The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-05-31


selves Independent Ree9blicansI'
proclaimed in advance ofAe Resu-
lar Republican Conventl1a that il
would not Represent popchr senti-
ment, that ne delegates vould Be
mainly selected By county commit
tees, that the candsdates 0sre q asla-
teds in advance, and that Senator
Cameron favored the election of
most Of them.
In due time the Republican Con-
vcntion assembled, every county in
the State was fully represented 'y
delegates chosen in accordance with
the rules adopted by and governing
the party in the various counties,
and when the delegates came TO-
gether, q majority of the ticket WAS
agreed upon without a dissenting
voice, and a majority Of it was also
conceded to the so-called Independ-
en.s. Never before was such sEir-
it of conciliation and harmony ex-
hibited in State convention, and
never before was a ticket nominated
whose members were admitted
to be more capable, honest, and
above reproach. But the Independ-
ents, who had determined in ad-
vance to be satisfied with no ticket
that might be nominated, renewed
the cry that the convention did not
represent the people, that the ticket
was the ticket of the bosses, and
that another ticket must be placed
in nomination by delegates chosen
directly by the people, and not by
county committees, or at the dicta-
ton of the bosses. Well, that new
convention assembled and nomina-
ted the ticket above. How were the
delegates to it chosen. and whom did
they represent? In the first place,
eleven counties of the State had no
representation in the convention,
and number of others had only q
partial representation. How the
delegates who were present were
elected we are beginning to learn a.
reports from the different counties
come in. Thus, the delegates from
a portion of Luzerne were elected |"
by a few persons who met in the
law Office of George w. Leech, and
from another portion in the law Of
flee of c. +. Hill; the delegates from
York were elected I" in the print
ing Office of the York Republican on
the motion of its editor, who was
temporary chairman of the con-
vention - the delegates from the
great county of Montgomery were
elected" by nineteen gentlemen
meeting in council chamber; but
one delegate went from the great
State of Berks, and he was John A.
Sheets, a Greenbacker, who went on
his own motion; the county and
Senatorial delegates from Perry
were " elected by themselves, only
one other man having assembled
with them in mass convention, in a
school house in Duncannon the
Senatorial and Representative dele
gates from Cumberland were elect
ed ;" in a room in hotel; the dele
gates from Dauphin were elected,
no one knows when, where, or by
whom; the delegates from Bedford
were elected by a petition, signed
by the late Judge Hall and q few
others the sole delegate from Cam
bria is supposed to have been self
constituted, as he was never heard
of before, and the delegates from
this Senatorial district and the coun-
ty of Somerset were elected BY q
convention " held at Meyersdale,
consisting of half a score of denizens
of that sweet little village, and .
vast outpouring Of letters and
proxies" These are but a few spec
linens of how the people elected
delegates and how their " free viii y
was represented in the convention.
A balder farce, q more transparent
humbug, more unprincipled swim
die was never attempted to be palm.
ed off on any people. The conven-
ton instead Of representing the
" free win of the people, was a
gathering Of soreheads, disappointed
aspirants, and fellows with a griev-
ance, iinterspersed with a few ideal
politicians. 1t represented no one
but themselves, and i was engineer
ed by a few implacable malcontents
who have determined to ruin the
Republican party if they cannot
rule it. The man who can be i'm.
posed on by these political thimble-
riggers is so green that he ought to
keep out of the way of the calves.
If he has a grievance that he cannot
satisfy except by striking his party,
let him walk up like a brave man
and take his Democracy straight,
and not be made tool of by the
engineers of this Independent con-
vention who simply want his vote
to trade on. iis
THERE are men who are 80 busy
bowling about the Republican par
ty being " a machine " that they for
get its grand work offreeing enslav-
ed millions. giving civil riphta and