Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-09-06
"BreakIng Up The Party

"Breaking Up NE FaFty.
When the Independents Ct Penn
sylvania are challenged by some per-
sistent place seeker, or INSCRIPTIONS
spoils-peddler, with a demand to know
whether they want, or whether they
mean, "to break up the party" his
urgency and anxiety are altogether
more ridiculous than important.
Whatever interferes with tie poll
tlcians' shemes seems to them like a
rendIng of the political pillars Of the
nation. If n job which they have in
good progress il rudely overthrown,
they are quite sure that the party IL
destroyed. The party" to them is
simply u beast of burden and very
patient, long-eared animal it often
proves itself-to carry their schemes
safely into market
1t has long been known that in the
making Of omelette, it j. necessary 20
( break some eggs. Undoubtedly
something will be broken in the course
Of the present Pennsylvania campaign.
That il. in fact, the precise object Of
the Pennsylvania Independent nov
ment They propose to uProot. by 81
emphatic and direct exertion Of pop
ular Strength, some Of the abuses
which have been fastened upon the
conduct Of their party and upon the
administration Of pubic affairs. This
will no doubt break up" somebody's
schemes. If Senator Careron has
given assurances, to this person or
that. with reference to the election
of 1888, and 1884, aud lss5, and so
on. these arrangements may very prob
ably be disturbed. They are among
the eggs that will get broken. The
| designation Of General Beaver for the
Governorship was made u good while
ago, and thus has the dignity Of are as
well o. the sanctity Of the machine"
stamp, but even IL IL very certain to
be rudely handled
TO any, therefore, who think tha:
the party is simply an organization
for Office getting and spOils-disGribu-
ting, aud who fear an earnest and
vigorous popular uprising, because
they know that their private schemes
will thereby suffer, it ia not worth
while to present any words Of pre-
tended comfort. Let the hcathen
rage, let the jobbers and the spoils-
men howl. Every cry from them is
additional evidence that reconstruc-
tlon is in progress which will I've to the
| public benefit
But it should be said, with just as
much dIrectness and positivess, that
there j. no purpose among those who
support the candidates OF the Phili-
delphia Convention to distract the
organization in behalf OF Republican
principles, or to impair in the least
degree the force with which they are
maintained. Ii il the object of the
Independent movement to plant the
| Republican standard on sure gronnd,
where the party can rally around it.
and where it will do so for the greater
campaign Of 1884. This movement il
the conservator Of real Republicanism.
1t is making it possible for intelligent
and earnest citizens to hold on to the
name Of Republicans, and not feel
themselves discreditcd. In the en-
brace Of the Dorscys, the Bradys, the
Iubbells, and all of their genus-not
to mention by name the men who rep
resent it in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
canism would come to mean little
that any good citizen could be proud
OF, and this effort in casting of their
control, will be to the advantage OF
party as a national organization, as
suring its further usefulness to the
country, aud so justifying its further
control of public affairs.
Regarding "the party" therefore, as
n voluntary association. on the basis OF
principle, to forward measures which
will put the principle in action. it may
be answered, most emphatically,
that the Independent Republican
movement is not only intended nor
calculated to "break il up" but is, on
the contrary. the sure means of pre-
serving and strengthening it. The
men who are going to vote Mr..
Stewart mean to do so because they
are earnestly devoted to Republican
principles, and because they see that
these are being trampled in the dust