Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-06-28
NO. 80

This was the situation when the Ha
risburg Convention assembled. Tw
J prominent appointments bad been SCI
the Senate by the President, but the
confirmation had heen delayed .undt
I objections from Senator Mitchell
Cheering Here was an opportuD't /
for the convention to show its earnes
ness and sincerity in the work it ha
in hand. Here was one Senator nobl
battling against the power of an &C
ministratiou for the very principl
which this convention endorsed, auC
another just as determinedly battlin.
against it, with an administration
giving him its support.
WAS 1T CRAVEN FEAR
or absolute insincerity that silenceC
that convention with reference to thi.
contention? leave you to judge
asLirg you to remember that as body
it was in closest sympathy with Mr.
Cameron, nomioating his Christmas
ticket, anG eador4ed the administration
of the President. who boasts that ht
knows nothing of 'abstract politics.
Please explai.', il you can, the sinceii-
~ or consistency of convention which
would adopt such civil service plat.
form as that adopted at Harrisburg,
and at the same time applaud an ad-
ministraLion which deals in practical
politics. only. But that is not all:
within a week after the adjournment
of the convention our lenior Senator
showed his .aith in is platform bv
pressing to a confirmation the suspend
ed appointments aud starting the
guillotine a.fesh. Nor is this all ten
days ago in The city of Harrisburg, my
distinguished Competitor, General
Beaver, the nominee of the Harrisburg
Convention, in public speech, as if to
show that b, bad independence 100,
and an honesty aud capdor of speech
superior to the men who nominated
b IN, boldly declared that the civil
service was wisely administered
The convention which nominated him
declared it was not wisely administered.
1t saw abuses General Beaver sees
Done. 1t declared for refor n /; General
Beaver can 6od nothing to reform. 1t
declared that public Offices must not be
used for personal political ends; Gen.
Beaver holds otherwise, and sees with
perfect and absolute satisfaction the
patronage of an administration, and
The spoils Of oaice given to a political
Boss, to place W here they will do the
most good. not for the public, but to
sustain and support an autocratic
power upon which my distinguished
i..iend has relied 100 much for his own
APPLAUSE
And so / say; that judged by what
it did as we'll as what it failed to do;
judged by the declarations aud conduct
Of our seuior Senator both before and
after the convention; judged by the
bold and fearless speech of its chief
the convention of the 10Th
May last made a mockery of civil
service reform, and ,rihed with the
earnest convictions aud settled purposes
of tbe :. ee Republicans of Pennsylvania.
In coutrast with this place the
at ion of the Philadelphia Convention.
Following Immediately Ter, with a
purpose 70 Int the party out of its
bondage 10 the Machine, it recognized
the one great question of commanding
Importance and interest to the people,
and sought to place the party in posi-
ton 10 accomplish the great reform
which is imperaiively demanded. To
a civil service not regulated by the
will or pleasure of political managers,
but regulated by law, the free and in
dependent Republicans of Pennsylva-
MIA are pledged and irrevocably COM
mitted.
IT rs THEIR CREED
and their battle cry. We challenge
for their platform the closest scrutiny.
It's lines are clear and precise and you
can read no, bing between them but an
hone. purpose to make good its de-
mands. Nor do the c-1didai es falsify
their declarations o. principles. Excuse
me for the reference end yet l know
of no more emphatic way for a conven-
zion to bet ay it's own i1sinceriIy than
to place in nomination Candidates who
are not in acco.'d with lis declaration
of PRINCIPLES. l have no.b'ng to say
in vindica.ion of the candidates OF The
Philadelphia Convention. This much,
however, l make bold to say: if there
is anything in the political life OF
reco d of any of them which makes
him an mp. oper or unworthy repre-
sentative of this cause of refolm, with
hold i.om that man your support.
Honored by that convention wi b a
place upon it's ticket, l dare not forget
that, i,om one no better Known than
myself, you are entitled to something
more than simple acceptance of lis
doctrines. You ave at least entitled,
when a public charge is made asaiost
my constituency, to prompt aud en-
phatic denial, if the charge be untrue.
In a public speech at Harrisburg few
days ago, General Beaver said that the
mOJlVeS WUlCu BOtcIbCu IuC AuuOPOh-
dents in their present movement would
be made public This announcement
was quickly followed by vituperative,
anonymous communication in a Phila.
delphia journal, since copied into others,
in which it is stated that | had repeat.
edly and in vain sought the political
favor and aid of Senator Cameron and
his distinguished father, and because oi
disappointment 10 this regard | had
joined my political fortunes with the
Independents beg permission right
here to answer the charge. Neither
by myself or by another, by uttered
speech or written word, have l asked
from either father or son any favor Oh
service, political or otherwise, and
challenge them and their he1cbmen, ad
herents and dependents to prove tc
the contrary. So that there may bt
no doubt about this matter, | remove
every restriction from private corre4