New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-02


LIKELY BE DIVIDED.
IFRou A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRTBUSEl
PHILADELPHIA Oct. 1.-The Cameron RepuDh-
can State Committee tas begun an earnest ehort
which will be kept up until election day to make
the tariff an issue in the canvass this State. Gen.
eral Beaver and Congressman w ID. Kelley made
it the one prominent feature of their addresses de-
livered in this city last night Simon Cameron, 10
divert attention from the real issue Oh
bossism, started the some weeks ago that
if Beaver was not elected Governor the tariff
would be in danger and General Beaver III
his feeble way has been harping upon it ever
since SO far the voters have shown no inclination
to accept the doctrine that it is necessary to allow
Senator Cameron to dictate who shall be the state
officers in order to prevent Congress and the Prcsl
dent from repeating the tariff laws. It's more than
improbable that w. d. Kelley will succeed in alter
ing public opinion in this respect.
1t is only necessary to glance at Of the sup
| porters of the Independent Republican movement
to show how little the men most interested IN the
tariff think of it Issue in this canvass Among
| the iron men who favor the independent RepuDH-
| can movement are many of the largest manuIactur-
! ers in the State. such General j. h Morehead,
of Pittsburg; William Clark of the Bessemer Steel
| and Solar Iron Works; Joseph Wharton, OF the
| Wharton Switch Works, and Charles Wheeler
Of Morris, Wheeler & Co., of Philadelphia
| OF the heavy lumber-dealers and manufacturers
| John Dubois. Of Clearfeld County j. w. Cochran,
! of Cameron George Weymouth, OF Clinton ana ,.
| N Williams, of LycOmIng. are all members OF the
| Independent Republican state Committee, though
| never before active in politics In the oil trade
Mr. Stewart numbers among his supporters such
large dealers as Senator Lewis Emory. OF Mexican
County II. L. Foster, of Venango: Thomas w.
Phillips of Lawrence who was wcll-knoWn as an
Dot
terson, of Crawford. The can be said of the
coal operators, as Charles Parrish. of Luzerne
who employs 5000 men Edward Patterson, Of
Northumberland; T. f. Walter, of Carbon,
and j. T. Audenreid are pronounced Inde-
pendent Republicans. Among other large
manufacturers Of the way OF
thinking and talking are II. H. Baumgarduer. of
Lancaster who coal mines and Is interested IN
iron mills president Of a gas company, etc; D. ;.
| Spencer, Of Farnums cotton mills, Lancaster; L.
| Morris Perott, of Philadelphia, proprietor OF
malt houses: John H. Bromley, the carpet maui
facturer: 5 p Darling on, proprietor OF the largest
! spoke mandatory In the country; {. L. Weaver
| tack manufacturers Z. Dunbar Lockwood paper
mills; J. W. Ringrose, Theodore Justice and other
| manufacturers of this city,
| If the tariff were danger these Republicans
would be among the first to fly to its rescue. Ger
1
Judges of what is to their interests as Mr.. Bea-
| yer Chairman Cooper, or the other who want
to make use of the tariff cry keep their hold upon
| the public treasury. In ADDITION To the men
| already named such wholesale merchants as John
| Field T. I. Steel and T. B. Reeves are active Inde
pendent Republicans while there four ex-judges
! on the state Committee, and among the speakcrs
are General Koontz, Thomas NJ. Marshall,
| Attorney General Lear, General Mccartney and
| other equally prominent men. This speaks volumes
! for the character OF the Independent Republican
movement.
The most interesting feature of the canvass, and
! the one most dwelt upon is that of the probable
| strength of the Independent Republicans at the
polls Will Mr.. Stewart and his associate Republi-
cans succeed in relieving The Commonwealth from
| the incubus of Cameronisin, which has proved to
| be as much of a load for 1t to bear
as was ;he Old Man of the Sea for Sinbad the
Sailorl careful review OF the situation leads to
the belief that such will be the result of the elec
ton 1t seems utterly impossible for the Cameron
ticket to succeed. The only hope for the Republic
| cans is that the Cameron ticket may be withdrawn
| along with that of tine Independent Republicans,
and a union ticket placed in the field. Bat there is
no probability Of this being done. Senator Came
ron still stands IN the way.
A careful estimate of the vote of the State made
after visit to every county in It, and with the aid
OF prominent Republican of this city who has
travelled extensively over 1t within
the last two weeks for the express purpose
of ascertaining the strength of the Independent
movement. and who is not supporter or the
stewart ticket, places the of the Independent
Republicans mt the lowest calculation, at $4,000.
The Independent Republican Committee has made
a partial canvass of the State by school districts,
from which Chairman Mckee claims 100000 votes
| for the Stewart ticket. This is not improbable,
| Judging from the accessions made on that side
| during the last ten days In fact unless the
Cameron leaders make better defence on the
stump than they have so far made, aud depend less
on the money at their disposal for use az the polls
1t would not be astonishing under the aggressive
canvass of the Independent leaders if the
| Stewart ticket were to poll more votes
| than the one headed by General Beaver
| While this is possible it is not probable
! however. because the Independent Republicans
| have not a good organization in many counties and
have not the means to reach the voters in the back
country districts at the disposal of the regular
organization, and have no patronage.
A vote of $4,000 for the Stewart ticket is not an
overestmate however, but perfectly safe one. In
making out this estimate the Independent Republi-
cans for instance are allowed 200 votes in Schuyl
kill County where Mr. Wolfe polled 141 for State
| Treasurer last year. There were some local issues
il that county lasc year which operated against the
Cameron ticket that do not exist this year. so II was
thought safe to allow for n reduction in the lnde-
pendent vote. Yet there are strong reasons for
thinking that the vote for Stewart in that county
will be fully NJ to that cast for Wolfe. In Union
County. where Mr.. Wolfe resides, the estimate was
made on basis of 1,200 votes for Stewart. Mr.
Wolfe pOiled 1920 votes IN this county. 1t is
highly probable that the Independent vote
this year will fully equal that of last, but to be on
the safe side au allowance made for a reduction