Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-07-25
THE INDEPENDENTS.

The meeting Of the Independent Repub-
licans opposed TO the election of Blaine and
Logan, held in New York on Tuesday, was
large in numbers and included many dis
tinguished men. Gen. Charles r. Goldman,
who presided over the Massachusetts Re-
publican State convention last year and
made terrific arraignment Of Gen. Butler,
acted as chairman of the meeting, and made
a vigorous speech. The platform adopted
takes the ground that the paramount issue
of the Presidential election this year "is NOR
al rather than political" and concerns the
national honor and character and honesty
of administration rather than general pol
icies of government" 1t further declares
that the Republican party "offers candi-
date for President who is an unit leader,
shown by his own words and hist acknowl-
edged acts to be unworthy of respect and
confidence" Whilst thus severely arraign-
ing the Republican Presidential candidate,
the platform declares that the Democratic
party presents candidate whose name is
the synonym of political courage and hon
esty and of administrative reform"-a man
"who has discharged every official trust with
sole regard to the public welfare" Desiring
10 make their votes effective as far as pos
sible "lor honest, pure and wise administra-
ton" the platform urges the Republicans of
the country to support Grover Cleveland for
the Presidency. This independent move
ment constitutes the most formidable deiec.
ton in the history of the Republican party,
and will doubles exercise large influence
on the result in November next.
The Blaine managers have been very
anxious concerning the result of the confer
ence. Up to the last moment they pro.
fessed TO believe that it would not indorse
Cleveland and Hendricks. This solicitude
on their part has been a matter of consider
able surprise to the expert politicians, who
from experience have come to regard indie.
pendent Republican movements as myths
made up of buster and hurrflh.
But the Blaine managers have already
discovered that the movement this year is
not Of that character. They know that
many Of the men who are behind il are as
good and practicable politicians as there are
in the country, and what is more, have an
unlimited supply of funds with which TO
make their campaign success.
This is part of the reasons which made
them anxious. The other is the work which
has already been done in Massachusetts,,
and which so far has caused them AN inf
mite amount Of trouble.
From the statement of several of the Mas.
sachusetts delegates it appears that the Re.
publican party in that State, owing TO shrewd
management on the part of the Independ-
ents, is completely disorganized For the
last three weeks the managers of the indie
pendents have been secretly at work upon
the Republican county committees through.
out the State. They have brought over
many members of these committees. but SO
secretly that no one knows where they
stand.
BY this work they have captured ma
jority of the members of one half the county
committees in the State. The Blaine man.
ayers know this, but they do not know who
are with them and who against them. Con
sequently they don't know whom to trust,
aud before they start their campaign they
will be forced to recognize every county
committee in the State, running the risk of
making enemies by turning out their own
friends
This fine work has made the Independ.
ents highly respected by the wire .pulers Of
the Maine statesman.