
the Independent proposition was secuted.
They declared that the Regulars could not
proceed in a moro certain way to defeat
the party this fall than by retiring Gen.
Beaver and the whole ticket. The gene
rails personal strength among the Rcpub-
licaDs of the state was such, they declared,
that if he were retired thousands of his
friends would vote the Democratic ticket.
No man cauld be nominated, they claimed,
who would run so far ahead Of his ticket
next November as Gen. Beaver would. AS
for tue rumored pressure behind Senator
Cameron, they said that Mr.. Cameron was
not the Republican party, nor President
Arthur either, and that the combined
strength of both could not force Gen. Bea-
yer off the ticket against the wishes of his
Republican friends in his native state.
Notwithstanding these strong views
from Gen. Beavers friends it is not denied
that there is possibility of some further
steps in the direction of harmony. Tho
desire of the Stalwarts for harmony. it is
claimed, is too strong for them to abandon
tho effort SO long as the slightest prospect
of settlement remains. Tho most eau
| tiOus Of their leaders cav II &c hard tn foil