New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-08
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again, not by the Republican party, not by the
Committee of the Republican party put ny tnc
party's selfelected Boss.
VIII it revive, and, if so, what kind OF body
will il be, and what authority can 1t exercise
Mr.. Lear says he shall neither attend nor send
n substitute, and declares that large numbers
of other former delegates will follow his ex-
ample As a delegate is empowered to name
his own substitute and nobody else is en-
powered to do it for him, how are these yacan-
cies in the convention to be tlledf Undoubt-
edly by the Boss, rs Mr.. Lear suggests. vi
course there will be no kicking among suDstl-
tutes so appointed. They will only ask what
the pleasure of the Boss is, fulfil 1t anu go nome
again. Why does Mr.. Cameron go through THIS
needless formalityf He deceives no one by 1t.
Why not issue his decree, saying he nils thc
vacancy on the ticket with such name, sign
il "By order of the Boss" tell the Republican
voters that if they refuse him support he will
smash the party, and go into the campaign with
a bold 'front.' That is really whf he is doing
with his bogus convention. If he wishes 10
hold a conference of Cameron henchmen at
Harrisburg, he has perfect right to do It, but
he ought not to make himself and the hench-
men absurd by calling the gathering RepnD-
lcan State Convention" To fiji vacancy on
the ticket by such an illegal and unauthorized
body is the height of folly. by doing 1t Mr.
Cameron takes away the only claim which his
ticket had for the support of loyal Republicans
that of regularity. lie will give every Re-
publican ample excuse for boiling all his can
ddates.
There is nothing more noticeable in the
whole Cameron campaign thus far than the
blunders of the Boss. OF course he mas had the
toothache. We recognize that, and give 1T its
full value as a set-ofl lie Numbered in letting
it be known that he had picked out his candl-
dates in advance. He Numbered in consentng
to a conference with the Independents and then
Shaping them in the face by rejecting the con-
ference agreement He Numbered in allowing
the Harrisburg Convention to adjourn without
giving itself or the State Committee power to
fill vacancies. He magnifed this blunder by
allowing the convention to pledge the party to
fair Republican conventions hereafter. lie
Numbered in going to Philadelphia, while he
had the toOthache aud there making his fatal
threat to oppose the tariff if his ticket were
not supported by the industrial interests OF the
State. He Numbered by making weak and
evasive denials of this threat. And now comes
his final blunder of breaking his own pledge
before the campaign has opened, and OF smash
Ing his own ticket by taking away its only
claim to Republican support Surely the most
"mpracticabe" of Independents never piled
up a mountain of plumbers like that within
few weeks. He has provoked two Republican
revols already and there is no telling how
many more may follow. The Independent
ticket, with mt least half the Republican voters
Of the State behind it, represents the first re-
volt. The chairman of the Cameron COnyen-
ton now heads the second, and there are many
indications that he has a considerable follow
ing of Republicans who until now have re-
manned with the Cameron faction.
What il to be the outcome ? 1t is well said
by Mr.. Lear tnat Cameron is the objective
point of the Independent revolt, and against
his political methods the opposition is organ
zed.n His demonstrations of arrogance are
offensive to every Republican of manly spirit"
and his "last demonstration proves that II the
party is to live it can be only 10y crOWdlng
such imperious rulers to the rear That
vast majority of the Republicans of Pennsyl-
vania are in favor of fair methods in politics
there can he no doubt. There are enough OF
them to elect Il fair ticket by a handsome
majority, but there are not enough OF tncm to
elect both Republican and Cameron ticket
There ought to be some way cut or this tangle
besides Democratic success. Mr.. Lear recon-
mends thai the two Republican Committees
unite in call for IL new convention to nOml-
nate a ticket which all Republicans can sup
port, the voters of the party being permitted
to choose the delegates without dictatlUn from
any source. We very much wish that this
could be done, but have little hope that the
Cameron Committee will have the courage to
consent to it. Another way suggested by Mr..
Lear is for the people to take the subject in
hand and form the ticket as they formed the
Republican patty" Harmony of some kind is
desired, but it is evident that there can be none
in Pennsylvania which does not have for its
object the overthrow of Bosssm.