Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-16
INDuRslNG MIR. MITCHELL.

Cheering Messages From over The state
Washington Dispatch to The Times,
If anybody could have any doubts as to
the genuineness Of the Independent boom
in Pennsylvania such doubts might be set
at rest by glance at the mass of letters
daily received by Senator Mitchell. These
letters come from every part of the state
and from representative men of every
county. They come by hundreds. Since
the convention every mail is burdened
with the evidence that the junior senator
has struck the popular chord. Every
letter breathes the spirit of self congrat-
ulation that in this movement Of political
reform a senator from Pennsylvania has
risen to the demands Unpopular leadership.
They are cOngratulatory, suggestive, con
demnatory of bossism and full of patriotic
fire. BY request tho Times correspondent
was shown somc of these letters taken at
random from the hundreds recently re-
ceived and permitted to get brief extracts.
In no other way could the diverse ideas
of representative people of Pennsylvania
be better presented, perhaps, than in the
following excepts. Here is wha. an Inde-
pendent member of last years Legislature
telegraphs "Your first order il glorious.
Now to the people. Bossism is doomed"
From letter received to day from a
prominent Philadelphia Republican and
member of the Union Leage: 81 was so
delighted to read your dispatch to Mr..
Merrick, published this morning, that I
hope you will excuse this expression of
my feelings, 1t has the true ring, and if
your advice is followed it will make
independents regulars" Here is one
from a prominent member Of the
committee of one hundred: "We arc
rejoiced over your dispatch, published
this morning. 1t has the clear ring.
Public opinion is coming around alright.
This is from lettor by an editor of a
Republican paper in southern Pennsylva-
MIA. He says: Il cannot resist the
temptation to write you my hearty ap-
proval of your course in taking the ma
chine bull by tho horns. The best inter-
ests of the future of our grand old party
demand its liberation from the continued
control of tho machine power, and
I am delighted to sec you step
of the true Republicans of the Key
stone." A representative man, who was
a delegate to the convention of 1880 and
who had brother in the late Harrisburg
convention, writes, "Your protest against
tho Cameron dynasty is joyfully received
here in this boss ridden county. The
elimination of the only important clause
from the coEference resolutions, the one
relating to representation, leaves Cameron
in possession of all the minority counties,
and with the assistance of his few lieuten-
ants in Republican circles, he is able to
control the conventions. was in the con-
vention on Tuesday" Speaking of dele.
gate in the convention tho writer says
"I know his sentiments, which arc anti
Cameron, but he dare not assert
his preferences, he being the post
master Of -; dare not, or off
would go his head. He is young
man just beginning in life, and his Cir
cumstances are such that he may not defy
the bosses as did in 1880. Dear Sena-
tor, if our beloved Garfield had lived
Cameron would not have nominated Gen.
Beaver. Had he been alive this delegate
and scores more like him would have gone
to Harrisburg FREQ men. How unfOrtun-
ate for our party was Garfield's death.
One man only of tho delegates from this
county had the manhood to throw off
CamerOn's yoke and vote as freeman in
the convention. lmm ediately he was threat
ened and badgered by those people and told
that his political life would be taken.
They even in the bacchanalian revelry
made bold to assault him in his room at his
hotel. Such base means as these are en-
ployed to terrorize and hull-doze Repub.
licans. can't hear this any longer and
hundreds of my personal friends say they
cannot. We will not follow in the foot.
steps of this corrupt and unpatriotic horde
any longer. Go Oh and nominate straight
clean Republican ticket and you will bury
Cameron and his Philistines forever"