Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-01
PEACE IN PIECES.
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
The Effort to secure Party Unity.

The Effort to Secure Party Unity.
Saturday night having been appointed
for the Independent and Stalwart Rep
ublican conference to meet at the Cont
mental hotel, Philadelphia, early in the
afternoon the Independent committee with
Assemblyman Mapes, Senator Mitchell
and few others met in Wharton Barker's
Office to agree upon some plan of action.
After long discussion it was agreed to
prepare an address embodying the views
of the committee to present to the Stall
wart committee and also to be given to the
public in case of disagreement at the con-
ference. 1t was also the expression of the
committee that the conference should
determine that General Beaver and all the
Cameron slate should be withdrawn and
the state convention adjourned until date
sufficiently late to allow Of the election of
delegates in all counties in which they
have been appointed. With a convention
composed OF delegates elected in this way,
as the free expression Of the Republicans
of the state, the Independents were will:
ing to accept as candidate General Beaver
Or anyone else the convention might nomi-
nate. These views were embodied III
written paper and signed by all the men,
bcrs of the committee.
The Independents did not get through
their conference until after O'Clock.
They sent to Mr.. Quay tho document they
had agreed uipon, and it became evident at
once that tine conference would DO abOrtive
ii any such demands were adhered to.
Tic conference had been called to meet at
z p. m.; but at that hour the room was
still dark. The Independents met again
and finally consented to waive the demand
for the pOstponement of the state conven-
tion and struck out of their docket any
mention of the name of Gen. Beaver.
They insisted, however, that there should
be 10 slate, and agreed that if the regular
convention which meets in Harrisburg on
May 10 should nominate satisfactory
candidate for governor, who would lie
recognized as the tool Of no man, then the
Independent convention, called to meet on
May "A in Philadelphia, would endorse the
ticket. The proposition of course. prac-
tically debarred Beaver from being a can
didate for governor.
The Stalwarts did not hold any confer
ence. Dir. Quay knew what was wanted
and that was all that was necessary. At
the suggestion of Mr.. Cooper, chairman
Of the state central committee, paper
was drawn up by Mr.. Reeder, embody-
ing tho following propositions !: l. That
no person should be submitted as a candi-
date to any state convention who was not
first indOrsed by the Republican voters of
tho county in which he lived 2. That
state conventions should not be held be-
fore June in each year 3. That dele
gates must be elected by the Republican
voters of the county and not be appointed
by county committees 4. That the basis
of representation in state conventions
should be according to the Republican
vote in each county. These four PROPOSE
tiOns were submitted to Senator Mitchell
and approved by him, and were then pre-.
sented to the conference committees.
This was the Stalwart trap set to ca ch
the Independent committee. 1t was
proposed that the conference committee
| agree to these four propositions, and then
submit them to the coming convention for
its approval, and that they be made to
govern future conventions, but not the one
already called. Of course this would leave
Mr.. Cameron to carry out his own will for
, :his year, and the future he could leave
to take care of itself. Moreover the propo.
sition to apportion the delegates according
to the Republican vote is acceptable to
| the Ring as it could largely increase the
number from Philadelphia, Allegheny,
Lancaster, Dauphip, and other counties in
which the Stalwarts can nearly always
| secure solid delegations.
The conference assembled at 9p. m. and
organized by the election of Wharton
Barker as chairman and Mr.. Reeves as
secretary. Mr. Comfy, of the Stalwart
Thomas A. Cochran, of Philadelphia, took
hiS v,lcoo NnhO1xy h,,f ho
present. Two papers were then submit
ted and the members began to speak in
support of them. Although reporters
were carefully excluded the speakers could
be heard laying their arguments pro and
| con. Mr.. Wolfe first spoke and main-
tanned that the time had come when def.
ercnce must be paid to the wishes of the
Republican voters aud not to the wishes
Of any one man or set Of men. He said in
substance that all he and his associates
desired was the good of the party and that
they were determined to give the people
an opportunity to be heard. Ie pleaded
for harmony, but said that if it could not
be brought out of this conference the con.
sequences must be upon the boss system
He and his associates said plainly that if
the slate was nominated a second Repub-
lican ticket would DO placed in the field.
Mr.. Quay denied that there was any
slate, or that there had been any inter-
ference by Senator Cameron Or any one
else with the wishes cf the people. Cen
eral Beaver, he said, was the choice of the
people, as expressed by the election of
delegates, and he did not think rs a COM
mittee of private citizens that it would be
becoming to attempt to interfere. He
was, however, willing to do all he could
for conciliation, but he would not consider
candidates. Then followed long discus
sion over the merits Of the propositions
submitted. AT midnight it was evident
that No agreement could be reached,
though there was q possibility of meeting
on some common ground. The conference
then agreed not to divulge any of the pro-
ceedings and adjourned until Monday at
4p. IN.
One of the members said after the ad-
journment that the conference would prob
ably agree to some general recommenda-
tions, but would not come to any agree
ment that would avoid two state conven-
tions and probably two Republican tickets.
Saturday at the Fair.
The fair of St. Mary's church steadily
increases in popularity, and Saturday was
the biggest day of all. In the evening the
opera house was crowded. The following
articles were CHANGED off Lamp, on the