Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-07-19

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ship composing the Independent Re-
publican organization must be compu-
ted and obtained before should be
authorized to reply with freedom and
candor to your committees PROPOSE
tions. l shall be under necessity, of
course, of calling together the State
Committee, of which | am Chairman,
to consider their purport This will
necessarily cause some delay in the
preparation of detailed reply to your
letter
But, desirous as / am, and as | am
sure every true Republican must be,
to bring about an honorable and last
ing unity of Republican voters in the
State of Pennsylvania, upon the basis
of the principles to which they are at
tached and which are embodied in the
platform adopted by the convention
at Philadelphia, | have pleasure in
being able to inform you that | am
authorized to forward through you to
the candidates whom your committee
represents a proposition of the utmost
candor and directness, signed by four
out of five candidates whom this COM
mittee represents, which is hoped by
the writers will commend itself to
your favorable judgment as a short
and sure road to the cordial union OF
all the Republicans in the Stare.
Confident that you must join with me
in the hope that its acceptance on the
part of the gentlemen to whom it is
addressed, and to whose high patriot
sm and true party feeling it appeals,
may result in the elevation and
strengthening of that party organiza-
ton which in 1880 proved itself to
contain large majority of the people
of Pennsylvania, | am, sir,
Very respectfully yours,
l. D. MCKEE.
The letter of Chairman Mckee was
accompanied by one from all the Inde-
pendent candidates, except McMichael,
to the candidates on the Regular ticket,
and reads as follows:
GENTLEMEN: BY a communication
received from the Hon. Thoms V.
Cooper, addressed to US as candidates
of the Independent Republicans, we
are advised OF proceedings of the
State Committee, which assembled in
this city yesterday Without await
ing the action of the Independent
State Committee, 10 which we have
referred the communication, and at
tempting no discussion of the existing
differences or several metE DDS propos-
ed, by which to secure party unity, we
beg to say we do not see that any OF
the propositions if accepted would pro.
duce harmony in the party, but on the
contrary would lead TO wider divisions
We therefore suggest that the de-
sired result can be secured by the
hearty cooperation of the respective
candidates We have no authority to
speak for the great body of voters now
giving their support to the Independ.
ent Republicans, nor can we include
them by any action we take. We are
perfectly free, however, to act in ouI
individual capacity, and desire to as
sure you that we are not only willing
but anxious, to cooperate with you in
the endeavcr to restore peace and
harmony to our party. That this
can be accomplished beyoud all doubt
we feel entirely assured, if you gen
tlemen are prepared to yield with us
all personal considerations and agree
to the following propositions
First The withdrawal of bott
tickets.
Second-The several candidates OF
these tickets to pledge themselves
not to accept any subsequent nomina
zion by the proposed Convention.
Under these conditions we will unite
with you in urging upon our respec
tive constituencies the adoption OF the
third proposition submitted by youl
committee, and conclude the whole
controversy by our final Withdrawal
as candidates. Snch withprawal ol
both tickets would remove from the
canvass all personal as we'll as politi'
cal antagonism and leave the party
united and unembarrassed.
We trust, gentlemen, that your
Judgment will approve the method we
have suggested, and that, appreciating
the importance of concluding the mat.
ter with as little delay as possible, you
will give US your reply within week
from this Gate.
JOHN STEWART.
| LEVI BIRD DUFF.
GEORGE w. MERRICK
GEORGE JUNKIN
By all of which it will be seen the
matter is now narrowed down to the
single question, as to whether the two
old tickets should be withdrawn entire
ly and q new one nominated, or
whether the candidates OF the preseut
two should be considered again before
the people. with any other candidates
for nomination by the new Convention.
What answer will be made to this re-
mains to he seen, and in a week or
two more we will know the result.
Farms.-TOtaI Number and the
Acreage in the United States.
The number of farms in the United
States in 1880 was 4,09S, ,907; of these
1884, ,3O6 were occupied by owners ;
900 357 were rented a. a fixed money