Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-15
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
Decorous and Polite War Talk Between
the Republican Factions.


the Republican Factions.
PHILADELPHIA, July 13.-The important
following correspondence took place to-day
between the chairmen of the respective Repub-
lican committees of Pennsylvania:
Headquarters Independent Republican State
Committee, Girard House, Philadelphia, July
IS, 1882.
To Hon. Charles V. Cooper, Chairman of the
State Republican Committee:
DEAR SIR: 1 beg leave respectfully to &C.
knowledge the receipt of your communication
of the 18th inst, and in behalf of the state
committee of independent Republicans in
Pennsylvania, Twould state that the gravity
of the matters contained in the communica-
ton is obviously SO great that it would be i'm
proper for me to assume tbs right or take the
responsibility of making a definite response
accepting or rejecting or modifying the
suggestions contained in the minutes of
your committees proceedings. AS it is plain
that the judgment of the citizenship compos-
ing the independent Republican organization
must be consulted and obtained before should
be authorized to reply with freedom and can
dor to your committees proposition, snail
be under the necessity, of course, of calling
together the national committee, of which /
i
will necessarily cause some delay in the prep
aratiOn OF details to report to your letter, but,
desirous as am aud as l am sure every true
Republican must be, to bring about an hon.
orabla and large union of the Republican vot-
ers in the state of Pennsylvania upon the basis
of the principle to which they are attached,
and which are embodied in the plat
form adopted by the convention
at Philadelphia, take pleasure
in being able to inform you that am author
lied to forward, through you, to the candi-
dates whom your cOmmlttee represents q
proposition OF the utmost csndor and di-
rectiness signedaby four or five candidates
whom this co1mittee represents, which it is
hoped by the writer will CONNIE nd itself to
your favorable Judgment, as short and sure
road to a cordial union of ali Republicans OF
the state.
Confident that you must join with nae in the
hope OF its acceptance on the part of the gem
tlemen to whom it Is addressed, and TO whose
high patriotism and true party feeling it sp-
peals, may result in the election and strength
ening of that party organization which in
1880 proved itself to contain large majority
of the people of America, am sir, very re-
spectfully, s. D. MCKEE.
This communication was accompanied by
two additional letters from The candidates, one
of which was signed by all of them excepting
Col. McMichael, who replied TO the PROPOSE
tlons of the statements in the letter, setting
forth his individual views concerning the
situation.
Col. McMichael's letter is as follows:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July IS.
Hon. Thos. Cooper, Chairman, ETC..
DEAR SIR-Your letter of July 18th is re-
ceived addressed to the chairman of the state
committee Of Independent Republicans and
their candidates, containing certain PROPOSE
tions; your committee decline the PROPOSE
haoo
donment of the cause of the independent
Republicans. If q new convention rep
resenting all the Republicans, has nominated
an entirely new ticket worthy of popular sup
port and not containing the name of any can
didate on either present ticket and sincerely
supporting the principles of the independent
Republicans the necessity for separate inde-
pendent Republican ticket would not exist.
Your propositions, however, practically pro-
pose to re-nominate Gen. Beaver and re affirm
the abuses which we oppose. The convention
of independent Republicans which met in
Philadelphia, May 24, announced the princi-
pies on which l believe it nominated me for
congress at large, and | accepted that nomi-
nation. 1t declared boldly against bossism,
the spOils system and all the evils which i'm
pair Republican usefulness, and in favor of
popular rule, equal rights, national unity,
maintenance, ofsublic credit, protection to
labor and all the great principles of true
Repuoiicanism.
No other ticket now in the field presents
these issues. The people of Pennsylvania can
say at the polls in November whether they ap-
prove of these principles and will support the
ideas which represent them. I will not with
draw or retire unless events hereafter shall
give assurance that the necessary reform in
civil service shall be adopted, the assessment
made upon the oficeholders returned and
not hereafter exaeted, the boss machine and
spoils method forever abandoned, and sll our
public Offices from United States senator to
the most unirnportant offices shall be filled
only by honest and capable men who will
represent the people and not attempt TO die
tate to or control them. / shall 90 on with
this fight asking the support of all my fellow
citizens who believe in the principles of the
Independent Republicans of the convention OF
May "a. Yours truly,
crr WV. MCMICHAEL.