The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-04-09
More on That Situation.

! bou. lucy uOn llk6 Iu6 lu6b OF nav
ing their little piece Of trickery, by
which they are conniving to run the
honest Greenback voters into the
Democratic trap, shown up in its true
light. They have the conceit to think
that all they have to do is to give
two or three yelps of "fraud and re-
fern" and every body will "chip in
and help il alsng. They don't stop
to think that honest people and hon.
est voters will consider where these
cries and inuendos come from before
they take any stock in them, and,
finding that they are but the savings
of two or three political tricksters
who have done nothing in politics all
their lives but that has been very
strongly tainted with the worst kind
of bossism, and who are only working
to get a set of officials whom they can
handle and make use of as their own
property, they will huri them back
into their teeth with sneers and con.
tempt. The boss of the Common.
aUedlh attempts to answer our article,
and how does he do 1t? Why, by
simply trying to justify his course of
fusion with and adoption of Demo-
cratic principles, by stating that the
Republicans in some parts-dear
knows where-have fused with the
Greenbackers. This embodies about
all there is in his reply to justify his
course.
The manager" also says in another
place that "there are few persons
who call themselves Greenbackers,
who won't vote the ticket this Fall"
Yes, yes a fen who call themselves,
&c. Well, this insult means, we sup.
pose, that those who won't stand up
to the rack and take the dose as
the bosses have prepared it for them,
are not Greenbackers, and he there.
fore reads them out of the party.
Only short time ago, according to
this same boss it was political crime
for any member of the party to vote
anything but the straight Greenback
ticket; now, the honest voter who
dares to offer protest against the
new system Of bossism is sneered at
as "simaon pure Greenbacker." Oh,
consistency, thou art a jewel. But,
he goes on to say, 1--WE have entered
into a business transaction" Aye.
aye business transaction, whereby
we propose to parcel out the offices
to suit our own ideas and he might
have added, Gin order to carry out
the plan as we have laid it down, we
have taken the matter out Of the
hands of the people, without their
consent, and placed it in the hands
of few delegates, where we can han.
: die it, and nominate just such fello VIZ
as We want. and that will do our bid
ding"
These setf. constituted bosses have
thrown overheard their former system
of nominating candidates by the pop
ular vote of the people, and adopted
the obnoxious machine method o
nominating by delegates, which al
know is the most dangerous and un
fair of all systems, and only advoca
ted by Political tricksters. Thi
change, too, was made in direct vic
lation of their rules which provid,
that all changes must be made "by
the return judges as they may be in
Structed by the people at their prima
ry meeting" &c.
The Commonwealth makes refereuc,
to the associate judges aud says they
, are above suspicion. This is a fact
we know them to be honorable anC
, square men, both of them, and so doe
every other unbiased person VIII
knows them, but it seems tha
a the National Democrat, j. M. Kepler'
, PAPER, has other views on the subjec
rs is shown by an article published il
that sheet on December 7th, last, onl,
-four months ags. The following i
o the tenn from the Democrat of tha
g date;
The "Greenback Reform" % AssC
ciates Judges approved bill of tw