New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-11

| Precisely what he will order is not known, but
| it is of course self-evdent that he will not
order his own destruction. AS the Indepen-
dents insist upon that as their ultimatum, it
becomes at once apparent, that a. committee
which simply obeys Mr.. Cameron's instructions
cannot hope to accomplish much as peace
maker. 1t is said Of Mr. Cameron that he has
decided to attempt his salvation by clumsy
trick. Heswil order his committee to submit
a proposal to the Independents which while
appearing to be a concession will be no conces-
sion at all. This he expects the independents
will decline, when he will declare that the re-
spOnsibility for defeating harmony rests upon
them, and that all true Republicans must see
that the only way to save the party is to vote
the Cameron ticket. This is toOthache strategy
over again. 1t will deceive nobody and VIII
not alarm the Independents. The worst OF IL
is that it will be fatal to party success tilis
year, No ticket which has the Boss tied TO IL can
be elected. ANY attempt at harmony winch
does not recognize that point as settled Is
simply waste OF time.
There is only one fair proposition for tine
Cameron committee to make. That Is, 10
withdraw both tickets now in the field, and
submit the whole question to new convention
called under rules which embody the reforms
demanded by the Independents in the methods
OF electing delegates. That is just and hon
orabe solution of the Trouble. 1t would be
satisfactory to the Independents and to the
whole rank and file of the Republican party,
and it is the only solution which would reunite
the party thoroughly enough to insure victory.
Naturally, this is the one plan which Senator
Cameron will not consent to, for 1T would end
his career. He is credited with saying that he
will consent to no settlement which does not
retain General Beaver at the head OF the
ticket; that he considers the General the best
man in the State for the position, and will not
see him sacrificed. This declaration, coming
AS it does on the top of General Beavers fire.
duent assertions that he is no mans candidate,
and, if elected, will he his own master, Is fall
of significance. 1t j1stifes all the Independent
oppostion to General Beaver, Tor it shows the
Bosss faith in him to be unimpared. Nobody
supposes for moment that Senator Cameron
would wish a man to be elected Governor
whom he could not control. He feels as sure
of General Beavers obedience now as he did
at the Chicago Convention, and with excellent
reason. The General was pledged at that con-
venton to represent accurately the wishes of
the people of his district, but he broke his
pledges msrepresented his people, and fol-
lowed the Boss He has added to the heinors-
ness of this offence recently by permitting
Chairman Cooper to deny for him that he was
ever instructed to vote against third term,
or was ever pledged to obey the instructions.
The falsity of the denial WAS speedily exposed,
as the General probably feared it would be
when he declined to make it in person.
If it shall turn out, therefore, that Dir. Cam
eron's committee declines to cut itself away
from him, and to move forward on the patri-
otto course of the larger interest of the party,
all hope of harmony through its agency will be
DESTROYED. There will remain then only the
course which we have previously urged. That
is for the masses of the party to take matters
into their own hands, call a mass convention,
repudiate both tickets in the field, and
put forward a new one of their own. We be-
lieve that the Independent leaders would CO.
operate in such movement, but if they did
not their followers would, and the party would
be saved from defeat this year. But whether
they are able to do this or not, Mr.. Cameron
and the Boss system are doomed. The indie
pendents have secured that result already,
and whatever happens hereafter, no patriotic
Republican will blame them for rejecting all
compromises which have for their object his
rescue from destruction.