The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-07-15

and it was killed. The Lords are to be Civ
en- another chance to vote on the bill in the
fall and if it should again be defeated Par
lament will be dissolved and an appeal
made to the country. The issue of that APP
peal would be almost certainly favorable to
the Liberals, and in the face of it the Lords
would hardly have the courage to imperil
their own existence by defeating the bill. AL
ready the Conservatives are beginning to see
that they have been outmaneuvred by Mr..
Gladstone, and entirely deprived of the
advantage which the condition of affairs in
Egypt had given them. They are quarreling
among themselves and the breach between
the Churchill and Northcote wings is becom-
ing wider. A few weeks ago they seemed to
have the premier surrounded and his capt.
ulation appeared to be a question of but
few days or weeks at most, but by skillful
flank movement he has put the Conserva-
tiyes to rout and now is master of the field.
The Pennsylvania Independents.
At the Chicago convention there were no
more steadfast and enthusiastic advocates of
the nomination of Mr. Blaine than the dele
gates from Pennsylvania most of whom
were Independent Republicans who had only
two years ago made desperate fight against
the regular nominations of the party in that
State. The gallant Stewart who was con-
spicuous for his earnestness and devotion to
the cause of Mr.. Blaine at Chicago was him
self the candidate of the boilers who repudi-
ated the nomination Of Beaver, and the plat
form of the convention by which he was
nominated was outspoken in Its demand for
the very reforms which the independent
Republicans of New York and Massachu-
sets profess to desire. The Independent
candidate for Governor received more than
$1,000 votes, and thousands of independent
Republicans, to make assurance douby sure,
voted for the Democratic candid ate, who was
elected. If we are not mistaken the Pfesi-
dent of the regular Republican Convention
subsequently joined the boilers. It was an
open and determined revolt anu its principle
newspaper organ was the Philadelphia
Press.
These facts give peculiar significance to
the appeal these Independent Republicans
bave addressed to the Independent Republic
cans of New York and Massachusetts
which we print in another part of this paper.
1t presents in a cogent form the reasons why
in their judgment the nominations made at
Chicago should be supported by all Republi-
cans who are earnestly in favor of reform.
The circumstance is worth noting that the
leaders of the reform movement in Pennsyl-
vania have always regarded Mr.. Blaine as a
distinguished representative of their cause
The names of Garfield and Blaine were the
| potent names used IN conjuring the Pennsyi-
vania boilers of 1882 to oppose the political
| aims and methods against which they pro-
tested. In fact, outside of New England and
New York, every large movement within the
Republican party looking to emancipation
| from machine methods and boss rule has
| looked upon Mr.. Blaine as the leading ma
tional representative of its hopes and aims.
This is why liberal and sincere Republican
reformers In the West regard with amaze
ment, as something incymprehensible,
the attitude of the Independents of Massa-
chusetts and New York. In their view the
national convention, whel it nominated
Mr.. Blaine, nominated the represen-
tatiVe of reform tendencies and political
emancipation, and why professed reformers
should be dissatisfied they are quite unable
| to understand.
This address of the Pennsylvania Inde-
pendents, whose influence and views now
control the party in that State, deserves the
serious attention of those to whom il
is made. 1t is an appeal made to
the reason of men whose honor is
not questioned, by men who sympathize
with the motives that ac,uate them but
think they are making mistake of judg-
ment OF course these Pennsylvanians have
nothing to say against them as boilers or
against boiling as means of accomplishing
political ends. But they do advance some
strong reasons for the opinion that bolt
against the nominations made by the Repub
llcan party at Chicago is not justified by the
circumstances of the case, whether the man.
ner of the nominations. the character of the
full bolt are considered. They believe in
Mr.. Blaine and they believe in the Republi-
can party, and while recognizing the right
of Independent action in politics they
think such action now will put in peril the
reforms which Independent Republicans
desire to secure. and which they believe Mr..
Blaine will heartily support and advance.