The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-07-27
Fortunate Pennsyjs jsAnas (

Their State Convention has Bech con.
Quoted with perfect haflnDhYs the spirit
of the party is everywhera .ent nthudastfc,
and every Independents voter IN the
Keystone State, even without tie help
of the outspoken platform, would reg
ognize the ticket nominated at sHairis
burg as the only effectual rallyinS4point
Of the opposition to s.bosses IN this
year of revolts. Not one of all the
candidates named at Harrisburg wa SO
much as tainted with o. suspicion Of
.bossism. The nominee for Sow
ernor,, Comptroller Robert E. Pattison,
of Philadelphia. was elected to the inn
portant Office which he now fills in
1877, running somewhat ahead of his
ticket, but as the Republicans were then.
staggering under the weight of the
Hayes fraud of 1876, this fact attracted
little attention. Mr. Pattison made so
good a Comptroller, he SO distinguished
himself by his keen attention to the :
public interest and, his fearless opposi-
ton to all sorts, of iobbeft. that. not
withstanding some unpepnlaity with
one wing of his own party, he was re-
nominated in 1880, andfsoon developed
into such formidable Candidate. that
the Ring Republican standard bearer
was hastily Withdrawn and safernom-
inee substituted. Mr.. Pattison, hower.f
er, was reelected by an overwhelming
majority, running. Il, 900 votes. or about
twenty-five per cent. ahead of the Han
cock Electors, and carrying the CITY by
13, 600 votes, while the other Democrat
ic nominees were defeated by 10000
votes. This notable circumstance led
the World to commend Mr.. Pattison last
year to the Democrats of Pennsylvania
as an eligible nominee for Treasurer.
He has now been selected as the Guber-
material candidate of the party eFen in
preference to so strong and popular
Demncrat as Mr.. Eelley- Coke, of Lsl-s
zerne, and this selection gives the couu.
try the best tpossible assurance that the
Democrats of Pennsylvania hayeno idea
of aiding the Camerons. 1t will encour-
age the Independents to continue their
warfare, since not the most timid of re-
formers can excuse himself for failing to
support Mr.. Pattison by alleging that the
interests of the State would be safer in the
hands of General Beaver. 1t will be said
of course here and there that Mr.. Patti
SON S reputation is purely Philadelphian,
and that he may suffer as a candidate
from the long g-standing divorce between
the city and the rural districts. But it
must be remembered that only through
the vote of Philadelphia has the Key
stone State been kept in the Republican
column. and Mr. Pattison has already
shown himself capable of making for
midable inroad upon the Republican
majority. From still another point OF
view Mr.. Pattison's nomination is to be
commended. The Harrisburg Conven-
ton is the first great Democratic gath
ering of the year. Ithas assembled just
at the moment when the country is ask
| ing itself where the audacious extrava-
gance of the Republican majority in
Congress is to end, and what curb can
he put upon the impudent disregard OF
decency and of efficiency in the Civil
Service displayed by the Republican Ma
tional Committee and the Republican
| Administration. Mr.. Pattison' nominar
ton proves that on the greatliving issue
of economical and business-like Govern
ment the Democrats are sound beyond
peradTenture. Ex-Speaker Randalrs
denunciations of Republican reckless
at Harrisburg by the nomination of a
public officer of proved capacity and
integrity, whose strength with the indie.
pendent and respectable voters of his
State oyerlaps the lines of his own par.
ty. In this sense the nomination is
matter of National interest, and should
it ripen into an election, those who re-
member the political events of 1852 will
not be surprised to see it become mat
ter of National importance. Democrats
all over the country will do well to in
yite Republicans all over the country to
compare the Standard bearer of the
Democracy in Pennsylvania with his
rival. the agent OF "boss, committed
by machine convention to the policy
of addition. Division and Silence. 8
and pledged against reform in all its
lphases and shaoes.-N Y World.