Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-08-30
POLITICAL POINTS.
Notes of WI hat IIc Parties and
Politicians are Doing and
Saying in Penn'a.

the appointment of the new pension
clerks OF the forty-fve apportioned
to Pennsylvania, fifteen, or one-third
of them, were appointed by Senator
Cameron and none by Senator Mitchell.
Yet one of these gentlemen is as much
the representative Of the people OF the
State as the other. The rule seems to
be that no Independent need apply
Huntington Journal, Rep.
THE Pennsylvania State League, al
organization Of colored men, met at
Wiliamsport last Tuesday week. Will
liam Nesbit. its President, was indors-
ed for the Assembly nomination by
the Republicans OF Blair county. Will
liam D. Forten, from the Committee
on Business, presented an elaborate ad-
dress to the people of Pennsylvania in
behalf of the Republican party, and
pledging the League to "the hearty
support of General Beaver and the
regular Republican ticket" AT mass
meeting in the evening General Bea-
yer delivered an address.
GENERAL BEAVER has not yet re-
piled to Senator Stewards challenge to
discuss the political situation on the
stump. General Beaver can accept
the proposal and strer gthen himself in
the contest. 1t will afford him a
splendid opportunity to assure the
people that, if elected, he will not pros
titute his office to prolong boss rule in
the State. Such declaration will
enthuse the thousands of Republicans
opposed to the machine, but who feel
under obligation to support the regular
ly nominated candidate. Such a course
would weaken his opponents ana
strengthen himself 4 failure to ac-
cept would be construed as a refusal to
define his position as between the ma
chine and the people and would be a
mistake.--Mercer Republican.
CANDIDATE GREER GIVES HIS VIEWS OF
THE POSITION.
The usual deafth Of news prevailed
at the headquarters of the several State
Committees yesterday. Chairman
Cooper, of the Stalwarts, professed an
utter ignorance of any fresh novelties
in bis peculiar branch of the political
campaign, and the only thing OF i'm
portance that could be observed in his
office was the systematic process 0i
mailing the Life and Services" of
candidate Beaver throughout the State.
A noticeable feature of this great act
of the Regular Republican Committee
was comprised in the fact that the
books sent yesterday were mainly di-
rected to the clergymen OF different de-
nominations il al the cities and towns
of the Commonwealth. Fey promi-
nent visitors were announced as having
called during the day but as Hon.
John M. Greer, the candidate for Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs left the side of
Chairman Cooper after long consul
tation, he was accosted by Press re-
porter. When questioned as to his
knowledge of the campaign Mr.. Greer
was as ignorant, to all appearance, as
if he had been asked leading questions
Ia regard to the African deserts now
protected by Arab Pacha. "My dear
SIR" quoth the candidate, Il have
travelled very little through the interior
counties and cannot speak of my own
knowledge concerning them or the vote
they will cast in November. [ hear,
though"-added Mr.. Greer, and there
he stopped as If he had lost all sense of
sound or speech. An impatient move
ment of friend, who twitched his
sleeve, recalled the attention of Mr..
Greer to the sense of touch and recol-
lection. 81 am In hurry to leave
town, bnt | can tell you from personal
observation that in Cambria, Jefferson,
Indiana, Westmoreland, Armstrong,
Washington and Milflin counties the
Independent ticket will poll very few
votes, much less than they had cast
for Wolfe year ago. In Blair county
they may get 500 votes and no more,
and our friends up there are positive
that they will not get 800. Give them
500, yes, 500 votes" added Candidate
Greer, as he hurried!y walked out
Chestnut street in the direction Of the
Broad street station of the Pennsyl Iva
MIA railroad.
At the Democratic Headquarters
Chairman Hensel was announced as
absent on duty at the Changers meet
ing in Williams Grove, and Secretary
Kirtner had nothing to say. "No
news, no nothing" was his rejeinder
to the stereotyped question. "Only l
understand that Hensel mas gone to
join Beaver, Stewart and the other
Changers at their camp fire." At the
| dependent headquarters Secretary
Leach pleasantly said: 1t is the same
old story-nothing to publish. Phil
adelphia Press, dug. 25h.
CAMPAIGN AMMUNITION.
!. Four hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
persons were appointed to clerkships
in the Pension Bureau last week
There was not the slightest attempt
made to observe any civil service re-
form rules. The appointments were
apportioned among the States and
then among the Senators and Repre-
sentatives of each State. Senator
Cameron, of course, got big slice
ne uamed elSuleen ouJ OF IennSyiFa-
MAS quota of forty-one. John D.
White, one of the 306 and Congress-
man, of Kentucky, the man that led
the Kentucky delegation to vote thirty
six times for Grant, named ta0enty-one
out of the twenty-iOur appointments
given to that State This most indie
cent and demoralizing distribution
of plumber is made in open and shame
less violation of every public pledge
of the Republican party for many
years, and ia as open and shameless
violation of the pledges of the Presi-
dent of the United States Senator
Cameron's part in it shows just how
much regard he has for the platform of
his convention.
g A Mr. Stover of Bucks county,