Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-06-01
Cameron ARinst Cameron.

the sense of the Republican party,
that we condemn the use of patron.
age to promote personal ends, and re.
quire that all offices bestowed within
the party shall be upon the sole basis
of fitness" This declaration in itself
would seem TO be fair enough 1t par
takes strongly Of the flavor of civil SER
vice reform, so ardently taught, but SO
shamefully neglected By the unexam-
Piled fraud known rs K. +. Hayes. If
the principle contained in the dcclara.
ton were to be carried out, Cameron
would at once lose his hold upon power
and instead Of being regarded a pow
crful and unscrupulous leader Of the
Republican party he would be a pigmy
among small men. That there il "A de.
mand in the Republican party for re-
form, and that in relation 10 the very
question contained in the first re-olu-
tion of the platform adopted at Har-
risurg no sane man doubts. The de-
maud for reform was 50 strong that
even Cameron, used n he il, TO defy
public opinion, was willing aud anx-
ious to cater to, and did in every line,
aud in each resolution Of the platform
that day adopted. But the delegates
+ Of the convention have scarcely reach.
cd their homes until Cameron begins
to practice directly the reverse Of the
/ principle declared in the platform and
upon the good faith Of which he ask.
for his party new lease Of power.
Wiley, the revenue collector Of Ian.
caster, n faithful officer is turned out
aud Kaufman, a machine man, take.
his place. Ruian, one Of Camerour
licutenants, gets his marshalship, and
the civil service promised is again set
at naught: jackson Is nominated 20
the place 20 long, faithfully aud hon
/ estly filled by Sullivan, and the decla-
ration that confident and faithful
officers should not be removed except
for cause" stands only to show the
hypocriey the Harrisburg convention
is willing and ready to practice upon
the people Of the commonwealth.
If there had not been, and was not
now a strong demand for reform in
the Republican party, these declara.
tions would never have been adopted.
1t is presumed by the chief boss and
his lieutenauts that by holding out
these pledges to the people they will,
at least once more, ratify at the polls
the work of their convention.
The practices of Cameron as against
his theory to-day, are as cruel and
cautious but as determined and devil.
ish as they we're at Chicago the same
bitterness, selfshness and intolerance
that led TO assassination, because il
paved the way to murder Is shown
now in the management Of the party.
A man belonging to the Pennsylvania
delegation at Chicago who does not
wear one Of the bronze badges made
for the 306 need not apply. For exer-
cising their manhood they are pro.
scribed, or to use the language Of the
vulgar, Spotted" and Cameron in bis
late interview in Philadelphia declared
"that these damned independents must
be crushed
In view of this we would like TO
know what the decent Republicans
are going ts do? There are men in
the Republican party that We know
despise hypocricy. They hate being
controlled by boss, and yet they have
never once protested. They have al.
ways alleged that it was better to bear
all this hypocricy, TO endure all the
power of the boss and ifs system than
TO have the Democratic party in
power, or even vote the Democratic
ticket, but now these men have a
ticket made up of men who have been
more faithful TO the Republican party
than any of The bosses, or any man on
the boss ticket, ticket made up Of
men iust as loyal TO the'oountry n any
man On the boss ticket, = ticket with
men on Ii whose honesty, ability and