New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-08
pryySyLr4yTl S1YE NEXT YEAR.

Pennsylvania will surely give thirty electoral
vote. next wear to the Republican candidate Tor
President. This is the meaning of the hand
some vote in that state on Tuesday. a year
ago. il would have required some courage TO
make such a positive prediction. Then the Re
puLican party was divided into two distinct
organizations. ard a campaign was fought
which aroused much bitterness of feeling be-
tween them. The Independent Republicans It
is true. cast les, than 1900 votes for their
candidate for Governor. but this was not a full
showing of their strength, as many OF them
voted directly for Pattison in order to make
sure of the defeat OF the Cameron candidate.
Here was broad rent in the party, which
rendered its future somewhat doubtful. II
seemed hardly possible that it would thor
oughly rcunitc in a single year. though all the
Independents sincerely believed that the result
of THEN movement would be to make the party
stronger for the fight of 1854 than 1t could
poS,ibly be if the abuses existing IN tho organ
ization in their State were not removed. Like
the Republicans in Ncw-York, who refused to
vote for an estimablc candidate nominated by
mean, of a forged proxy, they saw no way to
teach a lesson except by striking blow. 1t
had IT, effect The Cameron leaders had
already conceded marked reforms in the party
mcthods-rcforms which would never have
been granted probably, except under the pres
sure of the Independent movement. The re-
sult of the election showed them that the time
had como 10 treat all Republicans alike, and
that bosses were not popular. A cOncilatory
policy was adopted on both sides Regulars
and independents alike joined IN clccting dele
rates TO the State Convention. The lndcpcn-
dent organization was, by common consent, al
lowed to disappear. The State Convention
nominated its own candidates without outside
interference, and the party entered upon the
campaign under more truly Republican meth
DDS of government than it had known in many
years.
Of course the Democrats furnished plumbers
enough to help their opponents. Given the
Democratic party in power and the solution OF
the problem IS always blundcrs, and then
blunders, and then more blndcrs. The chief
of these was the prolonged extra session of the
Legislature forced upon the State by Governor
Pattisom. the ambitious and not Ovcr-judicOus
boy Governor Probably good many news
paper readers outside of Pennsylvania are not
aware that this extra session, which began on
the 18th of June last, is still in progress II is
one of the longest dcadlOcks on rccOrd-if not
the very longest. The difficulty of an agree
mcnt between the two houscs-One Republican
and the other DcmOcratic-upOn an AppOrtion-
mcnt bill, had been sufficiently shown during
the regular session, which lasted 4 30 days. The
Republicans firmly resisted the attempt of the
Democrats to pass bill manifcstly unjust to
the majority Of the people Of the State, and in
this they were sustained by popular sentiment
Governor PattsOn, without giving members
any time to consult with their constituents. or
allowing an interval in which something of the
passion aroused by such a controversy might
have subsidized, Immediately called an extra
session, which has continued now for more than
five months ut daily expense Of S3,0O0-Or
about $500 900 in all. This exhibition of DEM
ocratic folly and partisan hccdlcssncss of public
interests had its effect upon Tuesday, vote.