Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-06-07

IHE lnuepenu0nC hepuoican O1oC
Convention, at Philadelphia, May Gath.
adopted the following resolution before
adjourning, Resolved, That if the peo-
pie request it. the Legislature of Penn
sylvania should permit the insertion OF
an amendment in the Constitution pro-
hibiting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors"
CoNcERNINa the position which Mr..
Rawle now occupies with reference to
his place upon the Harrisburg Conven-
tion ticket, it may be said with
confidence that he prefers to retire
from the ticket. He thinks, however,
that the obligation he is under to
those who procured his nomination,
especially Senator Cameron, forbids
his withdrawal, under the present
circumstances, as it would seem like
deserting them. II, however, an op-
portunity should present itself, as, for
instance, the reassembling of the State
Convention, or the meeting ofa new
one, it is well assured that Mr.. Rawle
will present q letter OF withdrawal
Tenango Citizen
THERE will no,doubt be new con-
vention by the Republican party, elect
ed under the new rules. There was
no provision made for filing vacancies
by the State Central Committee. and
there is no power to call the old con-
vention. That Convention was ad-
journed sine die. The new conven-
tion will set all things right"
The above is from the Kittanning
Free Press, issued before Cooper's call
for the reassembling of the cold con-
F.. vention" What will the Free Press
ray now? The "old convention" has
been recalled; how now can the "new
convention setall things right" AS
the Press has been rather stalwart,
this will be an interesting problem for
it to solve
Born the Philadelphia newspapers
which published reports of Senator
Cameron's tariff threat announced that
they have made careful and thorough
investigation concerning the accuracy
Of those reports and are convinced that
they were entirely just so far as they
went, and that if there was any it was
in not giving the strongest expressions
used by the irate Senator They are
also agreed that there is one thing to
be said In bis defence. He had very
bad toothache at the time. We be-
lieve the Senator himself admits the
fact of the toothache. Still, there is
strong evidence that the Independents
were giving him more pain than the
tooth was Tribune
Hon. GEORGE LEAR, Chairman of
the late Republican Harrisburg Con-
vention writes to the Philadelphia
Press: IL am in favor of new State
Convention composed of delegates
elected under the rules, in which the
delegates shall represent all the Repub-
licans of the State, and L hope to see
it ordered at the request of all candi-
dates on the two tickets. in order that
their names, together with any others,
may be submitted to the reconsidera-
tion CT the peoples representatives; or
am in favor of reconvening the DEL
egates OF the two conventions in one
body of 500, and which must be asked
for by the candidates and ordered by
the two State Committees, which
should be held on the 4th of July, and
make new ticket from the best ma
terial, with declaration of indepen-
dence, in which all Republicans can
join. The candidate who is afraid of
that test is not the man for these
times"