New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-15

| thought one way the Boss happened to think
another. "The primary allegiance OF the Con-
1vention was to him and not to the party IL
shamefuly recorded his DEGREES, abused the
trust confded to it, and outraged a public SEN
timent as pronounced and clearly defined as
though ascertained by popular vote"
There is no doubt about the truth ana inc
force of that statement. The remembrance OF
that outrage is still fresh in the minds OIL
Pennsylvania Republicans, and will have a
powerful effect in directing their votes thls
fall.
General Beaver, Mr. Cameron's candidate Tor
Governor has declared his purpose not ID De
put on the defensive in the present campaign.
He proposes to attack all the time, but we
doubt very much his ability to escape assuming
a defensive attitude upon the passage IN Sena-
tor Stewards speech following that which we
have Just quoted: 1.-THE scene shifts from
Harrisburg to Chicago, where MI. Cameron,
"as chairman Of the National Committee, ana
any distinguished opponent, General Beaver,
"as chairman of the Pennsylvania delegation,
combined to destroy the liberty OF the indi-
"vidual delegates, and cast the entire vote Oh
the State for one who was not the choice OF
"Our people, and against whose candidacy
they were irrevocably committed" mat Is
charge which General Beaver can neither
| ignore nor explain. Senator Stewart is merci-
| less in the pursuit OF his victim. After snow
| ing the Generals subserviency to the Boss IN
| the past, he convicts him of the same weakness
now by quoting from General Beavers opening
| speech of ten days previous a declaration that
| the civil service IS wisely administered" thus
| admitting that "he sees with perfect ana
absolute satisfaction the patronage OF an
Administration, and the spoils of Office given
| to political boss, to place where they VIII DO
the most good, not for the public, but to sustain
"a and support an autocratic power upon which
any distinguished friend has relied too much
| for his own promotion General Beaver will
| be able to infer from this that his opponents
are firing guns of too heavy calibre to permit
him to do all the attacking.
| Senator Stewart shows that he can defend AZ
well as attack. He has been accused by the
| Cameron faction of being sorehead," who
went into the Independent revolt because he
| had applied to the Camerons for office and
| been refused. He makes short work OF that
| cheap accusation in the following vigorous
passage:
Never by myself by another, by uttered speech or
written word, have asked from either father or son
any favor service political or otherwise. and chal-
enge them and their henchmen adherents and depend
ents to prove the contrary So that there may be no
doubt about this matter remove every restriction from
private correspondence II there be any, restrie
from private conversation, II there was any, and
ask only that witnesses shall speak the truth Before
that Basil have bowed and never will"
There is no toothache" equivOcation about
that denial. We commend it to Mr.. Cameron
as good model for him to follow. The indie
pendents are setting him good examples in
many ways. They are conducting their cam
paign with great wisdom. and they have
leader who so far does not weaken their cause
by laundering. They are appealing to the
Republican voters to take possession of the
! Republican party, and it looks very much now
as if their appeals were falling upon willing
ears. 1t is evident that the Independents are
willing that the Boss and his candidate should
be put in a position where they will appear to
be doing all the attacking Of one kind-that Is
the attacking of the Republican party.