Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-27
Aancaster fntelligerlrer.

Aancaster fatelligencer.
FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 81. 1888.
In General and Particular.
The wish is father to the thought in
the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph,
when it predicts division in the Demo
cratic party because the chairman of the
Democratic state committee, who was a
delegate to the late Democratic conven-
tion in this county, secured the striking
out of the words " in each and every
particular" in resolution offered en-
dorsing the state administration. We
entirely concur In Mr.. Hensel's judg-
ment that these words were improperly /
inserted. The convention was unani- |
mousiy of that opinion and
struck them out without a dis
senting voice. The party in the
state will have the same view, because
its members are wise men and not fools,
as the Telegraph would make them out to
be- 1t displays a remarkably low opin-
ion of the good sense of Governor Pat
tison IN supposing that he would have
the slightest inclination to consider as
an insult refusal by his party to endorse
his acts in each and every particular .
The resolution as passed by the Lancae-
ter convention was as broad as any that
has been passed by any Democratic con
vention in the state, and as broad as it
could be made with self-respect by the
delegates. 1t is far more complimentary
to the administration of Governor Patti
son in its present shape than it would be
If the words erased had been retained
because now it is sincere and will be so
recognized. 1t will be seen that the
Democracy of Lancaster county say what
they mean, no more and no less. When
they declare their approval of Governor
Pattison's administration in its essential
acts, they leave room for the entertain
ment Of such different individual opin-
ions, as to matters of minor Importance,
such as every self-respecting man in a
party must have.
The INTELLIGENCER has given To
Governor Pattis0n'S administration its
very general approval. Some of its acts
it has criticised and disapproved. 1t
does not consider it to be the duty of any
honest friend of anybody to approve
everything that friend does, for friend
ships sake. 1t does not believe it to be
its duty to approve everything done by
the Democratic governor or Legislature,
or even the chairman of the state CON-
mittee, though he be one of Its editors.
Every public man, according to it's view,
is subject to its judgment in his official
acts, though he be of its party or its
household or its cherished friends. It
holds it's judgment in public matters over
its friends as we'll as its enemies. and
tries to he just and true in its con-
victions and deliverances as to the
acts of both. This, in its opinion,
is the duty of the citizen as well
as of the editor, who has only
greater responsibility for his utterances
because of the greater publicity given
them and the wider reach they have. IL
OuT NlcW, tHo lHuISuudt hCuiOCt vi d
political party is not only not bound to
approve everything done by his party,
but in fact he would be likely to be
a very poor citizen if he did. A party
requires for its greatest strength the sup
port of its men and measures in their
general work and scope, but an intelli
gent and free criticism of them, thai
they may be made to run with the best
considered current of public opinion.
We think that we can assure the
Ecening Telegraph with very great con
fidence that Governor Pattison has not
thought of feeling insulted over the re
fusal of the Lancaster convention to
approve his each and every "act. He
knows that they would not have told the
truth if they had done it, since the In
TELLIGENCER has sometimes disap
proved his acts and the INTELLIGEN
GER speaks for the people with a free
voice. The Democratic House of Re
presentatives might, with as good reason,
feel itself insulted by the sharp criticism
and strong disapproval which the In.
TELLIGENCER to day expresses for its
adoption of what in our judgment is a
clearly unconstitutional and indefensible
judicial apportionment bill. We think
it wrong. We see i'm it evidence that
it has not been framed with an eye single
to the public good, but that it has been
distorted by considerations of private
advantage We say what we think with
the boldness of deep conviction and a
clear conscience. We advise our party
according to our honest convictions :;
and when we cease 10 be able to do that
we will quickly descend from our editor
ial places.
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