The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-26
REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
The Disorgauizer at Work within the
Ranks of the Party.

convened, after having nominated the
strongest ticket possible, and one which win
not only command the full party vote but
will also draw largely from the ranks of the
Democracy, the organization was in a healthy
condition. All factions had apparently
united, with taoit understanding that the
success Of the party was paramount to either
personal gain or factonal victory
But what promised to be clean and
earnest campaign on the part of some of the
leaders has been endangered by the recent
actions of certain men, who care nothing for
party success so long as certain faction
controls the organization. 1t is an acknow-
lodged fact that unless there is unity within
our ranks success is beyond all question.
Even with the party leaders working
tremendously, it will require herculean
efforts to reach the goal to which the clean
and strong Republican ticket is justly
entitled
1t is within the power of the party can
didates only to counteract the work of these
disorganzers, and to call them down. If
this is not done Immediately there will be
bad blood all through the campaign and only
half hearted work. Now is the time to act.
Party success demands it.
On Saturday the Republican Executive
Committee held a meeting at Pottsvile and,
among other things, fixed the assessments of
the candidates Chairman Whitehouse was
not present, being confined to his house
through illness. Thomas Tosh, whom there
is no more earnest and hard working Re-
publican in the county, with Theodore
Harris, of Mahanoy City, represented the
First district For some time previous to
this meeting quiet movement has been
going on by the oft-defeated faction of the
party to gain control of the organization, and
with this object in view proposed to pack the
Executive Committee by the addition of
three more members one each from shenan-
doan, Mahanoy City and Girardville. They
have found that the committee, as it pre-,
viously stood, was not favorable to their
notions
When the printed slips containing the
names of the different committees were dis.
tributed among the members three new
names were found among them. The shen-
andoah member is Thomas J. James, recon-
mended by Squire T. T. Williams In ref
erence to Mr.. James we have nothing but
praise to offer. He has always been a con-
sistent member of the party, hard worker,
and is the last man any faction would count
ON to carry out any scheme that would cause
dissatisfaction within the ranks. We do not
believe Mr.. James is party to the scheme.
The rank and file of the party demands
harmony. With this object in view Major
Finney and his friends took no part in the
fight, but the same cannot be said of a mum
Der of other Shenandoah Republicans, whose
object seems to be to rule or ruin. The cry
against the Finney Boyer element is only a
blind to hoodwink the party, and thus carry
out the little scheme of the men who voted
the Democratic ticket because they could not
rule in the Republican ranks. What pro
missed to be peace and unity in Shenandoah,
as elsewhere, is destind to pass into 'ino'uous
deseutude."
The rules governing the Republican party
in this county provide that the chairman
shall appoint two members from each of the
First, Second and Third Districts, and six
from the Fourth. An additional member
was named from the Third District because
it extended over large territory This
action on the part OF the chairman was sat.
isfactory, but it did not justify him in
naming three additional members. The
demands of the campaign do not warrant it,
and the sole object in view was, as we have
stated the control of the party organization,
to which these men have so unsuccessfully
aspired for a number of years.
Chairman Whitehouse should have acted
in the interest of the party as a whole, and
not for an insignificant minority element, if
he honestly expressed his sentiments when
he assumed the duties of his present position.
1t was earnestly hoped at that time that past
differences had been cast aside, but recent
events prove the contrary. The masked
hand of the gallant, the Honorable Major
Losch is seen in this little scheme Having
helped to elect Governor Pattson and defeat
Hon, G. n. Brumm, he should have remained
in the background in the interest of party
harmony, thus emulating the example Of
Major Einney and his friends, who have al
ways been true to the party,
We have been appealed to by number of
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