Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1882-05-26
KEYSTONE KlCKERS.
THE INDEPENDENT IN CON.
VENITON AT PHILADELPHIA
What they "Denounce" and Whas-
They 'Demand"-Otller News
Reports From Every Part
Of the Republic.
The pe,,,,sylva.ia independents.

PHlLADElkAIA, May 24.--The inde-
pendent republicans in convention to-day
adopted the following:
We the republicans of Pennsylvania
who will not surrender our political,
rights and who main,a,n and exercise
our own conscience and judgmen, con-
cerung public affairs, having assembled,
in state C uvenli.n, make the following
tl<rlSsr;tion OF principles and purposes:
First, we dc,lare our attachment % the,
principles of the r,pubilcan .party-free
dom, union, nationality, equal rights be-
fore the law, maintenance Of public faith.
and we demand t:,at the record which,
has been 80 nobly made shall be wisely
and tea''l,sslv ptrpetuatet1. 81
Stconsl We declare tn the nomination.
and election of James A. Garfield p the
presidency signifled to us through his ro--
form in The civil service, and enlargcd
liberty of action for the masses of 1le: re-:
public party, in the nomlnat'on' OF
candidates and conduct Of their paf:y
fairs, and we ueplore HE overwhelming:
eviu: nee presented lo US in Pennsylvania
tlltI tlit VA IL . S19 AA~"
been sGiiowcd by the overthrow of thcsa
! reforms in the hands of his successor.
Third, we denoulIce she practice OF CIV
| ing TIC patronage III Office to POLITICAL
mfnayrrs for use in advancing personal
political ends. We den.,,lnce the re2oval
| of honest and competent officers IN. the
,lse:,ee If public reasons. We densunce.
the Practice OF levying assessments and
demanding cnntriuutlons for party use
from public officials We dennuuce sew
era ly and collectively the evils and cor
rupl,on which accompany the conduct
of the 20 7ern,nent u.rIcr the s;'nlls sys-
tenn. and which. are las. parable from such
methods of the administration. We de-
nounc,. the sy stem If b,ssism and machine
/ contracts, wh cl1, when ,ainuly endured,
4 ,A4sRe es leaders into auio,naiOns An,t re-
s el,nss ctizea asi,ip into ig,li,seal Bondage
s5uiil,; we aee lace our pu ll's,s.. ,e, li.ke:
US tie work witch, ttll, ssyllen g a1afseid
/ fell. We demand in the place Of the
spoi]s system the retOrmaliOno of the civil
service by law SO that appointivc places
theE.in may be freely, opea to al, ut antk
lutiusirlou, ciizpns, a,si removal there
from shall be only for good and sufficient
public cause. We demand that, instead-
Itnf prostitution of slle pubIic service, their
n,yi and honorable II u, shall be admin
is1ered for tue i,eopie's benefit win otik
ciency, &C ,nnmy and integrity. We de-
! mami tead nf she iaso.ence,. the perse-,
c,.tion and tie tyranny of boss;sm ands
machine rule, tie free and conscientious
exercise of privasej Judgment i'll political;
i, il,,rs and tine faithful discharge OF thelf
duties Ivy those who assume Representatives
, e;u@ts and express The Wtli OF the people
l>,rrrsp,,,,c Iuv24 The Hon TuOMAss
! NJ. AInr>all's lelIer dtcIin;:ag the regular
republican nosainaiou for congressmans
at large is given 70 the papers. In an in
,rrv,ew Mr. Marshall said he did not at
| tend the independent convention rs hh
had i,teudeu, Diner business preventing:
lie did not desire the "face, and would
not have accepted the independent nom
iua,i. N had il been rendered him. He
will support Gen. Beaver for governor>
but cannot support Rawle for supreme
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