Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-11-15
A Manly Declaration.

have swallowed up the form of the dis
graced warrior.
A Manly Declaration.
Don Cameron closes his last cam
paign with his greatest blunder. BY
foolishly attempting to bully Govern.
or Hoyt into subsection he has driven
him to open revolt 1t has been
known for weeks that the Governors
sympathies were with the lndepend.
ents, but he naturally felt some delica-
cy in avowing them openly. He was
nominated and elected Governor by
the aid of the machine methods which
the Independents are seeking to de-
stroy, and he could not turn against
Cameron without subjecting himself
to charge of ingratitude. He was,
therefore, keeping silent and taking no
part in the campaign. This did not
suit Don Cameron. After the usual
Boss style, he cracked his whip over
the Governor and attempted to force
him to the support of General Bea-
yer. He ordered his Harrisburg or
gan to attack him as warning of his
coming wrath, and then spread
abroad report that the Governor was
about to declare allegiance to Beaver
No longer ago than Friday morning a
letter was published by tool of Cam
eron in Harrisburg saying that the
writer had received letter from the
Governor in which he declared him.
self friend and supporter of the Bea-
yer ticket. This appears to have goaded
the Governor into open revolt, for on
Saturday he publishes his letter of
emancipation
1t is a remarkable document. We
can readily believe that it will infu-
ence thousands of Republicans who
were intending to support Beaver to
cast their votes for Stewart. 1t is
the voice of one machine. Governor
warning the people against electing an
other when | reflect" he says,
upon the humiliation put upon my
self as Chief Magistrate for resisting
some of the purposes of the machine,
which puts politics above administra-
tive propriety, and when | reflect up
on the force of the insulting methods
applied to myself by means of threats,
intrigue and bad faith, 1 realize some
of Cardinal Wolsey's regrets that he
had only served his God with half the
zeal he had served his king" That
was the impressive outburst of q man
who has found machine dictation in
tolerable He cannot maintain his
self respect and keep silent: "In the
name of decency and in behalf of my
successor, | wish to emphasize the
curse of the whole business and
sound note of warning to the whole
people," We presume that this dec
laration will be sufficient to end the
foolish talk about unloading Cameron
and electing Beaver at the same time.
Governor Hoyt shows that the Boss
considers the Office of Governor his
personal property, to be used as he
shall dictate, without regard to the
welfare of the whole people. The
surest way to cure him of that notion
is to defeat his candidate and thus
show him that hereafter the Republi-
cans of the State and not Don Came
ron will select the candidate.
Governor Hovt has had the courage
to break away from the curse of the
system which helped to elect him, but
does anybody suppose that General
Beaver would be man enough to do
the same if be was elected ? Assured
ly not He has refused to pledge
himself to Independent action on the
ground that it "would be just as dis
honorable to pledge ones self against
a man as for him." He says he would
rather not be Governor than unload
the boss who is so absolute dictator
that, in the language of the present
Governor, "in all the space between
abject submission and rebellion no
place is given for appeal, argument
or protest" General Beaver thinks
it would be dishonorable for him to
pledge himself to prefer the welfare
of the people to the interests of such a
Boss, and he must be taken at his
word The people will listen to the
voice of experience as it is uttered by
Governor Hoyt and leave Beaver to
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as machine Governor the present Ex-
ecutive sounds "note OF warning to
the whole people" that the position is
intolerable to any honest, patriotic
man. There was hardly chance for
Beavers election before this letter was
published, and we presume there is
none whatever now. Every true and
loyal Republican in the State has but
one course to follow, and that is to
vote the Independent ticket. In that
way Cameron and his system can be
overthrown, the party emancipated
from it's curse, and the future secured.
N y Tribune.
Distribution of Wool.
About twenty five per cent of the
entire production of domestic wool
during the census year 1880, came
from two States, Ohio and California,
the former with 100000 pounds,
and the latter with 1900. 900 pounds;
in 1870 the product of the former was
10000, 900, and of the latter l,000,-