Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-04-08
Harrison in This State.

The wisdom of the last Republican State
Convention in refusing to allow President
Harrison to be affronted in the platform
must now be evident even to those who
have hitherto been blind to il. If that
platform had been made expressive of Sen
ator Quay's personal grievance with the
Administration, as was designed, it would
have left the Republican party of the State
in peculiarly undesirable condition at
this time. That was avoided by common
sense and good judgement.
That action, however, did not prevent
the Philadelphia managers of the party
from holding a snap election for national
delegates early in January and commit
ting the biunder which the State Conven-
tion declined to make. We have ten del
egates from the five Congressional dis
tricts of this city elected in spirit OF op-
position TO the President. Protests against
the naming of these ten delegates five
months before the convention would meet
were of no avail and with two or three
others, either elected last year or too early
this year, they represent the sole attempt
to obstruct the popular desire for Presi-
dent Harrison's denomination. They will
now go to the convention and vote for Mr..
Harrison, in all probability, but neither
they nor their constituents will get credit
for doing what they have tried to prevent.
Meantime the Republicans in the interior
counties are pursuing different course.
They are for President Harrison and
they are electiug delegates and passing
resolutions in accordance with that senti
ment In many of them instructions are
given the delegates, as in Adams, Blair,
Huntingdon, York and practically in
Bucks, while in others like Dauphin,
Wyoming and Franklin the Administration
has.been so decisiyely indorsed as to amount
to substantial direction to the delegates in
favor of the Presidents denomination.
This was followed by nearly unanimous
declaration in Mr.. Harrison's behalf in the
four counties which held Republican pri-
maries on Saturday last.
The strength and significance of this is
that it comes from the Republican peo pie,
and by taking such action they will get
the credit for the votes of their representa-
tives iu the National Convention. The
petty grievances of political managers are
swept aside and the people are taking the
broad interests of the party into account,
instead of the personal schemes of iEdivid-
uals. 1t is altogether likely that nearly,
il not quite, all the conventions yet to be
held in the interior counties will pursue
this course, and it will be made the more
decisive if instructions accompany the res
olutions of Endorsement. This is obvious
ly the only course that can be pursued II
the people are to make themselves heard
in the convention.
Pennsylvania has shown itself to be
about solid for Harrison, and if the delega-
ton is representative of the popular choice
the Republican party of the State will for
the first time in many years have correct
and dignifed position in the proceedings
of the National Convention. 1t will not
be misrepresented aud subjected to the
humiliation of seeing its representatives
misused by intriguing and self-seeking
party managers. In that way alone Will
the more than half million Republican
voters of Pennsy lvania exercise their pro-
per influence and secure just recognition
Philadelphia Press.