The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-11-03
BLOOMSBURG, PA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3,18S2.
The Bosses Arraigned,

ON THE srAfwARrs---wHEN CAM
ERoN HAD ToOTIiACIiE--GEN- .i .
ERAL BEAVERS RESPONSE
BlIIrY IN THIS CAM
PNiaN.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct, 2l.-The Inde.
pendent Republicans held n grand
mass meeting in this city last evening.
Gen. Mccartney, of Luzerne, and At
torney General Lear spoke. Follow
ing is General Leaf's remarks: | have
reached this place, said Mr. Lear, by
gradual approaches. ! have stood by
the regular organization until it be-
came uncomfortable. When, in 1851,
the Wing party betrayed this conf
dence and trust of the people the m
dependent spirit of freemen arose in
its might and the Republican party
was formed. The so.called regular
organization stands today where the
old Wing party stood then. .' ''
The Harrisburg Convention, over
which presided, adopted a platform
which would, if carried into effect,
have done much to purify and reform
the party. That platform has not
been fulfilled.
Editors have arghed that a platform
can only bind the acts of candidates
after they have been elected This is
a fallacy. A portion of this platform
was framed TO meet issues involved in
the campaign. General Lear showed
how the rules prescribing the calling
of conventions and election of delegates
had been violated by the nomination
of candidate for Congressman.at
Large, and spoke of the resolutions
condemniug the use of political APP
pointments to promote personal polit-
ical ends and condemnlng political
assessments, and showed bow they had
| been violated throughout the whole
campaign, dwelling particularly upon
the removal of Collector Thatcher, of
Bucks county, to make place for
Delegate Stoeyer, who in tie Harris
burg Convention voted for Rawle for
Supreme Judge
| Has the assessment of office holders
ceased he shouted. Mol 1t is inces-
SAINT, merciless. notorious. 1t spares
neither age, sex nor condition. 1t is
the lever of bossism, and wherever it
presses springs forth the deadly virus
of corruption. ..a, ,..I,. ..f....,...- ...
| How is General Beaver responsible
for these violations? He is the stan
dard- bearer, by right and power the
leader in this campaign. a day after
the convention Senator Cooper acted
as chairman of the State Committee,
1t, had not met. He had not been
elected by the convention. Whepce
did he draw his authority except from
the. candidates? He expresses their
sentiments, he does their will. If not,
lvhy does not General Beaver take
him by the throat and see that the
| pledges of the convention are sus-
tained p b.. ..g... ...s..f d.
| If l.l he has # not enough moral
courage to do this he is incompetent.
If he can conscientiously approve the
conduct Of this campaign he is morally
1uuworthy to be Governor. of Pennsyl-
Jania, r, ..N .t .,f,g. ...i .....,I.....,-
! The only time that he ever rose
above the sitting mud Of Cameronism
was when, breathing the pure air of
| Bucks county, he said that the Sena-
tor was very little man, Afterwards
/ he explained by saying that he refer
red to- Camerons, physical insignit-
dance Strange thing to say about a
man who stands six feet in his stock
ings. ..,.. ., ID. .....I...r..t.t ...,..i
! The same week Agriculturist Cam
! erou came to Philadelphia to attend 4
dinner at the Farmers Club, He sum
lmoned Philadelphia's business men
| about him. lie heard their views of
the campaign He bounded from his
seat and with lowering brow, clenched
/ fist, fierce eyes--oh, what a subject for
a painter how like the scene when
Satan and Death met on the confines
Of that great contlagration which
Henry Ward Beecher has Just eXtin,
suished-he shouted, This fight
y shall be fought ont on this ticket, aud
lif | go down it will be with flying
4 colers,' Not the party, ii. Donald
Cameron. ., ,ur -......... .-...,,
u There was another convention il
| Philadelphia on May "a. 1t has stood
by its platform. John Stewart has
d carried its banner, and not stain
marks its glorious folds They hay,
met him with blackguardism rather
than with argument. .< ....
Three hundred thousand out of foul
hundred thousand Republicans of thi,
State feel as | do, but too many o.
; them fear to take my stand because
they think that they cannot elect JohI
Stewart. | vote not for success, bu
for the tight, ... I... ... .s.
, The Republican party is sensiat,
being--it has soul. Bestripped o
} the pure breath of its being, | spur
with contempt its dismembered limb,
, and putrescfnt body, The old cry o
, Democratic victory has too long bee
= the shibboleth of the bosses. w
! want party not for offices, not t
: confer offices upon unworthy men, bu
t for purpose which, founded on righ
e aud justice, means more and highe
3 things than the perpetuation of Can
; erons control. Some talk about III
9 loading Cameron by voting for hi
| ticket with q sort of mental reserve
l ton. This is no time for hating nov
t The fight is on, the gage has bee
y thrown down, the proclamation
t abroad, the bugles are ringing in OF
ears and the cause of Republican r.
o generation on the one hand and poll
0 ical slavery on the other is before u
o and we have our choice.