Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-09-23
a Most Ridiculous Game.

That scheme by which Congressman NC
Aleer was made the Republican nominee
for Congress in the Third District IN re-
turn for such members Of the Legislature
friandA could heln xiff
has received fatal blow in the withdraw
Il Of Captain Ker, the regular Democratic
nominee. The Republican traders who
traded of the principles Of the party tf
make . trade with free trade Democrat
have now been badly traded Oh them
selves.
tits to be supposed thst sftsr al the
iisht that has been made on Mr.. 1cAleel
that the Democrats who were running Cap
tain Ksr hsye Withdrawn their candidate
without full understanding with the con-
trolling element in the other faction. The
kind Of Democrats who manipulate affairs
in the corrupt and dishonsst Third District
do not do such things without knowing
what they are to get out Of it; and the
traders on both sides may now be prepared
to see the factional difference in the legis-
lativs districts made up and the party pull
ing together. The reason. given by Cap
tain Ksr for Withdrawing was that the
Democrats wanted to save their legisla-
tive candidates. They were sure OF Con-
grsssman anyway.
The situation il more than ordinarily n
diculous for those Republicans who blum
dersd into the nomination of Mr.. lcAleer;
and al they can now expect to get out OF
It II whatsvsr sstihaction they may derive
from seeing their free trade nominee for
Congress elected. Had they not been the
blindsst kind of leaders they must have
Known that their undisguissd trade for
members Of the Legislature would arouse
the Democrats to the point Of getting to-
gsthsr; and this was made the more certain
the moment Chairman Reedsrs view Of the
form of the official ballot was affirmed BY
Attorney General Hensel.
We believe now as from the beginning
Of this AFFAIR, ,that this humiliating situation
would have besn avoided by the nomina-
ton Of . Representative Republican tor
Congress, and the refusal of al the Demo
cartic offers Of trade. There was small
probability that In such event either Ker
or NcAleer would have Withdrawn; and 1t
either had left the field largo proportion
ofAis following would have preferred the
Republican candidate. The chance Of Re
pu6lican success would have boom better
I'll II. time thsn that Of either Of the
Democrats, whether both or only one re-
mained IN the race.
Such management - that 70 which the
Republicans Of the Third District have
been subjected II disrscs; and such .
shamslsss sacrifice Of party principles to
personal ends could not be expected to
have snything but the prompt and isno-
minious conolusiCn it has met COngcss-
man NCAloe9 ID the chief gamer. He
comes cut of n with al the advantages.
He shOuld now have the confederation to
publicly decline the nomination Of the Re-
publican Convention, dncs he and his
friends can have no further intention OF
carrying ont the trade which led TO his se-
lection . Republican candidate.
IfCcngressman HcA1eer will perform
this obviously decent act the Republicans
can yet put some one on their ticket who
represents Republican principles-who is
mot Democrat, and has not made . free
trade fecord In Congress. Regardless OF
what the Republican nomination cost Mr..
HcAlser, he con now sford t0hAndit back.
And he should do so.-Phiiadslphis Press.