Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-04-26

TIE INTELLIoRNOER,
IAncaster. Pa
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The Republican Convention.
The Republican convention Of the state
which met at Harrisburg to put It's party
Ia running order for the presidential race,
L. done its work in Q notable way. The
Of Senator Quay TO boss the
nitro Job was very conspicuous and was
mainly successful; but its success was
due to the fact that the men
whom 1t displeased and whom 1t unsettled
rrum any delusion of leadership on their
part, were afraid to stand in the way all
lxcept Mr.. Magec, Of Pittsburg, whose
Erinh blood would not stand such com.
paets subjugation as Mr.. Quay proposed
% u In setting up an Allegheny candidate
for delegate at large whom the Allegheny
delegates did not name. Mr.. Magee put
IN his most robust efforts to secure
the election Of a delegate from Allegheny
whom fourteen out Of sixteen Of the AL
legheny delegation did name, and was g.
nally successful "by heskin of his teeth"
The fact that Republican Of Mr.. divers
prominence, backed by his united delega-
tion, was thus chosen with such difficulty,
II eloquent OF the control which Quay
had over the convention. The Phil
adelphia Press explains that many Of the
delegates, who wished to vote for the man
whom the Allegheny men wanted, had to
vote instead for the man Quay named, be-
cause they were bound by agreements and
compromises already made; which Is q
= speaking illustration Of the machine
character of the convention and of the lit.
tIeindependence judgment allowed in it.
The deals made covered the chairman.
1hip, judgeship and delegates. at-large.
lGr. Smith, OF the Press, and Mr.. Nc
Names, with the Philadelphia delegation,
had Mitchell for their objective point,
and got him by surrendering Smiths
candidacy for delegates large and swsl-
lowing the rest Of Quay's slate. Senator
Cameron, who seems to have asked for
nothing, unless Cooper, got nothing he
Wa not even consulted about the Cooper
bargain, although C0oper's interest was
~ be had in the convention. The only
man around the capital seems TO have
been Nagee. Editor Smith came home
with IN uncomfortable impression that
he bad been OF no account, and that
Quay had sat upon him; but he had
plsuty Of company. And he well de-
served his own particular humiliation
He had no business to be In the Mitchell
crowd. Judge Gordan was entitled to a re.
nomination and should have had it withou,
. word Of dissent. He has been a good
and honest judge. lie has been stricken
down because he is good. His career on
s6e bench has been 80 acceptable to the
people that, in our decided judgment, the
Democratic state convention ought to
put him upon Its ticket. Judges who
deserve well of the people should be kept
upon the bench they are not so abun-
dant that they can be spared.
The Philadelphia Press is distressed
not only by Quay but by the platform.
II declares that the national convention
makes the party platform and state reso.
lutions are Of no consequence. 1t seems
to be its conviction that the man who
drafted the platform was somewhat OF q
donkey and 1t has good cause for the
opinion. He denounced the national ad-
ministration for everything on the earth
that was bad that he could think Of,
and included denunciation for
making the surplus and letting it be
In the treasury instead of spending right
away, in almost any way that 1t could be
got rid Of. Considering that the laws of
the Republican party made the surplus,
and that the people will expect the Demo.
cratic party to spend it wisely, the de.
nunciation by the Republicans in their
platform cannot be held to be very wise or
effective. 1t shows how little they know
what they think, or rather that they do 70.
think at all, save.that 1t is good to stand
against what the Democratic party
thinks and does, all the time. There was
ono man among them who proposed to
como out from this condition and to do
littls honest thinking and acting. 1t was
the Temporary chairman, who wanted to
know how the Republican party expected
TO carry any Of the Southern states SO long
- It persisted in casting up to their people
that they had been in rebellion and in re-
fusing them an equal share In the re-
stored Union. The convention had no
applause for Mr.. Miller's sensible posi-.
tion. It was not willing that its party
should get in line with the Democracy,
even to rob 1t Of its electoral votes.
Mr.. Miller commenced his spesch with
warm and fulsome praise of Senator
Quay, to whom he directly attributed the
control Of the convention over which he
presided; it is quite probable that the
views he declared as to the treatment
Of the Southern brigadier " are also
Mr.. Quay's. In fact no sagacious Re-
publican politician can hold any other
but 1t will be some time before the rank
and die can be got out Of the old ruts and
ways Of talking.
The County Convention.
The Democratic county convention ON
Wednf siay WAS An EARNEST apd ontb,,;