The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-16
The zig-zag Ticket and Platform.


The Republican party was the crea- |
t;-- Of the most sincere ana earnest COZ /
vicLiuus. and IU was bv the sincerity, +.
aaruestuess and courage Of its leaders ,
aud followers that it won It's early VIC /
tories and so grandly and indellbly
stamped its impress upon the policy OF
the Republic It was nothing II not
earnest and heroic and until its great
mission was fulfilled and its work done,
none dared to attempt to lead it in any
of the Shiny paths of mOuslng expedl-
encv. 1t declared its convictions ana
purposes so clearly that the way-tarlng
man understood them, and 1t was the
party of victory because it was the party
of integrity in aim and effort.
How modern Republican leadership
has degenerated is pungently Sut truth
fully expressed N the following criticism
-a tha late Harrisburg platform by the
u ..g Tel graph Of this city, a journal
that IS always Republican when II can
10 so with fidelity 90 consistency
AS for the platform, with its sOrdid criug-
ing TO the brave soldiers and sailors and
with its stale and vspid ta-if plank, its bid
rrr the t.lIEeTa' anti aomai game VOTE
.tz eowarIIy avoidance OF the liquor q1es-
-.r1. IT'S Es.f hearted utl1rance regarding
railway discern miUGt.0u, its weak sLraddiing
and Intellectual W0ubhiug Ou the labor ana
capital quzs ION. 70 is tine very top and crown
Of weak shifting. cOwaTiiy eEpedlencys
From The FIRST line TO the last there is not
single brave word spoken about anything
NOS D direct one except about The t1-lIt
a..cn Is a ching tire v0risst coward ira the
world could speak for cCursgeCusly In this
State O.. .us JauH iuea
Tn the same zone She Puplc Ledger
..us declares the Republican platform
..a piece tf poorly bg.1ued JOINER WoTHi
il platforms" were worth critical eEami-
.l.ilu. t1.. process would show the one
adopted .f harrisburg hy 5.e wednesday
Republican Convention to be piece OF
. poorly JoJClad Joiner work but lhey are
Only designed 60 bridge the J.me between
nomination day and election Then tLey go
In point oG fact, there is not single
. manly declaration on any vital issue ID
the platform TO which General Beaver
50 loolishly committed himself In ad-
. vance True, II repeats the parrot cry
of Republican conventions in Pennsyi-
vanis on the Tariff, simply because 1t
was the only question on which there
could 5e no party dispute but on every
vital issue OF the present, the platform
is cDWaU,ily II'the last degree and con-
suming reproach upon the Republican
ism that made the party name lmmor-
tai. It's meaningless declaration about
at bidding for the Granger vote ; its
come-and. go easy dodge on anti-disCrim-
inatiOn its stale and hOdge-podge
platitudes on the labor question, and
its dual bid fOI both the Prohibition and
the IiQlOr vote by proposition, out
side ofaI expression of conviction, that
was expected to cheat PTOhibitiOnists
without offending the Liquor meu-alI
these tell the story of the pitiful cow
ardice and petty shuffiiug of the leaders
Of q party that was once pTe-eminent as
the party Of honest conviction and heroic
action.
Aud the candidate for Governor avOw.
ed i'm advance that he was ready for any
zig gag attitudes the expediency leaders
! mighs dictate. He told the convention
, II am willing to leave to you the decIa
ratiOns which we shall follow and &C
, cspt your work" " Whether he was fOl
Prohibition or against it for a higf
/ license law OF against it; for submit
- ting Prohibition or against it Tor pro-
} lection to merchant marine OF agalns
ID TOR 3 tax on OleOmaTgarine or agains
: ii FOR anti discrimination or agalns
3 Is for enlarged pensions or agains
3 them for labor or against it, he did no
= know and did not pretend to know, un
q til the expediency leaders had completed
9 their shiveriDg over the gain and loss o
declaring for or against them. 1t wa
+ zig. gag i'll the conclave Of the leaders
- it was zig gag in the committee on plat
q form it was zig gag IN the convention
and it will be zig gag for General Beave
on all the living issues Of the pIesen
} from now until election day.
t There is no faith DO conviction Il
e. uJrpys8 ;u gitLer platform or ticket eE
.s cgg5 TIE PURPOSE 10 win il zig-Z3g waltz
- ing around everything 20 eyerybCd
auaa make victory possible, but " la
% EiI .ag scores OF thousands of EepuCl
q cans VINO nave Intelligent conviction:
e -g such PROSTITUTION u the rec1r
p. r.. organization Of t1e once ucouC
heroic suo gal-In.ic Republican party
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