The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-06-28
THE RESTORATION OF HAR-

HUN \.
From 3 lengthy article ON the above
subject ID the Globe Democrat we CLIP
the following The outlook for united
and Etjuyenated Republican party is
certainlySysry encouraging:
Information respecting the progress
that Is being made toward the restora-
ton Of harmony in the Republican par
u continues 70 come in. The best feat
nre Of this species OF news is that it
comes from those who were disaffected
and voted against the regular tickets
last year. They generally express them
selves satisfied with the turn things are
taking, and are a. earnest in their de
sire TO keep the Democrats from gain
ing possession of the national admins
tfstfOn a. they ever were. A cursoFy
examination OF the situation in Michf-
gan bears out this view OF the condition
OF thIngs with respect TO that state.
The bosses received almost as emphatic
. drubbIng In Michigan last fall as they
did in New York. Garfield had ma
jOsitY there IN 1880 of over SO, Geo, yet
last year q Democratic governor was
elected. say Hubbell could not even
get q denomination in his district. Less
fault MAS found with the running of the
county and Legislative district cOnyen-
lions than with that of the state con-
vention, and the legislature consequently
remains strongly Republican.
There certainly is every reason why
the anti boss Republicans should be
harmOnlonsly disposed. They have
succeeded in Whist they undertook to
do-namely, ~ show the wire pulIers
and patronage brokers that the party
did not exist for their especial benefit.
They have most emphatically driven
the money changeFs-the known ones,
at least-from the temple. In New York,
where the corruption among the schem-
ers was the greatest, and where forged
proxies were actually brought into use
TO control the nOmInations, the castIga.
ton was something fearful. Not even
the Democratic governor, who was
elected in consequence, claims that his
tremendous majority had any other
meaning. The bosses were OBJ
literated by the Republicans them
selves, And--to make use of bull
the administration at Washingtonl fin
ished what was left of them by proving
that their influence WAS nit. In Penn
eyivania, where the grounds for disaf-
lection were less clear, but still where
there were charges of unfair conduct and
the use Of boss methods generally at the
primaries, the regular candidate for gov
ernor was defeated through the placing
of an independent ticket in the field.
The figures of the election show that the
combined Republican vote would have
carried the state. In all three of the
states mentioned there Yves no possibili-
ty of any man of ordinary intelligence
escaping an appreciation of the full sig
nificance of these results. There Is
every reason 10 the world why the re-
beliiOus Republicans of last year should
feel in good humor.
And the fact is that they do feel
well. The Pennsylvania Independents do
not expect TO make any nominations for
state officers this summer. Unless some |
thing wholly unexpected and remark |
able happens the Republicans OF that |
state will be as closely a unit this year |
as they ever were, and surely they will |
be next. This, of course. implies the |
existence of fair primaries and conVen-
tons. In New York the reform is pro-
crossing. 1t is still incomplete, but the |
purpose which underliss the move |
ment is so clear that no one |
doubts the result. The manipulators of |
the forged proxies are ont of sight. The |
exclusiveness of the Republican club /
system in the large cities is giving place |
to . more representative method. The |
scGndalous conduct of the Democratic |
legislature, eighty of whose measures |
Governor CisPeland feIE compelled, |
from motives OF common honesty, to |
veto, served 90 strengthen the tendency |
toward unity, a1d 3 the esneraf revolt !
against the abnaa Af parry maehIlsEY /
the traces Of the contest between the |
Half-D breeds and the stalwarts have Yir- |
tuRlly disappeared.