Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-28
NO HARMONY NEED APPLY.
The Independent Republicans of Penn
sylvauis Decline to Amsleamate.l


sylvauis Decline to AmsleamateI
PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-The independent
Republican state committee has formally re-
jected all Stalwart propositions for harmony
and is now framing reply.
Following is the reply:
Chas. n. Cooper, Esq, Chairman OF the
Republican State CommIttee-Dear Sir: am
instructed TO advise you that the Independent
republican state committee have considered
the four suggestions contained in the minute
proceedings OF your committee forwarded To
me by you the 18th inst,
am directed to say that this committee find
that none of the four are methods by which a
naiInonlous and honorable unity of the Re-
publican voters of Pennsylvania could he oh
tanned. All of them are inadeouate IN that
end Tor the reason that they afford NO guarantee
that, being accepted, the pripeipIe unon
which the Independent Republicans have
| taken their stand would not be treated with
respect or PUT into action. All of them CON
tain probability that an attempt 10 unite
the Republicans of the state by their means
would either result in reviving and strength
ening the political dictatorship which we con.
denim, or would permanently distract the Re-
publican body and insure the continued
triumph of our common opponent, the Demo-
cratic party. OF your suggestions, the first,
second and fourth are so Inadequate as 10
leave no separate discussion.
The third, which alone may demand after
| tion, has fatal defect in not including the
withdrawal OF that "stated" ticket, which
was made up many months ago and long in
| advance OF the Harrisburg convention, TO
1 represent and TO maintain the very evils of
control and abuses of method to which we
| stand opposed. This proposition, like the
| Others, supposlng it sincerely put forward,
clearly shows that you misconceive the causes
OF the independent movement as we'll as its
aims and purposes. You assume thai we de-
| sire 10 measure the respective members of
those who support the Harrisburg and those
who tind their priTciples expressed by the
fnliadelphla convention, This is a complete
aud fatal Misrepresentation. We organize to
promote certain reforms and not abandon
them in pursuit of votes.
Our object Is the overthrow of the "boss"
and OF the "spoils" system. In this we are
| willing and anxious to join hands with Won
whenever 1t is assured it will
be honestly and earnestly for
| this purpose, but we can't make
alliances or agree to compromises which on
their face threaten the very object of the
movement in which we have engaged.
| Whether your ticket has the support of the
| many or the few, of the msiority or the mi
norlty OF Republican voters, does not affect
| us in the smallest degree. Every citizen is
asked to record himself against the abuses
which 1t represents. Had the gentlemen who
compose 1t been willing to withdraw them
selves from the field as they were invited To
join In doing for the common good by the To-
depe ndent Republican candidates, this act
would have encouraged the hope that new
convention freely chosen by the people and
unembarrassed by the claims Of candidates
might have brought forth the needed guaran-
tee oil party emancip patton and public reforms
Ihls service, however, they have declined
TO render their party. They not only
4 cd
| surances OF support, but they permit
themselves to be put forward 10 secure the
| use OF Independent Republican votes At the
same time they represent the bossism and
| spolls methods and the machine mana cement
| which we are determined no longer to tolerate.
The manner IN which their candidacy was
decreed, the means employed to give it to the
convention, the formality OF the obligations
which they incur by it, the political methods
| with which it Identifies, and the political and
personal plans for which their official in
nuence would be required, all join to make it
the most imperative public duty not to give
| them support at this election under any cir
/ cumstances.
| In closing this note this committee must
express It's regret that having considered 1t de-
| slrable to make oyertures to the independent
| Republicans, you should have so far misap-
pretended the facts of the situation 1t is our
desire to unite the Republican party on the
sure ground OF principle
| In the confidence that we are thus serving il
with the highest fidelity, and PRESERVE for
the future service of the commonwealth that
vitality OF Rcpublicansm which mas made the
party useful IN the past, and which alone con.
iers upon 1t a new right of continued exist
ence' the only method which promises this re.
suit in the approaching election is that pro-
posed by the independent Republican candi.
dates in their letter of July Is, 1882, which was
positively rejected by your committee. On
behalf of the independent Republican state
committee OF Pennsylvania.
| [Signed +. d. MCKEE. Chairman
The reading was Interrupted by applause
several times, and a motion directing the
officers of the independent state committee to
forward the letter to the regular Republican
committee az the independents reply was
adopted amid great enthusiasm.
The committee then went into executive
session.