New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-30

Dirty OF PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS
The unusually wise action of their Dem
ocratic opponents ought to impress upon the
Republicans of Pennsy lvania the imperative
duty of harmOnizng their differences anu
coming together in support of new ana
strong ticket. The time for hesitation mas
passed. The Democrats have nominated
candidate for Governor against whom nothlnS
can be said save that he is lacking i'll age and
experience and hes been nominated by
Democrats lie is reformer as well as
Democrat, and is a man into whose hands the
friends of good government can view tue pos
sibility of the State 5 passing without positive
alarm His brief public career has been de-
voted largely to the best interests OF the cltl-
zens of Philadelphia, without regard to party,
and if he were ten years older and not Demo
crat he would be an almost ideal candidate
for Governor He is the best and strongest
man the Democrats could have selected ana
his nomination will make it much easier Tor
many conscientious Republicans to defeat their
own party, if that extreme remedy should I'm
happily be necessary, in order 10 crush out
Bosslsm.
But strong and worthy man as Mr.. Pattison
and better. We doubt if Mr.. Stewart, the
Independent nominee, is i'll any way his IN
ferior. In political associations and IN expert
encc of affairs, he is certainly his superior
But Mr.. Stewart is the candidate OF only a
portion of his party. We should hail with
great pleasure his withdrawal in favor OF some
equally worthy man whom the whole Republic
can party would be willing to support. what
we want to see is the election of a Republican
Governor and a Republican Administrations
1t is evident enough that neither an lndepen-
dent nor Cameron Governor can he elected SO
long as both are in the field. 1t is also evident
that no ticket which is tainted with BOssism
can hone for success, even If there were no
Independent candidate with reformer like Mr..
Pattison to draw away independent votes.
If Mr. Cameron were true Republican who
loved his party more than himself he would
Withdraw his already beaten ticket and confess
his defeat. Bat he is not that kind of a man.
What he will not do for his party, tie masses of
the party should do ior themselves. They
should brush him and his Boss system aside,
and ASSUME dire ction of their own affairs. We
hear it said that the leaders of both factions
have become too embittered to make cordial
reunion possible. If this be so, and we do not
believe it is, the same thing cannot be said
trthlully of the Republican voters. They are
deeply concerned by the situation OF affairs,
and are looking eagerly for harmonious sOlu
ton. The leaders will make Il grave mistake
if they hinder rather than heed the demands
of their followers
Election il still four months away and there
is ample time for beginning all preliminary
work over again. new convention could be
called easily enough, which could be depended
upon to speak for the whole party. AS for the
new ticket, there would be no trouble about
that. Granting all that can be said OF Mr.
Pattison, it still remains fact that he is Il
Democrat, standing on meaningless Demo-
cratic platform, and that his election would be
Democratic triumph. If he were to succeed
to the GovernOrshp, his accession to power
might be accompanied by Democratic control
of the next Congress, for there is no predicting
how widespread OF how fatal the Republican
dissensions may prove if they are allowed to
extend to the Congressional Districts. large
majority of the voters of Pennsylvania are OPP
nosed to such "A victory as this. What they
want is an opportunity to vote for sound Re
publican ticket nominated by the whole party
and headed by a man who is as earnestly re-
former as Mr.. PattisOn is, and who Is mt the
same time Republican,. Reform through
Democratic means has never proved success,
and the people look upon any promise OF 1t
with Just suspicion.