The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-23
The State Convention.


With the leaders and the masses in
substantial accord all along the line,
today's Republican convention will be
moro OF the nature of u ratification
thnn a battle. Through painful expe.
rience the Republican leaders Of Penn
sylvania have been guided to the point
where they can look over into the
promised land of restored harmony and
party zeal. admission to which is freely
theirs upon the single condition that
the will Of the people shall not need
lessIy be ignored. They are in a mood
to comply with this Reasonable requi-
site, and today will witness the sealing
Of the compact.
1t is fortunate for the leaders and
also fortunate for tho party that this
happy understanding should DO reach
ed at this particular time. The mo-
ment 10 almost providentially oppor-
tune. 1t arrives with the party recov-
ering from an awful disaster, and with
the people kindly disposed to rectify
that regrettable blunder. From ocean
to ocean the hopes of the Republicans
are in the ascsnda6t and recognized
leadership is exercising caution and
Cancellation. All that ia needed to
cement these various factors into q
grand and sweeping victory is the
knowledge among the pc ople that Re-
puolicaniSm restored would not mean
bossism grown arrogant, but rather
president organization enlightened as
to its proper function and the conf
dOnce of the nation invited back to its
old rulers.
Pennsylvania, as the first great COM
monwealth to hold q majority state
convention, should modulate its utter.
ances and fashion its conduct so that
q wholesome example may be set for
the guidance of the party in other
states. Unanimity and enthusiasm,
tolerance and conservatism, frank re-
gard for the welfare of the whole party
and cordial recognition of the fair
right of the majority should bs the
keynotes. The platform, particularly,
should be studied with care and
clothed in language beftting the key.
stone state of protection to homo in
dustries. There should be,no yielding
up Of principle, no effort to placate igl
norancc, no sacrifice OF moral prestige.
In the swift fate Of the recently tri-
umphant Democracy. plunged within a
twelvemonth from unparalleled exAl-
tation to unprecedented detection and
hopeless chaos, we may perceive the
fruits Of demagogiSm made practical,
Republicans want none Of that in
theirs,
Fortunately. at the dawning Of ION.
vention day everything was suspicious.
The will of the people had secured ex-
preston in a gubernatOrial candidacy
that was nowhere even opposed; and
in two candidates. for congressmen-at-
large in which rare personal ftnesss
were suitably yoked with expedient
geographical location. The two chief
centers Of Republican strength had
won for themselves recognition, one in
q candidacy for the lieutenant COVER
norship and the other in the acceptance
Of its choice for the secretary of inter-
nal affairs. With the auditor general
ship seemingly certain to 90 to one Of
the banner centerS Of Republican rural
strength, there is completed what in
common parlance is called q "slate"
of exceptional merit. ability and wise
distribution. Although not a creation
Of the leaders, it is as acceptable to
them as to the masses, and will have at
the polls the heartie,t support Of both.
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